Drea here with good news! Mims is officially the co-translator of SOD from here on out! She has offered to help translate by MTL editing the more simply structured paragraphs while I tackle the difficult and weirdly worded ones. With this, we just might be able to pump out more chapters ^^ wish us luck!
They were still near the Statue of Liberty that evening and didn’t have enough time to return to the hotel.
Reece took Nie Chuan to a Chinese restaurant and after a seafood course, Nie Chuan felt very satiated. When Reece went to use the restroom, he left his phone on the table.
A chance! Delete that embarrassing picture!
Nie Chuan seized the opportunity and turned on Reece’s phone only to find that it was password protected!
Oh god! If he knew Reece’s birthday then he could have at least tried!
“1209,” Reece’s voice sounded.
As soon as Nie Chuan turned his head he saw the other person standing beside him with his hands in his pockets, his gaze revealing a trace of ridicule.
“What?”
Reece raised his chin as he looked at the screen.
“The password?” Nie Chuan tried entering the numbers but found them to be wrong. “Eh, that wasn’t it?”
“Of course not. Who would be stupid enough to use their own birthday as a password?” Reece leaned over and took the phone away with ease.
Is using your birthday as a password very stupid?
Nie Chuan felt his knees hurting.
“Then what is 1209?”
“My birthday.”
“It’s not the password so what are you telling me for?”
So it was really just to make fun of him?
“It’s to let you remember my birthday. Now you won’t be able to forget it, right?” Reece raised his eyebrow then went to the front desk to pay the bill.
Nie Chuan hated until his teeth itched ah!
Fine, seeing as you’re the one footing the bill, I forgive you!
After dinner, they returned to the hotel. After they finished packing up, Reece leaned against the headboard to read.
Nie Chuan was also sitting by the headboard while playing extremely childish games on his phone. Occasionally, he would turn his head to glance at Reece and profoundly feel the disparity between himself and the male god. Even if Reece wasn’t wearing glasses, as long as he looked at the book with a focused expression, he had a very elegant temperament.
Before he got in bed, Nie Chuan’s phone vibrated. As soon as he turned it on, he saw that Reece had sent him the photos he took today.
The way he looked, the way his head was raised towards the sky with his hands in his pockets, and the way his neck craned out to look at the sculptures of buildings, every one of them came out naturally.
He didn’t know why but Nie Chuan felt that the him in these pictures was particularly good looking, making him feel like a narcissist.
“I didn’t think you’d make me look this handsome!” Nie Chuan smiled in satisfaction.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Chuanzi, you looked like such a literary youth that your brothers can’t even recognize you anymore! You should keep being Tǔ Biē Chuan, I’m more used to seeing you that way.
Nie Chuan’s reply: Get lost!
Wow! Nie Chuan! I never noticed your legs were so long before!
Nie Chuan’s reply: Brothers, I’m almost 1.8 meters, hahaha!
I didn’t find you this handsome in the past, I shouldn’t have pretended not to hear when you confessed that time ah!
Nie Chuan’s reply: It’s too late to regret now!
If the person who helped you take those pictures isn’t a photographer then they must really like you.
Nie Chuan’s reply: Why?
Because in the lens of a person who likes you, all your attractive features will get captured.
The person who left this message was a talented girl in Nie Chuan’s high school. Even though such words were quite sour, Nie Chuan still had to admit that his little heart got hooked.
He shot a glance at Reece who was breathing very steadily on the other bed.
Aiya, if only he himself had been a pretty girl, everything would have seemed romantic.
But he was a man ah, what “because in the lens of a person who likes you, all your attractive features will get captured.” It made Nie Chuan’s tooth ache.
The next morning, Nie Chuan got woken up by Reece.They were going back.
While carrying his bag with a yawn, Nie Chuan was following Reece out of the room when Reece suddenly spoke, “Nie Chuan, did you pack your underwear?”
“Under……” Only then did Nie Chuan find that the underwear he had hung up to dry was missing.
“In the closet.”
“Ah!” Nie Chuan opened the door to the closet and found that his underwear really was hanging there. As soon as he reached out and touched it, he discovered that it was unexpectedly still not dry. “How could it be here! Didn’t I hang it out to dry?”
“Did you want me to fall asleep while looking at your underwear?” Reece asked back.
Nie Chuan was speechless…… Whenever he went on a trip with Zhou Bin or Mao Xin, they always dried their clothes like this ah!
Reece hooked Nie Chuan’s underwear with his finger, went into the bathroom, turned on the hair dryer and began to blow it dry.
Nie Chuan stood by the door of the bathroom and watched Reece’s slender fingers shift around on the inside of his trousers. The movements were both slow and vexing and Nie Chuan suddenly felt his little brother itch.
“I’ll blow dry it myself!” In a few steps, Nie Chuan squeezed in and went to snatch his underwear from Reece.
“It’s already done.” Reece threw the underwear which conveniently landed on Nie Chuan’s face.
“Hey! This is my underwear!”
As if he didn’t hear anything, Reece turned and left while carrying his bag.
They returned to campus.
There, Reece gave a recording of the match to Coach Gordon.
Coach Gordon held his chin as he watched the whole game. In the end, he rewinded to that instance when Nie Chuan had bypassed Owen.
“Reece, he’s made rapid progress, even his jump and speed has improved. This is very rare. We can’t always just rely on Ewing outside the three-point line, this will put Ewing under a lot of pressure and will also make opponents more focused on sealing off our scoring ability on the outside.”
“I know,” Reece nodded. “I’ll improve his scoring rate.”
“Also…… in terms of offense, we can’t limit Allen to the role of assisting forever.”
“En.”
Back in his room, Nie Chuan was doing heel raises while watching a bubbly soap opera.
His cell phone rang. As soon as he picked it up and looked, he found that it was unexpectedly Ewing.
“Hey, Ewing? Why’d you call me, what’s the matter?”
“Are you free? I’m by the basketball court. I want to talk to you but if you’re tired then some other time?”
“Ah! I’m free, I’ll be right out!”
Nie Chuan pulled on his jacket and went out the door.
When he came to the basketball court he saw Ewing sitting on a basketball with his chin propped up. It was unknown how long he had been waiting for him.
A bright street light fell down on Ewing’s figure. Even though there were still other people on the court playing basketball and the shouting and clamor was never ending, Nie Chuan felt that this kind of Ewing looked a little lonely.
“Allen, I didn’t expect you to really come.” Ewing caught sight of Nie Chuan and gave him a big smile.
“Yep!” Nie Chuan sat down beside Ewing and said in a half-joking manner, “What’s up? Ewing, you wouldn’t be in an unrequited love would you? Do you need me, a lovelorn expert to help console you?”
Ewing thumped Nie Chuan on the shoulder. “I’ve just been having a lot of thoughts after that match against CBU, that’s all.”
“What thoughts?”
“I used to think that all I needed was a high enough accuracy rate for three-pointers. If my speed and tactical skills were good enough then I didn’t need to have the kind of explosive power that Carlo and Montenegro had as long as I had my own strong point. But, without you passing the ball to me or the others helping me hold the opponents off, I wouldn’t even have an opportunity to shoot.”
Ewing raised his head and looked up at the sky.
“Ewing?”
“I really envy you, Nie Chuan. The first time you went one-on-one against Montenegro, I just knew you had potential. But I really didn’t think you could actually improve this fast. The you on the court this weekend and the you at that time are like two different people while I haven’t made even a bit of progress.”
“Ewing! No matter how I practice, I can’t beat your accuracy!” Nie Chuan patted Ewing’s shoulder.
“So let’s do complementary exercises.”
“Complementary exercises?” Nie Chuan asked curiously.
“Yeah, I want to practice techniques for passing opponents with you. And if you need it afterwards, I’ll practice shooting with you.”
“Sure!” Nie Chuan thought this idea was very good and it could also help strengthen the tacit understanding between him and Ewing.
“But your current training partner is Reece. He should be able to completely drain your energy for the whole day!”
“There’s also weekends! We can practice together! And I don’t have any classes on Wednesday afternoons while Reece has a study group so we can meet up then too!” Nie Chuan already began planning his and Ewing’s training schedule.
Nie Chuan and Ewing gave each other a thumbs up as they cheerfully decided.
Practicing with Ewing was a very unusual experience. Shooting wasn’t the only thing Ewing was good at like he had thought. On the contrary, Ewing’s ability to move and position himself while not in possession of the ball was very strong and let Nie Chuan benefit greatly.
After the two finished practice that weekend, Nie Chuan took Ewing to a nearby Chinese restaurant to eat barbeque and Sichuan cuisine. When eating spicy hot pot, Ewing’s eyes were clearly filled with tears and his nose had reddened yet he still passed his bowl over to Nie Chuan and said, “Help me mix more sauce!”
“Hey Ewing, you have such a high scoring rate, how many times do you practice shooting everyday?”
“I’ve never counted but no matter how busy I am, I would still try to do at least two hours every day. However, shooting in place is practically useless because the opponent will always interfere during the course of a match.”
“That’s why you need me to practice with you!”
In the library the next Monday, Carlo had his chin propped up and stroked it while he watched Ewing help Nie Chuan look for a book in front of a bookcase.
He nudged Montenegro beside him. “Have you noticed that Allen and Ewing have suddenly become especially close?”
“We’re all teammates, isn’t being close good?” Montenegro asked back.
“Because I’m jealous! Why isn’t the person who’s close with Allen me?” Carlo grumbled.
“Probably because your head makes Allen feel he’s unable to communicate with it.” Montenegro was speechless.
At this time, Reece had walked over while carrying books and was unhurriedly putting every book back on the shelf.
Carlo couldn’t wait to come forward. “Reece! Look! There’s a problem with Allen and Ewing!”
Reece followed Carlo’s gaze and saw Nie Chuan smiling as he lifted Ewing on his back so that he could reach the book on the top shelf.
“See! Didn’t I say there’s no need for a ladder! Me lifting you is faster than looking for a ladder!” Nie Chuan turned around and smiled very naturally.
“It really does seem like it!”
When Reece didn’t say anything, Carlo came up to him with an odd smile and said, “Hey, don’t you think pink hearts are about to pop up around Allen and Ewing?”
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MadMadamMims: These two are a mess! And I see a very large vinegar jar in the near future. ><
Drea: A very very large jar. It’s simply overflowing (´∀｀；) ganbatte NC
oh my oh myyyy. Starting from today I would like to pray for Nie Chuan’s safety and Reece’s sanity ⁽⁽ଘ( ˊᵕˋ )ଓ⁾⁾
please don’t misunderstand Nie Chuan, Reece (＾∇＾)ﾉ♪
I’ll pray with you, pal
New translator lah~~ Thank you guys for your hardwork!! ❤️
I can smell the vinegar coming up from here 😌
welcome to the team ❤️ NC’s sprouting like a little seedling hhhh
🤗Mims is officially the co-translator of SOD 🤗
Oooh. Ewing, watch yourself. Your teammate is a large vinegar jar. Luckily fir everyone, Nie Chuan is just as oblivious as always. Thank you for the update!
Good luck , Reece
I’m rooting for you
Carlo u dumbass😂😂😂
im not praying for nc but i am praying for ewing..god bless this man be protected from reece💀💀💀