The captain of the drama team glanced at Xie Zian in surprise, and the latter smiled faintly.
"My name is Feng Yue. We can play together someday if we have the chance," the captain quietly leaned towards Qu Lingyuan and whispered in her ear, "You're welcome to change jobs anytime."
Feng Yue got very close, and before Qu Lingyuan could answer, a warm hand covered her ear. The soft touch of the palm against her earlobe almost made her tremble.
"Don't try to poach my people." Xie Zian whispered, his hand sliding down to her shoulder and pulling her towards him.
"Look at how you're protecting your kid." Feng Yue waved his hand indifferently. He didn't really want to poach people, he was just joking.
But Qu Lingyuan was really handsome during the competition, and her operation...tsk tsk, if she had no relationship with Xie Zian, it would be a nice idea to poach her.
Thinking back to the game...
Feng Yue narrowed his eyes slightly.
"I don't like to block out commentary and comments during matches. I don't know if you've heard, but I always feel like that commentator, um... Kong Han, is targeting Xiao Yuan."
Xie Zian never pays attention to commentary and comments. Even if he wants to listen, he only listens to the replay after the game.
Hearing Feng Yue's words, his slender eyebrows knitted slightly, and he turned to look at Qu Lingyuan: "Did you listen to the explanation?"
Qu Lingyuan's words were half-truths: "I listened to the beginning, and what she said... wasn't very pleasant. The comments made me feel a little uncomfortable, so I blocked her."
Her voice was soft, as if she was feeling aggrieved.
Looking up, Xie Zian was pursing his lips with a dark look in his eyes. I don't know what he was thinking.
As if sensing Qu Lingyuan's gaze, he turned his head and smiled: "This is the only match today. It's getting late, so go to bed early. I'm leaving now."
"Ah, okay..."
Qu Lingyuan responded blankly and watched him disappear from her sight like a streak of light.
Feng Yue, who was standing by, had a subtle expression on his face: "He just left like that?"
Qu Lingyuan gave him a polite smile, said hello, and prepared to log off: "It's getting late, Captain Feng, you should get some rest early. I'm logging off too."
Watching her leave, Feng Yue raised his hand to scratch his scalp, lowered his head and muttered to himself: "Captain Xie is too wooden."
After Xie Zian logged off, he walked out of the projection booth, picked up the headphones and sat in front of the computer.
Open the playback function of the live broadcast platform, select the perspective, and click the commentator option.
Kong Han's face, which was quite different from reality, appeared on the computer screen, and he chose to fast forward impatiently.
The camera slowly turned to Qu Lingyuan, and what Kong Han said during the live broadcast also echoed in Xie Zian's headphones.
"Haha, it seems Team One has brought new members to participate in the competition this time..."
As he listened to her speak, Xie Zian's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
In the past, Kong Han’s commentary focused on him, but today she seemed to be particularly “caring” for the newcomer, commenting on every move of Qu Lingyuan.
Each sentence seems fine when read separately, but when put together it's a bit...uncomfortable.
Xie Zian watched the entire live broadcast with bated breath, feeling somewhat baffled.
Why was Kong Han targeting Qu Lingyuan? Just because he took her to the coffee shop that day? That was a bit too petty.
Just as I exited the live broadcast replay, there was a gentle knock on the bedroom door, and An Shu's soft voice came from outside.
"Son, are you asleep?"
Putting down his headphones, Xie Zian put on his slippers and walked over to open the door: "No, what's wrong?"
An Shu smiled gently: "It's nothing, just that a colleague gave me some mooncake gift boxes today. You can get some for Yuanyuan tomorrow."
She turned sideways and pointed to the paper bags on the coffee table behind her, then added sadly, "Alas, Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and I don't know when Yuanyuan's parents will be back."
Xie Zian was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the floor, his eyes fixed as if he could see Qu Lingyuan through the building materials.
An Shu poked him again in a reproachful tone: "Did you hear that? Don't forget."
Xie Zian came back to his senses and agreed readily: "Ah, okay."
Seeing that his son agreed, An Shu walked towards his bedroom with satisfaction. After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "Don't go too early. You'll disturb our Yuanyuan's sleep."
The door was closed with only a crack left. Xie Zian pulled it open a little more with a bitter face, saying helplessly, "I know..."
His mother only remembered that her little girl loved to stay in bed, and she didn't know that he also liked to sleep in, so it was impossible for him to get up early.
downstairs.
After logging off, Qu Lingyuan took a long bath and walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe. Her cheeks were pink and soft from the hot steam. She had a towel draped over her head, and the tips of her hair were still wet with water droplets.
Before entering the bedroom, she hesitated for a moment, turned around and walked towards the door.
Xie Zian came here during the day, and the image is still stored in the memory card of the electronic screen at the door.
Qu Lingyuan took a screenshot of his face and entered the facial information into the smart door lock connected to the electronic screen.
Smart door locks rely on facial recognition to unlock, without the need for fingerprints or keys, which is quite convenient.
With the advancement of technology these days, the accuracy of facial recognition has increased many times, and even twins can be distinguished.
"Now I don't have to run to the door to open it for him." Qu Lingyuan muttered and returned to the bedroom to prepare for bed.
Yan Ning failed the audition, and she has no work recently, so she doesn’t need to set an alarm and can sleep until she wakes up naturally.
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The next morning, Xie Zian opened his eyes early in a rare natural state, and saw that it was just past eight o'clock.
Perhaps because he had something on his mind, he couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to take a nap, so he had to get out of bed and wash up.
His eyes were a little red from rubbing them while washing his face. He walked through the living room with one eye closed, and stopped when his eyes swept across the mooncake gift box on the coffee table.
I don't know if Qu Lingyuan has woken up yet...
Xie Zian opened that eye, picked up the paper bag on the table, and walked downstairs with his long legs.
When he reached the door and was about to ring the doorbell, the breathing light of the camera in front of him suddenly flashed from red to green, and the door lock automatically unlocked with a "click".
Xie Zian's hand froze in mid-air, his face puzzled. He didn't seem to have entered facial recognition before. When he came in yesterday, the door lock didn't recognize him. But today, it has learned its lesson?
I listened carefully to the sounds inside the house. It was quiet and the owner seemed to have not gotten up yet.
After hesitating for a moment between going in and not going in, he quietly opened the door and walked in.
His toes unconsciously stepped lighter on the floor, and Xie Zian realized belatedly that he didn't come here to deliver something, but rather to steal something.
Placing the paper bag on the coffee table, he looked towards the bedroom.
Perhaps because there was only one person at home, the door of the master bedroom was not closed, and the sleeping figure lying on the bed could be vaguely seen.
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