Chapter 36 Jinjiang Novel Reading Exclusive What About Me?

Shi Jing hung up the phone, turned around and met the eyes of the fat manager who came out from the corridor.

Shi Jing: “…”

"Ahem." The chubby manager pretended nothing had happened, turned around, cleared his throat, and asked with terrible acting, "Sweetheart, did you get a scam call?"

Shi Jing was caught by him and froze for a moment: "...Yeah."

The fat manager and the deputy manager in the office who also heard the conversation looked at each other, and then tacitly looked away from each other.

"Well...it's almost the end of the year, so there are more scam calls," he said.

The deputy manager quietly reminded: "There are still three months until the end of the year..."

Fat manager: “…”

Shi Jing: “…”

Quiet.

There was silence between the three of them for nearly a minute.

"It's getting late, let's go to the meeting first!" The fat manager forced a professional smile and abruptly changed the subject.

Shi Jing: “…”

Shi Jing walked towards the meeting room with a wooden face.

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Sunday morning.

The number of people visiting the SFD base restaurant this morning reached a record high.

But at the table in the corner, a man in a gray and white hoodie was half-leaning on his hands. The bowl of noodles on the table was almost no longer steaming, but he didn't touch it.

The person sitting in front of the bowl supports his forehead with his left hand and holds a pair of chopsticks in his right hand.

The chopsticks were also shaking up and down, as if they were about to fall.

He was sitting far away from everyone else, and no one noticed that there was such a person next to the potted plants in the restaurant.

Finally, the last wisp of white mist slowly dissipated.

Shi Jing's elbow slid away.

A violent feeling of falling hit him, and he opened his eyes. The noodle soup in front of his face quickly expanded.

With a clang sound.

The chopsticks fell to the ground.

A warm touch fell on my forehead.

The touch also brought with it the familiar fresh mint scent of the visitor.

I used a little force on the palm of my hand.

Shi Jing was led up by this hand and raised his face——

He met Lu Zhiye's black eyes as he looked down at him.

From a top-down perspective, Lu Zhiye blocked almost all the light coming in from the window, shrouding Shi Jing in shadow.

The light-catching eyelashes made his eyes look darker than usual.

Shi Jing's heart skipped a beat.

The heat on his forehead had not yet left.

Shi Jing raised his eyes, realized what it was, and suddenly tilted his head back as if he was scalded, trying to distance himself.

"You don't need to come so early." Lu Zhiye's voice was soft, a little hoarse from his early exercise. "You can go back and sleep for a while."

"……"Oh shit.

Shi Jing looked at him with a stern face as he took his hand back, and said coldly: "None of your business."

Shi Jing felt that something was wrong with him last night.

Otherwise, how could I have finished that damn new season mobilization meeting, received a few calls from other old rival clubs, and on impulse, went back to the villa and set an alarm for myself to wake up at 8 o'clock in the morning.

The worst thing is that he actually got up.

Having suffered the consequences of drinking coffee on an empty stomach twice, Shi Jing practiced shooting for half an hour, then sat for a while facing the empty training room and the friend list with all the names grayed out, and decided to go downstairs to reward his stomach first.

And then there was the scene just now.

Breakfast didn't help much; instead, the carbohydrates in his stomach made him even more sleepy. Shi Jing sat back at his camera in the training room with a sullen expression on his face.

"Brother Lu, good morning..." Jiang Yuan walked in yawning on time. Taking in the scene before him, he almost thought he had slept through dinner. "Damn, what time is it now?"

Song Jiahang turned back from his busy schedule: "It's not even ten in the morning, what's going on?"

"?" Jiang Yuan glanced at his three teammates who were already at their respective positions. "No way, the involutionary trend has already spread to our SFD?"

Besides Lu Zhiye getting up early to train, Song Dazhuang does sometimes put pressure on himself for no apparent reason. But Sweet?

He had always thought that Sweet would be his new best friend in SFD - based on his enthusiasm in the past few weeks, he also came in on time and left on time.

What happened today?

Outside the corridor, he could vaguely hear the footsteps of the fat manager or Coach Wan approaching. Jiang Yuan had no time to analyze the situation and quickly returned to his seat and sat down.

Five seconds later, it was the fat manager who opened the door.

"Ouch." Seeing the training room full of people, his expression was exactly the same as Jiang Yuan's just now. "What's going on today? Are you guys so active?"

Jiang Yuan: “…”

The fat manager took another look and said, "Xiao Yuan, you're here too?"

"?" Jiang Yuan opened the game guiltily. "What do you mean, Manager? What do you mean, even I'm here?"

Song Jiahang glanced at him sideways: "What do you mean, don't you know it?"

Jiang Yuan: “…”

This is really the sun rising from the west. The fat manager held the tablet in his hand and said, "No, it's not the end of the month today, and the renewal of your broadcast contracts for the new season hasn't come out yet. Why are you all..."

Shi Jing was already extremely sleepy and could barely concentrate and aim. Hearing the buzzing noises in his ears made his brows furrow even deeper than a mountain.

"Isn't it good enough that the players are training actively?" This one sentence killed the game.

The fat manager stood there in a daze for a long time.

"Okay, okay, of course! I find it quite remarkable. It's rare for us to be so motivated." He smiled. "It just so happens that the schedule for this week's duo offline tournament has been announced. Tomorrow is the first match, and our team is in the second group."

Jiang Yuan: "Why are we divided into two groups?"

"This time, the organizers have arranged all the doubles matches for Team One and Team Two to be held offline," said the fat manager. "So tomorrow we'll have two teams going together, plus substitutes and other staff, so we'll need about three cars."

It’s really big.

Speaking of offline competitions, after a whole season, they were about to face those fans and opponents from other clubs again. The four people in the training room became quieter and looked more serious.

The fat manager reminded them of the departure time and turned to say, "It's okay for our team to take one car, right? It's your old car. Everyone should be sober tomorrow morning and don't make any mistakes."

"No problem." Jiang Yuan answered in the loudest voice.

Zhou Li'an asked, "Am I still going to ride in the same car?"

The fat manager was stunned for half a second: "Of course, if you don't take the first team's car, which one will you take?"

Zhou Li'an: "I...I thought the breakthrough position was replaced by Sweet."

The Fat Manager: "The roster changes for the four-man tournament haven't been decided yet. That's your Coach Wan's responsibility, and he'll let you know if anything's wrong. Even if you two have overlapping positions, the most you can do is take turns playing. Sweet will ride in the same team car, and so will you."

"Okay." Zhou Lian nodded.

The fat manager left with peace of mind.

The only sounds left in the training room were the occasional conversations between Jiang Yuan and Song Jiahang, and the tapping of keyboards and mice.

After about half a minute, Shi Jing couldn't stand it anymore and was about to make himself a cup of strong tea, but his sleeve was suddenly pulled.

Lu Zhiye slid the chair towards him at some point.

Look up at him.

The small piece of sleeve fabric was sandwiched between Lu Zhiye's index finger and thumb.

He asked, "What about me?"

Shi Jing: "? You what?"

Lu Zhiye: "Can I ride in the same car with you?"

Shi Jing: “…”

Shi Jing was numb.

Even if anyone now diverted their attention from the computer screen, or if the fat manager came back, they could easily see this scene.

Their SFD captain grabbed the new breakthrough player's sleeve, looked up and asked him if they could ride in the same car.

Even though Lu Zhiye was asking about the same car, Shi Jing immediately remembered the last time they were squeezed in the same row.

It was pitch black, and the last row was not easily noticed by people in front.

He also took a nap leaning on Lu Zhiye.

His body was stiff for three seconds. Shi Jing pulled out his sleeves and retorted bluntly: "You can sit wherever you want. It's none of my business."

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on Monday.

SFD is in the second group, and the game time is close to seven o'clock in the evening, but most teams will participate in the morning game, and they also have spots to watch the game, so naturally they cannot miss the first offline event of the new season.

While doubles isn't the primary type of competition promoted by the Apex Tournament Group, the pre-season heats up quite well each season. All invited domestic clubs were present.

As soon as he got off the car, Shi Jing felt the atmosphere of the offline competition again after a long time.

The only flaw is... most of these support signs say "SFD-Wild", as well as Lu Zhiye's posters and light strip confessions.

"So exciting, so exciting, is this what it feels like to compete in an offline competition? That female fan just now almost pounced on me!" Matt clenched his fists excitedly.

The lounge is a private room, designed to prevent the players of Team One and Team Two from disturbing each other as they participate in the competition at different times.

Now that they don't have any competition, naturally no one is deliberately separating the players of the two teams.

"...Wake up, the person who attacked was Lu Shen, it has nothing to do with you." Dunzi said.

Jiang Yuan was walking not far behind Lu Zhiye, so of course he saw this scene as well. He patted his chest with lingering fear and said, "Luckily we came early. Oh my god, if we were any later, we would probably be surrounded by fans outside again."

Matt's face was filled with envy. "Is it always like this in every competition before? I didn't even notice that our Apex division has so many female fans."

The number of girls playing esports games is much smaller than the number of boys, let alone first-person shooters like Apex. Female fans have only gradually increased in recent years with the rise of the esports industry.

In the eyes of a rough guy like Matt who hangs out with men all day, being surrounded by a group of beautiful girls asking for autographs is so serious that it can make his brain short-circuit on the spot.

"You're overthinking it. Most contestants don't get this kind of treatment. It's mainly because my brother is handsome." Jiang Yuan's words shattered Matt's dream. "The girls still focus on looks, especially someone like our captain who has good looks, a good figure, and skills."

Matt: “That’s asking too much.”

Jiang Yuan: "Don't be sad. Even if you can't attract beautiful women, as long as you fight hard enough, you can still attract a group of strong men."

Matt: “…”

I thank you.

Someone from Team Two said, "Actually, it's not as good as it seems. I heard there are so many female fans, which is quite troublesome. What's the term for them? Girlfriend fans. They're very aggressive and hard to manage."

"Oh, I know that." Jiang Yuan said, "But it's easy to solve. Once my brother finds a partner, he won't have any girlfriend fans anymore."

Zhou Li'an: "Then the captain's female fans will attack his girlfriend, right?"

"Huh?" Matt was shocked. "Is it really that scary? What should I do?"

"Come on, you're really going to discuss a solution to something that's not even close to being decided?" Jiang Yuan said with a chuckle. "My brother has been single for so many years, and as far as I know, finding a partner isn't part of his career plan. When have you ever seen him like anyone?"

Everyone's attention shifted to Lu Zhiye.

The latter sat on the sofa in the lounge.

Feeling so many burning gazes, Lu Zhiye turned his head.

Jiang Yuan asked confidently: "Brother, right?"

Lu Zhiye: “What is it?”

Matt: "Brother Jiang said you haven't found a partner in your career."

A few seconds of silence.

Lu Zhiye: “Yes.”

Matt: “?”

Jiang Yuan: “?”

A few more seconds of silence.

Lu Zhiye continued: "Still chasing."

Everyone: “???”

With a "click".

Shi Jing crushed the paper cup in his hand.

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