translator: Oyen
Uncle Qiu and Aunt Qiu knew that this nephew had always been uncommunicative. Seeing that Qiu Zongping did not speak, they did not doubt. But Qiu Zongyue obviously felt that his brother’s mood was very low.
——That was not the usual uncommunicative.
At ordinary times, although Qiu Zongping had few words, he also took the initiative to provide some suggestions on key choices, such as which place wasn’t fun and there was no need to go; Although some places were not famous, they had very beautiful scenery and were worth seeing. Sometimes, he would take the initiative to help his uncle and aunt carry luggage, help his sister carry bags, and be very considerate and sensible. The key reason why her parents called him to come here this time was this. Qiu Zongping was a very rational and independent person. With him in Bali, they could have a lot less injustice and had a better time.
After all, he had been to Bali and stayed for a long time. He was very familiar with it, and he should provide advice to his uncle’s family.
But today, he was absent-minded and listless, always lowering his head as if he were thinking.
Fortunately, all the arrangements for this day were in the water sports center, so many interesting projects could be experienced repeatedly, and they could buy them directly at the front desk. It didn’t matter whether Qiu Zongping followed or not.
Qiu Zongyue didn’t know what happened, didn’t ask more questions, and accompanied his parents to experience the water parachute again.
Until dinner time, because the elderly weren’t accustomed to eating heavy-tasting meals in Indonesia, and the stomach was uncomfortable these days, Qiu Zongyue actively asked. “A-ping, do you know where there is a Chinese restaurant? The lighter flavored one.”
Thinking for a while, Qiu Zongping took everyone to a Chinese restaurant near the hotel to drink porridge. When he ordered, he asked everyone what they like to eat, while asking, he ticked the menu. After five ticks, he ticked crab porridge again.
Qiu Zongyue couldn’t help asking. “There are five of us, why do we order six portions of porridge? I think the portion of porridge here is quite large. Would you like to drink two bowls?”
Qiu Zongping paused for a while with the pen in his hand, then quickly erased the last tick, and said, “I counted wrong.”
—— He subconsciously ordered one for Yuan Xi.
Crab porridge was Yuan Xi’s favorite. They also came here to drink it last night. Yuan Xi said it was delicious.
Qiu Zongyue didn’t believe in the explanation of ‘counted wrong’. She grew up watching her younger brother. He had been calm and careful since he was a child. He seemed to be able to deal with everything with ease. How could he make the low-level mistake of ‘five people ordering six porridge’ —— Elementary school students couldn’t count wrong, but Qiu Zongping could count wrong?
Obviously, he was distracted when ordering just now.
There were elders at the dinner table, and she couldn’t say much. But after returning to the hotel, Qiu Zongyue immediately pulled his brother to the end of the corridor, found a deserted place, and lowered her voice and asked, “What’s wrong with you today? You’ve no spirit at all, and your mind is wandering. What are you thinking?”
Qiu Zongping looked calm. “Nothing.”
Qiu Zongyue smiled. “We grew up together, what can you hide from me? Your sister has keen eyes. I have long seen that something is wrong with you, and you seem to lose your soul.”
Qiu Zongping was silent, but his brow frowned slightly.
Qiu Zongyue had no choice but to say, “Sometimes your temper is really unlikable. You are as calm as an old man when you are young. Can’t you say anything you’re not happy about? But, you choose to keep it yourself. You’re only in your twenties, right? But, you’re like a 40-year-old uncle, and don’t have the youthful vitality of Yuan Xi at all!”
It would be better for her not to mention Yuan Xi, but Qiu Zongping’s expression changed slightly when she mentioned the name.
After a while, he lowered his voice and asked, “Is my character really annoying?”
Qiu Zongyue was joking, but seeing him so serious, she was stunned, hurriedly explained, “No, I’ll complain casually. You are too serious. Everyone has a different personality, and there’s nothing wrong with being steady when you’re the captain… I just think you live too tired, your burden is so heavy, all you can see is the team, the game, and achievements. You can’t relax every time you go home on holiday. Maybe you care too much about the duty of the captain? On the contrary, you ignore a lot of other things.”
In fact, Qiu Zongyue did not know about him and Yuan Xi. She just felt that her brother was under too much psychological pressure and wanted to relieve him by letting him come out to play and relax.
But her words made Qiu Zongping enlightened in an instant.
——Yes, he really cared too much about the duties of the captain.
Since god Mo and captain Yan’s retirement, he had put the burden of Wind Colour on his shoulders. Every day, he was thinking about how to lead this team well, how to make Wind Colour team return to the first-class echelon, and how to live up to the entrustment of his predecessors to be the captain…
Later, he moved to Peerless Jianghu as captain, and what he thought was how to make this new team achieve good results.
Every time something went wrong, his starting point was on the team. Therefore, when Yuan Xi liked him and confessed to him, he did not hesitate to refuse, because he felt that Yuan Xi’s state would affect the performance of the team and must end it as soon as possible.
—— He ignored it, this feeling wasn’t like the other, it couldn’t be ended as soon as it said it was over.
People’s feelings were the most complex things in the world, especially the feeling of ‘like’, which was extremely precious and couldn’t be bought by thousands of gold.
What he did hurt Yuan Xi, and the way he handled it was too indifferent. He just considered the problem from the point of view of the captain and forcibly let Yuan Xi to let go, but did not think about Yuan Xi’s feelings.
Thinking from another angle, why should Yuan Xi listen to him? Why must he let go of this feeling? What qualifications did Qiu Zongping have to interfere in other people’s feelings?
Yuan Xi had the freedom to like a person. No matter who he liked, it came from his own heart. If he wanted to let go, or he didn’t want to let it go, that was his own business, and Qiu Zongping had no right to ask. It was actually very cruel to put pressure on him as captain and euphemistically force him to regain his state, get into the game and let go of his feelings.
It’s like, you like someone very seriously, but the other person uses all kinds of ways to let you know: you shouldn’t like me, what you’re doing is wrong, give up quickly.
What would that feel like?
It must be very sad, right?
Yuan Xi was relatively simple and did not think about it carefully, and even felt guilty and blamed himself because he liked Qiu Zongping.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with him.
He just liked someone, so what did he do wrong?
Changing to a little bit grumpy—— you love the captain, when your captain goes, Laozi also quits!
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Qiu Zongping gently covered his eyes with his hand, because his eyes felt an uncontrollable sourness.
He suddenly understood one thing—— in fact, Yuan Xi didn’t do anything wrong, but he made a big mistake.
Yuan Xi liked him so seriously, and what about him? What was he doing! Posing as a captain all day long, and repeatedly hurt Yuan Xi in various ways that he thought he was very tactful.
The more he put on such a righteous attitude as the captain, the more Yuan Xi would blame himself for guilt.
That was why Yuan Xi was depressed and lost weight quickly during this period.
It was only that night that he choked up and said. ‘Please believe me, I will let it go.’
Thinking of the man’s red eyes and holding back tears, Qiu Zongping really wanted to slap himself violently.
Qiu Zongyue kept looking at his younger brother, and found that his face changed again and again in just a minute, and it was obvious that he was fighting between heaven and man in his mind.
She thought she had said something wrong, so she couldn’t help but pat his shoulder gently. “Hey, are you okay?”
Qiu Zongping came to his senses and asked hesitantly, “Sister, how do you feel about… the fact that a man likes another man?”
Qiu Zongyue was stunned, because they grew up together, they told each other about everything. She was more open-minded about this problem, and she said bluntly, “It doesn’t matter. I studied medicine, our textbooks in ‘Psychiatry’ have long removed the description that homosexuality is a disease, and there is nothing wrong with liking the same sex. I am also very supportive if two people like each other.”
Qiu Zongping didn’t listen carefully, but only caught the keyword: it’s not a disease, no problem, very supportive.
Then he asked, “Then, what’s it like to like someone?”
Qiu Zongyue looked at his serious expression and couldn’t help laughing—— She was currently studying for a doctoral degree and was 27 years old. She had a very good boyfriend who was her senior brother. Qiu Zongping also knew that her sister would be married after graduation, so he asked her. After all, she had more love experiences.
In terms of emotion, Qiu Zongping could be said to be a blank.
Embarrassed by her laugh, Qiu Zongping pretended to be calm and replied. “I’m just asking casually.”
Qiu Zongyue smiled. “If you like a person, right? I just worry about that person. I can’t help thinking about that person. The more I think about the person, the more I feel that person is good everywhere.”
Qiu Zongping: “…”
Was that right?
He had been thinking about Yuan Xi all day today, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Yuan Xi was good everywhere, and it was all his own fault.
The thought of Yuan Xi’s sadness made his heart ache.
When playing parachute, he thought that Yuan Xi was afraid of heights and could not play this kind of project; When playing snorkeling, he thought Yuan Xi should also like it; When he drank porridge,he wondered if he had dinner? Where did he go to eat, and didn’t eat to get a stomachache again.
—— Deeply worried about him.
For the first time, Qiu Zongping realised what this word meant.
He was a little surprised. According to his sister, was it possible that he also liked Yuan Xi?
This realisation made Qiu Zongping a little at a loss for a moment.
He was silent for a moment, then turned and left. Qiu Zongyue opened her eyes wide, seeing him go in the wrong direction, and finally couldn’t help laughing. “Hey, what’s the matter with you, you feel like your soul is out of your body all day. You’re not as calm as usual!”
Qiu Zongping stiffened his back and realised that he had made a mistake. He immediately retreated with a calm expression and said, “It may be a headache, I will go back and rest first.”
He walked back to his room at a calm pace.
But no matter how calmed on the surface, the surging waves in his heart were still uncontrollable.
He liked Yuan Xi.
He actually liked Yuan Xi?????
Was it true that, as his sister said, he was so obsessed with the duties of the captain that he forced himself to think tactics and strategies all day, so he ignored his feelings from the bottom of his heart?
If he thought about it carefully, in fact, he was very fond of Yuan Xi when he was young. When they told each other about everything and imagined the future together, the years after that often appeared in his dreams. Qiu Zongping also admired Yuan Xi’s courage to face god Mo. He also appreciated Yuan Xi’s enthusiasm in the game. Even if there was estrangement later, he had been trying to maintain the relationship between them, hoping to fight side by side with Yuan Xi.
When did his feelings towards Yuan Xi begin to change?
Maybe it was hidden in the bottom of my heart, but because he was the captain, he used rationality to suppress emotions, and it just came out recently?
Or maybe the experience of being forcibly kissed after being drunk that day stimulated him so much that he suddenly found that he didn’t hate Yuan Xi’s closeness…
Sitting on the sofa, Qiu Zongping carefully sorted out his confused thoughts.
Anyway, he was only sure of one thing now.
—— He liked Yuan Xi.
It was ridiculous. Yesterday, when Yuan Xi said ‘I will let go’, he didn’t do anything, but today he slapped himself in the face and found that he also liked Yuan Xi.
Was it too late to say ‘don’t give up’ to Yuan Xi now?
That night, Qiu Zongping tossed and turned so hard that he could not sleep, so he simply sent a message to Yuan Xi’s WeChat: “Yuan Xi, are you asleep?”
Yuan Xi wasn’t asleep, but he didn’t want to pay attention to Qiu Zongping’s ‘consolation’. He glanced at WeChat and locked the screen of his mobile phone and left it next to him.
As a result, the screen quickly lit up again, with a string of words from Qiu Zongping: “Does the wound hurt? Have you changed the gauze today?”
Yuan Xi pretended not to see it and continued to press the lock screen button.
Then, he heard the ding-dong, ding-dong ringing in his ears——
“I’d like to recommend some fun water activities for you. You can experience them when your arm is healed. It’s good to walk on the bottom of the sea. You can see beautiful marine life when you dive under the water. Speedboats and banana boats are also exciting. Flying fish and parachutes are high altitude projects. If you are afraid of heights, don’t try.”
“In addition, the water sports center is very far away from the hotel where we live. You can directly find a taxi at the front desk and the driver will pick you up and drop you off.”
“If you go to play, be sure to bring a change of clothes and swimsuit, otherwise it will be very uncomfortable to get drenched.”
“It’s best to go early, otherwise there will be traffic jams, and lunch can be eaten directly over there.”
Yuan Xi was very irritated by the ding-dong noise. He picked it up and glanced at it, and was shocked—— was this captain Qiu?
Had captain Qiu been hacked? Why was he so long-winded!
In order to confirm the identity of the other party, Yuan Xi also opened WeChat’s Moments to have a look. It was really Qiu Zongping. The lastMoments was a very official saying: “This season is over. The performance of Sky team is not very good. Let’s continue to work hard next season and let’s keep fighting.”
Yuan Xi: “……”
So did he take the wrong medicine?
Obviously, he told him last night not to see each other again. He wanted to be alone for a few days, calmed down and gave up this relationship.
Didn’t he know the meaning of this sentence?
He was in a bad mood at first, and he kept sending WeChat. Yuan Xi became angrier, and directly replied: “Thank you, great captain, for your concern. I will check for myself where to play, thank you for your trouble.”
Qiu Zongping: “……”
The polite but alienated reply of this sentence made Qiu Zongping’s heart sting slightly, as if he had been pricked by a needle.
However, Yuan Xi’s reaction was also very normal. His confessions had been rejected, and the person who rejected him suddenly sent messages to care about himu, anyone would be unhappy, right? It was like playing with people’s feelings.
Qiu Zongping took a deep breath and replied: “Can we talk? I have something to tell you.”
Yuan Xi had turned off the mobile phone and didn’t reply to this message.
Qiu Zongping waited for a long time, but he didn’t get any response. He couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.
When Yuan Xi was secretly in love with him before, did he often hold his mobile phone in fear and trembling, wondering what to say to him?
It was really a turn of events. Now Qiu Zongping’s head was in a mess, and he sent a message to Yuan Xi actively. The other party turned off his mobile phone and ignored him.
Captain Qiu, who had always been calm, suddenly found that this time, he seemed to have encountered the most difficult thing since childhood.
And all of this was done by himself.
It wasn’t worthy of sympathy at all.
The next day, Qiu Zongping walked around the restaurant with a plate during breakfast. He walked through almost every corner and still did not see Yuan Xi’s shadow.
Aunt Qiu smiled steadily. “A-Ping, what are you looking for? You’ve been looking for it for a long time. Have you found it?”
Qiu Zongping thought: Not found.
—— He drove away Yuan Xi, who liked him. It was not that easy to get him back.
Knowing that his younger brother was not in the right mood, Qiu Zongyue quickly changed the topic. “Have you been to the lover cliff last time? What’s the view like?”
After listening to her sister’s question about the scenic spot, Qiu Zongping came back to his senses and replied. “In fact, Lover’s Cliff is very famous because there is a legend about lovers jumping there. There are many tourists there, but the scenery is not particularly beautiful. It’s just a cliff with the sea below.”
Qiu Zongyue nodded. “En, it seems that it was blown out by the story, so are we still going?”
Aunt Qiu was very energetic. “Go, go! Now that you’re here, go and have a look. And there is no other arrangement today, I don’t want to continue to stay in the hotel.”
The others also agreed, and Qiu Zongping replied. “Okay, I’ll go to the front desk to charter a car, and we will leave after breakfast.”
After a group of five people drove to the lover’s cliff, they found that it was a sea of people, and there were many domestic tour groups, and the flags that read ‘XX Travel Agency’ fluttered everywhere, giving people the illusion that this was not a foreign tourist attraction, but a tourist attraction in China.
However, the elderly were very lively, his uncle and aunt liked to take pictures wherever they went. There were a lot of Chinese people here, but they felt cordial. They picked a place with a nice view and leaned together to take pictures. Among the three juniors, Qiu Zongping had the best photographing technique, so he naturally played the role of photographer.
Qiu Zongyue also loved beauty and specially wore a beautiful red beach dress today. Qiu Zongping also took a lot of pictures of her.
Everyone didn’t have a time limit like travel agencies, so they didn’t worry. They took photos and strolled slowly.
“A-Ping, come over there and take a photo of me. It’s a beautiful view over there.” Qiu Zongyue put a pose under a tree, put one hand on her cheek to make a grimace expression, and the other hand lifted her skirt. She was beautiful, and the photos she took were really good-looking.
Qiu Zongping took several pictures in succession. Thinking of changing the angle, he stepped back and wanted to take a picture of her from the side.
As a result, as soon as the focus of the camera was adjusted, a figure walked not far away—— the man in simple beach pants and short sleeves, with a pair of sandals on his feet, looked very idle and casual, and his arms were wrapped in dazzling white gauze.
It was Yuan Xi!
Even if he just passed in the blink of an eye, Qiu Zongping immediately recognised him.
He couldn’t hear what his sister was saying. He was like a robot with the start button pressed, chasing Yuan Xi and walking towards the corner.
Qiu Zongyue: “……” What happened?
While taking a photo, he suddenly left with the camera in his arms. Could it be that her younger brother was possessed by evil spirits?
Qiu Zongping walked around a corner following Yuan Xi’s back, and then he froze instantly.
Because he saw a very dazzling scene.
Not far away, Yuan Xi smiled happily. Standing next to him was a very cute girl with a ponytail and delicate features.
“Hey, you asked me on WeChat last night if Lover’s Cliff was fun, didn’t I tell you that it was not fun? Why are you still here?” There was also unconcealable joy in her eyes.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m bored in the hotel anyway. You said you were bringing a group to Lover’s Cliff today. I thought maybe I could meet you here.” Yuan Xi then handed her an ice-cream and said, “Come and have an ice-cream. Just now I heard you yell with the tourists in the group for a long time. Pay attention to things, your voice is hoarse.”
“Thank you! You are quite considerate.” The girl took the ice cream with a smile. Both of them tore open the plastic bag together and ate the same ice cream, talking and laughing.
Qiu Zongping was extremely uncomfortable when he saw this scene.
He didn’t know how to describe this kind of discomfort. It felt like his precious things were suddenly robbed.
The relaxed smile on Yuan Xi’s face was very dazzling, and what made him feel that his heart was tight was that Yuan Xi and this girl stood together, actually very well matched.
“If you travel alone, will you be at a loss and don’t know where to go?” The girl took a bite of the ice cream and looked back at him, “Let’s just do this. You can follow the itinerary of our regiment. We’re going to ‘Tanah Lot’ tomorrow. Would you like to join us?”
“Okay.” Yuan Xi paused, then scratched his head and asked, “However, your team must be working together. How can I find you?”
The girl smiled. “This is simple! If we agree on the time and place, and go straight there, won’t you be able to meet me? If you can’t find it, you can send me WeChat. With a professional tour guide like me, it’s better to tell you some interesting stories about scenic spots than to bump around like headless flies.”
Yuan Xi nodded. “Then it’s settled, I’m a casual person, I will ask you next, lead Ying.”
Yingying covered her mouth and smiled. “Why do I feel like I found a stray puppy?”
Yuan Xi rolled his eyes and replied. “You are a stray puppy!” I’m so tall, how can I look like a stray puppy?”
When she saw him, he walked on silently with a drooping head, so much like a stray puppy that she almost dared not recognise him. Seeing him standing beside a stone in a daze, she looked closer and confirmed that he was the young man sitting next to him on the plane, Yuan Xi.
Yingying thought for a while, and said, “We are going to the beach to watch the sunset at night, why don’t you join us? There is a vacancy in the car. I’ll take you by the way.”
Yuan Xi excitedly replied. “That’s great, thank you!”
“No need to be…” before the word polite came out, she found a sharp gaze staring at them. Yingying was stunned. She looked at Qiu Zongping and asked Yuan Xi in a low voice. “That person seems to be looking at us all the time. Do you know him?”
Yuan Xi looked back, her back stiffened slightly, and then pretended to be calm. “Cough, I don’t know, let’s go over there.”
After that, he hurriedly looked away, then pulled Yingying around and left without saying hello.
Qiu Zongping’s eyes almost burst into flames.
Because, he found that Yuan Xi actually grabbed the girl’s wrist.
He wanted to follow up and drive away the girl, holding Yuan Xi’s hand in his own.
But thinking of Yuan Xi’s ‘don’t know’, Qiu Zongping immediately became discouraged.
—— Yuan Xi clearly told him that night that he didn’t want to see him again, so by chance today, Yuan Xi chose to avoid him after encountering him at the scenic spot.
—— Why should he cut, break the happy atmosphere between Yuan Xi and that girl?
Who was that girl? Why was Yuan Xi so good to her? Taking the initiative to buy her ice cream, and follow her in the next few days?
Did he like being with that girl so much? When chatting, his face was full of smiles.
Qiu Zongping clenched his fist tightly, standing there suddenly feeling a little at a loss.
If Yuan Xi really let go of him and liked others instead, what should he do?
He once rejected Yuan Xi, hurt Yuan Xi, would only bring pain to Yuan Xi, what position did he have to interfere with Yuan Xi to start a new relationship?
Qiu Zongping stood in the same place, his back as stiff as a statue.
He finally realised what was meant ‘to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one’s heart’. At the moment, his chest was so stuffy that he was almost out of breath.
Awwwwww 🙁 c’mon captain Qiu, have a little more faith in our little Yuan Xi!!! Don’t give up! XD
Thank you for the translation!
Don’t give up, go for it!
You’re welcome~ ❤
😭 YX be strong!
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Haha am I the only one who feels happy over QZP suffering 😆😆
Nop, I feel the same xD
Lol, me too 😂
Wonder how he will get Yuan Xi back~
Thank you for the chapter 💜
i wonder~ 🤭
You’re welcome~ ❤
I’m sorry Captain Qiu, but I want to laugh in your face 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“He finally realised what was meant ‘to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one’s heart’. At the moment, his chest was so stuffy that he was almost out of breath.”
I, too, am experiencing this rn while reading this! Damn it. QZP, let me hit you aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.
What’s wrong with this pair.. so much knives and needles 😭