The Qingbei team suffered a crushing defeat.
This sparked a huge online uproar, with fans and critics fiercely arguing and commenting on each other.
- What kind of play is the Qingbei team doing?
-The ribbonfish got what it deserved. Oh dear!-
- Haters, please stay away. It's just a match, why are so many people spewing insults?
- Luo Yan didn't even need to play; Zhou Qing's team still dominated Qingbei team.
-Lu Yu's performance today was really terrible.
-I'm speechless. I had all the snacks and drinks ready, I was happily watching a game, and this is what I get?!
-Lu Yu is acting like this again; anyone who didn't know better would think Luo Yan had wronged her.
-……-
After the match, the return bus stopped at the airport entrance.
Lu Yu stepped out of the bus, carrying a sports bag.
Dark sunglasses and a brown-gray hat concealed Lu Yu's expression. Lu Yu tugged at the zipper of her tracksuit, which was already at the top of the collar, and buried the lower half of her face in the collar.
It seemed that only by breathing the air trapped inside her clothes could she find a sense of security.
The members of the Qingbei team entered the airport one after another.
Jiao Yuyin and Qin Meng walked quickly over from not far away, looking as if they had been waiting at the airport for a while.
"Why are you at the airport? Waiting for us?" Sun Meng asked in a low voice.
Qin Meng walked over to Sun Meng and took the sports bag from Sun Meng's hand.
“Yes. We’re on the same flight today.” Qin Meng gave Sun Meng a knowing look, and they both fell silent.
Jiao Yuyin never missed any of Lu Yu's matches, but he would never be on the same flight as Lu Yu, and he would deliberately avoid appearing in the same frame as Lu Yu in front of Lu Yu's teammates.
Outsiders say this is because the Jiao family is keeping a low profile.
In fact, this was something Jiao Yuyin did deliberately after feeling guilty.
Their meeting, their whirlwind romance, and their whirlwind marriage were all a scam from the start. To make the carefully planned events seem logical, he used the most high-profile method possible.
But he saw it with his own eyes. Because of his headstrong and high-profile behavior, Lu Yu, who had always been cooperative, not only had to face the suspicion and gossip of his teammates, but also had to endure unwarranted online abuse.
This is probably what they mean by "when you fall in love, you become restrained."
Jiao Yuyin repeatedly reminded himself that he had to be careful enough to be qualified to protect the one he loved.
The Zhouqing team's stadium was hardly a joyous place. Jiao Yuyin saw Lu Yu's dejected side again there, just like when he first met Lu Yu, or perhaps more like the Lu Yu in the Olympic competition videos he occasionally watched.
Even though she was running, her unfocused eyes gave the impression that a beautiful porcelain doll was about to shatter.
Jiao Yuyin couldn't care less about being high-profile or low-profile today; he only had one thought.
He wanted to stay by Lu Yu's side...
Jiao Yuyin gently put his arm around Lu Yu, his fingertips touching the skin on the back of Lu Yu's neck.
"Is it noisy?" Jiao Yuyin's low voice came, like a hot spring, soothing the mind and body.
All the inner voices vanished—the chaotic thoughts of complaint, worry, or schadenfreude disappeared abruptly.
I didn't ask her what was wrong, nor did I comfort her by saying that the competition result wasn't important. Instead, I acted as a tool to block out her true feelings, only asking her if she was making a fuss.
A single question was enough to stir up a lump in Lu Yu's throat.
Her eyes behind the sunglasses looked a little heavy, but she dared not close her eyelids, afraid that her eye sockets were too small to contain her pathetic pride.
Lu Yu shook her head slightly and held out the sports bag in her right hand. "Hmm... here you go."
Jiao Yuyin indulged her small act of escapism, and, going along with her words, took the handbag.
"I was too blind, Qin Meng is much better at it." Jiao Yuyin's voice echoed in Lu Yu's ears.
Lu Yu could even smell the same raspberry scent on the two of them.
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