The next day, Yu Qinghuan was woken up by a pounding headache. He clasped his head and wailed, “My head, oh hangover, the epiphany of one’s health problem. If I drink like a fool next time, shame on me. Wait, where is this place?”
He was covered with a soft, snow-white blanket. The scenes around him were so unfamiliar that it made him uneasy. He lifted the blanket and found that his clothes were even different from last night—he was wearing a loose, somewhat ill-fitting set of ink blue satin pajamas.
As he was puzzled over, the door was opened. Ren Jian walked in with a cup of honey water. Seeing Yu Qinghuan was up, he smiled, handed the cup to Yu Qinghuan, and said, “You are finally awake. Welcome to year 3020.”
Yu Qinghuan was so startled that he leaned back tactically.
Ren Jian pulled the chair to the bedside, sat down, and pointed to the honey water Yu Qinghuan was holding. “Drink it, you will feel better.”
Yu Qinghuan nodded, gave his thanks, and drank the content in the cup in one gulp. Once he was finished, he asked, “This place is…”
Ren Jian took back the empty cup in Yu Qinghuan’s hand and put it on the bedside table. “This is my home.”
“Your ho-home?! Shouldn’t you be living in TKOW’s gaming house? I remember that the gaming house is a city away.” Yu Qinghuan was confused.
Ren Jian placed his elbow on the armrest and propped the hand on his face. “Indeed, I usually live in TKOW’s gaming house for training, but the Summer playoffs have just ended, has it not? We can take a month’s leave, so I came back here. My family is in this city.”
“Oh…then I…yours…I…” Yu Qinghuan pointed to the bed and his pajamas, stammering because he did not know how to phrase his question for a moment.
Ren Jian picked up a document on the bedside table and handed it to Yu Qinghuan. “You left this at the hotel. I went to the hospital to find you first, but the nurse there told me you went back to the office, so I stopped by your company again. I happened to come across you drunk, sleeping nearby, so…”
So I took you back home.
“Your clothes were stinked of alcohol, so I changed them for you. I hope you do not mind.” Ren Jian showed a slightly apologetic smile.
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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Ren Jian reminded, “Today is Sunday. You have coworkers working on Sunday?”
“Oh…” Yu Qinghuan sat back down on the bed. “Silly me, I forgot that today is Sunday.”
“Oh, right.” After a moment of hesitation, Ren Jian’s hands on the armrests tightly slightly, trying to make himself sound very calm, “Are you really not coming back to play professionally?”
Yu Qinghuan paused, quieted down, and lowered his head, not answering.
“What if…” Ren Jian raised his eyes and looked solemnly at Yu Qinghuan. “What if I told you that back then in the recruiting competition held by TKOW, the one who should be first was you, not me?”
Yu Qinghuan suddenly widened his eyes, snapped his head up and met Ren Jian’s eyes. “What did you say?”
Ren Jian got up and grabbed his laptop from his study. He placed the computer in front of Yu Qinghuan, clicked on a video on his desktop and began, “I watched the replay after the game, look at the last moment of the match.”
Yu Qinghuan hesitated. He never dared to look back on the game, because every time he looked back, it was like reality was holding a sharp dagger, stabbing through the fragile dream that was resting on his chest. It hurt to the point of making it hard for him to breathe.
“Look.” Ren Jian’s voice sounded gently and firmly in Yu Qinghuan’s ears, causing him to subconsciously look towards the screen.
In the video, the two champions only had a sliver of health left. As they both moved back, they nearly used their skills at the same time.
With his quick reaction, Ren Jian paused the video, explaining, “I found it strange after the game, because my champion’s skill has a channeling time. That means, if we used our respective abilities almost at the same time, I would be the first one to die. So once the game was over, I asked the organizer for the replay. Look here.”
He then pointed to the top right corner of the screen, which Yu Qinghuan followed and saw that his ms was red.
In other words, at that moment, Yu Qinghuan lagged.
Ren Jian pointed out, “At that time, the competition was held on campus. That was three years ago. Even with the best switches and routers, the network could still be unstable. I found this after watching the replay and explained the situation to the organizer. Because there was no way a rematch could happen, the organizer privately adjusted the point system, with you taking first in the final calculation.”
“That is to say.” His voice turned slow and light, entering clearly in Yu Qinghuan’s ears. “You fully deserve the first place in this match.”
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After listening to Ren Jian’s conclusion, Yu Qinghuan’s right hand trembled slightly. He used his left hand to hold tightly on his right hand, trying to suppress the uneven breath, still keeping his silence.
Ren Jian continued, “Because the plan was to recruit the top ten players in the competition, the organizer did not think much of the difference between first and second places, so they did not correct the ranking in time. After the competition, they sent you an invitation to sign with the club, but…”
He suddenly sighed, “But you did not come. Not only did you not come, you also disappeared. Why was TKOW not able to contact you? Back then, where the hell did you go?”
“I…” Yu Qinghuan forced out a smile, trying to ease the atmosphere and mood. “I went back to studying.”
Ren Jian uttered, “…Studying? Studying what?”
“Went back to studying in university, of course. I even got three scholarships that semester, amazing right?!” Yu Qinghuan held his head high, looking smug.
“Do not change the subject.” Ren Jian obviously did not want to give Yu Qinghuan the chance to crack jokes. “Do you still want to play professionally? TKOW’s second team is recruiting for new talents, I can help you…”
He suddenly stopped talking, because he heard the sound of the entrance door being opened.
The door of this house could be opened through the keypad outside, and when it was used, it would make a ticking sound, which obviously Yu Qinghuan also heard, judging by his confused gaze towards outside of the door.
“Ren Jian? Where are you? Did he not say that he will be home?”
A woman’s voice came from outside.
Ren Jian’s face turned pale in an instant.
The translator has something to add:
Teo: Reader MU is getting really hot to the Easter egg OwO it does have something to do with the titles.
Past hints:
It is not the content of the story
It is in each chapter but in one line.
It is not my notes.
Readers: I’ll find all the Easter eggs
Me: just trying to follow the plot
Thank you very much for the translation 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Oho! Someone came!
Thank You for the new chapter(´∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩`) ♡
Awww. Thank you for mentioning me! 💞💕❤😍 Will think again. Thanks again for the chapters!
Is it more than one cp? Is that what the title is hinting?
Friendly hint, I said titles not title OwO
“how did you guys become boyfriend while gaming” sounds like a mother asking, it’s the ml’s mother I think?
I have even stopped trying, I am bad at finding stuff anyways.
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
thank you for the chapter!
Hi! I don’t know if someone guesses already, but this is where i thought of it sooo
I have 2 guesses: 1- the titles make a song pr are part of a song, and 2- all the titles have 7 words, though i don’t know what 7 means
We have a winner. Your second guess is correct. Next newest chapter will have update on the extra release (chapter 60, unless I am too busy that day lol then chapter 61)
OMG! I really didn’t think I’ll be the first. Anyways, is a little late but thank you for all your hard work, and for all the extra little things that you do for the novel, like learning everything from e-sports, or this easter eggs. This is what makes the novel a lot more enjoyable. Thank you!!
Uwu It helps that I play League of Legend, so making it flow is matter of using the knowledge I have.
I hope he goes back to playing. His father’s hospital bills are probably not cheap, and playing earns better than that job he currently has. 😔