When Sheng Yan returned to his dormitory, lunch break was almost over.
As soon as he tiptoed open the door, two "tsk tsk" sounds came from inside the dormitory: "Some people, they get impatient if I talk to them for a few minutes during lunch break and tell me not to disturb their sleep, but as soon as their girlfriend comes over, they're not sleepy anymore, they don't sleep anymore, and they don't even go back to the dormitory."
"..." Sheng Yan felt guilty and didn't have the heart to scold Wu Shan, so he could only close the door and forcefully explain, "I had a fight with him."
"Oh, what kind of argument can make you look so sweet and lovey-dovey? Tell me about it, maybe I'll have a fight with my partner too?" Wu Shan had known Sheng Yan for so many years, but this was the first time he had caught Sheng Yan "handle". He forgot how to spell the word "death" and started to gloat.
Sheng Yan could only nervously utter two words: "Shut up!"
Wu Shan had never seen their squad's little tyrant look so embarrassed yet trying so hard to hold back, and he suddenly found it quite amusing.
Maybe people in love are more adorable.
"But Brother Yan, when did you find out you were that kind of person?" Wu Shan had many friends of all kinds, so he was very accepting of this kind of thing. After a brief shock, he quickly turned into a gossip.
He turned around, looked at Sheng Yan, and asked with great anticipation.
To some extent, Sheng Yan felt that Wu Shan, as a relationship mentor, was quite reliable. At least every time he and Qin Zigui had problems, Wu Shan could give him the right advice based on his dating experience, which allowed him and Qin Zigui to get along smoothly despite the ups and downs.
In addition, during the meal just now, Wu Shan clearly knew about his relationship with Qin Zigui, but still chose to cover for them immediately, so Sheng Yan didn't treat Wu Shan as an outsider: "Actually, it's only been about these two months."
"How did you two, who were just good friends, suddenly become a couple?" Wu Shan was still a bit curious about this, like a typical straight man.
Sheng Yan could only think of the various attempts Qin Zigui had made to seduce him. His ears turned red, and he picked up his team uniform and threw it out, saying, "Mind your own business."
Judging from his expression, Wu Shan guessed most of it. Then, thinking of the seemingly aloof but secretly jealous guy in the cafeteria, he couldn't help but click his tongue twice.
When those two are together, it's like a pure, innocent young man and his cunning "good older brother."
I never expected Sheng Yan to be in this kind of relationship.
but……
While gossiping, Wu Shan suddenly became more serious and asked, "But Brother Yan, what exactly is going on between you and Xue Yi?"
Sheng Yan frowned slightly upon hearing the name, and his tone became much calmer: "It's about the things you guys know from the old squad."
“But I always felt that the things he said to your partner today were a bit strange.” Wu Shan believed that his intuition was usually quite accurate.
Sheng Yan felt a bit irritated by this.
He felt that he wasn't really a homosexual at heart, at most just a bird-like homosexual, so the thought that other men besides Qin Zigui might have those kinds of feelings for him made him very uncomfortable.
Moreover, there was a high possibility that Xue Yi had deliberately injured him, so Sheng Yan didn't even want to mention that person.
"Anyway, no one has mentioned this, so just pretend you don't know anything and don't overthink it," Sheng Yan said casually as he changed his team uniform.
Wu Shan nodded: "Okay, no problem. But when he asked me to help deliver food, I thought he wanted to apologize to you. But after what happened at noon today... I feel like he's a bit too calculating. You two have such different personalities, so it's best to have less contact with each other in the future."
Wu Shan tried to phrase things tactfully, and Sheng Yan understood perfectly well. He changed into his team uniform and hummed in agreement.
During the subsequent training sessions, he indeed didn't have much contact with Xue Yi.
The friendly match between the city's second team and the district team ended with the city team's seeded player taking first place, Sheng Yan second place, and Xue Yi third place. After that, the two teams basically trained separately and, apart from occasional exchanges and matches, hardly disturbed each other.
Sheng Yan's training load was still heavier than others, and he had no one to supervise him; it was all voluntary because he hadn't won first place yet.
If he can't even get first place in the match between the two teams, how can he guarantee that he will get into the top three in the city?
So he continued to get up earlier and go to bed later than everyone else, just like before. However, because he didn't want to emphasize how hard he worked, few people, except for the coach and Wu Shan, noticed how hard this student who had cut in line worked.
The only change is that he no longer has to eat the terrible food in the cafeteria.
Qin Zigui would prepare a variety of nutritious and delicious meals for Sheng Yan every day at noon and in the evening, and the quantity would increase day by day. Sheng Yan, who used to be picky, would always eat everything clean.
By the time the first yellowed sycamore leaf fell at the training base in September, Sheng Yan's performance had already allowed him to compete with the city team's seeded players for first place. The boy, who was originally a bit too thin, seemed to have gained a more composed and resolute demeanor.
Standing on the field with a gun in hand, under pressure, and finally overtaking the competition to win first place in the training camp, Wu Shan felt that their shooting team's King had returned.
Just like two years ago, as long as Sheng Yan stepped onto the field, their team seemed to have a chance to win the gold medal.
However, unlike two years ago, when Sheng Yan was very naive and all his pride, arrogance, and competitive spirit were written all over his face, the current Sheng Yan is very mature.
He fired each shot with such determination, as if it weren't for the outcome of the immediate match, but for some long-term belief.
Perhaps this is what a truly mature man is like.
On the last day of the training camp, Wu Shan took a picture of Sheng Yan, uploaded it to his WeChat Moments, and captioned it as follows.
The truly mature Sheng Xiaoyan haphazardly stuffed everything he could see into his suitcase, then, carrying his bag in one hand and dragging the suitcase with the other, hurriedly ran towards the entrance of the training base.
When he finally saw Qin Zigui in the distance, Qin Zigui didn't rush forward to greet him as quickly as before. Instead, he stood at the door, seemingly hesitant to speak.
Sheng Yan didn't think too much about it at the moment. He just rushed over, threw down his bag and suitcase, and jumped onto Qin Zigui, hugging him tightly, unable to contain his excitement: "Qin Zigui!!! I got first place!!! I surpassed the best player from the city's second team!!! I have a chance to be in the top three in the city!!!"
Qin Zigui, who was suddenly embraced by him: "..."
Wu Shan, who caught up after him after discovering he had left something behind: "..."
A wealthy woman driving a luxury SUV nearby: "..."
After a brief silence, Sheng Yan, who was clinging to Qin Zigui, sensed that something was off. He stiffly raised his head and looked at Qin Zigui.
Qin Zigui's gaze seemed to say: I'm sorry, I tried my best.
Then Sheng Yan turned his head following another gaze from an unknown source and saw a flamboyant rich woman, Xu Qingrong, with big wavy hair, dressed in Chanel from head to toe, wearing sunglasses and leaning against an off-road vehicle station.
"..."
After another brief silence, Sheng Yan turned back to Qin Zigui and said seriously, "I think I saw my mother."
Qin Zigui nodded: "She is indeed your mother."
"..."
"?"
"!!!"
grass!
That's fucking amazing!
Finally snapping out of his daze, Sheng Yan quickly jumped off Qin Zigui, faced Xu Qingrong, put his hands behind his back, obediently bowed his head, and called out, "Mom."
Having witnessed firsthand how her son frolicked out like a happy little chick, unable to contain his joy, and how he instantly cowered like a silly little chick, Xu Qingrong suppressed her laughter and deliberately put on a sarcastic expression: "Not bad, you still recognize me as your mother. I thought you had changed your name to Qin Yan after not seeing me for two months."
"mom!"
Xu Qingrong originally meant to tease her about sending Sheng Yan to live with Qin Ru's family, but Sheng Yan immediately imagined Xu Qingrong teasing him about taking his husband's surname. He blushed instantly and called out "Mom" with a mixture of embarrassment and urgency.
This surprised Xu Qingrong, who asked, "What's going on?"
"..." Sheng Yan realized he had overthought things when he saw Xu Qingrong's reaction. He then moved three steps away from Qin Zigui, looking like he was trying to hide something, before saying hesitantly, "It's nothing, I just think you shouldn't question our mother-son relationship."
"?" Xu Qingrong knew that her son was not good at lying, so she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when she saw him like this.
However, she always respected Sheng Yan and never forced him to reveal his secrets. So she turned around and opened the SUV door: "Alright, get in. Your mom just got off the plane and came to pick you up with her new car. Aren't you touched?"
move.
I'm just a little hesitant to move.
Taking advantage of the moment when Xu Qingrong turned around, Sheng Yan bared his teeth and began to question Qin Zigui.
Qin Zigui raised his eyebrows innocently, indicating that he was also taken aback.
Sheng Yan grinned fiercely again, questioning Qin Zigui about why he hadn't been reminded.
Qin Zigui raised his eyebrows innocently again, to indicate that he had just sent a WeChat message.
Sheng Yan grinned fiercely once again, indicating that he hadn't seen the WeChat message and why Qin Zigui hadn't reminded him on the spot.
Qin Zigui raised his eyebrows innocently once again, to show that Sheng Yan had hung on him too quickly and hadn't had time to react.
Sheng Yan was about to bare his teeth when Ms. Xu turned around and said, "What are you two exchanging glances about?"
"Nothing much, just some friendly conversation. Oh, and... that's not how you use the idiom 'exchanging glances'." Feeling guilty, Sheng Yan quickly jumped into the passenger seat, fastened his seatbelt, and even solemnly corrected Ms. Xu's misuse of the word.
Ms. Xu laughed: "Wow, Brother Yan, no wonder you scored over 110 in Chinese. You can even correct a Peking University graduate's idiom problem."
Sheng Yan: "..."
Forget it, he shouldn't talk to his mother anymore.
As Qin Zi slowly and methodically put Sheng Yan's luggage into the trunk, she listened to Ms. Xu teasing Sheng Yan and thought that Sheng Yan was really too easy to bully. She couldn't help but smile.
Wu Shan then took the things Sheng Yan had left behind, handed them to Qin Zigui, and asked, "Is that pretty lady really Brother Yan's mother? She looks like a celebrity."
"Yes, their family has good genes."
That's why Sheng Yan is so good-looking.
Wu Shan clicked his tongue and shook his head: "What a pity."
Qin Zigui held onto the trunk lid and looked up at him.
Wu Shan curled his lip: "It's a pity such good genes can't be passed on, otherwise, if Brother Yan finds a beautiful wife and has a beautiful daughter, he could arrange a marriage between our future son and us..."
Bang--
Holy crap!
When Qin Zigui slammed the trunk lid shut, it startled Wu Shan.
Qin Zigui simply said "Dream on" before opening the car door and getting in.
After Wu Shan, whose heart was pounding from the fright, came to his senses, he thought that those gay people were really stingy, not even letting people have a chance to think about it!
So, in a fit of retaliatory delight, she leaned over the passenger window and smiled politely and charmingly inside: "Hello, Auntie! Goodbye, Auntie! Sheng Yan, and Sheng Yan's brother, see you at the city championships!"
After saying that, he quickly slipped away.
Xu Qingrong, left in the car, turned around and asked, "Sheng Yan's brother?"
"Ah, right." Recalling Qin Zigui's petty behavior of almost kissing him to death because he introduced Qin Zigui as his brother, Sheng Yan avoided Qin Zigui's gaze while forcing himself to explain, "When Qin Zigui came to visit me at the training base before, I told them that Qin Zigui was my brother."
"Looks like you two have made up after two months apart. That's good. You're both mature men now. Brothers shouldn't hold grudges overnight." Although it was expected, Xu Qingrong was still very pleased.
Sheng Yan didn't dare to look Qin Zigui in the back seat, and could only nod and say with a forced smile, "Yes, Mom, you're right. My brother and I will definitely not quarrel."
"That's more like it." Xu Qingrong said while reversing the car, "You should be grateful to have a brother like Zigui. Otherwise, I would have sent you to a study abroad agency by now. So in your last year, listen to Zigui and learn from him. At least get into a good university. Also, curb your spoiled brat attitude. Otherwise, you might not be able to find a wife in the future."
"I will definitely listen, I will definitely learn, I will definitely accept it, and I will definitely find a wife..." Sheng Yan only wanted to appease Madam Xu, so he didn't think before he spoke. He realized something was wrong halfway through and stopped abruptly. But since he had already said it, in order not to arouse Madam Xu's suspicion, he could only pretend not to see Qin Zigui's eyes and continue to say with his head down, "I will definitely find you a wife who is tall, beautiful, academically excellent, caring, gentle, and virtuous."
Xu Qingrong was indeed very satisfied with this answer: "Not bad, as expected of my son, he is just as good at daydreaming as I am."
Sheng Yan, who has already found a tall, good-looking, academically excellent, caring, gentle, and virtuous son-in-law: "..."
Fine, let his mom insult him if she wants, as long as she doesn't start to suspect him and Qin Zigui.
"However..." But then Ms. Xu changed the subject, her smile teasing, "Has our Brother Yan actually already been found?"
Sheng Yan's heart tightened instantly, and he didn't even dare to breathe.
Has Ms. Xu already figured something out?
Then, a second later, Ms. Xu smiled slowly and said, "Was the girlfriend you told me about last time this type?"
Sheng Yan: "..."
Well, although I guess Qin Zigui will come after me for the debt again when I get back, at least his mother hasn't suspected anything yet, so it's alright.
Sheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Ms. Xu casually drop another bombshell: "So when are you going to bring her out to meet your mother? Your mother will treat the young lady to a meal."
"...???"
Sheng Yan knew that Ms. Xu was open-minded, but he did not expect her to be this open-minded.
The problem is, as enlightened as he is, where is he going to find such a young girl to have dinner with his mother?!
If we can't find it, how do we explain the hickey from that day?!
At worst, you can just say you've already broken up?
No, that would only make Ms. Xu more gossipy and curious.
In despair and helplessness, Sheng Yan, who had been stubbornly defiant, finally turned to look at Qin Zigui and gave him a pleading look.
Qin Zigui simply lowered his head, slowly turned a page of his workbook, and said nonchalantly, "Your girlfriend, don't look at me, I don't know."
Sheng Yan: "..."
He realized that Qin Zigui was becoming increasingly irritating.
Tonight, one of them will pay a heavy price for calling someone "brother".
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