Chapter 25025 The long-planned reunion

1.

WG's KPL division has less and less funding. The headquarters is unwilling to pay because of poor results, and there are fewer and fewer sponsors, which has led to WG's competition and training being far behind other teams.

The old players retired or transferred to other teams, and former players were forced to take the position of head coach, leading this group of young and passionate teenagers to create their own world.

Mirari still persisted. So did Chi Du.

Chi Du broadcast live more and more frequently, but he always disabled the permission to send gifts, as if he was just showing off in front of the public so that they would not forget him and WG.

Xu Tingwan once saw Mirari from a distance at the gate of the base. He looked completely different from a year ago. He became unkempt and looked more haggard than before. It was obvious that he was under a lot of pressure.

After leaving, Xu Tingwan asked Chi Du what they talked about.

Mirari said that WG needed him.

Xu Tingwan was stunned. This young man who used to be so arrogant and indifferent in front of the camera, now begged Chi Du to go back and help him.

She felt disconnected and realized how fast esports was changing.

"So what do you think? Do you want to go back?" Xu Tingwan asked him while holding his hand.

Chi Du curled his lips and put his hand on her head, rubbing it twice. "Once you have walked the road, you have walked it. There is no reason to turn back."

Although his words were ruthless, his increasingly frequent live broadcasts revealed his soft heart.

He had always said he played esports for the money, which was a flawed motive, so saying he loved it made him seem hypocritical. But Xu Tingwan knew that if he didn't love it, he wouldn't have persisted for so many years.

She didn't want Chi Du to have any regrets, so she had been talking about these things indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally during this period.

Finally, when the summer season started in June, Chi Du joined WG's training team and became Mirari's assistant coach. Mirari was still the head coach.

Xu Tingwan looked at the long list and paused at the small print next to the head coach.

Head coach: Mirari.

Teaching assistant:Polaris.

It's a long-lost name.

When I saw him again after such a long absence, the first thing that came to my mind was his high spirits as a player on the field.

When WG announced the roster, everyone was surprised, but they were also looking forward to the debut of this brand new team.

The twin stars reunited, still standing by each other's side and fighting side by side. In the end, they lived up to everyone's expectations and won their first victory with a big score.

When the winning team was being interviewed, the person on WG was assistant coach Chi Du. This is a very rare situation. Generally, the interviews will be with players or head coaches, who are the core members of the team. It is rare to see an assistant coach sitting in the interview booth.

But the audience didn't care. The enthusiastic screams from the audience seemed to express their longing for Polaris.

After being out of the game for nearly two years, he seems to have changed a lot.

In the past, he seldom appeared in interviews, and even when he did, it was mostly to interview the losing side, so that the rumors and dissatisfaction would be directed only at him. Therefore, he had a cold face most of the time, spoke little, had few expressions, and was always tense.

But now, there's a touch of tenderness in his features, and his smile and demeanor are much more relaxed. His former uniforms have been replaced with slightly more formal dark blue suits, perfectly tailored with flowing lines, and his tall figure exudes the maturity and composure of someone who's experienced life.

The host raised his head and looked at Chi Du's face, a smile that could not be suppressed on the corner of his mouth. "This is Polaris's first time appearing in the public eye as a coach. So, Polaris, what are the differences between being a player and a coach?"

Chi Du held the microphone, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Maybe it's just that the coach is the coach and the player is the player, they are two different people."

The host gave him a slightly awkward laugh at his answer, trying to smooth things over. "Yeah, that's right. As a coach, you carry more responsibility and the pressure is no less than that of the players. So, we saw today's draft was quite exciting. Regarding your former teammate, how would you rate his draft?"

Chi Du put his hands in his pockets, and seemed to slowly adapt to the rhythm, becoming visibly casual.

"fine."

Be brief and to the point.

"So if you were to participate in this BP match, who do you think would be better, you or Mirari?"

"Him, after all, I'm just an assistant coach. I can't stir up as big a storm as he does."

The screams from the crowd moved even the host. She put away her script and looked at the audience. "There are a lot of fans here today. Polaris is back in front of the camera as a coach. What do you want to say to the fans?"

Chi Du looked at the dense crowd in the audience, and his hand holding the microphone paused. During this gap, a fan holding his banner shouted at him -

"In the dark night, just follow your own path and fight Polaris until you are a hundred years old."

Chi Du was dazzled by the light in front of him and couldn't tell why his eyes were sore.

He listened to the shouts from the audience, raised the microphone and put it to his mouth, and the fans at the scene gradually quieted down.

They seemed to cherish every second they spent with Polaris.

"As a contestant, I want to say sorry to you. My farewell was too hasty, and I made you worry about me. I want to say sorry here."

"I'm very grateful for this opportunity to return to this arena, to participate in the growth of this new WG team, and to get to know you all again. Please believe in me, believe in Mirari, believe in every WG player, and believe in WG as a team. We will do our best to create an era that belongs to WG."

"Time wears out genius, but WG stands the test of time."

…

Xu Tingwan thought that even if the result was not satisfactory, at least he had tried his best and would not regret the decision he had made.

Although WG ended the KPL Summer Season with the runner-up, this summer they allowed many people to see the potential and resilience of the WG team, and made everyone know and believe that WG will definitely aim for the championship cup next time, with unstoppable momentum.

On the night of the finals, Chi Du sat alone on the balcony all night. She wanted to comfort him, to care about him, and even more wanted to hug him and tell him that he was already great.

But somehow, Xu Tingwan felt that Chi Du needed to be alone.

If a story starts too ostentatiously and proudly, people cannot accept its peaceful ending because they always feel that they do not deserve this ending.

She thought that Chi Du needed time to give himself some time to recover.

It also takes time to give yourself an answer.

…

In the same year's World Championship, WG overcame all obstacles and once again stepped onto the stage of the finals. This time there were no regrets, only a carnival of victory and the championship.

On the second floor of the inner field, Xu Tingwan looked down at the stage.

All the WG training teams and players stood together. Under the spotlight, a group of teenagers held up the trophy and proclaimed their victory.

2.

At that time, the most famous people in Beicheng No. 1 Middle School were the childhood sweetheart trio who always dominated the charts.

Xu Tingwan and Lin Leqi always occupy the top three in the grade, while Shen Zhinian is always last. As long as Shen Zhinian is there, the second to last student will not worry about the possibility of being last.

The dramatic life did not stop there. In his senior year of high school, Shen Zhinian's grades suddenly improved by leaps and bounds and he broke into the top 100 in the grade. As a result, this iron triangle also took on a different flavor.

When Xu Tingwan was in high school, she only focused on studying and was a bit rebellious along the way. However, because of her good grades, the teachers couldn't do anything to her.

But Chen Zhinian and Lin Leqi's rebelliousness is somewhat different from hers.

The two would often go home together after school, saying they had to go to Lin Leqi's house for extra lessons every day. Xu Tingwan noticed something was wrong and asked why they didn't ask her to come, but Shen Zhinian just laughed it off, saying he was too stupid and Xu Tingwan was too strict, and he was afraid that Xu Tingwan would not be able to help but beat him.

Later, she could vaguely feel that the atmosphere between the two of them was becoming more and more ambiguous, and their relationship had somewhat surpassed the boundaries of ordinary friends. Shen Zhinian looked as if "I like you" was written on his face, but she didn't expect Lin Leqi to not understand at all.

But I don’t know if I really don’t understand or I don’t dare to understand.

All I know is that after Lin Leqi rejected Shen Zhinian, he hugged Xu Tingwan and cried all night, and refused to tell her why he was sad.

Gradually, their contact with Shen Zhinian became less and less. The boundary that was suddenly broken could never be undone.

Ten years, a full ten years.

During this period, Shen Zhinian would ask her about Lin Leqi in a roundabout way at first, but since when, these simple chats became less frequent. Finally, from time to time, she would hear news that Shen Zhinian had changed his girlfriend.

It seemed as if Shen Zhinian had really left their lives.

3.

In order to thank Shen Zhinian for his help, Xu Tingwan specially booked a restaurant for him and ordered the most expensive dishes, fearing that they would not be worthy of the status of Mr. Shen.

That afternoon, Shen Zhinian arrived at the restaurant exhausted. He was a little surprised to see that only she and Chi Du were there, and then he returned to his familiar, annoying look.

"Hey, the top student is so lucky?"

Shen Zhinian was wearing a shirt and black pants, with his jacket casually draped over the seat next to him. He looked at their sweet expressions and drank a sip of water leisurely, looking casual and relaxed.

Xu Tingwan curled his eyes and said, "Long time no see, Mr. Shen."

Shen Zhinian nearly choked to death on a mouthful of water and waved his hands at Xu Tingwan, "No, no, no, please don't call me like that." He took a tissue and wiped the water stains, then raised his chin towards Chi Du, "Would you like to introduce yourself?"

Xu Tingwan looked at Chi Du with a smile on her face, and showed the ring on her ring finger to Shen Zhinian, "Chi Du, my boyfriend."

Shen Zhinian pouted his cheek and smiled at them, "Okay, it seems you are one step ahead of us again."

After he finished speaking, he looked out the window from time to time, as if waiting for someone. Xu Tingwan knew what he was looking at, but did not expose it. Instead, he casually mentioned what he wanted to hear, "Lin Leqi has been working overtime recently and can't enjoy this feast. What a pity."

After saying this, he sighed as if he was telling the truth.

It was true that Lin Leqi was working overtime, but she did not tell Lin Leqi about Shen Zhinian's visit to Yucheng.

As expected, Shen Zhinian started to move more after hearing this. He sat up straight and asked cautiously, "Overtime? Is your computer work so busy?"

Xu Tingwan paused and looked at Shen Zhinian. She didn't expect that Shen Zhinian even knew what Lin Leqi was learning and doing.

"Yes, but there's a good-looking boy next to her. I heard he's a college student?"

Shen Zhinian: “…”

Shen Zhinian fell silent, his eyelashes drooping.

He drank the water in the cup in one gulp, and those who didn't know would think he was drinking. Then he picked up his coat and stood up. "I have something to do later, so I won't eat for now. I'll treat you to dinner next time I have the chance."

He walked in a hurry, his back was hurried.

Xu Tingwan stood up and shouted at his back, "Are you really not going to eat anymore?"

Shen Zhinian waved his hand and said, "I wish you happiness."

…

After Shen Zhinian left, Chi Du looked at Xu Tingwan, who was a little excited after the prank, and couldn't help asking, "Sister, does Xu Tingyan know that you are ruining his reputation like this?"

Xu Tingwan poured a glass of fruit wine into Chi Du's glass, picked it up and put it to his lips, "I'm helping them. If it really works, I don't know how they'll thank me."

Chi Du: “…”

4.

Xu Tingwan’s birthday is on March 5th, which happens to be the Jingzhe solar term when spring thunder awakens all things.

Every year she receives a different birthday gift.

This year is extremely strange.

She received five years of college entrance examination and three years of simulation from Lin Leqi.

"Why did you give me this? Do you want me to repeat the year?"

Lin Leqi shook her finger mysteriously, "It's to make you return to being eighteen and become the girl you were back then."

Xu Tingwan: “…”

She understood.

Although I don't want to admit it.

No matter new or old, everything will turn yellow at Lin Leqi's place.

Xu Tingyan gave her a homemade music box with only one song in it, which was his birthday song.

Um.

It doesn't sound very good.

Xu Tingwan played it for two seconds and then quickly covered his hand.

Looking at Xu Tingyan's triumphant expression, you can tell that he did it on purpose again.

It’s like this every year, strange but never repetitive...gifts.

And the gift Chi Du gave her was even more incredible. The gift was a very common thing, but for someone who was not familiar with it, it was actually a torture.

It is a ladies' bracelet watch, each of which is engraved with sapphires, which is luxurious and exquisite. But I never expected that such an exquisite watch would have such a high number of seconds in each moment.

Xu Tingwan: “…”

The only thing she could understand at a glance was the square root of 36.

Xu Tingwan: "Are all you math students so sentimental?"

Chi Du asked innocently, "Sister, don't you like it?"

Xu Tingwan: “…”

Of course she liked it. As long as he acted nice and coquettishly with her, she would like everything.

Sometimes I forget the layout of the dial and have to take out the draft paper to calculate the advanced mathematics...

*

The room fell silent after the party.

Xu Tingwan was lying on the bed looking at the photos she had taken today. When she came to the book with the five-year college entrance examination and three-year simulations, Lin Leqi's words suddenly came to her mind again.

——"It's to make you return to being eighteen and become the girl you were back then."

Come to think of it, Chi Du seemed to have never seen her wearing a school uniform. I wonder if this could be considered a pity.

Her eyes flickered open and closed, and she suddenly stood up, rushed to the closet and began to rummage through it.

In fact, she didn't know if she could find it, after all, it was several years ago. When she came to Yucheng that year, she asked Xu Tingyan to send her some winter clothes, but he was too lazy to look for them and just packed up the whole closet of clothes for her.

Xu Tingwan was sweating profusely as he rummaged through the closet, and finally found his high school uniform at the bottom of the closet.

The fabric was a little yellowed, but fortunately there was no odor and it was still wearable. Xu Tingwan bit her lower lip and went to the bathroom outside to change her clothes.

It fit her surprisingly well, though a little tight at the top. She was wearing her summer school uniform, a shirt over a skirt. The shirt was a bit too small, and the buttons barely held it up. The skirt, which previously reached below her knees, was now pulled up two or three centimeters, revealing her long, straight legs.

The moment she saw Chi Du, she was a little shy and felt a little awkward.

As Chi Du walked towards her step by step, Xu Tingwan began to regret.

"This one is a little small, how about I..." take it off.

Before he could finish his words, Xu Tingwan was picked up and pressed against the wall.

In order to avoid falling, she could only hold Chi Du's waist tightly. He had just finished taking a shower and was only wearing a bathrobe. Because of her movements, the front strap of the bathrobe slowly loosened.

Chi Du kissed her and asked in a low voice, "High school uniform?"

Xu Tingwan nodded hesitantly and said, "It's a bit small."

Chi Du's eyes fell on a certain place unscrupulously under Xu Tingwan's gaze, "Really?"

Xu Tingwan turned her head away and didn't want to look at him, but Chi Du pinched her chin and forced her to look at him.

Chi Du: "Why does it seem to me... just right."

He stretched out the last syllable, implying something.

Xu Tingwan: “…”

5.

Yuda is full of beauty in the evening. The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the branches of the sycamore trees onto the ground, and people's bodies are also coated with gold because of their brief passing by.

Xu Tingwan and Chi Du walked hand in hand on the campus. There was a lot of chatter all around them, but only each other's voices were clear enough to hear.

"Chi Du, if I were the same age as you, would we have a campus romance?"

Xu Tingwan asked, shaking his hand.

Chi Du chuckled, "If it were you, I think so."

"So sure?"

"Sister, when I decide on someone, no matter where I start, the end point must be you. What's indispensable isn't love, but you."

This place is barren and has no grass.

Then you came here and everything started growing miraculously.

Here is my heart.

Perhaps in Xu Tingwan's eyes, their meeting was a coincidence, and everything they had done together started from scratch.

But in Chi Du's eyes, this was an encounter he had rehearsed many times in his dreams, a reunion he had planned for a long time.

The full text is over.

October 19, 2025.

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The author has something to say: Note: 1. "This place was barren and bare. Then you came and walked through it, and miraculously, everything grew. This is my heart." - Zhou Jiang, "Desert"

The story of Xu Tingwan and Chi Du ends here. Next, as usual, I will briefly express my gratitude (hahahaha)

This book is the happiest I've ever written. The tone is lighthearted, and the story is sweet. But perhaps my writing skills aren't up to par yet, so I apologize to the readers. I'll keep working hard and write a story that satisfies both you and myself.

If possible, I look forward to meeting you next time.

Remaining on October 19, 2025.