After shaking hands and bidding farewell to the defeated Frenzy Lambs, the spectators in the viewing pool also dispersed, although they were still not satisfied with the show.
In the crowd walking out, Hongtao sat in the viewing pool in a lazy manner. She propped her chin with one hand and looked at Bailiu's face, who was communicating with Nishen beside the big screen. Then she retracted her hand and looked at Heitao, who was staring at Bailiu's profile motionlessly. Her curled eyelashes drooped and her red lips suddenly curled up:
"I know what Spade's weakness is."
Qi Yifang, who was standing up and preparing to leave, suddenly raised his head and asked, "What is it?"
Hong Tao did not answer Qi Yifang's words. Her eyes fell tenderly on Bai Liu's profile. Bai Liu seemed to notice Hong Tao's gaze, turned around to look at her, smiled and politely raised his hand to bow to Hong Tao to express his gratitude.
It seems that he knew that Red Heart had lost tens of millions of points to him before.
Hearts stood up gracefully, lowered the brim of her hat, waved to Bai Liu in return, then turned and left, with a smile on her face becoming more obvious: "Adjust our tactics against the killer sequence, and I will target Spades in the next duel."
Qi Yifang looked increasingly confused. "But Queen, haven't your skills always been useless against Spades? He seems to be able to see through all your disguises. The tactics we devised during this confrontation were also specifically designed to prevent you from facing Spades alone."
"That's how it was originally." Hong Tao walked out of the now empty viewing pool in high heels. Her graceful figure kept changing. Her shoulders became wider, and her long skirt turned into suit pants and a white shirt. The shirt was tucked in, tightly bunching up her waist. Her height was slightly shortened, and her long curly red wavy hair turned into a ponytail casually tied behind her head, lightly sweeping back and forth across her fair neck.
In a few minutes, Red Heart turned into White Willow. She, or he, smiled and used the white bone whip held tightly in the leather gloves to look sideways at Qi Yifang: "But Black Heart fell in love with someone."
"People with lust have nowhere to hide in front of me." Hong Tao, or Hong Tao with a white willow face, smiled lingeringly, raised her eyes and approached Qi Yifang, whispering in his ear, "Including you, my team member."
Qi Yifang was so shocked by Hong Tao's sudden transformation that he became dumbfounded. He stared blankly at Bai Liu, who looked even more lustful. He felt his heart pounding at the smile on her face, and he stuttered as he spoke: "Empress, Empress!"
Hongtao reached out and gently patted Qi Yifang's face, then walked forward with a smile: "A friendly suggestion, it's best not to look at Bai Liu like this in front of Heitao."
Qi Yifang slapped his face dizzily, clenched his fists with a red face, and silently said "I'm not gay" three times before following Hong Tao.
He was so taken aback by Bai Liu's smile that his soul almost flew away. He hadn't yet realized who the person that Red Peach mentioned Spade liked was, and he was still foolishly and nervously asking, "Empress, Queen, Spade has someone he likes, aren't you sad?"
Hong Tao glanced at him with a sidelong glance, smiling: "Why should I be sad?"
Qi Yifang was stunned and almost at a loss for words because of the logic of this rhetorical question.
You like Spade, and Spade falls in love with someone else, shouldn't you be sad?
As if seeing the confusion on Qi Yifang's face, Hong Tao retracted her gaze and said with a half-smile: "What a deceitful boy, you don't think that if I say I like a man, I really like him, do you?"
Qi Yifang was stunned and stammered in reply: "I, I'm almost 26, I'm not a little boy anymore..."
"Oh, is that so?" Hong Tao nodded understandingly. As she spoke, she reached out and unbuttoned the two buttons on her chest, wiped off the ponytail at the back of her head, and after ruffling it, she swung it left and right.
Bai Liu's usually handsome and calm face was hidden under his half-wet long hair. A large area of his fair chest was faintly visible under his shirt, as if someone had just stripped him. Hong Tao approached him, lowered her eyes and smiled softly, "Does the little boy want to sleep with me?"
Qi Yifang's mind went blank for a moment.
Hong Tao's eyes dropped for a second, then lifted again. She stood up and walked forward, her voice containing an unspoken teasing tone: "Control your reaction before you come to me and tell me that you are not a little boy."
Qi Yifang blushed all the way from his face to his neck, and he was terrified. He stood there motionless.
If someone passed by Qi Yifang at this time, they would hear this powerful new member of the King's Guild talking to himself with his eyes wide open:
"I'm not gay, am I gay or not..."
"Bai Liu is so beautiful..."
Bai Liu, who didn't even know that someone was praising her own good looks in a delirious state, politely shook hands and said goodbye to everyone in the killer sequence, but the handshake and farewell episode stopped halfway through.
Bai Liu lowered her eyes and looked at Hei Tao who was holding her hand tightly with no emotion on his face.
Ni Shen beside him clenched his fist and coughed loudly: "I came out to watch Bai Liu's game today. I've been delayed for so long. It's almost time to go back!"
Bai Yi quickly joined the fake coughing team: "There is still a lot of training to do, don't you think, Spade!"
Bo Jiamu put his hands in his pockets and looked away, pretending that he was not on the same team as Spade, who was holding on to the opposing team's captain and tactician.
Liao Ke watched this group of funny people with a mixture of laughter and tears, and apologized to Bai Liu helplessly in the manner of an elder: "President Bai, I'm sorry for your inconvenience. Spade in our team is sometimes a bit stubborn. We often don't understand what he wants to do, and there's nothing we can do about him."
After the group of people had played the good cop and the bad cop, they just acted as if they hadn't seen anything and no one stepped forward to separate Bai Liu and Hei Tao.
Mu Ke and Mu Sicheng both frowned.
What exactly do these people in the killer sequence mean? Are they just going to provoke them by letting Hei Tao hold Bai Liu's hand so tightly?
Yes, that's right, Mu Sicheng and Mu Ke, who had never seen Bai Liu and Hei Tao get along with each other, thought without hesitation that this behavior of shaking each other's hands hard was a provocation.
Tang Erda and Liu Jiayi, who knew some of the inside story...
Liu Jiayi took off her goggles and began to pretend to be blind with an expressionless face.
Tang Erda looked at the two people shaking hands for such a long time, and raised his hand countless times, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
If we separate... I feel like something is wrong, but if we stay together... I still feel like something is wrong.
Captain Tang, who had never been so entangled in his life, empathized with Bai Liu and Hei Tao, who were caught in a whirlpool of emotional choices.
Bai Liu opened his eyelids and spoke calmly: "After we let go, we can talk about what you want to talk to me about."
Spade paused and let go.
"You guys go back first." Bai Liu turned around and said hello to Wang Shun and the others, "Wang Shun, prepare the report for the next league game and report to Liu Jiayi and the others first. I'll be back later."
Wang Shun nodded: "Okay, President."
Mu Ke and Mu Sicheng didn't want to leave, but were dragged away by Tang Erda and Liu Jiayi.
Seeing that Bai Liu finally relaxed, Nishen finally breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Bai Liu with his hands clasped together: "Merciful President Bai, please have a good talk with us about Hei Tao. On behalf of all members of the Killer Sequence, I am deeply grateful for your kindness."
After finishing speaking, Nishen grabbed Bai Yi, who was stretching his neck to see the gossip, and quickly left the scene.
Kuroo and Shiroyanagi were the only two people left in the empty viewing pond.
Heitao stared at Bai Liu and asked, "Why are you hiding from me?"
"Then why do you mind so much that I'm avoiding you?" Bai Liu asked Hei Tao lightly.
Bai Liu looked up at Hei Tao, his eyes calm and cold, as if he had never been moved by the man in front of him from beginning to end: "We have only met twice in the swimming pool. Is it strange for me to hide from a stranger who has been chasing me all the time?"
Hei Tao fell silent. He straightened his back, clenched the whip at his side, and asked in a low voice:
"...Would a stranger grab someone's hand when they first met?"
"I can sense that you don't dislike me."
Bai Liu was silent for a moment, and he spoke slowly: "I really find your face very hard to dislike."
After being dragged out of the viewing pool, Bai Yi finally withdrew his gossiping gaze reluctantly. He turned his head to look at Ni Shen next to him and nudged Ni Shen with his elbow: "Hey, is it okay for you to just give Hei Tao to Bai Liu?"
"The Heitao guy is a complete blank slate when it comes to relationships. No matter how you look at it, he is being played around by the Bailiu guy."
Bai Yi recalled, clicking his tongue and shaking his head: "You see, Heitao was completely bewitched by Bailiu at the edge of the dense forest, but in the end Bailiu just used him, and even after he got out, he still couldn't forget her."
As he spoke, Bai Yi began to sigh. He stroked his face sadly, "What happened to this world? Good boys like Heitao and I were deceived by bad men and women who didn't know how to cherish each other."
Bai Jiamu was so disgusted that he got goosebumps all over his body: "How shameless do you have to be to compare yourself with Hei Tao."
"I think what Bai Yi said is right." Nishen looked at the viewing pond calmly, "If Bai Liu calms down and can look at his thoughts rationally, I really don't know if he will cherish Hei Tao."
"He didn't want spades."
Bai Jiamu and Bai Yi were both stunned.
Bai Yi was a little panicked: "Hey, what does it mean that you don't want Hei Tao? Bai Liu in the dense forest seems to have some feelings for Hei Tao, it can't be..."
Nishen looked at Bai Yi calmly: "Yes, it's what you think."
"Shit!" Bai Yi jumped up and down and screamed in disbelief, "Does Heitao know?! You're just going to throw Heitao to Bailiu like this?!"
Nishen withdrew his gaze from the viewing pool: "... Spade should know now."
Bai Liu looked straight at Hei Tao slowly, and he spoke word by word: "Because the person I liked a long time ago looked exactly like you."
"He's dead, so it's hard for me to hate someone who looks like him and keeps approaching me."
Bai Liu took a step forward and raised his hand to gently stroke Heitao's face, but there was no emotion in his eyes: "Because it is difficult for me to find such a good souvenir again."