Chapter 55
younger sister?
Su Zheye was stunned for a second.
"Sister?"
Gu Yuan: “Yeah.”
In his previous life, Gu Yuan had been in the entertainment industry for three years, but no matter in the post-match interviews or fan visits, there was no news that he had a younger sister.
Su Zheye always thought that he had no biological brothers or sisters.
Something flashed through his mind, and when Su Zheye was about to think about it in detail, Huang Heran suddenly interrupted his thoughts by saying, "Let's go, dinner is ready!"
As if he knew what Su Zheye was thinking, Gu Yuan stood up and said, "The e-sports circle is too corrupt. I don't want fans to know that I have a sister. They will definitely find out and disturb her normal life."
Su Zheye: “Indeed.”
Too.
Gu Yuan is so good to his sex partner, let alone his own sister who is related by blood.
But... considering that Gu Yuan dotes on his sister so much, he will surely not be nice to the person who gets his sister.
Su Zheye couldn't help but mourn for a few seconds for this "pig" he had never met before.
After getting off the car, they walked into the hot pot restaurant.
Shen Shixing was already waiting, and when he saw everyone coming, he smiled gently.
Huang Heran said that he went traveling to relax, but it didn't seem to have any good effect. His face was still pale, and no matter how tight the clothes were, they looked empty on him. He was so thin that he seemed like he could be blown away by the wind.
Su Zheye heard Gu Yuan's sigh.
Sui Ran ran over in two steps, pulled Shen Shixing's wrist over and checked it up and down, frowning: "Didn't you go to Xi'an? How come you didn't gain any weight at all?"
Shen Shixing smiled and said, "It's not that easy to gain weight."
"You shouldn't be so thin."
"that is."
Huang Heran walked over and said, "Everyone is here today, you have to give them face and eat more."
Shen Shixing smiled: “Okay.”
Su Zheye had no dietary restrictions, and Gu Yuan and Shen Shixing were not competitive people, so the menu fell into the hands of Jiang Yiwen and Lu Yang.
"Tripe tripe."
Lu Yang instructed Jiang Yiwen to check the boxes on the iPad: "Six plates of meat are not enough. There are so many of us. Order something else."
Jiang Yiwen: “…Okay.”
"Shrimp balls, beef tongue, fried dough sticks, and bean curd sheets, order them all."
"Hey, I want the vegetable and mushroom platter too."
"Does anyone want more? If not, we'll place the order. Never mind, place the order. I'm starving. If it's not enough, we'll refill it later."
“…”
"I suddenly had an idea."
Su Zheye tapped the table with his fingertips and turned his head: "Let's play GG next time. We can try a new tactic."
Gu Yuan: "What?"
Su Zheye smiled: "More wild than them."
While Lu Yang was ordering food enthusiastically on the other side, Su Zheye and Gu Yuan started talking about new tactics.
After a while, Yan Shusheng also joined their discussion.
After Lu Yang handed the menu to the waiter, he turned around and saw three people taking out their iPads and starting to write and draw.
"Grass."
Lu Yang came over and said, "You guys are too arrogant. You won't even let me have a meal in peace."
"Let's discuss it."
Su Zheye said: "How about I let you go down the road alone?"
Lu Yang: “?”
Lu Yang: "What???"
Jiang Yiwen laughed out loud: "Before we knew it, someone changed from a duo in the bottom lane to a single player."
“Just a thought.”
Su Zheye said: "It only works for jungle core teams like GG. Command likes to play heroes that are crazy about jungle farming in the early stages, such as Gunner and Hacker, which are not a big threat to the bottom lane."
Lu Yang: “Indeed.”
"Go back and try the training match."
Yan Shu said, "It's still a regular season anyway. We can afford the cost of developing new tactics."
Halfway through the meal, Lu Yang asked the waiter to bring a few bottles of beer.
They didn't plan to drink too much, they just wanted to eat hot pot to celebrate the occasion, and Su Zheye only poured himself half a cup.
Everyone was eating and chatting animatedly. Seeing that Shen Shixing hadn't moved his chopsticks for a long time, Lu Yang stood up, pondered for a long time, and finally stuffed the shrimp paste into the fried dough sticks.
Then he put it in the pot, cooked it, and passed it to Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing was startled and raised his eyes: "What...?"
"Harmful."
Lu Yang shrugged and whispered, "I saw Brother Xie do this to you before, and I thought you might like it, so I... gave it a try."
Finally, he quickly said, "It should be cooked. I see the shrimp paste has changed color and floated up. But if it doesn't taste good, don't eat it."
Shen Shixing's eyes fell on the familiar fried dough sticks wrapped in shrimps. He was blank for a long time before he whispered, "Thank you."
Lu Yang touched his nose and wanted to say something but didn't say it.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
Su Zheye returned the Apple Pencil to Gu Yuan and said.
Gu Yuan put away his iPad: "Yeah."
Su Zheye smiled and said, "I think I know the benefits of you carrying an iPad with you."
Gu Yuan: “… Yeah.”
Su Zheye walked slowly to the bathroom and saw the three big words "Smoking Area". His fingertips lingered on the cigarette box in his pocket for a moment, but he still didn't take it out.
When he came out of the cubicle, before he reached the sink, he suddenly heard a voice faintly filled with anger and anxiety, "——Chen Shixing!"
It is the sound of following the dye.
Su Zheye paused.
Sui Ran took a deep breath: "What are you doing?!"
After a while, Shen Shixing’s usual gentle and soft voice came: “I didn’t do anything… just washing my face.”
"It takes so long to wash your face? Your hands are still so cold. It's not like you don't know that you're not in good health! You..."
"That's enough."
Shen Shixing interrupted him: “You go to the bathroom, I’ll go back first.”
"Shen Shi——"
"I know my situation well, so don't waste your time."
Shen Shixing's voice was still a little weak, but firm: "It's not worth it. Sui Ran, be obedient."
Then the sound of footsteps gradually faded away.
Su Zheye raised his eyebrows, feeling that these two people were always arguing when they were alone together.
It wasn't an argument, it was just the kind where one party didn't care and the other party was just anxious.
Thinking that the two had already left, Su Zheye walked out.
Then his expression paused.
——Sui Ran was still standing by the sink, staring at the few drops of water remaining in the pool, in a daze.
Hearing the noise, he looked up and was startled: "Brother Su."
Su Zheye nodded, walked to his side, turned on the faucet and started washing his hands.
Sui Ran was still in a daze. After Su Zheye washed his hands, he spoke: "Did you hear anything just now?"
Su Zheye did not reply, but took out a cigarette box and handed it to Sui Ran: "Want to smoke?"
"Um."
Sui Ran took out a cigarette and Su Zheye lit it for him.
The two walked to the smoking area nearby, and neither spoke.
After a while, Sui Ran stared at the burning cigarette butt and said slowly: "You heard it just now, right?"
Su Zheye: “Yeah.”
The air fell into silence again. After a moment, Sui Ran exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Brother Su, how did you get together with the person you like?"
"Um?"
Su Zheye said: "I don't have anyone I like."
Sui Ran was startled: "Didn't you say you had a crush on someone on Valentine's Day?"
Su Zheye laughed: "But I'm the one I'm flirting with, and I also said I don't like relationships. Do you understand what these two sentences mean?"
Sui Ran was a little confused. After thinking for a long time, he said, "I don't understand."
Su Zheye: "What I mean is, I'm looking for a sex partner."
Sui Ran was stunned, and it took him a long time to fully understand what Su Zheye said.
"oh."
But the look he gave Su Zheye remained the same, just a little depressed: "Is that so... I thought I could talk to you about feelings."
Su Zheye smiled: "What do you want to talk about? Although I have no experience in love, I am helping my brothers to get together recently. Can I help you?"
Sui Ran shook off the cigarette ash, pondered the wording for a while, and then slowly said: "There is someone I like. He has a very good personality and treats me very well, but..."
"But he had a lover before, and they had always loved each other deeply, but his lover has passed away, so..."
Sui Ran was silent for a few seconds, and then, as if giving up on himself, he took a deep puff of cigarette: "I think you can see it too, I like Chen Shixing."
Su Zheye: “I didn’t see that.”
Sui Ran: “…”
Su Zheye smiled: "But I have some guesses."
However, he still didn't expect that Sui Ran, who looked like a thorn in the side, not good at speaking and had a low presence in the team, actually really liked Chen Shixing. Moreover, when he fell in love with Chen Shixing, Chen Shixing should still be in love with Xie Shaochuan.
"Um."
Sui Ran said, "I've liked him for a long time, but I've never thought of disturbing his relationship with Captain Xie. Besides, I was brought to SEA by Brother Xie, and I've always admired and appreciated him. It's just... it's just that after he left, Shen Shixing has lost a lot of weight in the past few months, and his condition is very bad. Captain Gu also said some time ago that he has a tendency to depression. I really don't know what to do."
There was no change in his expression, except that his dark eyes, surrounded by smoke, lacked their former brilliance.
"When I first joined the team at the beginning of last year, Shen Shixing joked that my personality was suitable for a buzz cut, which would make me look more like a school bully. I went to get a buzz cut not long ago, but he didn't seem to notice at all."
"I was angry and yelled at him again just now. I always regret it after yelling at him, but I saw... I guess it was because Lu Yang mentioned Brother Xie's previous habit just now. He held the cold water and buried his face in it for a long time without getting up. I was really afraid that he would have thoughts of committing suicide."
Sui Ran sighed: "It's a bit outrageous and immoral to say this, but if he enters into another relationship, will he be able to move on and live a good life?"
Su Zheye pursed his lips.
He had never encountered such a situation in his two lives combined, and Su Zheye himself never talked about true love. When he suddenly met a pure love war god... or more than one pure love war god, he really didn't know what to do.
"this……"
Su Zheye was silent for a while: "This situation is indeed difficult to deal with. They love each other so much. Moreover... the living can never be better than the dead. Bai Yueguang will only be Bai Yueguang forever."
"I know."
Sui Ran nodded and immediately continued: "I have never thought of surpassing or replacing Captain Xie's position in Brother Shi Xing's heart. I don't even care whether he likes me or not. I just want him to get over it as soon as possible."
"Um."
Su Zheye said: "We all want him to get over it as soon as possible, but this kind of psychological injury..."
"It's really hard to deal with. Maybe it can only be resolved through constant companionship and love."
Sui Ran asked Su Zheye for another cigarette: "I think the same thing. He treats his teammates very well anyway, so I just cling to him. He won't say anything harsh to drive me away or refuse to see me."
"Um."
Su Zheye said: "You are very familiar with him, and you have the intention, so only you can lead him out."
Sui Ran nodded: "Thank you, Brother Su."
Su Zheye smiled: "I couldn't help much."
"I have never told anyone that I like Chen Shixing. I have always kept it in my heart."
Sui Ran said: "So it's enough to have someone who can listen to me and smoke with me."
Su Zheye smiled and said, "If you need me, I'm always here."
Sui Ran: “Okay.”
They had almost finished their meal and it was a rare opportunity to talk about this matter, so the two of them just stayed here smoking and chatting.
After another ten minutes, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "Zhe Ye."
Su Zheye was stunned for a second, and his first reaction was to hide the cigarette.
But unfortunately, the place was filled with smoke and must have been seen by Gu Yuan.
Su Zheye pressed the tip of his tongue against his teeth, like a little fox that had been caught doing something bad, he lowered his tail and turned around slowly: "Commander Gu."
Sui Ran also subconsciously stood up straight: "Captain."
Gu Yuan's face did not show any blame, but he said calmly: "Go ahead and smoke. I just saw that you haven't gone back yet, and I'm worried that something might happen."
The more he said this, the less Su Zheye wanted to continue smoking.
So Su Zheye and Gu Yuan looked at each other for a few seconds, then he put out the cigarette and threw it into the trash can, then he stretched out his right hand towards Gu Yuan with his palm facing up.
"?"
Sui Ran looked confused.
Then the next second, he saw Gu Yuan take out a lollipop from his pocket and put it in Su Zheye's palm.
Su Zheye peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in his mouth.
Sui Ran: “???”
"I'm going back first."
Gu Yuan said: "The manager hasn't paid the bill yet. He will return to the base in about half an hour."
Su Zheye: "Okay."
So Gu Yuan turned around and walked towards the private room again.
After his back completely disappeared, Sui Ran came back to his senses and asked, "Captain, why... do you carry a lollipop with you? Why is it for you?"
"oh."
Su Zheye said: "He doesn't want me to smoke all the time, so he brought lollipops to help me get rid of my craving for cigarettes."
Sui Ran was stunned for a second.
“I see…”
His eyes fell on the lollipop, and he was a little envious: "The captain is so good to you. Oh, if I could be as careful and considerate as the captain, would I still worry about how to pursue someone?"
Su Zheye smiled and said nothing.
“I think I learned it.”
Sui Ran took a deep puff of cigarette: "Brother Su, if I continue to care for and take good care of Chen Shixing, and follow his will in everything he wants to do, and then slowly boil the frog in warm water, and accompany him all the time, can I help him get out of his heartache?"
Su Zheye smiled and asked back: "If this doesn't work, what else do you think can be done?"
"Too."
Sui Ran said: "They say companionship is the most lasting confession of love. I don't ask for any confession. I just want him to forget the pain of the past and look forward."
Su Zheye said "hmm".
Sui Ran shook off the ash from his cigarette and said, "Let's go after we finish this one."
Su Zheye: "Okay."
Sui Ran threw away the cigarette butt, Su Zheye had not finished eating the lollipop yet.
Today's one is lychee flavored.
Gu Yuan probably bought a big box and gave him a different flavor each time.
But they are all delicious, sweet but not greasy, and not choking.
Su Zheye kept it in his mouth and returned to the private room with Sui Ran.
The latter immediately sat next to Shen Shixing, leaned over and lowered his head to say something, like a big puppy, without any of the unruly school bully look when smoking.
"Zhe Ye."
Coming back to his senses, Su Zheye saw Gu Yuan adding some meat and vegetables to his meal: "Eat some more."
Su Zheye crunched the remaining lollipop into pieces, then picked up some vegetables and put them into his mouth.
The sweetness of the sugar granules and the fragrance of the clear soup pot mixed together, and the taste was weird.
But... they were all given to her by Gu Yuan specifically, and they brought a sense of warmth to her heart.
In the corner of his eye, Sui Ran was persuading Chen Shixing to eat more in a gentle voice, and every strand of his hair seemed to say "please".
Shen Shixing seemed to have loosened his temper, so Sui Ran picked up some mushrooms and vegetables from the pot and put them on Shen Shixing's plate. Then he watched Shen Shixing eat with joy in his eyes, his invisible tail wagging behind him.
Su Zheye smiled and raised the corners of his lips slightly.
With Sui Ran’s persistent and stubborn character and his sincere feelings... then I wish him success in boiling water.
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