cold war
As soon as she went upstairs, she saw Xuanyunduo sitting on a small chair next to the billiard table.
It seemed like he was waiting for her, but also a little unlike.
Because he just glanced at her from time to time, and when he saw that she was almost walking back to the room, he still didn't dare to take the initiative to step forward. He only waited for Liu Jianchun to ask him, and then he walked towards her with his head lowered.
"Duoduo, do you have something to talk to me about?"
He raised his finger and pointed at her room, indicating that they should go to the room to talk.
Looking at Xuanyunduo's stubborn and timid appearance, she suddenly thought of Jian Zhaonan in the past. She couldn't help but curl her lips and walked into the room before him.
Xuanyunduo was very cautious, afraid that others would eavesdrop. After making sure that no one was outside, she closed the door firmly and turned back: "Sister, did you have a conflict with my brother?"
She deliberately ignored it: "Didn't you call me sister-in-law before? Why did you suddenly change your words?"
He spoke in a lower voice: "Don't tease me on purpose. I was ignorant before. I thought you two..."
She pretended to be stupid: "We have a good relationship. I'm not angry when you call me sister-in-law."
He secretly looked up at her and confirmed that the expression on her face was still kind, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
When the two were downstairs, he had been sitting upstairs and eavesdropping secretly. He always felt that there was something subtle about their relationship, so he mustered up the courage to find her.
After a busy night, Liu Jianchun was already tired and was ready to send Xuanyunduo away and rest quickly: "Your brother and I are fine, don't worry about it."
"You should tell me even if my brother and I are not doing well. I know you let me live here for my brother's sake. If you break up with him, I should move out. Besides, my uncle said they seem to have found my dad..."
She perked up a little: "Where's your dad?"
"In the South, but he doesn't seem too keen on coming back."
"It's good that you've found it. If you want to live with Dad, I'll send you back to your uncle's house. If you want to stay, feel free to live there. Don't worry about your brother and I. Even if we're not boyfriend and girlfriend, we're old comrades. It's only right that I help him with this little favor. You see, I'm surrounded by kids your age. Having you here is just a matter of adding another pair of bowls and chopsticks."
At this point, Xuanyunduo shouldn't have any other concerns, but the child just nodded and showed no intention of leaving.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
"I...I want to learn to play ball with you."
She burst out laughing: "Have you learned this before?"
"No."
"But! I've watched my brother's games a lot, and I want to be like him..."
She smiled and sighed, "Do you know how old your brother was when he started learning?"
He shook his head. "I'm a little late, but I don't necessarily want to be as good as him. I just think you all have special skills, and I want to have them too."
"I can teach you, but you have to understand that many things aren't achieved through hard work alone; they also require talent and luck. You can learn, but the results may not be as good as you expect."
She didn't know how much he heard, she could only see that the boy was grinning and nodding.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye.
Liu Jianchun said that she would spend two months to think carefully about the relationship between her and Jian Zhaonan, but she was so busy during these two months that she didn't even have time to make an appointment with him.
The second team qualifiers are a major event that affects the children's future development. If they can reach the semi-finals, they can directly enter the training camp and become the reserve force of the national team.
When the competition started, she found that the competition pressure was even greater than she had expected, with many talented players emerging from provincial teams and clubs.
Fortunately, Yunxiao and Mazi were both very competitive and fought all the way to successfully make it to the semi-finals.
On the day of the semi-finals, she saw someone who shouldn't be there in the audience, Xie Yu.
He was watching the game with a few old leaders. Although they seemed to be chatting and laughing, his eyes revealed an unconcealable fatigue.
As soon as the game was over, she didn't have time to wait for her teammates to leave the field. She packed up her things and left quickly, fearing that if she left a step later, she would be blocked by Xie Yu.
If it is a blessing, there will be no disaster; if it is a disaster, there will be no escape.
She dodged him for a long time, but finally met him at the only exit from the stadium from the rest area.
He didn't take the initiative to step forward, but just called her: "Liu Jianchun, how can you be so ungrateful?"
She was used to being scolded by other people, but it was the first time in her life that Xie Yu scolded her for being "ungrateful".
She paused, turned around and glanced at him with a look of rubbish.
He saw the opportunity and stepped forward: "I asked Jian Zhaonan to pass a message to you. Did he convey my message to you?"
She didn't understand what he meant, but instead of shaking her head decisively, she carefully considered the implications of his words.
She was still in a daze when Xie Yu dragged her to a corner shaded by green plants.
He was afraid of being photographed arguing with his ex-girlfriend on the street.
With his father seriously ill, Xie Yu has been shouldering almost all the burdens recently. Since becoming the executor of Yunfei Group, the former playboy has also begun to care about his personal style and social influence.
After making sure no one was around, he sighed, "After you blocked me, I realized I'd gone too far. Since I couldn't reach you, I called Jian Zhaonan and asked him to tell you that as long as you're willing to accept me and continue to treat me as a friend, I'm willing to let those kids go and discuss the signing after the qualifiers."
She was stunned and didn't say anything. Xie Yu took advantage of her thinking and fanned the flames: "He really didn't tell you, did he? I thought he was such an upright person and wouldn't delay his work for a love affair. I didn't expect..."
She rolled her eyes at him unhappily: "That has nothing to do with you."
He curled his lips in grievance. "It has nothing to do with me, but it has a lot to do with you. I heard that you two have moved in together now, and the next step is to get married. If Uncle Liu knew that his precious daughter married a man who kissed her forcibly and hindered her career development, I wonder what he would think?"
In front of outsiders, Xie Yu's playboy temperament has been reduced a lot, but in front of her, his mean nature is still exposed.
Even if he didn't touch her, just seeing him deliberately adding fuel to the fire made people inexplicably angry.
but……
Compared to Xie Yu, when she thought that Jian Zhaonan had hidden such a big thing from her, she didn't know who she should be angry with first.
She frowned and looked at him fiercely: "My father will support all the decisions I make. Don't try to scare me with your tricks of sowing discord."
"I'm not as cruel as you, bringing our generation's affairs to the previous generation. What I mean is, making friends with me is not completely without benefits. At least I can help you two cover up with your father."
"There are no secrets in our family, and there is no need to cover up." She took a deep breath, pushed Xie Yu away and left.
Walking alone on the path outside the stadium, Xie Yu's words kept spinning in her mind.
It took her two months to finally digest the fact that Jian Zhaonan had slandered Xie Yu. Unexpectedly, he had hidden more than one thing from her.
Did he really love her as much as he said? Did a man who repeatedly deceived her under the guise of love really love her?
Before the competition, Jian Zhaonan sent her a message saying that he had also come to the city where they were competing, at the Mandarin Oriental, not far from the venue.
He didn't explicitly invite someone, but between adults, revealing one's itinerary to another person means allowing the other person to intrude into one's life at will, and it's also a kind of...implication.
She had originally planned to go find him after the competition. Even though she didn't live there, it would be nice to have a meal with him. After all, he was taking time out from his activities to accompany her.
But after Xie Yu's disturbance, she didn't want to see him at all. At least until she calmed down, she didn't want this man's face to appear in front of her again.
At night, Jian Zhaonan was indeed a little anxious and called her several times in a row. At first, she just glanced at the caller ID and hung up. Later, she felt annoyed when she saw the three words "Jian Zhaonan" and directly put him on the blacklist.
Jian Zhaonan couldn't get through to Liu Jianchun on the phone, and thought something had happened to her, so he quickly contacted a friend in charge of the tryouts to help. The friend found her room, knocked on the door, and saw her with a murderous look in her eyes. He didn't even dare to ask a single question, but just said that he was worried that something had happened to her because she didn't answer the phone, and if she was not busy, she could call him back. After the friend finished explaining what he needed to say, she said "Oh" and closed the door.
Still ignored him.
The harm Jian Zhaonan caused her by deceiving her was a hundred times worse than what Xie Yu had done.
She had developed an immunity to Xie Yu's deception. Before he promised her, she would have expected him to lie. But she was different with Jian Zhaonan. Whether she liked him or not, she trusted him 100%, the kind of confidence that she could put her back on him.
But he actually hid so many things from her.
Troubled by her worries, she couldn't sleep all night. The next day, she appeared at the game with dark circles under her eyes. Under the illumination of the stadium's ceiling lights, her face looked even more haggard.
She didn't know if it was because of her poor condition that affected Ma Zi on the court. In the final against Dalin, she made frequent mistakes and lost points. She couldn't even perform at half the level she had trained. In the end, she was defeated miserably by Dalin.
Dalin beat Mazi.
Although both of them were shortlisted for the training camp, she felt a tightness in her chest and was very uncomfortable when she saw Dalin making a provocative gesture towards Mazi to celebrate winning the championship.
She didn't see Xie Yu again, so she didn't need to hide from anyone when she left. She waited until everyone had left before she slowly packed her backpack.
A bouquet of gorgeous roses was suddenly handed to her.
"Happy birthday."
She was stunned for a moment, looked in the direction of the rose, and saw a handsome face that was so handsome that it made her heart skip a beat.
He dressed carefully, exquisitely but not ostentatiously.
Even though she was angry with him now, she would still feel moved when she saw his handsome face.
Being stared at by her blankly, he smiled shyly: "Logically, your birthday was yesterday, so it's a bit late to give you a gift today. But... you seemed to be in a bad mood yesterday. I guessed you were worried about today's game, so I didn't bother you again."
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