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Qiu Yu had absolutely no idea that he captured another person’s attention.
It was already past ten o’clock when the competition ended. The team waited for him to finish his massage therapy before Mu Feibai kept his promise to treat the entire team to spicy crayfish.
Although the team had a popular star player like Mu Feibai and the much-discussed new member Qiu Yu, the esports circle was, after all, much smaller than shows like “The Nation’s Idol”. Thus, once they exited the Star League’s grounds, it was unlikely that they would be recognised when walking along the streets.
And even if fans occasionally recognised them… despite how much they like messing around in the online world, the gaming populus would more or less be more introverted in reality. They would at most take a few sneak photos but wouldn’t gather up the courage to approach them.
However, as the team sat down in the midnight snack restaurant, a young woman skipped over and asked for Mu Feibai’s signature with shining eyes.
Mu Feibai had held fan meetings before so he was pretty used to these situations. He accepted the young woman’s pen and signed the chibi keychain on her bag—that keychain was clearly of Mu Feibai. Mu Feibai had no idea who made it, but the figure’s expressions somehow bore quite some resemblance to Mu Feibai’s aura.
He joked, “Where did you get the keychain from? Can you tell me the store? I’ll get some for our new members as well so they’ll feel like I’m watching them train and not slack off.”
The young woman laughed extrovertedly and said, “I didn’t buy it, my boyfriend drew it. If you want, we can customize a few more and mail them to the Eagle Rider’s base?”
Mu Feibai hurriedly waved his hands, “It’s alright, I was just joking.”
The young woman nodded and didn’t mention the keychain anymore. However, she stood in place, eyes glancing towards Qiu Yu every so often.
“…Do you still want to get someone else’s signature?” Mu Feibai notices the other’s hesitation at a glance.
“En, but…” The young woman hesitated and then handed the keychain and pen to Mu Feibai once more, “I would like god Qiu’s signature as well—just on the back of the keychain would be great.”
Qiu Yu was seated right next to Mu Feibai, she could have reached him just by extending her arm.
Mu Feibai took the items but was still a little curious, “Why didn’t you give it to him yourself?”
The young girl smiled, “I’m an Alpha, so it’s not very convenient. Also, my boyfriend would prefer it if I didn’t talk to other Omegas.”
Qiu Yu’s hand that was in the middle of signing paused for a moment before he quickly finished and returned the pen and keychain back to the young woman.
At this time, he looked up at the other and unobtrusively took measure of her.
This was his first time meeting a female Alpha in reality. Just based on appearance, there wasn’t much difference from other girls—she didn’t have a beard nor an adam’s apple. She was just a little taller and had gentle-looking long hair like Yuan Lu as well as delicate makeup.
Just by appearance, no one would think that her skirt hid… Ahem!
Qiu Yu quickly withdrew his line of sight and picked up his cup to take a sip.
However, his thoughts moved on uncontrollably. Remembering the girl mentioning her boyfriend… so there were couples in this world consisting of a male Omega and female Alpha?
“What are you thinking about?” Mu Feibai leaned over all of a sudden.
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“Hmm?” Qiu Yu’s thoughts were brought back to reality and he quickly dispersed the involuntary and strange images from his mind.
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His worldview formed as he grew up and couldn’t be overturned so easily. He had lived in the apocalypse for thirty years and had seen countless variations but not once had it occurred to him that men could also be pushed down by women.
In comparison, it was much easier to accept if it was a male Alpha instead.
Not counting this world, there had been many pairs of known same-sex couples in his squad alone—he had even caught a couple of pairs “in the middle of it” during patrols so he even knew of details he probably shouldn’t.
…But, thinking about it, these didn’t have much of anything to do with him.
After he undergoes the surgery and gets rid of the Omega’s constitution, he could date a Beta girl if he really wanted to find love in this world.
Mu Feibai had no idea what Qiu Yu was thinking and let out a breath of relief upon hearing that he didn’t like female Alphas.
At this time, the serving robots came over with two full bowls of spicy crayfish. Mu Feibai quickly reached out, snatched one, and peeled it to place the flesh on Qiu Yu’s plate. He smiled, “Ge, don’t get your hands dirty, I’ll peel it for you.”
Qiu Yu had already reached for one and peeled it, oblivious to the sentiment. “Just look after yourself.”
How could he make someone else help him eat?
Even more, doesn’t the fun of eating two bowls of spicy crayfish with so many people lie in fighting to see who eats faster? It has been so long since he has experienced the fun of fighting over a big pot of food with other people.
Mu Feibai: ……
……
Early the next morning, Qiu Yu met a second female Alpha in the restaurant on the bottom floor of the Star League’s headquarters.
The semi-final game tonight was between Su Se and Ying Hua. Team Su Se’s arrival coincided with breakfast time, thus they encountered the Eagle Riders in the restaurant.
Tang Weiran had transferred from the Eagle Riders to Su Se. Other people could tell from her and Mu Feibai’s conversation that they didn’t have a very good relationship. Therefore Su Se’s captain Wang Kaiqi quickly reigned in his team members in order to avoid any conflict that may arise.
However, Tang Weiran approached the Eagle Riders’ table upon catching sight of them.
This female Alpha was even taller than the first. She had simple short hair, no makeup, and wore a fitting grey-green tank top instead of Team Su Se’s uniform t-shirt, revealing the smooth curve of her arm muscles—by appearance, this female Alpha seemed much less gentle than the one they met while having a midnight snack.
However, Qiu Yu still wasn’t moved by this type—many of the female soldiers in his squad were similar to her in style.
Tang Weiran still remembered how she was killed time and time again to the point of mental collapse in a practice game. Flames of competitive spirit lit up in her eyes as her gaze fell on Qiu Yu, yet she turned to Mu Feibai and said, “I will win against you to prove that I’m the one who’s right.”
Mu Feibai leaned back lazily in his seat and looked at her smilingly, “You’ll only be able to say that once you get into the finals.”
Tang Weiran placed her hands into her pockets and looked down at Mu Feibai from above, “Why would I waste my words with you if I didn’t even have the confidence to make it into the finals? Even if Qiu Yu is here, I don’t believe that we can’t take down two games out of three. Even more…”
She paused for a moment, the corner of her lips curving upwards in a smirk, “Qiu Yu would be on-field in games one, four, and five right? Playing two continuous games at the end, can his body withstand it? I watched your game against Bluefin—he was on his last legs towards the end right? Heh, we won’t break as easily as fragile as Bluefin did.”
Mu Feibai looked at her silently, not responding.
Tang Weiran continued to provoke him. “Don’t you like to set flags? Wanna make a bet with me?”
Mu Feibai raised an eyebrow, “What are we betting? That I’ll hand over the “god of war” title to you? I really don’t mind just giving it to you for free, but I’m just worried that you aren’t able to stand the weight of it.”
Tang Weiran replied, “Let’s not bet anything so insubstantial. How about the loser has to make a toast to the winner during the celebratory party?”
Mu Feibai narrowed his eyes, “Just the loser? Or the losing team?”
Tang Weiran answered, “Just us, let’s not drag our teammates into this. Do you dare to bet?”
Mu Feibai smiled, “Sure, lets.” As long as his teammates weren’t dragged into anything, there was nothing much he didn’t dare to put on the line.
Satisfied, Tang Weiran waved in his direction and turned, leaving behind one last sentence. “See you in the finals.”
It was only when she had left that Zhou Shu wrinkled his nose and said, “Why is she like this now?”
Mu Feibai finished off the last mouthful of soy milk and said casually, “She has always been very competitive—that shouldn’t be new to you. She was probably triggered by the last training match and felt the need to get a win over me.”
Zhou Shu tsked, “That tone… spoken as though they’ll definitely win in the semifinals.”
However, Mu Feibai said, “It’s true that there’s a pretty big chance of them winning. Team Ying Hua has had really good luck this season in the bracket they were in. They were lucky in not meeting any particularly strong opponents and arrived at the semis through a series of close wins. Ying Hua only has a 30% winning rate against Su Se. Although Tang Weiran is very competitive and very annoying, I have to admit that she does have the strength to challenge me… Even more, Wang Kaiqi is on their team.”
“So are you really going to make a toast to her if we lose?” Zhou Shu said this smilingly, clearly not feeling any pressure whatsoever.
“Yeah, why wouldn’t we?” Mu Feibai was also not nervous in the least, “It won’t involve you guys anyway. I agreed to the bet myself, so I’ll face the consequences if I lose. If she dared to propose the bet, why wouldn’t I dare to accept? We don’t know who’s going to be making a toast to whom yet.”
His tone was certain, however as they headed back to their rooms after breakfast, Mu Feibai suddenly leaned closer to Qiu Yu’s side when they fell behind the group and acted pitiful. “Ge, you’ve got to hold on during the game and save me from having to make a toast to other people during their celebratory party—that’s too embarrassing.”
Qiu Yu looked at him smilingly, “Weren’t you the one who said that you’ll face the consequences yourself?”
Mu Feibai gently elbowed him, “Well I only dared to talk big because I knew you would look after me ah…”
Qiu Yu asked, “Did you consider the possibility that I might not be able to go on-field for even a single game when you were talking big?”
Mu Feibai didn’t understand. “What?”
Qiu Yu looked at him, “What if the competition coincided with my heat?”
Mu Feibai was clearly taken aback for a moment and seemed a little awkward. “Ah… that, that really didn’t occur to me.”
He hadn’t come into contact with many Omegas other than his mother. His parents were very loving so he hadn’t even seen an Omega in heat prior to meeting Qiu Yu, thus he had absolutely no concept of the monthly cycle. It was only upon hearing Qiu Yu’s words did he realise this possibility.
If they were unlucky and Qiu Yu couldn’t play in the finals, he could only accept defeat.
The team had already earned the right to compete in the Star Alliance Cup so even if they lost to Su Se, he was the only one who would be in trouble. Thank goodness giving a toast wasn’t that big of a deal—he had lost face plenty of times when he made bets with his fans, so one more time is no issue.
Seeing Mu Feibai’s expression suddenly shift to one of a hero preparing to confront a great obstacle, Qiu Yu didn’t want to continue teasing him and admitted, “Doctor Qi said that it shouldn’t be a problem, it’ll probably arrive after the finals.”
His physical data has been much more stable than before and his heat cycles were becoming more predictable.
After a moment, Mu Feibai coughed lightly and uncharacteristically stumbled a little over his words. “Are you just, just going mention your um, heat period, in casual conversation?”
“Hmm?” Qiu Yu asked, confused, “Am I not allowed to?”
“It’s not that you’re not allowed to…” Mu Feibai laughed awkwardly, “It’s just that, these more private matters… are usually only talked about with your family’s Alpha.”
Like in movies and novels where the Omega whispers in their Alpha’s ear that their heat is about to arrive—that’s clearly a tease and an invitation okay?!
Qiu Yu raised an eyebrow and dug out some information from some corner of the original body’s memories and then realised how flirty his words were just then.
However he wasn’t too concerned and casually said, “Don’t think too much. Don’t worry, I have no improper intentions towards you.”
Mu Feibai: ……
He really didn’t know whether to be assured or not.
……
However, even Qiu Yu himself didn’t think that his joke to Mu Feibai—made only out of curiosity to see Mu Feibai’s reaction—would become prophetic because of an accident.
There was only one week between the semifinals and the finals. The Star League Headquarters was quite far from Yan City so in consideration of Qiu Yu’s physique, Coach He applied to the league for the use of the training room for an entire week and thus could avoid further travel. The team stayed and trained at the headquarters in anticipation of the finals.
Unexpectedly, an unwelcome guest appeared in the lobby of the Eagle Riders’s hotel in the afternoon of the day before the game. He blocked Qiu Yu as he returned from a jog in the garden.
Wen Zhiyi’s eyes swept past Mu Feibai who stood in front of him and his gaze locked in onto Qiu Yu. “Xiao Yu, let’s have a talk.”
tn: Sorry for the late update! I was catching up on some uni work after so many socials and didn’t have much time to translate QAQ
GEEEEZZZ didn’t we pass over the scummy ex encountering mc and then getting humiliated and shoooed out of the scene for the rest of the novel? Why is he back again?? We need mcxml progress but these extras keep coming 🗿 🕯️🕯️🕯️ praying making magic circles chanting spells so we progress to tension, kisses and touches 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ lez go 💆🏻♀️
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But I think even without any external obstacles, Qiu Yu is still so… so… oblivious, not interested(?).
💚🤍💚🤍💚🤍💚🤍💚🤍💚 Thank you for the chapter!
Thanks for the update ❤️❤️❤️
Noooo please why is he back? Could it be because Qiu Yu is famous now that’s he’s crawling back? 😭😭
No me gustan los Ao por lo que no leí muchos, pero concuerdo en la decepción ante esta situación.
Ahora lo tendré más presente, gracias.
I am guessing that the old eanna be gong scum will try to cash on on Qiu yu’s heat
I wanna castrate that scummy ex!!!!!
Ya me imaginó al estupido ex soltando sus feromonas, y adelantando su celo. Que rabia.
Gracias por la traducción.
Oh hell naw. Someone call the security, there’s a piece of trash blocking the way
“Qiu Yu is a truly heterosexual man; I’m really looking forward to seeing how the author will develop his relationship with Mu Feibai.”