As if being caught by Lu Sicheng when Tong Yao walked out of the men's
restroom wasn't bad enough, King's Jungler Ah Guang followed Tong Yao
out, eyes still somewhat red, while Tong Yao kept her silent standoff with
Lu Sicheng-----
Ah Guang glanced at Tong Yao and sheepishly grinned at her. Then he
politely greeted Lu Sicheng: "Cheng Ge."
Lu Sicheng calmed replied: "En."
His eyes never moved from his team's Mid.
Ah Guang paused a bit then turned to mouth: "Thanks, I'll get going," to Tong Yao
before turning to walk away......When Ah Guang disappeared from view, Lu Sicheng's
cell phone started to ring. It was from Xiao Rui. He picked up the phone and, before
the other end had any chance to speak, briefly said: "I found her. We'll be over soon."
He then hung up.
Tong Yao had a feeling that something bad was going to happen soon------
Even when Lu Sicheng was answering the phone, he never took his eyes off Tong Yao.
The way he was looking at her was like a cougar on the hunt, having fixed its eyes on its
lunch, a lamb. After he put away his phone, he surprised Tong Yao: "Did you force yourself
on the other team's jungler in the men's restroom and made him cry?"
He looked calm and spoke with a flat tone, but it didn't look like he was joking at all.
Tong Yao: "? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?"
Tong Yao was very confused.
Lu Sicheng: "Then why was he looking at you that way?"
Tong Yao: "...............He was indeed inside the restroom and I was there also. He did cry
earlier, but------Even if-------How could I------Damn, can you talk like a decent human being?
I forced myself on him? ! How? Mouse or keyboard? ! ! ! ! !"
Lu Sicheng: "Then explain why he looked at you with that kind look in his eyes?"
Tong Yao: "Didn't it look like the eyes of admiration? !"
Lu Sicheng: "That's the look of having been tamed."
Tong Yao: "......"
Lu Sicheng turned to walk away, Tong Yao hurriedly followed......Lu Sicheng took over
Tong Yao's backpack as they walked. Tong Yao was about to thank him when she heard
him coldly speak right above her head: "What's the problem between you and junglers.
In just two matches' time, you've collected both junglers from each team. Are you stamp
collecting? 2016 limited edition summer competition jungler stamps?"
Tong Yao grabbed her own backpack out of Lu Sicheng's hand: "You shut up."
Lu Sicheng chuckled and let go of the backpack.
They arrived at the parking lot and got on the van one after another. Tong Yao apologize
to her teammates for making them wait for such a long time. Xiao Rui stretched his head
out from his seat and asked: "What were you up to?"
Before Tong Yao could answer, Lu Sicheng already said: "Collecting stamps."
Tong Yao flung her backpack at Lu Sicheng's stomach, forcing him a few steps back.
Tong Yao clicked her tongue then sat down right behind Xiao Rui. Xiao Rui turned around
and told her: "Our captain came back after the interview then found out that you hadn't
come yet. So he risked being chased by fans to go back to look for you. You didn't answer
any phone calls we made. We thought you were being kidnapped."Tong Yao glanced at the back at Lu Sicheng, now sitting a couple rows behind her.
He had just took out his earbuds and was putting them into his ears. It looked like he was planning to take a nap on the way to the restaurant......Tong Yao stood up and leaned forward next to the back of Xiao Rui's seat. She whispered: "When I went to the restroom, I happened to find King's jungler crying inside the restroom. So I tried to comfort him......
Those Tieba posts were too nasty to him and his team while praising us like we had
supernatural powers. I felt uncomfortable with all that."
"He has some guts looking at Tieba after losing the match?" Xiao Rui was
surprised: "When we lost the finals at the spring competition, I personally
uninstalled Tieba on everyone's cell phone before I gave them back to your
teammates."
"He's new to all this. I heard that King was doing very well in the minor league,
probably never heard anything ill." Tong Yao sat back down on her own seat.
"But what the hell were you comforting him for, he's the enemy."
"Oh."
"What if his skills get a boost because you reassured him------"
"He still won't be able to beat us." Tong Yao laughed: "We're getting better as
well."
Xiao Rui didn't respond right away, but fixed his eyes on Tong Yao for a while
then said: "Your head's also quite swollen." He then turned to sit back in his
seat. The van drove out of the parking lot with most of the team dozing off......
Tong Yao was looking at Weibo on her phone. She happened to see a video
clip, posted by a fan, of the interview with Lu Sicheng just now--------
Though she had already heard it in the arena, she mindlessly clicked on it and
listen to it again. She rolled her eyes again as she listened and made a face at
the poker faced captain on the screen. When she was ready to close the video,
she found that she'd only listened to half the video--------
Tong Yao: "Hmm."
So there was something after that?
Tong Yao hovered over the pause button and saw the man in the video pause
for a while as if he had thought of something. The aloofness in his eyes faded
a little and he looked somewhat more gentle. He looked down and continued
to say something.
Tong Yao: "......................................"
Tong Yao bit her own middle finger.
The knuckle in her mouth hurt ever so slightly-------
So she wasn't dreaming.
She went blank for a moment. Amid the shouting and cheering of fans in the
video, she blinked in confusion and raised her head to look towards the back.
Lu Sicheng was leaning against the window, eyes closed......After a few seconds,
she quickly turned her head back. She didn't catch whatever the host was saying
afterwards------
She turned to look at the comments under the video and saw a particular one
that had the most likes------
Tong Yao mumbled something then couldn't stop her fingers to retract the video
to------to where Lu Sicheng had said that they didn't know each other that well
and paused the video right there. She bit her lower lip and fixed her eyes on the
corner of his lips......
At 3'11" of the video, when Lu Sicheng said: "As a captain, I'm glad we can have
a teammate like that," his head moved a bit and then the corner of his lips......
almost undetectably curved up a little, then quickly flattened again.
....................So he did smile.
Tong Yao put down her cell phone and could feel her cheeks heating up. She
stood up from her seat, cell phone in hand, twirled around and grabbed the team
manager who was happily watching a Korean drama: "Rui Ge! Rui Ge!"
"What, what's happening?" Xiao Rui was startled to find a blushing Tong Yao
with glistening eyes. "Do you need to go to the bathroom?"
"Bathroom? No, look at this." Tong Yao held the cell phone to show Xiao Rui."What the hell?" Xiao Rui gave up his Korean drama and stretched his neck to
look over------
As Tong Yao and Xaio Rui crowded over her cell phone, a long arm reached out
from behind and took Tong Yao's cell phone away. Tong Yao gave a shout and
turned her head in annoyance, where she met a pair of expressionless, dark brown
eyes......Lu Sicheng looked down to check the screen on the phone, then sneered:
"The interview I just did? What's there to watch?"
Tong Yao stood on her tiptoes trying to retrieve her own phone-----
Lu Sicheng raised his arm higher.
Tong Yao angrily hit his elbow: "Aren't you taking a nap? !"
Lu Sicheng: "I woke up."
Tong Yao: "Give me back my phone!"
Lu Sicheng: "Why?"
Tong Yao: "You just praised me in the interview! ! ! I want to show it to Rui Ge! ! !"
Lu Sicheng: "......So what if I praised you, that was a prepared statement by the
staff. I just read it out-----Didn't you notice that they passed a slip of paper to me
before the interview?"
Stunned, Tong Yao lowered her arm. She turned to ask Xiao Rui: "Is that true? !"
Xiao Rui: "It's not true. There were only interview questions on that slip of paper."
Lu Sicheng: "......"
Tong Yao's eyes began to glisten again. She took off her shoes and jumped onto
the seat, attempting to recover her phone: "Give me back my phone! I want to
share the video with my friends-----"
Just then, the van made a sharp turn.
Tong Yao staggered on her seat, then tilted sideways, falling into the body right
next to her. She held onto his wide shoulder out of reflex and in the same moment
could feel his hand on her waist, trying to steady her: "What are you doing jumping
around in the car? Why don't you just stay on top of the roof of the van?"
The man's voice was right next to her ear.
They were so close to each other that Tong Yao could almost feel the vibration
inside his chest as he spoke.
When the drive became smooth again, she hurriedly pulled herself away from
Lu Sicheng's shoulder: "Why didn't you let me see the interview?"
"I'm right here, why do you need to see the interview."
"You won't praise me to my face." Tong Yao stared at that pair of dark brown eyes:
"Then praise me right now."
Lu Sicheng: "......"
Tong Yao: "......"As Lu Sicheng kept his silence, Tong Yao felt something had fell into her pocket.
Her cell phone had been stuffed back into her pocket. The man flatly said: "It's
better if you just watch the interview."Tong Yao: "......"