You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 142 Part 1

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 142 Part 1

Thursday was the day ZGDX had a match against Team Lan.

Team Lan was a veteran team with experienced players. Among their five players, even the newest one had been with the team for two and a half seasons already. They were famous for their strong ability to execute their game plan effectively and they had maintained their position in the major league because of that-- --Their ability to execute was always the talk of the fans. Though because the skill level of each individual player wasn’t strong, they were not one of the top teams in the league but kept at the mid to lower end among all the major league teams. But because of the team’s cohesiveness and its extremely low error rate, it wasn’t rare for a top team to lose a match in their hands.

Many game analysts would give team Lan positive reviews whenever they spoke about the team. They would say that the team was like the major league’s quality inspector. The actual status of any strong team would be revealed after a match with Lan-- --Some teams didn’t seem to have any shortcomings in their matches until they went against Lan. Then viewers would find that those teams hadn’t been playing like a team in earlier games; they had won the other games on the back of one strong player who carried the game for the whole team.

Commentator B: [Hahahahaha, during the first round of the in-group match, ZGDX was relying on their advantage during the laning phase with their two carries forced to carry the game and defeated Lan. Do you think ZGDX will do the same today?]

Commentator A: [That won’t do. The summer season is nearing its end and the world tournament is right in front of us. The Koreans team: TAT, OP, and RP will all be there and every single one of their players are the best of the best-- --By that time, it’ll be unrealistic to expect ZGDX will be able to defeat any of those teams just by gaining an advantages during the laning phase…… To be honest, I think everyone knows by now that ZGDX will be, for sure, going to the world tournament this time……]

Commentator B: [Hee hee hee!]

Commentator A: [What are you giggling about!]

Commentator B: [I’m laughing at you being an old ZGDX fanboy.]

Commentator A: [It’s not that. Is there anything wrong with what I just said-- --Tell me, ZGDX fans sitting down there, is there any problem saying that one of three spots for the world tournament will be ZGDX’s?]

The audience burst into laughter and called out in unison: “No problem!”

Commentator A: [Right, see, no problem. If there’s no problem saying that, then I’ll continue. As one of the teams that is certain to go on to the world tournament, I think ZGDX can’t set its goal as simply as winning one in-group match. They really need to seriously consider the question of competing at the world tournament. This year it’s not just the Korean region, I heard it’s tough competition over in the Taiwan region as well……]

Commentator B: [Didn’t you send messages to me before to discuss how ZGDX was changing the strategies in their games…… I checked their lineup this afternoon, well, you don’t need me to tell you all. ZGDX’s players are sitting at the competition area already-- --We can see that it’s still Lu who’s replaced Smiling for today’s match. Then, can I make the assumption that in their new gaming strategy, Lu is also an important component of it?]

Commentator A gave Commentator B a glance: [ZGDX has always rotated their mid players. This season, Ming god retired and Smiling, as a newcomer, needs more competition experience, as such she’s been part of the lineup for most of the season. I’ll throw you down from the commentator seat if you keep creating issues which the media would love to pick up……]

Commentator B and the audience all giggled. The issue of Lu playing as part of ZGDX’s lineup was therefore brushed over easily-- --

Tong Yao who was sitting backstage breathed out a sigh of relief.

This time, since there was no longer a concern about her personal safety, she followed the team to the arena. From the time they arrived at the arena up till the game started, she had been worried all along-- --Before the game, there were a lot of people asking whether she would be playing today on the team’s official Weibo site. In the audience, it was obvious that there were more fans with support boards for her than usual. It looked like they all believed the rumor that she had been shelved because she had offended the club’s management. For the time being, the ill feeling against ZGDX management was on the rise…...Tong Yao was worried that this kind of negative emotion would spill over to Lu Yue. Though Lu Yue was an annoying guy, he would be her brother-in-law anyway and she didn’t want him to experience what she had been through.

Tong Yao was uptight when the lineups of today’s match were introduced. Fortunately, both commentators were experienced and casually brushed over the matter in a joking manner.

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 141 Part 2

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 141 Part 2

All the people around the table remained silent. Tong Yao spoke matter of factly and didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with what she had said. Sitting next to her, Lu Sicheng put down his chopsticks and turned to glance at the two contentious mids. He paused for a moment. Under the others’ eager gazes who were waiting to see how the show would play out, he nodded and commented: “Well said.”

Tong Yao grabbed his arm to hold in her arms.

Lu Yue was disgusted: “Take him away, take him away. Only you care for him. Don’t return him once you’ve taken him away.”

Tong Yao: “Only I care? You can go post on Weibo asking how many young ladies care about your brother.”

Lu Yue: “You fell for a wild horse. Does your home have a pasture?”

Hearing that, Tong Yao’s facial expression stiffened. She tightened her hold on Lu Sicheng’s arm and at the same time turned to fix her eyes on him. He took the chance to bend over and give her a kiss on the lips: “It’s a domesticated horse. The greatest advantage is its tameness.”

Tong Yao released his arm quite satisfactory. She grabbed some napkins over to wipe his mouth for him and tenderly asked: “Are you full?”

Lu Sicheng: “I’m full.”

Tong Yao: “Play games or go sleep?”

Lu Sicheng: “Play games with you or go sleep with you?”

Tong Yao: “Play games with me; I can be your support……”  

Lu Sicheng: “I choose to go sleep with you.”

Tong Yao spoke while throwing the napkins away: “You only love my body.”

“If at a time like this I say ‘I love your soul when you play support’, then that only proves that I’m a shallow and dishonest man.” Lu Sicheng pulled on Tong Yao to stand up: “Let’s go sleep.”

The meeting around the dinner table concluded at 9:30 pm.

Tong Yao was leading the way upstairs dragging Lu Sicheng’s hand. It looked very much like she was leading a horse back to her own room-- --The others on the first floor were looking at them with a dumbfounded expression, wondering what they assumed the base was.

At 10:30 pm, Xiao Rui decided that he wouldn’t let them have the quiet night they wished for.

Ten minutes later, when Tong Yao was lying on her stomach in bed after taking a shower, she saw an official announcement from ZGDX on Weibo. It basically announced that ZGDX would rotate the team’s mid for the following games. Lu Yue would be the one playing the following three in-group matches.

The news exploded among the fans. Some with vivid imaginations guessed that the first mid of ZGDX, being the girlfriend of the captain, had gotten so conceited that she had forgotten her place and offended the captain, and thus had gotten shelved……

Many people online supplemented the storm with even wilder imaginations or fancies about the esports couple.

While the fans were in their heated discussion, the cool, evil, and cruel ZGDX captain in their mind happened to come out of Tong Yao’s bathroom. With a towel in hand, he was drying Tong Yao’s hair for her while kissing and spreading his burning breath on her shoulder……

“Wow, these people are really something. When I was playing, they were so disgusted with me. Now that I’m not going to play, they start to miss me…… Ah.” Tong Yao dodged to the side: “It’s itchy.”

Lu Sicheng stopped, used his lips to rub against Tong Yao’s smooth face which still had a faint smell of face wash, then lightly bit on it before moving his face away.

“Here, someone said ZGDX is finished. Why do they like to predict that we’re finished so much.”

“Ahhh, and here. This person said Lu Yue’s playing very well and that I don’t need to go back…… Damn! So annoying!”

“At least these comments begging to let Smiling go on to play are much more pleasant to read. Wait till I switch to my alternate id to go on and give each one of those a thumb up……”

Tong Yao read the comments one by one until she reached the following: “This fan said you’re the one who shelved me, I’m your…… Aiyo, I can’t go on, it’s so filthy.” Lu Sicheng’s big hand easily pulled off the straps of Tong Yao’s nightgown and offhandedly pulled her cell phone away and threw someplace where she couldn’t reach. Then the person who was playing with her cell phone the second before was now pressed into the soft bed……

Amidst her heavy breathing, after a long while, Lu Sicheng responded with his low voice which was tinted with a shallow smile-- --

“Just let them keep making up stories as much as they like. Later on you can compare what they’ve said and see whether they fit into the details when we’re together.”

“What if they don’t fit?”

“Then we’ll follow their scripts and practice more so we can improve.”

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 101 Part 3

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Those Sweet Times

Chapter 101 Part 3

Extra: Shen Zemu and Yang Yin

The generous praise of Dw’s players from the commentators made Yang Yin nervous. She was afraid her players would get complacent.

Fortunately, her players didn’t let her down. They won another match.

The tight scheduling of the matches at the preliminaries demonstrated the advantage of insisting on daily physical exercise for Dw’s players. The high density of matches took a lot out of the players both physically and mentally. To play continuously at that intensity, it was easy for physically feeble otakus from other teams to lose their concentration and the ability to make good decisions.

In any case, Dw became the black horse of the preliminaries. As this outdated team regained its glory, the mysterious pretty coach of the team, Yang Yin, also attracted a lot of attention. Before the preliminaries were over, there were already other teams poking around to see whether she was interested in changing teams.

December 10th was the last day of the preliminaries. It concluded successfully. Dw, as expected, earned its ticket to play in next year’s major league spring competition.

All the players hugged each other and burst into tears.

Yang Yin said: “Stop crying, don’t be a crybaby.”

The next day, Yang Yin did an official interview with the organizer of the preliminaries.

The interview was live streamed. Shen Zemu was in the lab at the time. When it was time for the stream, he came out of the lab and sat in the staircase by himself, watching the stream on his cellphone.

The host of the interview was quite excited. He had learned more about her background by then and had a lot of questions to ask Yang Yin.

During the conversation with the host, Yang Yin was relaxed and spoke clearly. Her attitude was neither overbearing nor self-effacing. It was quite pleasant to watch her. The host chatted with her about the past, the present, and the future. In the end, he jokingly asked her whether she had something like an acceptance speech to make.

Yang Yin looked into the camera and said: “I actually do…… First, I want to thank my boss. It was the insistence of our boss not to give up on the team which gave us the chance to keep fighting on. In addition, I want to thank my players. You aren’t noobs, you are all great players, that’s from the bottom of my heart. Finally, I want to thank a person.” She suddenly stopped and blinked at the camera: “I……”

Yang Yin actually had prepared a lot of things to say. Yet when she thought about that person, she became sidetracked suddenly and lost her train of thought. She didn't know what to say.

She smiled embarrassingly at the camera.

Shen Zemu watched her silly smile on the screen, the corners of his mouth also curved upwards.

Then he reached out with his finger to touch the tip of her nose on the screen.

Yang Yin scratched her head and made a final statement: “Well, I’ll just buy you dinner.” 

After the stream, Yang Yin called Shen Zemu on the phone: “Shen Zemu, what are you doing now?”

“At lab.”

“Did you see my interview on the livestream?”

“No.”

“Oh.” Yang Yin felt a bit disappointed. “They said there were quite a lot of viewers in the stream today.”

Shen Zemu: “En.” Then he added: “Congratulations.” 

“For what. Hum, I’ll buy you dinner.”

“En.”

“And…… I finally have vacation now. I want to go skiing, do you want to go together?”

Shen Zemu sat on the stairs, his palm holding his knee, and answered with a light voice while casting his eyes downwards: “Ok.”

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 141 Part 1

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 141 Part 1

While that girl was crying her heart out about her five or six days of detention, Tong Yao was on her way back to Shanghai. She no longer had to worry about someone jumping up onto the stage in the middle of a game to splash acid on her face……

“-- --They couldn’t throw acid at you. The fangirls who hate you usually are my fangirls. When playing a game on stage, I’m sitting right next to you-- --They would have to consider the possibility that if they slipped, the acid would splash onto me.”

That was the shameless response Lu Sicheng gave Tong Yao when she spoke about her earlier wild imagination when they were flying back. Tong Yao rolled her eyes at him and gave him a shove.

Before they boarded the flight, Tong Yao had checked Tieba on her cell phone. It seemed that after ZGDX’s easy win over Red Arrow last week, the skepticism had died down quite a bit on Tieba-- -- In fact, most of the esports fans didn’t care whether a certain match carried any special meaning or showed off any advanced strategy, all they wanted to see was the team that they supported could win the major league competition, defeat teams from other regions, and keep winning all the way.

As long as the team was winning, then nothing was the matter to them.

Tong Yao turned off her cell phone and heard Xiao Rui say: “After we’re back playing the in-group game, we’ve already defeated the strongest in the group, Huawei. Now the problem is the other three teams in the group, Obsidian, Lan, and King, would be as easy as pie for us……”

Tong Yao: “If someone posts what you’ve just said on Tieba, it would flood again.”

Xiao Rui: “Urm.”

Tong Yao: “What are you trying to say?”

Xiao Rui: “What I’m trying to say is that our team is certain to be the number one of the group to go into the playoffs. Then the problem is, unless you guys get your heads smashed by the door during the playoffs or the other teams are holding back some amazing tricks waiting for us-- --Certainly, I don’t think it’s possible-- --Our team should be sure to win the slot for the world tournament this year. By that time, our lineup will adjust based on our opponent’s to switch between you and Lu Yue.”

Tong Yao: “Hum?”

Xiao Rui glanced at Tong Yao who was playing with the bandage on her finger. He paused and cautiously gave a glance at Lu Sicheng before he mustered enough courage to hurriedly finish his words in one breath: “I’m afraid Lu Yue won’t have enough competition experience by then. So why not let Lu Yue try his hand for the rest of the group matches and you’ll take over in the playoffs.”

Lu Sicheng didn’t say anything. Tong Yao looked up after she stopped playing with the bandage at the nervous looking Xiao Rui and laughed: “Sure.”

“......Don’t laugh.” Xiao Rui was flustered: “Your laugh makes me uneasy-- --Last time I asked you not to play when you got hurt and it was like someone was going to take your life away. Now you agreed so easily, are you up to something?”

“................................I just feel that what you’ve said makes sense.” Tong Yao shrugged: “I just didn’t think it through before. I kept thinking that people would look down on me if I didn't play the match. Now I suddenly realize that it’s wrong to think that way. Sometimes, we have to consider the needs of the team. Just like how I’ve suddenly realized that the club wouldn’t let me play the game against Red Arrow was entirely for my own personal safety.”

Xiao Rui looked quite satisfied: “You’ve grown up.”

It was quite a normal reaction for a parent to exclaim that his kid had finally matured. But in the ears of Tong Yao who had kept a secret from Xiao Rui, it sounded quite different-- --She even felt the way Lu Sicheng looked at her was different as well. Tong Yao uneasily retracted her injured hand.

Lu Sicheng grabbed her hand and nodded meaningfully: “Indeed, she’s grown up.”

Tong Yao pulled her hand out and slapped him.

……

It was about 8 pm when they returned to base.

They were just in time to order take out with the rest to the team. The others circled around the table asking Tong Yao about what happened that afternoon. When they found out that the girl who had sent the package had done it before, they were all surprised. When they learned that the girl would receive her punishment under the law, they all applauded…… In addition, during dinner time, Xiao Rui announced that Lu Yue would be playing the rest of the matches before the playoffs. Tong Yao would do self training with ranked matches and skirmishes.

Lu Yue was so excited that he swallowed a piece of braised pork: “I’m up!”

Tong Yao looked at him with a sneer: “What up. What’s mine is still mine. Even your own brother in mine.”

Lu Yue: “......”

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 101 Part 2

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Those Sweet Times

Chapter 101 Part 2

Extra: Shen Zemu and YangYin

The schedule for the preliminaries was rather tight. It wasn’t realistic to expect all the matches would be streamed. The organizer had picked certain matches each day to livestream with commentators. Dw team didn’t get to show their faces on camera until the second day of the competition and some female fans were shocked at what they had seen: Which team is this? Look at the figures, look at their skin…… Are you sure they haven’t put on some makeup? ?

The other teams always had one or two chubby players on their teams. For some teams, all the players were overweight. The five players of Dw, on the other hand, were all quite fit, regardless of how tall or short they were. They didn’t have slouching or hunched backs. They looked energetic and in high spirits. The players of other teams all had darker, rough, and pimpled skin from staying up at night too often. Yet, the young players on Dw team didn’t have those skin problems. Their skin was tight, smooth, and shiny.

It didn’t seem reasonable for young men to have skins like theirs.

The viewers certainly didn’t know it was because the players all go to bed early and get up early in the morning. They exercised everyday and followed a rigid daily routine. The audience instead suspected the owner of the team might have unusual preferences when choosing players.

After the players came on stage, the coach followed. Then the male viewers started to get excited: It’s a woman coach! A woman! !

The woman coach was slender and quite photogenic. Her skin was also in good condition. She was wearing a business suit, with light makeup. She naturally waved at the camera and smiled.

Stream viewers began sending bullet comments like crazy: Au! I’m in love! This is my wifey, no one can fight with me!

The competition wasn’t open to a live audience on site. Shen Zemu stayed in the break room for competing teams. He watched the live stream and saw a bunch of people fighting over whose wifey Yang Yin should be on the bullet comments and turned off the comments with a frown.

Dw won the match in the end. Because the opponent wasn’t a strong team, many viewers didn’t figure out what the key to Dw’s victory was. Only at the end of the game, one of the commentators said: “I feel Dw has done a lot of homework on their opponent.”

The next few days whenever Dw had a game, that comment would be repeated again and again.

Dw had done their homework on this opponent.

Dw had done their homework on that opponent.

Dw had done their homework on all their opponents……

It was a shocking discovery for the other teams. Many of the teams in the preliminaries were newcomers and didn't have much exposure before the competition. Even though many teams would play skirmishes against each other and had some level of interaction with each other. Yet skirmishes were a totally different situation from the real competitions, both in the mindset and the way a team played.

Normally, only the three teams that had been eliminated from the major league would have had enough exposure that made it easy for teams to analyze them. They had played at least a full season of regular games and there were many competition videos online about those teams.

But, it turned out that there was one team which had studied every team thoroughly. All the other teams, no matter how obscure or secretive they had been, could no longer make any surprise moves on team Dw.

To be able to achieve that, it wasn’t something that could be done in a short time. The other teams were certain that Dw must have started to study and analyze them long ago.

When the other teams thought that Dw had been quietly watching them all this time, they all had the jitters.

The other teams certainly would analyze their opponents. But, they didn’t do it as thoroughly as Dw. In addition, they usually wouldn’t bother to analyze Dw as they had lost all of their main players.

“I’m especially curious as to how they do it.” During one of the matches, the handsome commentator made no secret about his doubts: “I believe many viewers are as curious as I am. To be able to analyze the opponents to such a degree of detail and successfully trick the opponents during the ban & pick phase time after time, I figure this couldn’t be achieved just by one person. There’s probably a good sized coaching team behind the team. That’s the secret of their success.”

“There’s one more point you forgot to mention.” The other commentator added: “I’ve noticed that each of Dw’s players haven’t been outstanding players in the preliminaries, but they are players who work together as a team the best among all the teams. This is a team game and Dw’s players have completely demonstrated that.”

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 140 Part 4

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 140 Part 4

Before being dragged out of the room, Tong Yao heard the girl’s mother ask the police whether having too many of these kinds of cases on record would affect the girl’s chances of going to college……

Tong Yao thought it was quite strange, what did she mean by too many of these cases?

Before she could figure it out, the glass door closed behind her and she couldn’t hear the discussion inside the office anymore……

Tong Yao, Lu Sicheng and Xiao Rui sat outside the office. Tong Yao looked at her finger which was wrapped in bandages. Lu Sicheng, seeing Tong Yao wasn’t saying anything, lifted his hand to touch her head. Xiao Rui asked: “Why don’t you say something? Do you feel sorry for that girl?”

“......” Tong Yao looked up to glance at Lu Sicheng and mumbled: “I’m also a girl.”

Lu Sicheng chuckled: “En. We only have this one girl as well.”

An hour had passed before they heard a clamor inside the office. Tong Yao could hear the girl’s frightening wail, accompanied by her mother shouting: “Detention! What detention! Five days? Not even a single day is acceptable! My daughter has classes to go to! Besides, she didn’t get detention the last time, why detention now! It’s the exact same thing as last time, it can’t be that you’ve taken a bribe from them-- --”

Tong Yao was startled by the sudden outburst before she comprehended what they were referring to. It turned out that the girl had done the exact same thing about half a year ago. She had sent a threatening letter to someone at the time. That time the matter was resolved after the police filed a report on her and the girl’s family paid some money to the person being threatened. The person who had been threatened was the one frightened to death. The girl on the other hand thought the whole thing wasn’t a big deal since she and her family didn’t pay much money to settle and she didn’t get detention because she was underaged……

 As a result, she did the same thing again six months later.

But this time it was a different story.

“<<Penalties for Administration of Public Security>> Article 12. If a person who had attained to the age of 14 but not to the age of 18 commits an act against the administration of public security, he shall be given a relatively light or mitigated penalty. Article 20. Under one of the following circumstances, a heavier penalty shall be imposed on a person: (4) The person has been subjected to penalty for this act against the administration of public security within the past six months. Article 42. A person who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or be fined not more than 500 yuan; and if the circumstances are relatively serious, he shall be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days and may, in addition, be fined not more than 500 yuan: (1) writing letters of intimidation or threatening the personal safety of another person by other means……” Lu Sicheng said slowly: “For the first offense for someone underage, it’s only reeducation. But if there’s a record within six months, then it’ll be more serious. Well, how would I know she has a record before, right? It’s really not my fault.”

Lu Sicheng stretched his long legs, lazily sitting on the bench outside the policeman’s office.

Tong Yao took a look at him. His cell phone was still in his pocket. She paused for a moment before asking: “How would you know all this…… You memorized it from Baidu last night?”

Lu Sicheng gave her a glance: “I was a top student at China University of Political Science and Law before I became a professional player.”

Tong Yao was dumbfounded: “................................That’s impossible.”

Xiao Rui: “It’s true. When he came back to China to play professionally, he even went back to school to take his finals. When the others were playing training matches, he was sitting at the side studying, looking rather silly.”

Tong Yao: “......”

Lu Sicheng: “Aren’t I something?”

Tong Yao: “....................................................”

Lu Sicheng stood up. Wailing and howling could be heard inside the office saying “I don’t believe it” “you’re being bribed”, which was mixed with the policeman's angry scolding. Lu Sicheng pulled Tong Yao up: “Let’s go. The show’s over. Let’s go home.”

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 140 Part 3

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 140 Part 3

The policeman who was responsible for handling the case sat down on his chair and lifted up his thermos to take a sip of tea. Then he started to exclaim about how the young people these days would do things without thinking of the consequences-- --He encountered a similar case at least once a month. Most of the cases were usually some internet celebrities who would file a report to the police about a certain internet troll. When the police located that person, they would find out that the person who spoke crazy online were mostly students or usually a very ordinary person

In real life, they weren’t as overbearing as they acted online at all.

“On the other hand, most of these cases end up being settled out of court. They’re kids after all and don’t know any better.” The policeman changed his attitude and grinned while saying: “She’s been lectured already. I think she’s really frightened. After this lesson, I figure she probably won’t dare do it again……”

The middle aged man who came with the girl: “Right, right, right. She's just a kid, doesn’t know any better. Our daughter’s only 17! She’s not even an adult yet!”

The middle aged woman: “We’ve really taught her a good lesson…… As for your side, we’re willing to pay all the medical costs plus a formal apology. How about we just let this thing pass? It doesn’t look good bringing things online to real life. Our child has been crying all the way here. It looks bad on her to be pulled from the class like this; she doesn’t know how to explain to her classmates. Besides, you see, her dad and I have to go work……”

The parents chimed in with the policeman.

Tong Yao slightly frowned and backed away as the girl’s parents moved forward trying to talk her into settling the case. Originally, she didn’t have an idea on how to handle the case, but now she had a weird feeling after hearing the parents. If the girl was concerned with being shamed in front of her classmates, then she shouldn’t be doing it in first place. Tong Yao had parents too, though she didn’t tell her family about this incident. Otherwise, her parents might have jumped up and came to Shanghai directly carrying a watermelon knife……

Tong Yao kept backing away from the parents until she backed into a solid chest.

“No settlement.”

She heard Lu Sicheng’s sober voice.

“Your child is 17, our kid is only 19. If we let this pass just because your kid doesn’t know any better, then what about the suffering of our kid?” His voice was quite calm, it didn’t sound like he was angry but rather like he was calmly reasoning with them. He paused for a moment, then stressed: “No settlement.”

The girl abruptly looked up while her parents were momentarily stunned. The girl looked at Lu Sicheng with wide eyes as if she couldn’t believe what she had heard from him-- --Looking at the girl’s face, Tong Yao was a little uneasy and reached over to grip Lu Sicheng’s arm. Lu Sicheng didn’t move and there was no sign on his face that he had changed his mind by the girl’s pitiful state.

“......I, I really didn’t mean it, I was wrong, please forgive me. I’ll never do anything like it again.” The girl’s parents kept pushing and shoving at her from behind and finally the girl stammered out a few words. She carefully looked at Lu Sicheng as she spoke.

Tong Yao didn’t make a sound, but looked up to take a look at Lu Sicheng. He had a poised, shallow smile on his face: “Don’t be nervous. You’re underage and the blades you used aren’t controlled substances. You won’t be jailed. At most, you’ll just have a police record. However, you’ll have to go through reeducation, pay compensation for mental distress or something. Plus, a player of our club can’t play in several matches because of you……”

Her parents heard compensation, not just medical costs, and their facial expressions changed. They still wanted to argue that “it’s just playing video games, how serious a matter can it be.” Xiao Rui spoke up: “Then, if I break your daughter’s hand right before the college entrance exam, would you consider it an inconsequential matter as well? She can take it the following year anyway……”

The policeman: “Hrm, watch what you’re saying. This is a police station. What nonsense are you talking about?”

Xiao Rui said: “Sorry.” Then he shut his mouth, perfectly content. Lu Sicheng didn’t want to deal with them any longer and merely said: “It’s impossible to settle.” Then he dragged Tong Yao to go sit outside of the office-- --leaving the others inside to finish filing the case.

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 140 Part 2

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 140 Part 2

It took three seconds for Tong Yao to react to what Lu Sicheng was talking about. Her face turned white, then red-- --She had heard before about the women’s safe period, but she really didn’t know anything about it. She looked up confusedly at Lu Sicheng and listened to him talking intermittently: “I didn’t get it inside, but you never can be sure about this thing, so it’s better to take the medicine-- --The medicine isn’t good for you, but just this once. Next time, I promise…...Tsk, if you don’t want to take it, it’s alright too. If an accident happens, I definitely will take responsibility. Even if you aren’t old enough to get the certificate, we can engage first. I’m just afraid that a young girl like you would feel you’ve gotten the short end of the stick to settle down so early in your life. I know all the young girls always feel that they can have better choices later in life. But, let me tell you in advance that you can keep choosing for the next eight million years, but you won’t find someone better than me-- --”

Tong Yao raised both of her hands to cover her ears.

Lu Sicheng stopped in the middle of his sentence.

At that moment, he finally discovered that if he kept going on, the person in his arms would probably pass out with a red face in his arms-- --Actually, he himself also felt what he had just said had already strayed from the point he was trying to make……

“Said enough?” Tong Yao noticed that he had stopped talking and released her hands on her ears to give him a hard stare.

Lu Sicheng: “......”

Lu Sicheng was reminded that last night Tong Yao had also stared at him like this. His heart melted and grabbed her wrist to pull her closer to him, then carefully landed a kiss on her nose.

Tong Yao pulled her head back to avoid him-- --

“Don’t move. Let me kiss you.”

“I just want to move, don’t touch me.”

While the two of them were struggling, Xiao Rui came down from the third floor while yawning. When he saw the two entangled bodies on the stairs…… He cleared his throat: “Tsk, tsk, tsk. That’s enough, you two. Watch your influence on the others.”

Lu Sicheng slightly let go of Tong Yao and looked up at Xiao Rui. Then they heard Little Fatty’s loud mocking laugh: “What influence. Let me tell you all a story. Last night when Cheng Ge was taking a shower, he suddenly walked out halfway through his shower. I asked him what he was up to. He said his girl was crying next door. Then he went to comfort his girl…...I don't know what happened afterwards. All I know is that Cheng Ge never came back to our room.”

Hearing Little Fatty, all the mouse clicking sounds abruptly halted. All the eyes were looking in their direction. Lu Yue picked up his cell phone in front of him and Tong Yao’s face turned pink.

“We didn’t do anything.” Lu Sicheng said without any expression: “We just chatted under the blanket.”

“......................................” Xiao Ruo was stiff for a moment; his eyes moved between Tong Yao whose hands were being held and Lu Sicheng who was holding her hands. He thought about it then said: “I choose to believe Cheng Ge this round. At a moment like this I have to bet on the fact that his conscience would prevent him from doing anything to a little guy like Tong Yao.”

The redness on Tong Yao’s face subsided a little. She took a look at Lu Sicheng without any expression on her face. Lu Sicheng shamelessly nodded: “True, I can’t do it. She’s the apple in my eyes. I can’t do that kind of rotten thing.”

Tong Yao: “......”

……

The next day, Lu Sicheng received a call to inform him that there had been progress about the package Tong Yao had received. It seemed that the person who had sent the package had been found in the neighboring city. The person on the phone was asking whether they wanted to go over there to deal with the situation, to see if they wanted to settle privately with a cash compensation or else……

After the phone call, Lu Sicheng immediately packed a few things and took Tong Yao and Xiao Rui to fly to the neighboring city the same day. Tong Yao wasn’t quite sure what the trip was about when she got on the plane until she got off the plane and went into the police station-- --This was the first time Tong Yao had ever come into such a serious and solemn place-- --Only then she realized that the person who sent her the package had really been apprehended.

The person was a 17 years old highschool girl.

It was a Monday. When they saw the girl, she was still wearing her school uniform. It looked like she had been taken away directly from school. She looked panicked and was accompanied by her dark faced parents. The entire time, she only looked up at Tong Yao and Lu Sicheng once in the beginning. Then she lowered her head with a pale face and didn’t look up again…… She looked rather pitiful.

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 101 Part 1

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Those Sweet Times

Chapter 101 Part 1

Extra: Shen Zemu and Yang Yin

Not too long afterwards, Deng Wenbo found a new girlfriend. His new girlfriend had single eyelid eyes, was slender and had fair skin. When she wasn’t smiling, she looked about 60 or 70 percent like Yang Yin. Deng Wenbo slept with her the day they met, but afterwards, he felt a sense of emptiness.

He had pretended to forget everything that had happened on the karaoke night, never mentioned a word about it.

But in reality, he hadn’t forgotten about it at all.

One time, Deng Wenbo carelessly brought his girlfriend to the base and she saw Yang Yin there. Yang Yin didn’t react, but the girlfriend wasn’t too happy about it. After they came out, she questioned Deng Wenbo: “What’s the meaning of this? What do you take me for?”

Deng Wenbo gave her a debit card and she instantly stopped fussing.

Deng Wenbo thought it would be nice if that other woman was this easy to please.

But on second thought, if she was this easy to please, then he probably wouldn’t care as much.

He thought that he was really pathetic.

-- --

It was the end of November when Yang Yin led Dw into the preliminaries.

This year’s preliminaries were going to be a brutal battleground. Among the qualifying teams, there were 7 teams which were attracting all the attention, 4 of the teams were from four well established clubs and three of them were teams eliminated from the major league last year. In everyone’s estimation, the three tickets for the major league this year would no doubt fall into the hands of one of these 7 teams. All the other teams were just along for the ride.

Though Dw had been a major league team before, the team had undergone a major overhaul, losing all the major players and had been out of view for almost half of a year. Nobody was paying much attention to this team now. Only some veteran players who closely followed the competition would feel familiar with the name of the team.

After combing through their mind or searching the name online, they would find: Ah, it’s them.

Then, nothing would happen afterwards.

After all, the teams under the spotlight didn’t include this outdated team. If someone asked about this team from the list of preliminaries teams, the answer was probably-- --this team has bad luck.

The preliminaries would be held for two weeks, over several dozens of matches. The scheduling for the matches was quite tight. Yang Yin and Shen Zemu did a lot of preparation before the game. Their major focus was analyzing their opponents and exploring methods to counter them. Yang Yin didn’t have time to study anymore. The two of them would always discuss late into the night. She didn’t feel the work as an extra burden. She believed that was what she should be doing as a coach. The more they were prepared beforehand, the less unexpected situations the players would have to face during the competition. She knew very well that her players didn’t have much of an advantage over the other teams in terms of experience-- --This was only a nice way to put it-- --Given all that, she would try to get rid of any foreseeable obstacle for them as much as possible.

“I’m sorry about it.” Yang Yin said to Shen Zemu. It was from the bottom of her heart since Deng Wenbo refused to raise Shen Zemu’s pay. With a part time analyst’s pay, Shen Zemu had been doing a coach’s job for the team, especially when he had sleeping problems to begin with. Yang Yin felt it was particularly cruel to let him stay up at night with her.

“It’s fine.” Shen Zemu said.

Yang Yin said: “Will you lose a part of your body if you say one more word?”

Shen Zemu gave her a glance and lightly pursed the corners of his mouth: “I’ll let you get your one million.”

Yang Yin was amused. Looking at his earnest face, Yang Yin, without knowing why, felt the urge to poke his face. She leaned her head to one side, supporting her head with her hand, and said with a laugh: “Shen Zemu, you know what? When others treat me well, I’m the kind of person who pays them back twice as much.”

Shen Zemu looked at her and asked: “Then, how would you want to repay me?”

“When I receive my one million, I’ll share half of it with you. How’s that?”

Shen Zemu moved his eyes away and lightly said: “I don’t want money.”

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 140 Part 1

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 140 Part 1

After tossing and turning in the bed with Lu Sicheng last night and this morning, Tong Yao’s entire body felt sore. She wasn’t in the mood to play practice matches, so she moved her chair to sit behind Lu Sicheng to watch him play. She would interject comments here and there-- --

Tong Yao: “Missed a minion. Are you starting to get dementia? Shaky hands are the early sign of Parkinson’s.”

Lu Sicheng: “I missed it on purpose.”

Tong Yao dismissively said: “Nonsense.”

Tong Yao: “It looks like the enemy’s jungler’s coming your way. Don’t go in so deep.”

Lu Sicheng: “It’s impossible for him to come down.”

Tong Yao: “He’s really coming down.”

Lu Sicheng: “Impossible.”

A minute later, Lu Sicheng’s screen turned black.

Tong Yao: “See, I told you he was coming down.”

Lu Sicheng: “Go away, don’t sit behind me. It’s affecting my play.”

Tong Yao: “......”

Tong Yao remembered a retired game player named Fifty-fifty had said before that when a man started to play games with his sweetheart, he would be like [baby, muah, that Exhaust was great] [baby, great play with the ultimate] [baby, stand behind me, I won’t let them lay a finger on my support] [baby, hide in the bushes, watch me carry the game]

After the couple had been together for some time, the attitude would change to [Shit, what positioning is this, go afk] [You like to fight head on so much, why don’t you go play mid, why do you have to come to bot and screw my lane up] [cast Exhaust, ah, Exhaust, is your finger broken] [Really terrible], and -- --

[Go away, don’t sit behind me. It’s affecting my play.]

Tong Yao: “......”

Thinking back to what Lu Sicheng had promised in bed and what he had done to her last night, Tong Yao was getting more and more irate. She picked up her little notebook on her desk to slap Lu Sicheng’s back and rebuked him with a red face: “Lu Sicheng, jerk!”

Then she stood up and walked with a limp back up upstairs.

Lu Sicheng: “? ? ? ?”

He looked up from his game to give a confused glance at Tong Yao. Looking from her side view, she seemed really angry, her ear was red from rage-- --For some unknown reason, she was hobbling as she walked away. Lu Sicheng dropped his mouse without thinking and called Lu Yue to come over to play his game. Then he quickly walked behind Tong Yao to pick her up and hold her with his arms: “Where are you going?”

His voice was quite steady.

“You won’t let me sit behind you, so I’ll just get lost.” Tong Yao looked up from his arms: “I’m going upstairs to change the dressing.”

“Told you to let me know when you’re going to change the dressing.” Lu Sicheng mumbled while looking around them. Then he lowered his head to rub against Tong Yao’s ear-- --His slightly coolish lips touched her outer ear and whispered: “Still not feeling well?”

Hearing his question, Tong Yao’s face also turned red. She struggled a bit in his arms, flustered and said: “Don’t you ask…… I won’t give you the answer……” Halfway through her sentence, she abruptly paused. She took a look at Lu Sicheng’s face which was serious and worried, she suddenly quieted down. As if she had given in, she sighed and dejectedly said: “I’m alright.”

“Alright? And you’re walking like this?” Lu Sicheng put her down on the stairs, pulled her hair to the back of her ears, then slightly bent over to say in a voice only the two of them could hear: “I’ve gone to buy the medicine for you and put it in your room. Did you see it?”

Tong Yao looked up: “What medicine?”

There was a complicated expression on his face as if he had no choice but to admit that he had done something wrong: “.........................Last night, wasn’t well prepared. Didn’t have any safety precautions.”

Tong Yao: “?”

Tong Yao: “......................................................”

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 100 Part 3

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Those Sweet Times

Chapter 100 Part 3

Extra: Shen Zemu and Yang Yin

“Boss, you’re drunk.” Yang Yin shook her head. “I’ll get someone to take you home.”

“I’m not drunk. I like you, Yang Yin. Do you like me?”

When Deng Wenbo spoke, his eyebrows and eyes drooped and he gave Yang Yin a wary look. Yang Yin couldn’t help but be reminded of the term ‘pitiful.’

“I don’t like you.” Yang Yin cruelly and cold-heartedly turned him down.

“Why?”

Yang Yin felt that she had to make herself clear on this matter: “Boss, you can’t offer me what I want; we aren’t the same kind of people.”

Deng Wenbo pressed on: “Then, can Shen Zemu?”

Yang Yin was taken aback a bit, then frustratedly answered: “Actually, to me, the point isn’t what he can offer me, but rather what I can offer him. Boss, I’ll be frank with you, I just like him, I’m willing to give him whatever he wants-- --as long as I have it.”

Deng Wenbo was intensely made aware of what the words differential treatment meant and felt his heart was about to be broken.

-- --

Deng Wenbo left the nightclub on his own. When Yang Yin returned to the private room, Shen Zemu’s eyes kept following her.

Yang Yin thought it was because he was worried about her and said to him: “Boss already left. He had too much to drink today, don’t mind him.”

Shen Zemu moved his eyes away and replied: “En.”

The group stayed there till after 10 pm. When they came out of the night club, they discovered that it was raining outside. The rain in the autumn was fine and cold, chilly and damp. Yang Yin pulled her clothes closer to her body and asked Shen Zemu: “How are you going to go back?”

“I’ll go back with you.” Shen Zemu pursed the corner of his mouth: “There’s nothing to do at school. I’ll go watch you do homework.”

Yang Yin thought she had never seen a more responsible teacher.

The group took two taxis back to the base. Yang Yin let all the players go to sleep and locked herself and Shen Zemu inside the office.

She started to do her homework.

Yang Yin was actually quite exhausted by now. Her team had played a game that day and then she went to the karaoke party, while also having to deal with her boss’s emotional issues. The whole day had been tiring both physically and mentally for her. When she ran into a harder problem in her homework, she rested her head on the table to think but ended up falling asleep.

Shen Zemu picked her up and put her back in her bedroom.

When he put her down on her bed, she mumbled: “Shen Zemu.” Her voice was a bit murky.

Shen Zemu thought she had woken up and answered her.

Yet Yang Yin turned to the other side and continued to sleep.

Shen Zemu pulled the blanket over her. Then he sat next to the bed to look at her. After a while, he suddenly reached over and lightly touched her cheek.

Yang Yin had fine facial features and the contour of her face was quite gentle. Her build would give others the misconception that she was frail, like the petals of a small white flower trembling in the wind, ready to fall at any moment.

But in reality, her character was the total opposite of that. She was more like grass, tenaciously putting down her roots, persistently growing no matter what the weather condition was.

“Aren’t you tired?” Shen Zemu asked in a light voice. He didn’t seem to expect an answer from her. Instead, he carefully touched her eyebrows, eyes, tip of nose, and lips with the tips of his fingers.

Her lips were quite soft. The tip of his index finger stopped on her lips and lightly pressed down on it, not knowing whether he did it intentionally or by accident.

Yang Yin, still asleep, licked her lips subconsciously and found the finger on her lips. She curled her tongue and pulled the finger into her mouth.

Shen Zemu was caught off guard, his finger was trapped inside her warm, wet mouth. He could feel something warm and moist wrapped around his finger. His heart skipped a beat. Yang Yin sucked on his finger and seemed dissatisfied with the taste. Her agile tongue then pushed the finger out of her mouth.

……

Shen Zemu left Yang Yin’s room with a red face.

He felt that he needed to calm down. He went outside and stood on the porch watching the rain. Under the street light, the rain seemed fine and closely woven, like morning fog or light dust. The light blended in the rain, looking blurred yet warm.

He leaned against the door with his hands in his pockets, looking at the light and the rain. After a while, he suddenly laughed.

A lonely man.

When you walk by yourself, you have to remember that, in a lonely night with hazy rain, there would always be a lamp that was lit for you.

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 139 Part 4

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 139 Part 4

Lu Sicheng helped Tong Yao clean herself and change into a fresh pair of pajamas. A while later, Lu Sicheng also got back in bed after taking a shower. He pulled Tong Yao onto his chest. Tong Yao rested on his chest, listening to his vigorous heartbeats.

She was comfortable but tired and sighed: “Then when can I go on to play again?”

“After your finger’s all healed and after that person who’s threatening you is apprehended and taken care of! Then you can go and play whenever you feel like it.”

“Are you sure?” Tong Yao slightly lifted her head.

Lu Sicheng reached over to push her head back down: “Or else?”

“Tomorrow there will be gossip about the mid of ZGDX using her body to seduce her captain in exchange for the starting position.”

The big hand on Tong Yao’s head rubbed her hair: “You think too much. Does it still hurt?”

For a moment, Tong Yao wasn’t sure which part of her body he was asking about. Was it her finger or…...Then her face suddenly turned red. She shook her head: “You knew that it hurt, but wouldn’t stop when I asked you to. You aren’t nice to me.”

“It won’t hurt the next time. To do this, you have to go through with it regardless.”

Tong Yao didn’t know how to respond, but caught one important point: “......There’s a next time?”

Lu Sicheng looked matter-of-factly: “How can there not be a next time?”

Tong Yao: “......”

Lu Sicheng: “But no more tonight. Go sleep.”

Tong Yao dumbfoundedly said “oh.” Since she was too tired to think straight, she fell asleep on Lu Sicheng’s chest without giving his words too much thought-- --Though she vaguely felt that something wasn’t quite right before she fell asleep, she couldn’t really put her finger on what it was.

The next morning after she woke up, she finally realized what was wrong: What he said was no more, tonight.

But her realization had come too late.

That day, Tong Yao didn’t climb out of her bed until three o’clock in the afternoon and go down stairs. The culprit was already sitting in his own seat playing ranked matches in rather high spirits. Tong Yao sat down next to him and took a glance at her cell phone. She discovered that Xiao Rui had replied to her message last night about ten minutes after she had sent it-- --

[ZGDX, Xiao Rui: Are you talking about that leak of our skirmish lineup? It’s Cheng Ge who personally supervised it, he made sure that management pursued the real culprit….. In addition, that incident with your package is also under investigation as well. I heard that they’ve already tracked down the package. It was shipped from a neighboring city. The police are going to help us get all the surveillance tapes.]

[ZGDX, Xiao Rui: This time Cheng G’s really infuriated. He’s mustered all the connections, resources, and money he has available. Tsk, tsk, tsk, all this rage just for his girl; I’m envious.]

[ZGDX, Xiao Rui: Can you ask him whether he has a younger sister who’s just like him? Ask him to introduce her to me.]

Tong Yao: “......”

[ZGDX, Smiling: No younger sister, but a younger brother. I heard he’s a substitute mid for ZGDX team, are you interested in him?]

[ZGDX, Xiao Rui: Damn!]

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 139 Part 3

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 139 Part 3

Lu Sicheng was anxiously looking at Tong Yao with a sparkle in his eyes as if he was waiting for her verdict. Seeing that, Tong Yao suddenly had a mischievous idea. She curved up her lips and teased him: “You think too much. Who told you that you’re perfect and superior in my mind?”

Lu Sicheng was taken aback a little: “Isn't it?”

“......No, I’ve seen what you’re like when you cross your legs to cut your toenails, unshaven, with uncombed hair, while wearing cheap t-shirts.”

“......” Lu Sicheng looked into Tong Yao’s playful eyes and came back to his senses shortly: “This isn’t the reason you want to break up with me.”

“I already said I didn’t want to…...Ah!”

He had pulled the strap of Tong Yao’s pajama off her shoulder.

Lu Sicheng’s big hand came up on her.

Tong Yao curled her legs and leaned against his waist-- --

“It’s alright in any case. From now on,” Lu Sicheng tenderly kissed Tong Yao’s lips: “you’re not allowed to bring up breaking up so carelessly.”

“That’s just because I wanted to do it before you broke up with me-- --Ahhh!” Lu Sicheng’s hand touched her body and Tong Yao slightly widened her eyes, her pupils slightly constricted, and her hand on Lu Sicheng’s shoulder tightened a little. When she spoke again, she sounded like she was catching her breath: “I’m wrong, I’m wrong, don’t……”

“There won’t be a day like that.” He buried his face in her neck and spoke, his voice muffled: “Don’t you even think about it.”

He pulled the blanket over their tangled forms on the soft bed.

What happened next came somewhat unexpectedly, yet it also happened quite naturally. Lu Sicheng kept talking intermittently next to Tong Yao’s ear. His warm breath spreaded over her earlobe, making her blush-- --

He said he would become even stronger to shut up all the haters. For esports, there wasn’t anything more persuasive than winning, talking was useless. Tong Yao couldn’t agree more and opened her mouth to try to praise him but the tip of her tongue was gripped by his teeth……

He said no matter what happened, he would always stand in front of her and he would never wait till she had finished crying in the room next door before he came to knock on her door. Tong Yao was quite moved hearing him and the next second, she became teary eyed again when he entered her……

He said he wouldn’t stand to let her suffer at all, but he didn’t have any intention to jam on the brakes when Tong Yao begged him to go slower……

He said that he had accepted the suggestion to keep Tong Yao from playing until her hand wasn't hurting anymore. Tong Yao thought to herself that as it stood now, the problem didn’t seem to be that her hand hurt, but her whole body hurt and was burning hot……

-- --It’s said that you can’t believe what a man says in bed no matter how nice it sounds, since after he gets off the bed, everything he had said was utter nonsense…… Lu Sicheng, in this regard, was quite unique. He was living proof of the saying while still in bed. Every promise he had just made had already been broken.

……

“Now I don’t have any reason not to take care of you for the rest of your life. Therefore, about breaking up, let me say it again: don’t even think about it.”

“......”

In the end, Tong Yao was so exhausted that it didn’t feel like her body belonged to her anymore, not even her own pores. While Lu Sicheng carried her, sweating all over, to the bathroom to clean up, he was still energetically repeating all those promises next to her ear-- --

Tong Yao was so tired that she couldn’t even lift up her little pinky. She didn’t have much of a response to whatever Lu Sicheng was saying, and only glanced at him with half squinted eyes to show him that she was alive and had heard him.

She looked at her own underpants on the ground in a daze and really wanted to go back three hours ago to slap herself in the face for mentioning breaking up with him.

…...She had only herself to blame for what she had brought on to herself.

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 139 Part 2

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 139 Part 2

Tong Yao’s mouth was open but no sound was coming out of it. Lu Sicheng’s big hand landed on the back of her head, rubbing her short hair which was still slightly damp from the shower she took a while ago. He lowered his head to kiss lightly on her red and swollen eyelid: “If that’s all, then let’s talk about me.”

“......”

“I was the one who took the wrong champion because of my headstrong attitude and it was I who didn’t do a good enough job as the commander which led us to have a hard time winning the match. All this had nothing to do with you but you were the one who took the brunt of the verbal abuse-- --In the past, I had given you lessons on how to be a professional player with such  confidence as if I was a big deal and everything would be alright if you only did as I said. Now, look how it’s turned out. I feel……” Lu Sicheng paused before continuing: “Very ashamed.”

…...Ashamed?

…...Lu Sicheng felt ashamed.

…...Had the sun risen from the west? It was unheard of!

Tong Yao’s ears pricked up, but she maintained her composure as she looked at Lu Sicheng-- --He was carefully kissing her on her forehead, nose tip, eyelids, corner of the eyes, cheeks, and lips……

His voice became smaller: “Then you got hurt, I was very worried and furious as well-- --But I don’t know whom I can blow my top off at……”

“So you blow your top at me.”

“I haven’t.”

“Then why did you ignore me for the past couple of days?”

“...................Because I insisted that you should’ve played the game, because I’ve lost my senses from being so angry that I haven’t even considered that your injured finger would hurt or that someone might be there to really hurt you. It actually wasn’t a big deal for you to take a break from just one game, it even might be a good thing-- --But I’m too prideful and full of myself; I don’t want to back down or give in to anything. In the end, it feels like I’ve lost my mind, I even forgot to be considerate to you. Even Xiao Rui and the others know better than me.”

Lu Sicheng’s voice became smaller and smaller.

His voice was slightly hoarse as well……

He reached over to carefully push Tong Yao onto the bed-- --His kisses touched her lower jaw and neck. Finally his lips lingered on her tender and slightly cool lips…… He used the tip of his tongue to meticulously trace her lips, making them warm and moist, slowly turning them to a bright red.

The tip of his tongue went in between her lips and slipped past her teeth.. While their two tongues were tangled together, both of their breaths became erratic…… Their breaths became heavier and heavier-- --

When they parted again, Lu Sicheng looked tenderly at Tong Yao, still lying under him. He used his big hand to softly caress the reddish corners of her eyes-- --

She was looking at him.

His silhouette reflected in her dark pupils.

There was only him.

Something triggered in his heart; his heart seemed to have spread the peculiar emotion through his veins all over his body. At the moment, it was as if the pain on her bandaged finger that rested on his neck had passed on to his body from her skin…… He sighed and lowered his  body to give her a kiss on the lips: “It’s not that I’m unwilling to talk to you, it’s just that I don’t know how to say to you to accept me like this, that I’m not the man in your mind who’s perfect and superior. I’m just a guy who has a lot of shortcomings and who doesn’t even know how to protect you well at such a crucial moment.”

When Lu Sicheng was uttering these tender words, he was like a whining large dog-- --fuzzy and quite cute.

Knowing that Lu Sicheng wasn’t avoiding her because he was unhappy with her, but for this rather childish reason, Tong Yao felt a weight was off her mind and couldn’t help feeling how mind-blowing her imagination could be. In the meantime, her man seemed to also have a wild imagination-- --

If they combined their powers together, it could probably form a new Milky Way.

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 100 Part 2

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Those Sweet Times

Chapter 100 Part 2

Extra: Shen Zemu and Yang Yin

Shen Zemu was someone who prefered quiet. He grew impatient with the constant noise around him; karaoke was one of the places he couldn’t stand the most. He stayed in the room for a while longer and got up to go to the bathroom to smoke.

Afterwards, as he was coming out of the bathroom, Deng Wenbo happened to come his way.

Shen Zemu looked straight ahead as if he didn’t see Deng Wenbo at all.

“Stop.” Deng Wenbo blocked his way and turned to close the door to shut both of them inside the bathroom. Deng Wenbo at this point already had too much to drink, even his eyes were out of focus. He squinted his eyes at Shen Zemu, with undisguised hostility. “If you dare try to win Yang Ying’s affections, I’ll fire you. Get back to where you came from!”

Shen Zemu simply gave him a glance, the look in his eyes was chilling like the frost in autumn.

“What are you looking at?” Deng Wenbo said: “I’ll fire you now if you look at me like that again!”

Shen Zemu opened his mouth: “You don’t deserve her.”

-- --

Yang Yin was singing when she saw Shen Zemu and Deng Wenbo come back from the bathroom one after another. Deng Wenbo had a dark face.

“Go, my team doesn’t need you. Get lost!” Deng Wenbo pointed at Shen Zemu and said in a loud voice.

Yang Yin hurriedly put the microphone down and stood up to get in front of Deng Wenbo. She asked: “What’s wrong?”

“He’s fired by me.”

“How can you fire him just like that. You have to discuss it with me, boss.”

“What’s there to discuss, I’m the boss!”

While Deng Wenbo was talking, the smell of alcohol permeated onto Yang Yin’s face. Yang Yin rubbed her head and turned to the others in the room: “You guys carry on…… Shen Zemu, you sit here first.” Then she dragged Deng Wenbo out of the room.

Shen Zemu was worried about her and followed her out of the room as well.

……

Yang Yin was quite annoyed at Deng Wenbo and pulled him outside, stopping at a random corner.

“What’s wrong with you?” She asked Deng Wenbo.

“I don’t like him. I’m the boss, I can fire whoever I feel like it.”

“What if I disagree?”

“You disagree? Then I’ll just disband the team and neither of you need to come.” Deng Wenbo took the chance to blow his pent-up anger. He felt like he had always been treated quite cordially wherever he went. But in his own team, his coach and data analyst could walk all over him. Why did he have to take it? Why not just disband the team and he didn’t have to deal with them anymore.

“Deng Wenbo.” Yang Yin suddenly called out his full name.

Deng Wenbo’s neck stiffened: “What?”

Yang Yin abruptly grabbed his collar and pulled downwards. Deng Wenbo was forced to bend over and lower his head to look into Yang Yin’s eyes.

The two faces were very close to each other. Deng Wenbo could see the fury in her eyes. He should be angry as well, but he wasn’t. He looked at those familiar eyes which were shiny black from anger…… Suddenly, he felt his heart was racing.

“Deng Wenbo, is this team just a toy in your eyes? Something you can play with it when you like and toss it when you aren’t happy?”

“I……”

“Did you know.” She looked straight into his eyes and said: “All of your toys train for ten hours a day, everyday. They wouldn’t dare relax for even a minute. They are apprehensive when they lose a game. They are elated when they win a game just because that slim hope of qualifying for the preliminaries. Do you know how much effort they’ve put in? Now you’re going to disband the team just like that? Disband? Are you sure?”

Yang Yin was breathing heavily from rage. Her breath sprayed onto his face. He couldn’t think straight. Yang Yin fixed her eyes on him with a somewhat frightening look on her face. Yet in Deng Wenbo’s eyes, she looked quite charming at the same time.

Deng Wenbo also began to hyperventilate a little.

Yang Yin still stared at him: “Say something, hrm?” The pitch of her voice rose all of a sudden.

“I, I like you.”

“......”

“I like you.” Deng Wenbo finally said it. He felt a little melancholic, but what he felt more was the relief that he had finally let her know about his intentions. “I like you.” He mumbled repeatedly.

Yang Yin was completely unprepared to hear this. She released him and turned her face away: “You like me, so you want to disband the team?”

“No…...I just like you, and don’t want to see you be nice to other men.”

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 139 Part 1

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 139 Part 1

In Tong Yao’s memory, she hadn’t seen Lu Sicheng look like this for a long time-- --headstrong yet anxious, uncertainty flashing in his eyes, simply because he had long since firmly set his mind on something that he was ready to fight for it to the end.

The last time she had seen Lu Sicheng act this way was when he and Pope, Li Junhe, were debating about what the best Jinx item build was. The two of them, separated by the fence dividing the two yards, were in such a heated argument that neither Tong Yao nor the captain next door could calm them down. In the end, both Tong Yao and the captain next door gave up on appeasing them and stood by with a “why don’t you two fight it out then” attitude......

Usually when Lu Sicheng was in this kind of mindset, he was in a “I won’t listen to you; no matter what you say, I just won’t listen; get lost” state...... Tong Yao was at a loss about Lu Sicheng’s reaction, but seemed to feel better because of what he had said. Her brain started to return to normal function and finally realized there was something he said that didn’t seem quite right: “You said you…… haven’t done enough?”

Lu Sicheng raised his eyebrows.

Tong Yao immediately became timid: “You said it yourself!”

Lu Sicheng: “I did say that. Why are you nervous?”

“......It’s impossible to not be timid when you look at me with that kind of look.” Tong Yao found scissors to cut off the bandage which had been dangling from her finger for quite some time now. She threw the bandage roll back into the first aid case: “Tell me, how is that you haven’t done enough?”

“Is this to find out what I’m guilty of?”

“........................It’s not that, I’m just asking.” Tong Yao gave him a glance: “I’m just curious why you would have such an idea like that. Why do you feel that you haven’t done enough-- --In reality, you’ve been pretty good all this time. ZGDX doesn’t have much of a problem either. The team fought its way to the finals at the last competition in spring with no trouble at all. There was no one saying anything bad about you on Tieba. You’re Lu Sicheng, Chessman, the god of ADs in everyone’s mind. There wasn’t anyone accusing you of anything before…...Until I came here, I’m nosy, I pick faults with this circle, even you. I have a lot of opinions about the team, I’ve caused quite a bit of trouble, and I’ve brought about endless gossip. If there’s a troublemaker, it has to be me. Then, why would you feel that it’s you who hasn’t done enough?”

Tong Yao earnestly counted her shortcomings with her fingers. The more she said the more she felt insecure, her voice became smaller and smaller. After she lifted her hand up for Lu Sicheng to tie a knot on the bandage on her finger, she hugged Lu Sicheng’s waist: “I don’t want to break up with you at all. It’s just that you’ve been ignoring me in the past few days and I thought maybe you’re angry at me or think I’m too troublesome. That’s why I couldn’t help myself but ask. If you’re really thinking that way, then I have to break up with you ahead of you so I won’t lose face-- --”

Before she finished, Lu Sicheng pinched her face.

She had to swallow back whatever she had intended to say. She was forced to look up at Lu Sicheng with a distorted face. Lu Sicheng was looking down at her with a frustrated expression.

“Last season, though we made it to the finals, we also lost 4 or 5 matches before that and lost to CK at the finals. It’s not like now it’s become unacceptable to lose even just to YQCB or CK by the end of competition-- --So how can you say that the team was doing well and has taken a step back? You’re nosy, but we haven’t been going to any ridiculous commercial events for quite a while now. You did pick fault with this circle, but nowadays almost all the clubs have curfews and all the players are more careful with their own mindsets. It used to be that I only needed to consider how to carry out the strategy that I'd decided when I was commanding the game. Now when I’m commanding, I can look at the bigger picture, because of the suggestions from my teammates, to make an even better choice. Though the process of learning to respond more quickly is quite difficult, it's an improvement in any case. When everyone else is improving themselves, I have to improve myself in order to be ahead of others. You’re a troublemaker who can’t control your mouth, but what you’ve said has all been correct. Has the club management accused you after you said those words? No, they didn’t. That means that what you said is right. As for that crazy fan who sent blades to hurt you, how can it be your fault?...... Have I missed anything that I haven’t mentioned?”

“......”

Tong Yao looked up with her mouth slightly open, looking at Lu Sicheng in complete bewilderment. She hadn’t heard Lu Sicheng talk so much in one breath ever since that showgirl incident where he was lecturing her in the break room.

What was even more unbelievable to her was that he even asked her whether he had forgotten anything.

…………………………………………….She didn’t think there was anything he had missed.

Besides, she even thought he had spoken too much.

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 100 Part 1

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Those Sweet Times

Chapter 100 Part 1

Extra: Shen Zemu and Yang Yin

Yang Yin had bought the aroma diffuser for Shen Zemu to thank him for helping her with her studies. She didn’t expect Shen Zemu would also buy a gift for her-- --He bought her a neck massage device.

It was a very considerate and useful gift to her.

-- --

Dw was doing quite well in October’s competition. The night they won, Yang Yin prepared to take all the players to a karaoke club to relax and have some fun. Deng Wenbo happened to be around and heard about their plan. He waved his hand and said: “I’ll take all of you to a great place.”

Yang Yin was afraid that the boss would bring the young players to an inappropriate place and wanted to turn down the offer. Deng Wenbo however widened his eyes and said: “What’s with that look on your face? I’m a perfectly decent person.”

The decent boss brought all of them to a nightclub. Once they entered the nightclub, the voluptuous hostess of the club winked at Deng Wenbo.

Deng Wenbo pretended that he didn’t know the hostess.

The hostess saw a woman following Deng Wenbo come in and immediately understood. She arranged the group to have a private room without saying too much to Deng Wenbo. Then she sent a message to the group chat that all the ladies working in the club were in and the message mentioning everyone: Deng Wenbo brought a woman with him. Pretend you don’t recognize him, don’t make him look bad in front of the woman.

Yang Yin followed the waitress to the private room. It wasn’t too far from the lobby to the private room, but she had seen many people along the way, all of them beautiful women. All the beautiful women were sizing her up, some with a look of curiosity and others with scrutiny. Yang Yin felt odd and looked back at them. They were the ones who became embarrassed and grinned back at Yang Yin.

Yang Yin: “......? ?” Women giving the sheep’s eyes to another woman, was this a new trend in nightclubs?

“What are you all looking at?” Deng Wenbo said.

All the women then moved away.

The private room was decorated rather luxuriously. All the young players were quite happy with it. Yang Yin was also satisfied with the place. She sat down and ordered some food and drinks, the boss was going to pay for all of them anyway.

Then Yang Yin took a few pictures of the interior of the private room to send to Shen Zemu.

Shen Zemu: ?

Yang Yin: We won the game today. We’re having a karaoke party, it’s on the boss. Do you want to come? #a beaming smile#

Shen Zemu: Location.

Yang Yin was only asking offhandedly and didn’t expect Shen Zemu would really come. She sent the location to him, then said to Deng Wenbo: “Boss, our data analyst is coming over in a while.”

“What is he coming here for?” Deng Wenbo wasn’t too pleased with the news.

“He’s part of our team.” 

……

Shen Zemu came rather quickly.

Yang Yin was sitting there listening to the young players singing, though to be more exact they were more like howling rather than singing. She was a bit bored and drinking with Deng Wenbo when Shen Zemu came in. She had drunk one bottle of beer and was about to open the second bottle.

Shen Zemu came in and walked over, sitting next to her.

Then he acted very naturally as he took the bottle from Yang Yin’s hand and put it on the table: “Don’t drink too much.”

“It’s alright. I’m happy today.” Yang Yin smiled.

Shen Zemu turned his head sideways to give her a glance, then used a voice only loud enough for her to hear: “Have you done your homework today?”

Yang Yin rubbed her head: “I’ll do it after we get back.”

“En. How was the game?”

“It was pretty good, let me tell you……”

The two of them sat close to each other and conversed quietly. Deng Wenbo couldn’t hear anything they were saying. He was rather irritated by that and put down his mug heavily on the table hoping to attract their attention.

Yang Yin only gave him a look, then turned her head to continue her conversation with Shen Zemu. They were briefly going over the successes and failures of the game.

Shen Zemu, however, never gave his boss even a glance throughout the conversation.

Deng Wenbo couldn’t really make out his own feelings, he just didn’t feel good. He sat by himself and drank glass after glass of liquor. He also begrudgingly asked the hostess to send in two pretty girls to sing and drink with them.

The two girls were fashionably dressed, yet not revealing, and were only there to chat and sing with the players. Yang Yin therefore didn’t object to it.

All the young players were quite happy with the additions in the room.

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 138 Part 3

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 138 Part 3

The thought that she had dragged Lu Sicheng down was like a needle pricking her heart. Tong Yao felt like she was hurt all over…… She unexpectedly quivered. Lu Sicheng, while lightly holding her hand, seemed to have noticed it. He raised his eyebrows to take a look at Tong Yao. He thought it was because he had somehow hurt her and mumbled in a low voice: “Hang in there, I’ll be done soon. It’s alright to cry, but wait till I finish.”

“......”

Tong Yao couldn’t take it anymore.

It would have been better if he scolded her for being too nosy or she got a good beating for always causing trouble. It would’ve been alright if she was taught a good lesson then everything could be back to normal. Even if it meant that she had to sit out for a few games to clear her head, it would have been fine with her…… But why hadn't he said anything from the beginning to the end?

He would let people question him, let the fans attack him, and let his streams have bullet comments filled with reckless ridicule…… He would let her stand right behind him but still ignored her. Even if she harshly questioned him out of irritation, he would still be like “alright, alright, whatever you say.”-- --

She was a living person, not air.

All these random thoughts went through Tong Yao’s head and she couldn’t think straight anymore. She stared at the man who was quietly wrapping the bandage on her injured finger. Her mind began to be dominated by uneasiness and chilliness from her overly active imagination….. The same coldness she had experienced the night before, as if she had fallen into the bottom of the ocean, came back again.

Tong Yao suddenly asked: “Cheng Ge, are we going to break up?”

Just as she had finished asking, she saw Lu Sicheng abruptly stop in the middle of winding the bandage.

Tong Yao was baffled and it took her three seconds to realize what she had just said-- --Her expression changed immediately and she quickly looked up. Her eyes were quite unprepared to meet Lu Sicheng’s bottomless dark brown pupils.

Lu Sicheng simply fixed his eyes on her.

Tong Yao uneasily moved her body slightly.

Lu Sicheng let go of her hand.

Tong Yao’s heart skipped a bit.

“You want to break up with me?”

Lu Sicheng’s voice was deep and husky, but it didn’t seem to have much emotion in it-- --

However, his voice made Tong Yao tremble a little…… She lowered her head without knowing what to do, but simply couldn’t face his eyes anymore-- --She was fearful that just one glance at him would make all of her previous speculations come true. She was fearful that once her eyes met with his, he would curve up his lips and use his usual indifferent tone of voice to say “Sure.”......

Tong Yao lowered her head deep down.

She had decided not to look up for the rest of her life.

She secretly made up her mind. After a long silence, she heard Lu Sicheng’s steady and calm voice above her head: “Just because I haven’t done enough and made you cry, you want to break up with me?”

“......”

Uhm?

Tong Yao looked up in confusion, moved her lips and sniffled-- --Her eyes, which she had worked hard to cover her uneasiness, were now redder than a rabbit. Her insecurity and agitation were completely written on her face without any disguise.

Tong Yao finally looked into those dark brown eyes which she had just a second ago made up her mind not to. What surprised her was that in those eyes, she didn’t see anything like she had expected……

Indifference?

“I won’t allow it.”

“......”

“Don’t you even think about it.”

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 138 Part 2

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 138 Part 2

Tong Yao listed a series of things to show that Lu Sicheng was always busy. She listed it all in a tiny voice and didn’t know whether Lu Sicheng would accept her excuse or not. Fortunately, Lu Sicheng didn’t keep the subject going. Instead, he asked where she kept the first aid kit, all the while refusing to let go of her hand. Tong Yao pointed in its direction and he led her as he went to retrieve it. Then he led her back to the bed again and both of them sat down on the bed.

Lu Sicheng quietly and carefully removed the bandage from Tong Yao’s hand. The cut had started turning white from being soaked in water. Tong Yao turned her face away, not willing to look at it-- --She quietly frowned and gritted her teeth from the pain when Lu Sicheng disinfected the wound for her.

“Relax your teeth.”

“?” Tong Yao was a little surprised to hear him speak and turned to look at him baffled.

“It hurts the same, why would you cry so hard just now?” Lu Sicheng flatly said while holding her wrist: “How come you’ve become the tough Tong Yao again when you’re in front of me?”

“......” Tong Yao ground her teeth and was irritated by his questioning. She wasn’t sure whether he was ridiculing or teasing her. Her eyes turned red again and she got a little carried away: “I’ve cried enough, so? Are you here specifically to watch me cry? You haven’t even talked to me very much in the past few days. I don’t even know whether you care for me or not at all. Now you’ve heard me cry and hurried over. Are you here to watch a show? Have you paid for the ticket-- --”

“I came over specifically because I’m worried about you.”

Tong Yao’s voice halted in the middle of the sentence.

“If you don’t want me to come over, then you better not cry or you’ll simply have to make me deaf.” Lu Sicheng was still looking downwards: “Bandage.”

Tong Yao handed over the bandage, a bit confused.

She watched him take the bandage and his nimble fingers wound the bandage around her finger…… It was very quiet in the room. Tong Yao could even hear the rustling sound as the bandage turned around. She fixed her eyes on Lu Sicheng’s neat and lean fingers and lost in her own thoughts-- --

Was there any shortcomings in this person, Lu Sicheng? There were quite a few. He was arrogant, egotistical, and mean mouthed. He habituary put on a stone face and had numerous ways to trick others. When he was in a good mood, he would poke fun at his teammates. When he was in a bad mood, he was someone who everyone tried to avoid. Sometimes he could be very sloppy, not shaving nor combing his hair for days as long as there was no upcoming competition or stream. He could sit there playing games in that messy state for a whole day. He actually had a lot of clothes, each one was quite expensive, yet he liked to borrow those big shirts from Little Fatty which he bought for 39.9 RMB from Taobao with free shipping. Sometimes he would forget to eat. Sometimes he would forget that he had already eaten and pick up chopsticks to eat another meal……

However, Lu Sicheng, even though he was like that privately, was the king of League of Legends in the China region. He was the god in the minds of those fans.

He played professionally for three years, from the Korean region to the China region, and never had anything bad said about him.

-- --What did Tong Yao do to him now?

She had accepted his arrogance, but criticized his egotism. She often circled around him to make him smile and enjoyed being tricked by him. When he was in a good mood, she would make sure he wouldn’t poke fun at his teammates too much. When he was in a bad mood, she would do everything she could to let him win the game even by sacrificing her own champion. She would make sure he shaved and combed his hair, and not fight with Little Fatty over Little Fatty’s clothes. She would make sure he would eat at the right time. When he was having too much to eat, she would take away his chopsticks……

She thought she was doing all this for his own good.

Yet, she didn't know what had gone wrong.

She really didn’t know what had gone wrong-- --

All of a sudden, all kinds of gossip and slander had appeared against him. They said he was the team bully, too full of himself. They laughed at him from being too arrogant before he even had the world championship and at his fans for acting like a cult. They questioned him for playing the game while carrying his own personal emotions, for not respecting the fans, and at his ability to make the right decisions when commanding the team during a game……

And it seemed that these accusations were all caused by certain things she had done, from the showgirl incident, Xu Tailun, the apology, to the threatening note.

In addition, because the way the team had adjusted their decision making process during their games, Lu Sicheng had to double his time reviewing the games they had played to train his own response time and analyzing ability……

-- --It was like, Tong Yao felt, that she alone had dragged Lu Sicheng off the altar.

“......”

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