You're Beautiful When You Smile

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Lu Sicheng noticed that Tong Yao seemed a little uneasy and walked out of the room. As he walked towards Tong Yao, he saw Ah Tai, standing next to the window. 

Ah Tai put on a lazy smile when he saw Lu Sicheng and greeted him: "Ge."

Then Ah Tai asked Lu Sicheng whether he was coming out for a smoke. Lu Sicheng gave Tong Yao a glance and shook his head. 

He reached over to pull Tong Yao's jacket and nonchalantly said: "You, smoke less." 

Then he put his arm around Tong Yao and turned around to leave...... Tong Yao and Lu Sicheng started to speak in Chinese which Ah Tai couldn't understand-- --

However, Ah Tai didn't really mind anyway. He took a look at the cigarettes he had thrown into the trash earlier and smiled to himself. He changed into a more comfortable position to lean against the window while playing with the lighter in his hand.

"What did you say to him?"

"He asked me whether I was coming over for a smoke."

"Why can't he teach you something better? Have you told him that you've already quit smoking?"

"I did...... Why do you sound like an old mother? Aren't you hungry? You look quite energetic."

"He annoyed me."

"......Gee, you two talked to each other? Haven't I told you to stay away from him? What did you talk about? Are you alright, let me see-- --"

"We just talked. It wasn't a fight, what are you looking at...... Put your hand away! He said to make sure that we beat OP tomorrow...... Are all the Korean teams like this? When I said I wished CK would get second place in their group, I secretly felt guilty. I never thought the Koreans would openly root for their opponent?"

"The kind of action when you tell other teams to 'get revenge for us' with reddish eyes truly doesn't exist in LCK. They're probably more inclined to fight their own battles."

"...........................................Who are you laughing at?"

"What else did he say?"

"He challenged me to see who's the first Leblanc in the world at the semi-finals and I accepted the challenge. That's all!"

"Chi, heh ah."

"How come when you laugh, it sounds like you have a toothache?"

"Very interesting, two puppies have learned to throw down the gauntlet now."

"......"

......

The next day. The quarter-finals were head-to-head matches among the strongest teams of all the different regions. Every time a team got eliminated, there were a lot of heartbroken fans who couldn't sleep that night-- --To capitalize on the popularity for these teams, the organizer had arranged some special segments during the match for two of the teams that had the largest fanbase and were expected to have the most heated confrontation when they met......-- --

Among all the quarter-final matches, the most anticipated one would certainly be between the two telecommunication teams from both China and Korea. Before the match, the players came onto the stage and sat down in their own seats, and moved around their wrists while chatting with each other to relax. The four big screens above the stage would usually broadcast the highlights during the group matches from both teams...... 

It was routine for every match and helped get the audience excited about the coming match. When the highlight moment was over, the audience thought the match was about to begin but Commentator D suddenly gave a wry laugh-- --