GTRSH Chapter 22

It was obvious that Yu Xinche was also surprised to see He Ci.

After a brief pause, he nodded twice with a serious expression: “Yes, I had lunch.”

He Ci found Yu Xinche’s silly look funny and didn’t argue with him. He asked the waiter to bring another set of tableware and handed the menu to Yu Xinche: “See what you want to eat.”

“I’m fine with anything.” Yu Xinche handed the menu to Bian Qi, “Brother Bian, please order.”

Bian Qi didn’t hesitate to pick out a few standard dishes. While choosing, he kept talking: “He Ci is treating us. If you don’t order any dishes, won’t that give him a bargain?”

Yu Xinche glanced at He Ci and said, “I’m sorry to come here uninvited.”

He Ci said, “Tsk, don’t accuse me. You said you had eaten it yourself.”

He asked Yu Xinche if he had eaten, thinking that if he hadn’t eaten, he would call him over to eat together.

This meal was actually a thank you gift to Bian Qi.

Not long after the second game of the tryout began that day, He Ci guessed that Yu Xinche would not pass the voting. It was also at that time that he asked Bian Qi about the training camp.

The training camp was about to begin, and He Ci asked if he could add one more person.

Bian Qi didn’t reply for a while. As he was on the way to send Yu Xinche back to school, Bian Qi had sent a message saying that he had just shown Yu Xinche’s information to the training coaching staff, and after a collective evaluation, they agreed to let him come to try.

After the matter was done, Bian Qi asked He Ci to treat him to a meal. He Ci had been busy these days and had delayed fulfilling the meal until today.

After Bian Qi ordered the dishes, He Ci took the menu, looked at it, and added two more desserts.

Then he asked Yu Xinche: “What do you want to drink?”

Before Yu Xinche could answer, Bian Qi said, “Of course alcohol… You are an adult, right?”

The two people in front of him were both his seniors, and Yu Xinche was obviously the one who was “taken along”. He didn’t want to spoil the fun, and he wasn’t someone who could get drunk easily after just one glass of alcohol, so he agreed.

“Yes, I am an adult and can drink.”

He Ci glanced at Yu Xinche and pointed at Bian Qi: “He can drink a lot. If you are confident that you can beat him, then drink.”

Yu Xinche blinked, looked at Bian Qi and then at He Ci, and chose to admit defeat: “Then I’ll have Sprite.”

“Ah…” Bian Qi sat next to Yu Xinche and patted his shoulder, “You haven’t even entered TZ yet, but you’ve already started listening to He Ci. That’s not good.”

He Ci lowered his head to look at the menu and said nothing.

Yu Xinche didn’t say anything either, and He Ci guessed that he didn’t know what to say.

Bian Qi was a talkative person. He kept talking even when no one paid attention to him. Sometimes he praised Yu Xinche for his great progress, and sometimes he looked for He Ci to ask about his old teammate’s recent situation.

He Ci sat opposite them, chatting with Bian Qi from time to time, and occasionally called Yu Xinche to eat.

He found that Yu Xinche was a little restrained today, probably because both he and Bian Qi were his seniors and he was a little uncomfortable with it.

This restraint manifested itself in a way hehe way became much more well-behaved than before. He didn’t say anything during the entire meal, and only said a sentence or two when he felt something was interesting.

He Ci had never seen Yu Xinche like this before, so he looked at him twice more.

He Ci’s gaze did not stay on Yu Xinche’s face for long before as it was not very polite.

He Ci just found out today that Yu Xinche actually had pierced ears.

But he wasn’t wearing a stud, so it was inconspicuous that He Ci hadn’t noticed it before.

He also noticed that Yu Xinche’s eyelashes were very long, straight and long. They were especially obvious under the bright ceiling light in the restaurant, and it looked like there was a layer of small brushes on his eyelids, flickering.

It reminded him of a skill of Lunar Eclipse, Flowing Stars and Moon.

That skill felt too light. Every time He Ci used the skill, he felt like it was lacking something and he felt itchy inside.

But the effects were beautiful, with the black light of the lunar eclipse pouring down like feathers, in neat rows, almost like Yu Xinche’s eyelashes.

Yu Xinche was unaware of He Ci’s gaze.

He was busy eating.

The afternoon training was quite tiring. He had no appetite at the snack stand just now, but now that the food was served, he immediately felt hungry after smelling the fragrance.

This restaurant had a lot of dishes and they tasted good.

However, Yu Xinche didn’t like spicy food, and the two dishes in front of him happened to be spicy. He never picked up any again after tasting them once.

He Ci seemed to have noticed it, and halfway through the meal, he actually changed the plate and shifted the sweet and sour pork ribs over.

Yu Xinche looked up at him and clinked the Sprite against his glass: “Thank you.”

He Ci picked up the cup and drank: “You’re welcome.”

“?”

“What do you mean?” Bian Qi said sarcastically, “I like spicy food so much, why didn’t you help me move the plate?”

He Ci glanced at him: “Are you 18 too?”

“Heh.” Bian Qi rolled his eyes and said nothing.

Yu Xinche felt that they seemed to look down on those who had just turned 18, and tried to correct them: “I will be 19 soon.”

After he finished speaking, the two people beside him looked at him. Bian Qi couldn’t help laughing: “You are so cute.”

He Ci also pursed his lips, as if trying to hold back a laugh: “I mean you are younger than me, not trying to make fun of you being a child.”

“Don’t be embarrassed. I’m 25 and He Ci is 21. It’s only natural that he takes care of you instead of me.” Bian Qi was still laughing. “Besides, being young is a good thing in e-sports. The younger the better.”

After the main course, two desserts were served, but both of them said they didn’t want to eat it.

Yu Xinche likes sweet things, so he ate two servings by himself and felt very satisfied. His soul, which had been busy for a week, was purified and recharged.

After dinner, Bian Qi took a taxi home directly, while He Ci, who drove here, called a designated driver.

They both were heavy drinkers and drank quite a bit that night, but Bian Qi had no other reaction except that he spoke less, and He Ci didn’t look like he was drunk at all.

However, Yu Xinche was still a little worried, so he accompanied them to the entrance of the industrial park. He first sent Bian Qi to the car, and then accompanied He Ci to wait for the designated driver.

The two of them stood under a street light, with cicadas chirping in the trees nearby, and from time to time a few high school students who had just finished class would pass by on their bicycles, chatting and laughing.

The two stood in silence for a while, and He Ci suddenly asked him: “How are you feeling recently?”

“It’s still okay.” Yu Xinche said.

After saying that, he felt that his reply was a bit perfunctory, so he gestured to He Ci and added, “Now I’m second place.”

“Yeah, I know.” He Ci said, “Not only do I know, but all the clubs in the league know that No. 51 in the training camp is invincible in team fights.”

“Ah? Am I that good?” Yu Xinche thought this training camp was closed to the public.

“The officials compiled your game records and sent them to the various clubs. After reading them, they all asked about you.”

Being recognized, Yu Xinche was very happy: “Oh, that proves that your vision is indeed correct.”

“Do you know about the other clubs?” He Ci asked.

“I don’t know, I have not watched the game before.”

“Well, then you can find out more about it. There should be people who want to buy you.”

He Ci paused and said, “From FIX’s perspective, he definitely wants you to come to TZ, but from He Ci’s perspective, I suggest you learn more about a few teams and make a decision after comparing.”

This sounded contradictory.

On the one hand, he was too overbearing to give up what he wanted. On the other hand, He Ci was unwilling to use their personal relationship to morally blackmail Yu Xinche. His pride made him choose to compete fairly with other clubs.

But Yu Xinche had already made up his mind.

He looked at He Ci’s slightly tense expression and asked, “Did your coach tell you why I couldn’t play Swamp?”

“He said you like to play good-looking characters.”

“Yeah, I like good-looking things.” Yu Xinche smiled at him with his eyes curved, “So you can be more confident.”

 

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