Chapter 70 Jinjiang Novel Reading Exclusive After training today, you can...
The next day.
Even though it was late at night and I was holding hands with Lu Zhiye to watch a movie, compared to their usual double-row play until the early morning, yesterday's sleep and rest schedule was healthier.
It’s just that the person couldn’t fall asleep after lying in bed for half the night.
Jiang Yuan had already observed the situation when he was in the restaurant. Now when he entered the training room, he saw the latter quietly practicing shooting at the camera position, but his face had a sleepy look that said "keep away and don't disturb me!" His heart was beating fast, but he couldn't help but go forward to check on his new teammate.
"Sweet, did you not sleep well last night?" he asked.
Shi Jing moved the crosshairs to the center of the bull's eye and paused.
"Why didn't I sleep well?" His expression remained unchanged, and he continued to lean back on the gaming chair with a half-dead expression and kill the robots in the shooting range row by row in seconds.
"...You have dark circles under your eyes, you didn't have them before." Jiang Yuan heard the tone of his voice and realized that his feeling was correct. Shi Jing was just sleep deprived and in a bad mood.
But why is he in a bad mood?
"And you..." Jiang Yuan paused, "Didn't you secretly go solo queue and gain points yesterday?"
Shi Jing: “?”
"Don't pretend you don't know. Yesterday you said you wouldn't play with us, but when LEO looked at the leaderboard, he found that your account's ranking was skyrocketing!" Jiang Yuan said.
Shi Jing: “…”
"Cough." Song Jiahang cleared his throat behind him.
Jiang Yuan finally realized something and changed his tone, "Ah, that's not something I discovered on purpose. There's the chat logs in the group as proof."
Shi Jing looked down at the follow-up message in the WeChat group that he had ignored yesterday—
[Your LEO brother:? ]
Your LEO brother: What do you mean by "all red"? This is called reasonable score control, laying a good foundation for us to get higher scores later. It's hard work before sweetness, ok?
[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]
[It's Little Jiang Jiang: Playing with you is like going through hardships first and then enjoying the sweetness. Are you trying to push us?]
[Your LEO brother:? ]
It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: Don't be so picky, Da Zhuang, please be reasonable. When he usually uses our car, has my brother Lu ever let him suffer first and then enjoy the sweetness?
[Song Jiahang: None.]
It's Little Jiang Jiang: Look! Even Da Zhuang can't stand it anymore and wants to speak up! Not to mention Brother Lu, even the newbie Sweet is messing around trying to help us rank up. Who else would lose all night before making such a promise like you?
[Your brother LEO: ...]
Your brother LEO: Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong. Oops, I screwed you guys tonight, okay? So, buddy, I'm staying up all night and practicing my rifle like crazy. Tomorrow night, we'll definitely avenge our previous humiliation.
To avenge the previous shame.
That's a bit too much shame.
Shi Jing just took a look at their records. Except for the one-page winning streak they had when they played with him before, they almost lost all the points in one day yesterday.
LEO's output in each game reached an astonishing low.
How did these people pass the tryouts?
No wonder several other clubs in the country fail to make the playoffs year after year.
His thoughts wandered a bit, and when he looked down at the chat history, the topic somehow turned to him again.
Shi Jing narrowed his eyes.
Your LEO brother: No. Wait. Aren't you guys at Sweet not playing today?
[It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: Yes. You were listening to the voice chat when he said he wouldn't fight. How could it be fake?]
[Your LEO brother: Can you take a look at the leaderboard again?]
[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]
[Your LEO brother: I checked the solo leaderboard today. Before we started fighting, his account was ranked 12th. Now he's 5th!]
[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]
[It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: I'll go.]
[It's Little Jiang Jiang: That's not right. Why are you staring at Sweet's ranking?]
[Your LEO brother: ...Oh my god, who's watching him? I'm trying to climb the solo rankings lately, so of course I have to keep an eye on who's on the list.]
It's Little Jiang Jiang: [Suspicious]
Your LEO brother: Is that the point? Sweet clearly said he didn't want to play, but he went to solo queue. What's going on?
There is no problem in the chat history up to this point.
Shi Jing thought he was caught trying to gain points secretly, and continued to scroll down a few pages.
[Your brother LEO: Could it be...that there's something you don't want us to know?]
[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]
[It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: What could be going on?]
[Your brother LEO: Are you secretly dating someone?]
[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]
Shi Jing: “?”
"Ah, this, this..." I didn't expect him to flip through the pages so quickly, and I forgot that they had talked about this later. Jiang Yuan said hurriedly, "Don't read the rest of this, it's all LEO's fabrication."
Seeing Shi Jing remained silent and continued to scroll down, Jiang Yuan quickly distanced himself from the matter: "That was all LEO's fault. I had no involvement. I was just helping you scold him!"
Your LEO brother: Don't be so picky. I've always had a keen sense of smell. Hasn't Sweet always been practicing diligently? The new season started, and he stopped playing with us early on and went solo. [Pushes glasses] Isn't that obvious enough?
[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]
[It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: That's not right. Sweet was playing solo queue last night to gain points. How could he be dating? Are you crazy?]
Your LEO brother: No, you have absolutely no connection at all? Dating isn't just online dating, so why can't you just play solo? Maybe someone was watching him play games nearby. Did you notice anything unusual about him at the base last night? I'll check on those female streamers who confessed to him a while ago.
[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]
It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: [This building is sheltered from the wind.jpg] I think you're jealous of Sweet to the point of going crazy. Who on a date would tolerate their partner playing games while they watch? Are you supposed to be holding a gun with one hand while holding your partner with the other?
Shi Jing: “…”
Not entirely correct, 0 hands pressed the gun, but with two words he stepped on Shi Jing's tail accurately.
Fortunately, this topic was not continued in the end.
"I've already scolded Leo for you. In my opinion, he shouldn't be a professional player. It's a waste of his talent not to be an entertainment reporter." Jiang Yuan said, "And according to his logic, even if he is secretly dating, Brother Lu is the more suspicious."
Shi Jing: “?”
Although Lu Zhiye was not there at the moment, Jiang Yuan still looked around, confirmed again that he was really not there, and then lowered his voice.
"Brother Lu didn't play duo with you last night, nor did he play with us. He didn't even log in after practice. That's pretty rare," Jiang Yuan said. "Guess what I saw?"
Shi Jing tightened his grip on the phone.
Thinking of several ways to silence him, he asked, "What?"
Jiang Yuan was shocked and said mysteriously, "In the early morning, I actually found Brother Lu sneaking back to the room! He had clearly gotten off the plane and gone upstairs with us after the evening training, and I even greeted him before entering the room."
I almost forgot that there are not only surveillance cameras in this base, but also so many people.
Lu Zhiye also lives on the same floor as the most gossipy person in the entire base.
Shi Jing suppressed the change in his expression that might reveal himself: "And then?"
As long as Jiang Yuan said that he followed and saw Lu Zhiye go to the villa opposite, he would cover his mouth without hesitation.
But fortunately he didn't.
"And that's it. Would I do something like stalking others? I'm not a pervert." Jiang Yuan stuck out his tongue.
Shi Jing: “…”
Song Jiahang: "You're not?"
"I'm not!" Jiang Yuan immediately turned around and retorted, "I knew you were going to say that!"
Song Jiahang: "Urgent."
Jiang Yuan: "...Humph, I don't want to bother with you."
Jiang Yuan: "Anyway, I just think LEO's statement is unreliable. Logically speaking, even if you and Brother Lu are dating, Brother Lu is more suspicious. How could it be you... What's wrong? Sweet, why are you... looking at me like that?"
Two seconds later, Shi Jing said: "It's either or, not and."
Jiang Yuan: “?”
Jiang Yuan reacted: "Oh, there's no difference. I'm your husband, you know that. That's what I mean. Just understand it."
Shi Jing: “.”
Jiang Yuan: "What's the matter? No one would think I'm talking about you and Brother Lu dating after hearing this!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the training room opened.
Lu Zhiye walked in.
Shi Jing: “…”
"Ahem!" Jiang Yuan cleared his throat urgently. "Brother Lu, we didn't say anything to you just now. You didn't hear anything."
Lu Zhiye: "What?"
Shi Jing: “…”
Jiang Yuan was clearly talking to Lu Zhiye, but for some reason, the latter's gaze kept drifting towards him, as if he was questioning Shi Jing.
After half a second, Shi Jing slowly turned his neck back: "Nothing."
It was nothing.
He and Lu Zhiye are not dating anymore.
Is that what they call dating?
……Oh shit.
We watched a movie together and held hands, that's all.
Even if he agreed yesterday to consider it... it was just a consideration. Besides, his brain was not normal yesterday, and he might have said all kinds of nonsense. It doesn't count at all.
"Gogogo! Today's a great time to rank up!" Jiang Yuan returned to his camera position and waited for Lu Zhiye to come online. Several people joined the same team and asked Shi Jing in the team voice chat, "By the way. Sweet, did you check Weibo today?"
Shi Jing temporarily escaped from his frantic thoughts: "No, what happened to Weibo?"
"It's nothing serious. Do you remember the guy who loved eating hotpot last time?" Jiang Yuan said.
Love hotpot?
Shi Jing remembered.
"Didn't you return the gift to the female streamer named Bing Jie?" Jiang Yuan said as he clicked to start the match. "I didn't think there was anything wrong with you replying to her private account and not adding her as a friend. But some of your anti-fan groups are using this incident to stir up trouble on Weibo."
He has been influenced by more rhythms than Jiang Yuan has drunk milk tea, but he didn't expect that even an organized and disciplined black fan group would come so soon.
Shi Jing's expression didn't change at all: "What did they say?"
"Uh, let me see. This is what you asked me to read." Jiang Yuan frantically stacked armor and read the message from the Weibo hater. "They said you're showing off before you even play in the league. You won a duo championship and you don't even know your own last name."
"That's not the point. The point is that Sister Bing personally came out and scolded all those who criticized you, and said she would not give up supporting you."
Shi Jing was stunned.
This development was unexpected.
"I've only heard that she's always been bold in love and hate, but I didn't expect her to be so straightforward." Jiang Yuan said as he controlled his character to jump in front of him. "Sweet, I think she's still interested in you. Maybe she'll continue to pursue you."
"Next time we meet, I'll explain it to her clearly." After being matched with a game, Shi Jing decided to join.
"Ah? What do you want to explain clearly?" Jiang Yuan didn't understand.
"Tell her clearly not to pursue him." If that was really their analysis, he had never had any ambiguous hobbies with anyone.
etc……
Shi Jing stopped pinching the mouse.
Speaking of ambiguity, speaking of unclearness, yesterday seemed...
The gaze from the side vaguely drifted to the side of his face.
His expression faltered, and he thought, "What's the big deal? It's just holding hands." He turned to look in Lu Zhiye's direction.
Lu Zhiye sat upright, not paying any attention to him.
?
illusion?
Fortunately, Jiang Yuan's camera was facing back to back with them, so he couldn't detect any small movements here.
"Is there really no chance at all? Our club doesn't have a rule that players can't have romantic relationships." Jiang Yuan was puzzled by his resolute attitude. "Maybe if you meet her in person, you'll want to give it a try?"
"Impossible." Shi Jing saw Lu Zhiye mark a landing point on the map.
It's a good place for a ground fight.
Jiang Yuan: "Why?"
Song Jiahang: "Why do you have so many questions?"
Jiang Yuan: "...I'm just curious. Sweet is so handsome and a great player. Isn't it only a matter of time before he starts dating?"
Lu Zhiye's voice, without any emotion, interrupted: "Jumped."
"I know." Shi Jing dove down to his landing spot, pursed his lips, and replied to his previous teammate's question, "No love affair. Love affects my shooting skills."
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Coach Wan called Lu Zhiye to his office for a long talk. The morning training session was not long.
Thankfully, there were no uninvited guests from other servers today, and the few small local teams we encountered weren't threatening at all. In two hours, I only failed to get a Defender in one round. Gaining points was surprisingly smooth.
During the lunch break, as expected, a bunch of players came out of the small group to find out that the four SFD players were rapidly gaining points.
After scrolling through half a page of sour lemon emoticons, Shi Jing walked to the tea room in his slippers, intending to look for some refreshing drinks that would not hurt his stomach.
The door behind me opened and closed.
"This is the base." Shi Jing didn't even raise his head. "Whatever you have in mind, hold it in. If you find out, I'll—"
It was stuck for a second.
"I'll die with you."
Lu Zhiye looked at the young man in front of him who was concentrating on making a drink: "How did you know it was me?"
Shi Jing finally frowned and looked at him: "Besides you, who else walks like a thief?"
Lu Zhiye, whose walking and sitting postures were as standard as his, blinked.
Look at Shi Jing.
One second.
Three seconds.
Five seconds.
I couldn't help but turn my face away.
"Why are you laughing—" Shi Jing immediately realized that there was something wrong with what he said, and his face froze slightly.
Grass.
What is there to remember about a person’s footsteps?
Isn’t it that the professional FPS game players are best at listening to footsteps?
Shi Jing frowned and turned away from him, "What are you doing here? Making drinks too?"
"No." Lu Zhiye said, "Watch you make the drink."
Shi Jing: “?”
Shi Jing almost tore the honey bag in his hand.
"..." The tea room was silent for a moment. Thinking that nothing else had happened that morning, he muttered, "Isn't it just a live streamer? I have so many fans. Are you supposed to be upset when everyone confesses to me? And I already said I'll reject them in person at the next competition."
Lu Zhiye seemed stunned.
Grass.
Shi Jing cursed in his heart, but kept his composure on his face: "Isn't that what you want to say?"
"no."
“…”
"Then you..." Shi Jing took a breath, "Then what are you going to say?"
"Why do you say falling in love affects your shooting skills?"
Shi Jing: “…”
Shi Jing took a deep breath: "I just said that... casually."
A hint of doubt appeared in Lu Zhiye's eyes.
Shi Jing: “.”
damn it.
Shi Jing: "I wouldn't say that. Xiao Yuan loves gossip and keeps asking questions. I just made up an excuse."
And there are people who actually believe this?
Is Lu Zhiye a human-machine?
Lu Zhiye stared at him for a while: "So falling in love won't affect your shooting skills?"
Shi Jing: “…”
Shi Jing anticipated what he was going to say: "Just because it doesn't affect me doesn't mean I will fall in love."
"Oh." Lu Zhiye lowered his eyelashes.
Shi Jing: "We just held hands yesterday. It hasn't developed into anything else."
"Yeah. I know." Lu Zhiye replied.
I don’t know what’s going on, but the dog still has that cold and emotionless look. Shi Jing suddenly has the illusion that there’s a large dog standing in front of him.
Or the lost version.
Shi Jing: “…”
It seemed like he was overreacting.
Lu Zhiye kept his promise from yesterday all morning today and did not behave in a way that ordinary teammates should not, not even having a private chat.
It was lunch break now and everyone else had gone upstairs. In such a small tea room, he stood very properly, leaving half an arm's length between him and the other person.
Without his permission, Lu Zhiye would never take a single step forward.
What he just said seemed quite rude to someone who had liked him for a long time.
Shi Jing held the handle of the ceramic cup, and when he raised his eyes, he met the other person's dark eyes.
"..." He rubbed his fingers together twice without knowing what was going on. He suppressed his increasingly noticeable heartbeat. "After training today, we can hold hands again."
The emotion in Lu Zhiye's eyes changed obviously.
"But be careful when you come out." Shi Jing turned his head away, no longer looking at his dark pupils that were heating up, "Don't let anyone see you again."
Lu Zhiye: "Okay."
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