Strong Offense and DefenseCh55.2 - Ice Cream Play

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    When Nie Chuan came back, he found Reece laying in bed, looking at him with his chin propped. 

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    Every time Nie Chuan woke up, Reece would already be neatly dressed. This was the first time Nie Chuan saw the Reece that had just woken up. 

 

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    His hair was a bit messy, but he seemed relaxed and leisurely. No need to even mention the quirk of his lips or the collar of his shirt that was askew. It was simply an explosion of sex appeal. 

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    “Hehe…… this is the first time I’m up earlier than you.”

 

    “Are you sure?” Reece tilted his head. Even his eyes carried a faint smile and Nie Chuan’s mood was really on the verge of becoming a mess.

 

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    “Don’t tell me you also got up earlier to use the restroom?” 

 

    Reece shook his head, picked his watch up from the bedside, and glanced at it. “I baked a blueberry pie an hour ago. It should be ready now.”

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    “What? You got up an hour ago?”

 

    “It should have been an hour and a half ago.” Reece lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

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    Nie Chuan almost asked, “Since you even finished baking a blueberry pie, why would you get back in the bed?” But before he spoke he thought, Reece probably just wanted to sleep longer. 

 

    Reece had already entered the kitchen. He put on his mitts and brought the blueberry pie out of the oven. 

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    Nie Chuan could smell the rich fragrance in the room.

 

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    Reece didn’tn’t like sweets. It could be said that the blueberry pie was made especially for Nie Chuan.

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    “I really want to eat! When can I eat it?” Nie Chuan already couldn’t help it.

 

    “Go wash up.” Reece gently pushed Nie Chuan on the head.

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    As Nie Chuan hurried to brush his teeth, Reece’s voice came from behind him, “Brush for three minutes.” 

 

    “I know, I know!” 

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    It was as if brushing your teeth had become everything in life.

 

    However, the taste of the blueberry pie was really too wonderful, so much so that Nie Chuan ate more than half of it by himself. 

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    The sweetness and tartness were perfectly combined. If it weren’t for Reece, Nie Chuan might have directly taken the plate away, and he was certain he would have finished the entire plate. 

 

    Nie Chuan was with Reece for the whole week. They played basketball together during the day and rested when they were tired. When Nie Chuan was feeling lazy, he would directly lie down on the court to sleep. Reece not only let him, but even lay down side by side with him.

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    “Hey..…. the ground is dirty.” Nie Chuan replied while looking up at the sky. 

 

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    “It’s dirty but you’re still lying down?”

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    “Because I have a stronger tolerance for dirt than you ah.”

 

    In this way, except for basketball skills and intelligence, Nie Chuan finally found something he was better at than Reece. 

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    “Idiot. What’s there to compare.” Reece folded his arms behind his head and quietly closed his eyes.

 

    Ten minutes later, Reece pulled Nie Chuan to his feet and the two began another confrontation. 

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    There were no referees nor the dedication to score. The basketball alternated between them until Nie Chuan suddenly jumped and dunked the ball into the basket with a “pèng—” sound.

 

    The hoop vibrated and the pole seemed as if it would be shaken down. 

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    When he landed, Nie Chuan’s eyes widened and he turned to look at Reece. “Hey—— did you see that? I just dunked! A slam dunk!”

 

    Reece picked up the basketball that had bounced off the court unhurriedly and chuckled, “You said it as if you can’t touch the basket with your jumping ability.” 

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   “Is my jumping ability good?” Nie Chuan asked excitedly. 

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    “Ljtj, P mjc vecx! P mjc vecx!”

 

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    Reece went up to the basket and jumped, his fingers far exceeding the hoop. 

 

    Nie Chuan also jumped and was surprised to find that where he could touch with his fingers was actually about the same as Reece. 

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    “Wow, I’m this good?”

 

    “Being able to touch where I did counts as good?” Reece asked in amusement.

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    “Yeah.”

 

    In the next second, Reece came to Nie Chuan’s side and took off again. He was full of explosiveness, his imposing momentum like a huge wave rushing from the deep sea towards the sky. The place his fingers touched was at least five centimeters higher than before.

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    Reece looked at Nie Chuan and smirked. “Why don’t you give it a try, see if you can touch it?”

 

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    “Fine.” Nie Chuan raised his head and looked at the spot very seriously. 

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    He wanted to touch it.

 

    He wanted to reach the same height as Reece.

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    Nie Chuan immediately exerted strength. Following the method Reece had taught him, he stretched his arm out and patted his hand on the backboard. The position seemed to be only one or two centimeters less than that of Reece’s. 

 

    “Not bad.” Reece clapped his hands.

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    Where was it not bad?

 

    Nie Chuan wasn’t satisfied and jumped again but the height was still the same. 

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    He tried many more times. However, Reece’s physical capability was the result of many years of accumulation and not something Nie Chuan’s rushed efforts in the last six months could match. 

 

    “Alright, a person’s skills aren’t just how high he can jump from under the basket.”

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    “I’m trying again!”

 

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    Nie Chuan took off again but in that moment, something hugged his thigh and supported him. Let alone touching the height Reece did just now, what he could reach had already far surpassed that. 

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    Nie Chuan lowered his head and saw Reece with his face upward, looking at him. 

 

    “Reece?”

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    “You see, if you’re alone, the height you can reach is limited. But if the two of us are together, we can do things that others are unable to do.”

 

    Nie Chuan once felt that it was him who was meeting Reece’s expectations.

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    But at this moment he finally understood; it was Reece who had given him a place to go and then held him up high.

 

    When Reece put Nie Chuan down, Nie Chuan told him, “This year we’ll definitely win the league championship.”

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    “How can you be so sure? There are many powerful teams in the league.”

 

    “That’s just how I feel,” Nie Chuan replied.

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    He had a hunch, and this hunch was extremely strong.

 

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    “Then what if we don’t?” Reece asked.

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    Reece had always been confident, there was no “if” in his world. Him asking like this was purely to tease Nie Chuan again.

 

    “If we don’t…… then I’ll never eat chocolate again!”

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    In this world, there was only Reece and chocolate that he couldn’t let down.

 

    “That’s a bit serious. It seems you really made up your mind.”

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    Reece smiled, threw the ball back to Nie Chuan, and hooked his finger at him. His meaning was: fight another round!

 

    They played until the sky was dark. After Nie Chuan followed Reece in eating a large meal, the two continued on their way.

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    “Hey, I recently discovered a new game. It’s quite fun, let’s play it later?” Reece’s finger hooked the back of Nie Chuan’s collar. 

 

    “Eh? Really?” Nie Chuan, whose face was almost stuck to the window of an ice cream shop that they happened to be in front of, recovered.

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    He didn’t think Reece would actually take the initiative to ask him to play games. 

 

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    “Sure! Sure!”

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    Teaming up with Reece, he’ll definitely be invincible! 

 

    “What about ice cream? What flavor do you like?”

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    “The blackberry chocolate one! What are you getting? I’ll treat you!”

 

    Although he knew Reece didn’t like to eat sweets, since he had been taken care of by Reece a lot these past few days, Nie Chuan also wanted to treat Reece to something. 

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    “You buy one, I’ll just take a bite.”

 

    After Reece finished speaking, Nie Chuan was at a bit of a loss.

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    But he still went in and bought a cone, then held it out in front of Reece. “I’m giving you the first bite.”

 

    Reece shook his head. He was watching the news on his phone. “You eat first.” 

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    It seemed that Reece wouldn’t eat. Nie Chuan licked his ice cream in disappointment. Who knew Reece would suddenly lower his head and take a bite out of the other side.

 

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    The ice cream was completely smeared on the tip of Nie Chuan’s nose and face to the extent that at that moment, he seemed to feel the tip of Reece’s tongue brush against his lips. 

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    Nie Chuan stared at Reece with wide eyes. There was a smile on Reece’s lips. 

 

    “If you look as foolish as you do now the next time you mistakenly confess to someone, they probably wouldn’t have the heart to reject you.”

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    With that, Reece continued forward with his hands in his pockets. 

 

    Nie Chuan instantly understood; Reece letting him eat first was premeditation!  

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    But why use such an ambiguous way of teasing him ne?

 

    I’ll get more and increasingly unrealistic fantasies ah! I’ll do this and that to you in my head!

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    Nie Chuan stood in place with his ice cream in hand about to melt. 

 

    Not hearing Nie Chuan’s footsteps, Reece turned around and tilted his head, “What’s the matter?”

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    “…… Nothing.”

 

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    Nie Chuan suddenly felt fearful. There would inevitably be a time when he wouldn’t be able to help it after getting teased like this by Reece.

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    At that time, what would become of their relationship? 

 

    Would Reece still get along closely with him like this? 

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    “I say, can you not mess around with me all the time like that! Careful or people might think you’re bent!” Nie Chuan extended a finger and bent it in front of Reece.

 

    “Oh? That’ll also be quite interesting.” Reece hardly cared.

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    Nie Chuan was left speechless. 

 

    “Ah, the ice cream melted onto your hand, you sure are wasteful.”

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    “Whose fault is that ah!”

 

    The last of the ice cream had to be thrown away. Nie Chuan’s heart hurt.

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    The two entered the internet cafe where there were many young Internet addicts. This was Nie Chuan’s first time going to an internet cafe here. The administrative terminal, self-service machines, and so on all seemed very standardized. There was also a specialized printing and scanning station. 

 

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    The game Reese chose was very difficult but Nie Chuan had always wanted to play it. In one night, the two advanced from the most rudimentary level all the way to the intermediate level.

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    Every ten minutes, Nie Chuan would knock his knee against Reece.

 

    “Help me! Help me!”

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    “Just die first ba.” Reece would say this every time.

 

    But whenever Nie Chuan was on the last of his health, Reece would always fish him back.

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    Just when Nie Chuan was so immersed that he couldn’t extricate himself, Reece decisively logged off. 

 

    “Eh? What is it?” Nie Chuan tilted his head and asked. 

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    “It’s nine already. Go back, drink some milk, and go to bed.” Reece tapped his finger lightly on Nie Chuan’s desktop. 

 

    Ai, can you not have so much self-control ah!

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    With no other choice, Nie Chuan followed after Reece.

 

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    Nie Chuan chatted with Zhou Bin on WeChat while walking.

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    Zhou Bin: Are you having a good time with Reece? 

 

    Nie Chuan: Very good ah! I play basketball as much as I want every day! 

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    Zhou Bin: So you’re disdaining me and Mao Xian’s basketball level?

 

    Nie Chuan: Yes ah, I disdain it a lot.

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    At this time, Nie Chuan and Reece came to the intersection, Reece pressed the pedestrian crossing button.

 

    Just when Nie Chuan was about to step forward, Reece hooked the back of his collar, pulled him back, and confiscated his phone. 

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    “Next time you cross the road while playing on your phone, I’ll beat you to the point even Zhou Bin won’t be able to recognize you.”

 

    Reece eyes were cold. Nie Chuan nodded hurriedly.

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    Back at Reece’s apartment, Nie Chuan received a call from his mother. In the twinkling of an eye, he had been staying with Reece for almost two weeks. Mama Nie was feeling that her son, who was on break, hadn’t been at home much.

 

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    Nie Chuan had no choice but to promise to buy the ticket back in two days.

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    “Ah…… I’ve been here for so long yet I still haven’t visited your father!” Nie Chuan realized that he was having such a good time staying with Reece that he actually forgot the most important thing. 

 

    He sat cross-legged on the bed watching Reece who was folding the laundry.

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    “He’s fine,” Reece handed the newspaper to Nie Chuan. 


Drea: I’m back! Sorry for the wait TwT School is kicking my butt 

MadMadamMims: I’m sorry Reece baked a blueberry pie? Author nim your standards for male lead are sky high! 🤣

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12 comments

  1. Reece be like “Yes I do the cooking, Yes I do the cleaning.”

    Thank you for the chapter~

  2. Nie Chuan, you don’t have to do this and that in your head 😂😂 Reece is 50000% willing to do it with you for ages, it doesn’t have to be fantasy!!!!!

  3. …I have to give Reece credit for being so creative. How many times have they kissed now? This New York trip was like an extended date. If Nie Chuan had to choose between Reeve and chocolate, it looks like Reece might win. Thanks for the update!