7. Chapter 7
Zhang Yuxuan followed Jiang Hailian's back all the way to the lounge designated by Xiangjiu.
He always has a playful smile on his face, which makes people angry.
"I don't want to hear any explanation from you." Jiang Hailian glared at him.
Zhang Yuxuan stood at the door of the lounge and shut his mouth in disappointment. He actually didn't want to act so wickedly, but when he thought about what would happen next, he couldn't help laughing.
Just after he stood at the door trying to suppress his laughter for a few minutes, he saw Chi Mo coming late following the sign.
The moment their eyes met, the smile on Zhang Yuxuan's face grew even wider. He made a hushing gesture to the man and signaled him to come over with his eyes.
Chi Mo nodded, then walked quietly towards where Zhang Yuxuan was standing, and stopped at the right time when he was about to reach the door frame.
"Alian, don't be angry. Look, who's here?" Zhang Yuxuan smiled smugly. He stepped into the lounge first. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and hooked his finger at Chi Mo.
"What are you doing? I don't have so much time with you..." Jiang Hailian was very angry. Hearing the other party's nonchalant tone, he thought Zhang Yuxuan was joking with him again. However, before he finished speaking, a face that he had been obsessed with suddenly appeared in his sight.
Instantly, he swallowed the curse words that were on the tip of his tongue. His body seemed to be hit by an electric current, and the BP paper in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
Chi Mo, who was standing at the door, leaned half of his body out. He was still thinking about how to greet the junior he was not very familiar with. Unexpectedly, before he could open his mouth, Zhang Yuxuan burst into laughter.
He really didn't mean it, but seeing Jiang Hailian's look of disbelief and bewilderment, he couldn't help but laugh at her mercilessly while complaining to Chi Mo, "What did I say! Look at his hands shaking, the BP paper even fell off!"
His voice was so loud that it was hard to ignore it.
Jiang Hailian's face turned red with shame when he was laughed at. He glared at the person fiercely, trying to use his eyes to warn the other person not to laugh anymore.
However, the other party ignored him completely. Jiang Hailian suppressed his anger and looked away, as if he was in a hurry. He was not willing to waste time on other unimportant people. He cast his eyes on the person he dared not even think about every second.
The body doesn't lie. When he looked at Chi Mo again, the eyes that were wide open in disbelief became tender and gentle. There was no intimidation at all when he glared at Zhang Yuxuan. Instead, he looked like a big dog that had suffered a lot of grievances and wanted to seek comfort from its owner. His whole aura was gentle, and even the square glasses hanging on the bridge of his nose did not look cold anymore.
He still couldn't believe that Chi Shen was standing in front of him.
Jiang Hailian's hands trembled uncontrollably, perhaps because he was nervous or too excited. He raised his hand and pushed up his glasses, as if he wanted to see more clearly.
For the first time, he deeply understood the meaning of the word "at a loss".
All this happened so suddenly and was such a surprise.
His head felt dizzy and his ears were buzzing.
Three years can really take away a lot of things, and three years can also make some things more persistent or even paranoid.
Jiang Hailian's career is neither long nor short. At the age of 24, he is considered old in the circle of professional players. He is only one year younger than Chi Mo, but he debuted three years later than Chi Mo.
By the time he was just starting out, the senior who was only one year older than him had already become a dazzling and eye-catching top star player in the world.
Jiang Hailian admired Chi Mo very much. He liked his playing style and the way he always turned the tide on the court.
All of this was very touching to the young Jiang Hailian at that time.
In his youth, the period when his emotions were the richest and most sensitive, he cheered and screamed for Chi Mo, just like chasing a star. He never missed any of his games. If he lost, he would feel sorry for him, and if he won, he would send him the warmest and most sincere blessings from afar.
Chi Mo has competed in many World Championships and witnessed countless times when his heart rate soared.
It can be said that Jiang Hailian chose to play professionally, not only because of her love for the game Wanjie, but also largely because of Chi Mo.
It was the way he played that attracted him deeply.
Let Jiang Hailian confirm what she wants for the future.
But to be honest, when he first became a professional player, he was not very obsessed with the championship.
He is not like other professional players who want to prove themselves in the professional league.
When he came to the professional arena of Wanjie, what he wanted most was just to become friends and teammates with Chi Mo.
But fate plays tricks on us. The more we want something, the less we get it.
He always passed by the great man he had admired for so long. They often moved around, but they could never move together.
Sometimes, Jiang Hailian couldn't help but wonder if he was not destined to have this luck. He could only continue to admire and follow Chi Mo's footsteps until he reached the top and became a god, until he gradually faded away, and they had almost no intersection.
This urgent desire to become teammates with each other should have ended the year Chi Mo announced his retirement.
But I don’t know why, even though the person I’m pursuing has retired, my obsession is getting deeper and deeper.
Jiang Hailian was very clear about his own strength and he also understood that there are always people who are better than you. Therefore, he had long known that it was unlikely that he would win the championship.
When a professional player realizes that he has no chance of winning the championship, his fighting spirit on the field will almost disappear.
At this time, you need to give up your starting position to those players who are ambitious and have goals.
Jiang Hailian knew that it was time for him to leave. He could accept his retirement calmly, but the only thing he could not accept was that he would not be able to fulfill his wish at the end of his career.
He was very unwilling, extremely unwilling.
Why? It seemed like everyone around him could be his teammate, except him.
Why was fate so unfair? He clearly just wanted to be teammates with Chi Mo.
It was precisely because of this persistence that he did not choose to disappear after retirement, but chose to retire and become a coach.
This was a very big and very reckless decision.
To outsiders, this seemed to be a well-considered way for him to prolong the life of his career, but only Jiang Hailian himself knew that he did it for a very simple reason - he wanted to wait for Chi Mo, wait for him to come back.
This was a very crazy decision, so crazy that he even laughed when he made it.
For someone who quits the Internet directly after retirement, no one knows when he will come back.
Maybe it will be a year, maybe two years, maybe it will never come back.
If one day in the future, someone asked him why he had the confidence to make this decision?
Jiang Hailian would only tell that person that he actually didn't know either.
Maybe it’s just like when I decided to become a professional player without hesitation.
Jiang Hailian actually didn't know when Chi Mo would come back, but the only thing he could be sure of was that as long as he didn't leave Wanjie and didn't leave this arena, he would one day be able to see Chi Mo and one day be able to become his teammate in this way.
He had no choice but to become a coach. Only by staying in this arena with a new identity and waiting for the return of the man who never returned, would he have a chance, a last chance, to fulfill his wish.
But now it seems that his decision was indeed correct. He waited for the other party to return.
That's great... He finally got what he wanted.
Although they are not teammates now, and Chi Shen has not said that he will really return, so what?
Chi Mo has appeared in this room. This is the first time Jiang Hailian has seen Chi Mo in the lounge of her team.
So if we round them off, what is the difference between them and their teammates?
Jiang Hailian was very excited, but he didn't dare to make any move.
Because before this, he and Chi Mo were not familiar with each other.
The reason why he could talk about the origin of the matter for a whole day and night was his one-sided obsession with him, but to Chi Mo, he was just an unfamiliar junior.
He was already very happy that his seniors knew his name and ID.
Jiang Hailian was afraid that if she behaved differently, she would scare Chi Mo, so she tried hard to act like the reserved and restrained scholar she was when she met Chi Mo during her active service.
He kept reminding himself with his inner thoughts.
Even if your heart is filled with joy, you still have to pretend to be calm.
It was unknown how long this atmosphere lasted, but Jiang Hailian still looked at the strange yet familiar figure behind Zhang Yuxuan in disbelief.
It seemed as if the air and time had frozen at this moment.
Chi Mo was not in a hurry either, just looked at him quietly.
The two looked at each other silently. Jiang Hailian had to suppress his emotions and act at the same time, which was really difficult for him.
This kind of situation where your heart is pounding but you have to pretend to be "cold" on the surface can really make your cheeks turn red.
There was always an inexplicable feeling of guilt, coupled with the excitement of meeting his idol, which made Jiang Hailian even more dizzy. Just like having a fever, his whole body was getting hotter and hotter, and his Adam's apple kept rolling up and down. He had to moisten his throat all the time to avoid making a bad performance due to his hoarse voice when Chi Mo asked him questions.
Chi Mo and Jiang Hailian had completely opposite thoughts. In his memory, he had really no connection with this junior who was one year younger than him. He really didn't know how to start a conversation when he met a junior he was not very familiar with for the first time.
Especially since he suddenly reappeared after disappearing for three years, which made the already unfamiliar relationship even worse.
While Jiang Hailian was in a daze and didn't say anything, Chi Mo even suspected that the other party didn't know who he was?
However, this concern was quickly dispelled.
Because when he was hesitating and didn't know how to start, the young man with glasses in front of him took the first step to speak.
This was the first time they had communicated since they met.
Jiang Hailian actually didn’t know what to say, but he felt that it would be impolite if he didn’t say anything.
So, after staring at each other for a while, he stammered out a few words that didn't really move the conversation forward: "Chi, Chi Shen!"
There was actually no point in saying these three words. The only use was that it allowed Chi Mo to confirm that the other party knew him.
After Jiang Hailian said this, he actually realized that he was talking nonsense, but just these three words had exhausted all his courage.
After the words fell, Jiang Hailian's whole face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Chi Mo looked at the junior in front of him, who was pinching the corner of his clothes and looked a little bewildered, and smiled. He didn't care about the other party's loss of composure at all. He stretched out a finger to his lips and said in a voice as sweet as a clear spring: "Alian, please keep it a secret for me."
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