Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Pushing the envelope.
The World Cup opens during National Day.
The studio was originally scheduled to have a normal holiday, but because there were many holiday reservations and everyone wanted to travel during off-peak hours, they all discussed with Su Tu about adjusting plans for post-holiday leave or triple wages.
So I still have to go to work as usual today.
After Su Tu hung up the phone, he got up and packed up. His movements unconsciously became faster, so he arrived at the studio earlier than usual.
A little after midnight, everyone arrived at the conference room, carrying takeout. Each person held a phone, scrolling through the latest sports news: interview videos, training logs, commercials, and clips...
It's all related to someone.
After showering him with praise and affirmation, he would occasionally sigh, "It's incredible! With all these qualities, he doesn't even have a girlfriend?!"
"What on earth is Master thinking? He's so confused! If I were a woman—"
When he looked up, his eyes met Su Tu's.
The voices abruptly stopped, and the phone locked its screen repeatedly. The cheerful atmosphere quickly turned into a panic. "Ha... Master, why are you here so early today?"
"Is there something urgent? Do you need our help?"
"We were just looking around, just looking around..."
From everyone's perspective, Su Tu and Shi Shu had completely "broken up" after the dinner in mid-August. After that, Su Tu went about his work as usual every day, and Shi Shu tactfully never showed up again.
Even the blueprints of Intercontinental World were handed over to Zhao Xuan.
So during this period, everyone's discussions about things related to current affairs were all done in secret.
Occasionally, when he was bumped into once or twice, Su Tu would basically do what he was doing now, pretending not to notice, picking up his own takeout, and saying calmly, "You guys eat, I have something to do and will go upstairs first."
Only by listening carefully can you find that he seems a little guilty.
Although she actually wanted to tell everyone, "You guys can watch it if you want, I don't really mind it," but that would inevitably lead to another round of questioning:
Why can I watch it?
Are you ready to continue developing?
So from now on I can mention the time line in front of you casually?
She really couldn't handle it.
As if he would be caught if he stayed any longer, he turned around and hurried upstairs.
There is indeed something else.
I promised someone to watch the game...
But she didn't even know which platform to watch it on, so she put the takeaway aside as soon as she entered the door, turned on the computer and started searching.
I quickly downloaded a sports video app, registered an account, joined as a member, and made reservations for all the subsequent related schedules. Only then did I feel at ease to open the takeaway and continue drawing as usual after eating.
At first, I would check the time from time to time, but soon my thoughts were taken away by work. When I looked back, it was almost half past six!
Looking down, she had indeed clicked on the appointment, but she had also set her phone to silent mode...
When the live broadcast was switched back on, the preliminaries were already halfway through.
The huge national standard swimming pool was filled with spectators. Eight athletes came out one after another, and then each went to the designated starting point to make pre-match preparations.
Su Tu looked around quickly but didn't find the familiar figure. Then he heard the commentator say that this was the third group of the preliminaries, and he was in the fourth group and had not yet appeared.
Just as I breathed a sigh of relief and picked up my phone to search and confirm, a message came on WeChat.
Shi Shu: [Are you watching?]
“…”
Su Tu's heart skipped a beat. He felt a little guilty in the first second, but in the second he just wanted to curse!
What time is it now?
Still playing with your phone! ?
Her face flushed slightly, and it was hard to tell whether it was from anxiety or anger, but now was obviously not the time to speak, so she quickly suppressed it and replied: [Hmm]
I finally got a taste of what it feels like to "settle the score with you later."
But he still asked: [Say something more]
In the picture, the starting gun has been fired, and the third group of athletes have all entered the water and have already swum halfway.
Yet he still has time to chat with me leisurely!
Su Tu suddenly had a feeling that the emperor was not anxious, but the eunuch was.
She was sure that if she could go back two hours, she would definitely give him a good lecture before hanging up the phone, but now: [What do you want to hear?]
Shi Shu: [All OK]
Shi Shu: [As long as you say it]
“…”
Su Tu's cheeks became hot again, and he didn't know what to say in this situation.
come on?
I already said that this morning.
Something a little more playful?
Not only is it not applicable to their current relationship, but it might also cause mood swings that affect their grades, right?
After being depressed for a long time, I finally uttered a desperate sentence: [We’ll talk about it after we win]
If you're still not happy, forget it.
It's not her competition anyway, so why should she be anxious?
The other party seemed to be in agreement and immediately said, "Okay."
Su Tu: “…”
Her cheeks felt warm, and she looked up at the screen again.
Soon, the third group of athletes left the venue, and the fourth group also entered from the entrance.
The commentator introduced the athletes one by one. By the sixth one, his voice was noticeably more emotional. "Now coming up is world-renowned swimmer Shi Shu, captain of the Chinese national swimming team. He's 26 years old, the gold medalist from the last Olympics, and the world record holder in that event..."
He was wearing a very representative red sportswear. He walked all the way to the sidelines, pulled up the collar, and took it off directly, leaving only a pair of purple racing swimming trunks, tightly wrapped around his strong leg muscles.
Then stretch your arms and pat the exposed muscles to relax.
He raised his head slightly and looked ahead, his bony face expressionless.
Standing casually among a group of swimmers, he also exudes a powerful kingly aura, which makes people admire him and feel intimidated.
A whistle blew.
He lifted his long legs, stepped neatly onto the starting platform, and leaned into position.
“Take your marks”
"beep--"
After the starting gun was fired, he stretched out his hands and jumped in.
The commentator continued: "Okay! The game begins——"
"After the men's 100m freestyle group race begins, we'll focus on the timing for lane 6 and the start."
"Shi Shu's reaction time is 0.61s, and he is currently slightly ahead and in first place in the group."
"We can see that in this short-course race, all the athletes have similar starting reactions, but after halfway, their body positions gradually start to widen."
"Great! Shi Shu is the first to turn! He's 0.42 seconds ahead of the second place, almost half a body length, and the gap is still widening!!!"
"To the edge, first in the group! Successfully advanced! This competition was very easy..."
Su Tu finally breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally at ease.
But when I saw him turn around in the swimming pool, then take off his goggles, his pupils shrank slightly, his thin lips parted, and he looked at the camera panting, my heart suddenly tightened again.
At the same time, a barrage of comments flashed by:
-Look! My husband is looking for me in the camera!
-Team Shi is so cool! They're so handsome, I'm worried again!
-Who understands this panting? Aaaaaaa! This is exactly how I understand Sage Time!!!
-I can't imagine how good his future wife will eat! I won't tell you who is crying with envy...
Su Tu's expression flickered: "..."
She didn't know why, but she felt awkward and at a loss, which scared her so much that she turned off the video on the spot, and then sat in front of the computer and took a deep breath, as if to reduce the noise.
After a while, I still couldn't help it.
I opened my phone and continued to appreciate the short video I had watched halfway last night.
During the process, she cleared her throat and thought seriously that she did not search at all. These were all actively pushed by big data. She just browsed them casually out of respect.
But she couldn't help but get deeper and deeper into it, and her little face turned red and yellow.
Just as I was engrossed in it, my phone suddenly vibrated.
She opened her eyes wide, her hand shook, and the "stolen goods" flew out directly.
He quickly frantically retrieved it, switched to the background and closed all the messy apps. After double-checking that there was no evidence left, he suppressed his pounding heart and slowly swiped across to answer the call: "Hello..."
Shi Shu was no longer panting, his voice regained its composure, and he said to her as if asking for compensation: "We won."
Su Tu felt a little regretful when he heard this, and replied indifferently: "Oh."
Shi Shu: “…”
She reacted and quickly added, "Congratulations."
He became lukewarm: "Yeah."
"?"
She thought about it, then praised him politely: "Very impressive."
Is this okay?
He was still not very interested: "Yeah."
Su Tu choked: "..."
He wasn't sure if he wanted to hear what she said in the comments, but he was certain that he would never say it out loud!
Anyway, the game is over now, so there's nothing wrong with burning the bridge after crossing it, right?
She snorted softly: "Hang up."
He then called her: "Su Tu——"
She curled her lips: "What?"
He lowered his voice and pleaded, "Don't hang up."
"You're not talking."
“…”
Shi Shu is not good at speaking. He is better at actions than words. But now they are more than 10,000 kilometers apart. The only thing he can do is to try to make the call last longer.
A little longer.
After a few breaths of silence, he said carefully, "There are three World Cup stops, in Country B, Country M, and Country J."
Su Tu was scratching the keyboard, not understanding what he wanted to say: "I know."
But soon, he asked her, "Is there anything you want?"
“…”
Su Tu was stunned: "You want to buy it for me?"
Shi Shu: “Yeah.”
“…”
You stinky straight man, don’t you know anything else except spending money?
It’s the wedding room again.
Jewelry, bags, and cosmetics...
She rubbed her face and tried to straighten the corners of her lips so that her voice would be steady. "Aren't you nervous about the competition? You still have time to go out for a walk."
He was sometimes quite conflicted, wanting to talk to her more, but also habitually speaking briefly: "It can be balanced."
Su Tu was completely speechless. He also understood why he was still single. He pouted in dissatisfaction and did not argue with him: "No need. I don't have much demand for the specialties there."
"You should focus on the game."
Shi Shu could tell the topic was coming to an end, so he followed up with a follow-up question: "If I win, can I call you again?"
“…”
Su Tu felt that although he was a little bad at speaking, he was very good at taking advantage of the situation. He had clearly won well in the past, so why couldn't he compete now without his phone call?
Besides, is talking to her on the phone considered a championship perk? If I don't call her, I'm going to lose to her?
She felt as if she was being manipulated, and the corners of her lips kept curling up uncontrollably. In the end, she could only say reluctantly, "We'll talk about it after I win."
"good."
So Shi Shu relied on this trick and started calling her every few days. At first, he only called her after the game, and gradually he started calling her before the game as well.
The reason I asked was that I was nervous and needed to talk to her to calm down.
Then, as expected, every time before hanging up, I would carefully confirm again: Can I still play if I win next time?
It was not until the end of the World Cup, before the last match, that he said to her: "I'll land the day after tomorrow afternoon."
"Can we meet when I get back?"
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