In the face of Qi Huai’s utterly discomfited wrath, a very timid nature Liu Manman actually stood firm. He pulled Qi Huai’s hands away and insisted, “I sa-said I want to stop be-because I do not want to pl-play anymore…”
“You fucking!!” Qi Huai raised his fist.
Yu Qinghuan hurried to stop the fight.
However, Qi Huai was only doing it for a show, intended to scare the timid man and less so throwing out the punch.
Luo Buyu, who was smoking in the corridor, heard the commotion and quickly extinguished the cigarette, rushed over and saw several people in a state of mutual hostility. With the same look of a worrisome aged father, he said, “What are you guys doing? Stop quarreling and stop making trouble, Qi Huai, you can let go of Manman.”
Luo Buyu stepped forward and pulled them apart. Qi Huai sat back down on his chair in rage, sent a hard kick to his table and cursed under his breath.
Liu Manman was holding firm earlier, but after seeing Qi Huai like this, he lowered his head and rubbed his eyes.
Luo Buyu felt that he had sighed most of his lifetime’s breath away in this setting. He said to Liu Manman, “Manman, you have been holding on for more than a year. You even sneaked around the dorm patrol deep into the night in the past, insisting on continuing to train even if you might get an offense from being caught. Why stop now? You have to give us a reason at least.”
Liu Manman turned to Qi Huai once more and shook his head, keeping his silence.
Seeing the other like this, Qi Huai stood up while slapping his hands on the table, about to start cussing at the other man again. Even Luo Buyu could not get him to sit back down.
Liu Manman’s silence brought things to a standstill for a while.
Yu Qinghuan looked at Liu Manman and suddenly spoke up, “Then let’s guess, is it because of school? Or for your family?”
Liu Manman raised his head to meet Yu Qinghuan’s eyes, shaking his head.
Yu Qinghuan asked a different question, “Then do you still remember what got you into esports in the first place?”
This time, Liu Manman nodded.
Yu Qinghuan asked, “Is giving up on esports going against your original intention?”
After a long silence, Liu Manman nodded again.
“Then you should not give up so easily. At least, give yourself a reason. For example, I want to do something, but if I cannot achieve it, I will give up completely.” Yu Qinghuan suggested, “At least in the future, you will know that you tried your best.”
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Liu Manman did not accept Yu Qinghuan’s suggestion. He said, “I have al-already t-thought it over, really.”
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Qi Huai exploded in an instant. He stood up abruptly and bellowed, “Liu Manman, you simply do not want to play anymore. You even gave us a half-hearted reason. Fuck. You have held on for more than one year, and you fucking call it quit? Who was the one that said just how happy he was playing in competition? Fucking modest hypocrite. Everything you said has been fucking fed to a dog.”
“All right, enough!” Luo Buyu quickly stopped Qi Huai from swearing more.
Yu Qinghuan softly went on, “Uh, then…”
He should be able to help with that.
–
When Yu Qinghuan called, Ren Jian was still sleeping.
He did not know what came over him last night, feeling nothing but frustration, so he simply called up his teammate, formed a team, and started a virtual training boot camp. He refused to stop even at two o’clock in the morning.
Gu Zhixiao was at his limit as he murmured about wanting to rest.
This provoked Ren Jian even further, as he mocked Gu Zhixiao for not training despite being the weakest link in the team. This angered Gu Zhixiao into dragging other members into practicing until four in the morning.
Later, when the assistant discovered this, he gave each person a slap. “Livestream more instead. Not even have the slightest thought to livestream. Just wait until the patron you signed with asked you all to serve with your bodies!”
After being interrupted by the assistant, the focused players finally realized how late and tired they were, so they hurried back to their rooms to sleep.
Ren Jian slept until noon.
Yu Qinghuan’s first call woke Ren Jian up as he picked up the phone to check in a daze.
An unknown caller ID.
Ren Jian rejected the call without hesitation.
Five minutes later, the phone rang again.
Ren Jian covered his head under the quilt, planning to ignore the calls. However, the phone kept on ringing. Ren Jian was fully awakened by the persistence as he checked his phone while yawning, but he freaked out when he saw who was calling.
This time, it was Mama Ren who called.
As soon as Ren Jian answered the phone, the Empress Dowager opened her mouth and scolded, “Ren Jian, where the heck are you!? What is the matter with you? Why did you not answer your wife’s calls? I am warning you now, if your wife broke up with you because of this, I will be the first to chop off your dog head.”
“What wife?” Ren Jian looked confused, followed by saying with a smile, “Mother, if I have a dog head, what is father’s head then?”
“Are you talking back to me now? You did not answer any of Qinghuan’s calls, what fun have you gone off to?”
“None, I was not out playing. Training ended really late last night. Wait, what do you mean Yu Qinghuan called me?” Ren Jian was confused for a moment. He never exchanged numbers with Yu Qinghuan.
“Weird right? Why does your wife not have your number? He even called me for it? Something happened between you two?” Mama Ren questioned.
Ren Jian chupsed and he felt a chill on his back, quickly making up a lie, “Oh, he has my other number.”
Ren Jian often went abroad for competitions, so he has many phone numbers. He often switched numbers between international travels, so Mama Ren believed him. “Fine, just return your wife’s call soon.”
“Mother, why wife? I have not promised anything yet, so why are you using that address so cheerfully?” Ren Jian felt helpless. “Change the address at least, and do not call Yu Qinghuan by that when he is present.”
If Mama Ren was to shout like this in front of Yu Qinghuan, he, Ren Jian, could bleed out in the Yellow River as an offer to heaven.
“All right, I got it.” Mama Ren was surprisingly very acceptive, before she added, “Then our conversation is over, go and give your husband a call!”
After that, she hung up the phone. Very directly and quickly, making his scalp itched.
Ren Jian: “…”
–
Another five minutes later, Yu Qinghuan received a call from Ren Jian.
“Sorry about this.” Yu Qinghuan was a little nervous. “But I have something I want to trouble you with.”
“Oh? Trouble me with?” Ren Jian had a hint of laziness in his tone, “Does that mean you are going to owe me a favor? How do you plan on returning this favor? With your body?”
Yu Qinghuan was on speaker, so Luo Buyu, who was on the side, was able to hear it loud and clear, causing him to choke a cough.
Yu Qinghuan cheerfully accepted, “Okay.”
Luo Buyu choked again.
After a moment of silence, Ren Jian asked, “You do know what you are accepting right?”
Yu Qinghuan replied, “Of course, I believed in my strength, you want me to help you carry things, right?”
Beside him, Luo Buyu covered his face with both of his hands.
Ren Jian chuckled softly and asked, “What’s up?”
Yu Qinghuan gave a general story. Once he was done, Ren Jian asked for the address, saying he was coming over before ending the call.
Yu Qinghuan put his phone away, sighed, and said to Luo Buyu, “It is done.”
Feeling awkward, Luo Buyu rubbed his neck and questioned, “Qinghuan, what kind of relationship do you two have?”
Yu Qinghuan pondered on the question for a long time. “Friends, I think?”
Luo Buyu uttered, “Just friends…all right then.”
“That is right.” Yu Qinghuan suddenly remembered something. Earlier, he and Luo Buyu came to the corridor in order to make this call, leaving Qi Huai and Liu Manman alone in the computer room. Yu Qinghuan wondered in concern, “They will not start fighting, right? It got pretty heated earlier.”
“That will not happen.” Luo Buyu shook his head.
“Do not judge how fierce Qi Huai was. He is actually more protective of Manman than anyone else.”
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Oh. Just friends? We and his mom don’t think so
Thank you for your translation 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Yeah I think his friend and now game captain also doesn’t think so
thank you for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Mama already calling mc ml’s wife/husband 😆 so advance
HAHAHAHAHAHA don’t call him wife, mom calls him husband instead. 😂
ah, i’m totally shipping qi huai and manman. and mama ren is so hilarious!