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Chapter 55: If You Take It Back...

The car carried Jiang Xun and Gu Wei straight into the underground parking garage of Jiang Xun's hotel. Gu Wei followed Jiang Xun into the elevator, bound for their floor.

"Weiwei, watch where you're going," Jiang Xun cautioned. He reached over and took Gu Wei's cell phone out of his hands. "Don't look at your phone while you're walking."

"I just got to the highlights, let me finish that part," Gu Wei protested, trying but failing to grab his phone back.

"You can watch when we get up to the room," Jiang Xun said. He was adamant about keeping Gu Wei's phone out of his reach. "Gu Weiwei, if you miss me that much, don't watch the recording. You're right next to the real me right now."

"It's not the same," Gu Wei argued.

Jiang Xun raised his eyebrows. "You're not still thinking that my reaction memes are better looking than me, are you?"

Gu Wei froze for a second, then: "…no, no, no. You're better. Definitely. Really."

God Xun was way too good at holding a grudge. How long ago had those words been exchanged between them? How could he still remember them?

The Jiang Xun that appeared during matches was much colder and harsher than the regular Jiang Xun. The more Gu Wei watched these games, the more he came to like that version of Jiang Xun.

And that was exactly what he told Jiang Xun.

"Got it," Jiang Xun said, nodding thoughtfully. "Weiwei likes it when I'm a little mean."

Jiang Xun opened the door to their hotel room and gave Gu Wei a light push, nudging him into the room before finally giving back his cell phone.

"Ge, I saw a gif of you from your match earlier," Gu Wei said. "From the finals. You looked out at the audience, then smiled and said something into your headset. I thought you were really cool and handsome there."

That gif had been saved by countless netizens, and all of them had taken to social media to rave about how gorgeous Jiang Xun was.

"Oh, that one," Jiang Xun said, recalling it now. "I remember. But what I said was, 'Fucking piece of shit noob.'"

Gu Wei was silent.

Alright.

He probably shouldn't have mentioned it.

"By the way," Gu Wei said, changing the subject as he remembered a truly important matter. "Jiang Xun, did you tell Jiang Ying that we might be getting engaged?"

Ever since listening in on the call between Jiang Xun and Jiang Xun's mother earlier, Gu Wei had been thinking about his nemesis Jiang Ying.

"I planned on telling him, but he interrupted me every time," Jiang Xun said. "I'll tell him when I get home this time, no matter what. Are you two still rivals?"

"…yeah."

That was exactly why Gu Wei hadn't known how to bring up a thing like this to Jiang Ying.

"I'll clear everything up with him tomorrow when I get home. No matter what, he has to accept reality," Jiang Xun said. "Have a seat, I'll massage your neck. You've been afraid of moving much this whole time, haven't you?"

Gu Wei's neck really did hurt, so he instantly sat down in front of Jiang Xun.

"Where does it hurt the most?" Jiang Xun asked.

Gu Wei pointed out the spot that bothered him the most. Soon, Jiang Xun's slightly cold hands came up to his neck, massaging lightly a few times.

It was perfect, Gu Wei thought. These were the hands of a world champion, and they were really, really, really nice hands.