GTRSH Chapter 28

There was still a week left before school starts. Some students who came early have already returned, and everyone in their dormitory and the dormitory next door was here.

But something was wrong tonight. It was only ten o’clock and both dormitories were quiet. Not a single sound could be heard.

Combined with the message that his roommate asked him whether he would return to the dormitory in the evening and what time he would be back, Yu Xinche had a guess in his mind.

He put his cell phone in the safety of his schoolbag, straightened his collar and hair a little, and pushed open the dormitory door.

“Bang!”

Streamers fell on top of his head. At least ten people had gathered in the dormitory. There was almost no room to stand. They all looked at him with happy faces.

“51 is awesome!”

“What an awesome guy! He reached his goal in one shot?”

Hearing the noise, the doors of the surrounding dormitories also opened, and a few of the students who were very active in the community even ran directly to the door of their dormitory to watch the fun.

“Awesome bro, you’re going to play professionally soon.”

“No, your dormitory is really tight-lipped. If someone in our class group hadn’t said it, I wouldn’t have known that 51 was from our school.”

“Handsome guy, is it late for me now to add you as friends?”

“? Is it possible? Then I want it too, okay?”

Yu Xinche smiled, afraid of attracting more people, so he didn’t say anything, just waved for them to come over. Several people squeezed together and added each other as friends on HIT Assistant.

“Damn, this is you too?” When a classmate saw that his ID was “PURE”, he lost his composure.

“I was arguing with that group of people on the forum this afternoon, arguing about how PURE was not as good as 51, but I got slapped in the face in the evening. Haha.”

“It’s fine.”

“That’s not right. Didn’t He Ci contact you privately at that time? Now you still have to participate in the official training camp?” he asked again.

Yu Xinche didn’t answer immediately.

Regarding the failure of PURE’s tryout, Xu Le sent a message in the evening, gently reminding him that it would be best not to tell anyone casually, as he could be easily targeted by others.

During the dinner with Bian Qi and He Ci that night, they also said that if others knew that PURE was 51, they might dig into the details. If people discovered that he had weaknesses in heroes, he would be targeted when playing professionally.

Before he could think of what to say, a hand was placed on his shoulder, and another roommate, Han Ji, stretched out his hand and made a “hush” gesture:

“The secret cannot be leaked. Even if 51 is PURE, it’s best not to talk nonsense, in case TZ holds him accountable.”

Yu Xinche pursed his lips and tried not to laugh.

The threat of bringing TZ was very effective. Those people looked at him with an expression of “I understand, I understand”, and tactfully stopped asking questions and went back.

After sending away the onlookers, they closed the door and began to celebrate.

In addition to himself and the roommate next to him, there were two other friends from the gaming group chat.

Their building was probably converted into a dormitory and it’s now a four-person room. The space itself was relatively small, but there was a small shared activity space similar to a living room between every two rooms.

That’s why they have a better relationship with the dormitory next door.

There was a circle of chairs in the small living room, and three large plastic storage boxes put together to serve as a simple dining table, on which was placed a small cooking pot, a pile of food, and a few cans of soda.

Everyone was familiar with each other, so Yu Xinche didn’t pretend to be polite. He found a stool to sit down, opened a can of Sprite, and tapped it lightly on the cooking pot: “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Everyone sat down.

“It’s actually too hot to eat hot pot today, but the small gas stove for the barbecue will trip when it’s used. It already tripped once in the evening, but luckily we still have a pot.”

The only fun aspect of this midnight snack was the thrill of DIY and breaking the rules. They only did it secretly once or twice at night during the military training period.

Later they found out that it was more convenient to eat out and it tasted better, so they stopped cooking it.

So no one was very skilled in this. Yu Xinche was the only one who was good at cooking. In addition, he had just eaten and was not hungry now, so the responsibility of checking whether the meat was cooked fell on him.

When he said the meat was cooked, they would scooped some with spoons and each took a piece to eat.

The lights would turn off at twelve o’clock, so they didn’t eat for too long. Yu Xinche talked about his experiences during the training camp, and they asked some questions related to professional players, and the meal was over.

After the meal, everyone started to clean up, sweeping the ribbons, throwing away the disposable dishes, washing the pots…

Only Yu Xinche was idle, and they didn’t assign him any work.

He went to take a shower, and when he came out there were no outsiders in the dormitory.

Han Ji was the jungler in the first two games when he met He Ci. He said:

“Xinche, when you enter the base, please get CHASE’s autograph for me if you have the chance.”

Han Ji came into contact with HIT just to play with them. He preferred another game, and CHASE was a professional player of that game.

Yu Xinche nodded: “But I may not get to know him.We don’t play the same game.”

“It’s okay. I searched for it. Your TZ base is in the same place as theirs. You might get to know each other at some point.”

“Okay.” Yu Xinche agreed.

Han Ji sighed: “Now that I think about it, it’s still quite magical. Why did I suddenly want to play HIT that day, and how did I happen to be in the queue with FIX?”

Lu Guo continued: “Fate, it’s indescribable.”

Another roommate: “Indeed.”

“Then do you need to apply for a leave of absence or something like that?”

Yu Xinche had already thought about this question: “Well, I asked, the school office only has volunteers now, and this kind of procedure will be done in two days when the teacher in charge of it comes back to work.”

“Oh Oh.” Han Ji asked again, “Are you going to move out?”

“I think so.”

Xu Le didn’t mention this. He looked at the time and decided to ask about it again tomorrow.

In the evening, people tagged him in the TZ group from time to time, and many people came to add him as a friend. He simply replied to the group chat and accepted the friend requests one by one.

After doing all this, the lights in the dormitory were turned off.

He turned off his phone and prepared to go to bed, but he always felt like he had missed something.

Last time, he forgot what He Ci said, “The hero pool will be considered during the tryout”, which caused him to suffer a great loss. With the previous experience as a lesson, he did not dare to be careless and recalled it for a long time.

He just remembered that he forgot to reply to He Ci’s message!

He picked up the phone again. The dialog box with He Ci was still stuck on the previous night. The last sentence was from He Ci: “Happy to play with you.”

Yu Xinche’s eyes went dark, and he quickly typed an explanation:

– I forgot to reply!

– I just got off the bus when you sent the message, and I forgot about it

– [Poor golden retriever acting cute.gif]

He Ci reply immediately:

– Hmm

He Ci’s expression could not be seen, but this one “hmm” was enough for Yu Xinche to sense his displeasure. He continued typing hard:

– After returning to the dormitory, I chatted with my roommates and I just finished.

He Ci still replied with just a “hmm”.

Yu Xinche was stunned for a moment, he looked at the dialog box and fell into thought.

He Ci seems to be quite arrogant, but Yu Xinche had already mastered the correct way to communicate with him and to just coax him.

Compared to Tang Xi, He Ci was much easier to coax. It was enough to just explain it once each time.

But he explained it twice today and the answer was still “hmm”.

Yu Xinche couldn’t figure it out, but he wouldn’t give up easily.

When he was doing physics problems in high school, once he was sure that his thinking was correct, he would persist in calculating to the end no matter how difficult the numbers were.

Often he could get the question correct in the end.

So at this time he was also fully invested into the spirit of perseverance, and continued make conversation when he already had nothing to say:

– As soon as I laid down, I felt like there was something important that I hadn’t done yet

-Then I remembered I hadn’t replied to your message yet

– Didn’t I reply right away?

The typing status of He Ci on the other end lit up briefly, and Yu Xinche guessed that he typed “hmm” again.

But soon the input status light came on again, and this time it lasted a little longer.

He Ci said:

– Understoodd, it’s not a big deal

-Yu Xinche: Hmm

– He Ci: So you forgot to reply last night, can you reply now?

After seeing this message, Yu Xinche finally reacted.

He thought about it, swiped up the chat box, selected He Ci’s message “The moon is bright, I wish you no regrets in your career path”, and quoted it in his reply:

– I wish you good luck! I hope you will be happy too.

He selected “Happy to play bot lane with you” and replied:

– Hello, it’s an honor to be your support~

After sending this sentence, he waited two seconds and sent another:

– Young master, are you satisfied with my reply?

On the other side of the phone, He Ci smiled at the word “Young master”.

He knew that Yu Xinche was busy tonight and had just wanted to tease him casually, but he didn’t expect that Yu Xinche would tease him in return.

He Ci had no experience with this kind of verbal teasing, but he didn’t want to lose.

After looking at the dialog box and thinking for two seconds, he sent a voice message, deliberately slowing down his speech to sound nonchalant:

“Not bad. The young master will be more satisfied if you tell him in person next time.”

 

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