Chapter 91 – Basketball Game
Novel Title: 你的虎牙很适合咬我的腺体 (Your Fangs Are Perfect for Biting My Glands)
Author：麦香鸡呢 (McChicken)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 周舟 (Zhou Zhou -MC), 程澈 (Cheng Che -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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Just a few days after school started, there was a basketball game. Cheng Che, Yu Yang, and a few other alphas from the former Alpha Centre, who were good at basketball, were recruited into the basketball team by the seniors even before the start of the semester. So, they were also called to play together in this game.
“You guys are really showing off, playing in a basketball game right after entering college,” Zhou Zhou heard about it and commented sarcastically.
Cheng Che said, “Then I won’t participate.”
“No, no, no. I didn’t mean that. I’m not that petty,” Zhou Zhou scooped out watermelon seeds with a spoon and spat them into the trash can. “Anyway, I won’t go watch. I can’t cheer louder than other omegas.”
“I don’t want to play,” Cheng Che said. “Yu Yang was feeling low during yesterday’s training and doesn’t want to be my teammate.”
“Why did your brother leave like that…” Zhou Zhou felt a bit sad. “I thought he really liked Yu Yang.”
“Liking someone is one thing. But the burdens he carries are another,” Cheng Che said, holding Zhou Zhou’s hand and eating the piece of watermelon from the spoon. “After my grandfather passed away, there have been ongoing disputes over inheritance and shares. Being an omega, my brother faced even heavier backlashes. There are people in the family who target him, constantly holding onto his gender, saying that the company should not be handed over to an omega to inherit. If he continues to stay in China and doesn’t go back to manage things properly, there will be chaos back at home.”
“What if Yu Yang is willing to wait for him?” Zhou Zhou said. “What if Yu Yang doesn’t mind the distance?”
“It is because Yu Yang is willing to wait that it’s not possible for him to let it be that way,” Cheng Che said, leaning back on the pillow. “My brother doesn’t have the certainty of resolving the company’s affairs in a specific timeframe. So he can’t give Yu Yang a deadline to wait. That’s not fair, Zhou Zhou. Relationships shouldn’t be about selfishness.”
“If they were just in a temporary ‘marking’ relationship, maybe my brother would still occasionally contact Yu Yang and sleep together when there’s a chance,” Cheng Che said bluntly. “But they’re not just casual partners, are they? Since there are genuine feelings involved, the only thing to do when faced with a choice is to end it cleanly. So that the memories won’t be too ugly to recall.”
Zhou Zhou didn’t respond. The room fell silent for a while.
After a long time, Zhou Zhou said, “No. It shouldn’t be like that.”
“Even if it really has to end, it shouldn’t be like this,” he said. “For your brother, this might be a dignified and clean way to part. But for Yu Yang, it’s ugly. It’s very ugly.”
“Yu Yang hasn’t done anything wrong. Although your brother had reasons to leave, he should at least give Yu Yang a clear explanation. By leaving like this, Yu Yang will only suspect that your brother was playing around with him for the past few months. And it’s useless for us to tell Yu Yang the reasons. What he wants is for your brother to clearly tell him the truth. Doesn’t he even have the right to an explanation? If your brother had treated Yu Yang as an adult, treating him equally, he wouldn’t have ended up like this. If your brother had talked to Yu Yang properly and Yu Yang still insisted on waiting, even if your brother broke up with him later, Yu Yang would be better off than he is now. At least he would know that his feelings weren’t wasted, that he wasn’t just a plaything, right?”
Cheng Che looked quietly at Zhou Zhou and said, “Yes.”
“But Zhou Zhou, we’re not the party involved. We don’t have the ability to make decisions for them. Even if we can think of ten thousand good solutions, we’ll never be able to stand in their shoes. That’s just how it is.”
“Yeah, you’re right…” Zhou Zhou thought for a few seconds, then lowered his head to eat watermelon gloomily. “There’s no point in us discussing it at length here. Any rational words, when applied to the parties involved, will still become their own way of dealing with it.”
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On the day of the game, Zhou Zhou still went.
He wanted to see how well his own alpha could shine.
Before the game, Zhou Zhou was in the locker room with Cheng Che. Cheng Che took out a pen and said, “Write your name on my hand.”
“Why?” Zhou Zhou asked.
“I heard from others that writing the name of the person you like on your wrist will bring victory in basketball.”
How could Zhou Zhou refuse this? He smiled and wrote his name on the inside of Cheng Che’s fair wrist. He then drew a crooked little strawberry after the name.
Cheng Che lifted his arm to look and commented, “The handwriting is ugly. And the strawberry is drawn ugly too.”
Zhou Zhou: “… Damn, you guys are definitely losing today!”
How could Cheng Che lose? Even though Yu Yang seemed listless during training, once on the court, he transformed into a stunning alpha. With Cheng Che as centre and Yu Yang as forward, the screams from the audience filled the stands.
Zhou Zhou, as usual, couldn’t understand basketball. To him, watching a bunch of alphas running around on the court seemed like nothing special. He didn’t understand why others were cheering so loudly. He thought watching a basketball game was about seeing which side scored. But now he realised it was actually about watching the players.
He was really learning something new. When he used to watch Cheng Che play at the Alpha Centre, everyone present was an alpha. So the comparison was purely based on basketball skills. But now, in the stands, there were only omegas and betas, all focused on watching the alphas play.
Zhou Zhou feels that this is so disrespectful to basketball. He wants to write a letter to the basketball association to complain.
But the guys playing basketball are indeed handsome. Zhou Zhou rests his chin in his hand, calmly watching Cheng Che’s running figure amidst the screams, feeling a bit fluttery.
However, when he thinks about everyone in the audience being infatuated with this alpha, Zhou Zhou’s mood sours.
Cheng Che finally scores a crucial goal. The cheers in the gym almost lift the roof. The audience, regardless of which team they support, just screams together at the sight of a handsome guy.
He’s really standing out, way too much. If I were an alpha, I’d also definitely be tempted to flirt with him too, Zhou Zhou thought.
Then he saw Cheng Che turn around after celebrating with his teammates, accurately finding Zhou Zhou in the stands. He was panting slightly, lifting his chin slightly as he locked eyes with Zhou Zhou.
The audience around them immediately erupted into chaos. Cheng Che raised his hand, still looking at Zhou Zhou, then leaned in and kissed the wrist where Zhou Zhou’s name was written.
Zhou Zhou could barely hear the roaring crowd around him. In his eyes, there was only the alpha standing in the centre of the court, the centre of everyone’s attention.
Cheng Che’s team will go to the finals scheduled for next week. The game ended so the court quickly changed to accommodate new competing teams. Cheng Che and his teammates walked to the sidelines, where many omegas and betas were already gathered, holding water bottles.
Yu Yang silently pushed through the crowd, squatting down to find his own water bottle that had been kicked under the chair. Cheng Che, on the other hand, stepped up onto the platform. Under the gaze of everyone, he walked up to Zhou Zhou, reached out, took the half-drunk mineral bottled water from Zhou Zhou’s hand. He opened the bottle and drank from it.
The audience suddenly fell silent. Zhou Zhou was silent too, feeling incredibly uncomfortable. The pheromones and hormonal scent emanating from Cheng Che’s sweaty body after the game were overwhelming. Zhou Zhou could barely handle it.
He bit his lip. His face turned slightly red as he muttered to Cheng Che, “Don’t you have your own bottled water to drink?”
Cheng Che slowly screwed the cap back on, leaned down slightly, and said, “I have my own. But your drink is my drink.”
Then he lowered his head and kissed Zhou Zhou on the face. He put the water bottle back into Zhou Zhou’s arms and said, “I’m going to change clothes. Wait for me at the entrance of the locker room.”
After saying that, he straightened up and walked down the steps with the other alphas. He left Zhou Zhou feeling too embarrassed to lift his head, along with a bunch of heartbroken spectators.
On one hand, the omegas and betas were heartbroken because Cheng Che, a sought-after alpha, seemed to already have a mate. On the other hand, the alphas were heartbroken because someone as beautiful as Zhou Zhou, a ‘marked’ omega, seemed to have been taken by an alpha like Cheng Che.
Zhou Zhou hurried down the steps to the locker room as he was teased all the way by a group of familiar alphas. Finally, he hid in Cheng Che’s embrace when he came out changed.
“Where’s Yu Yang?” Zhou Zhou asked.
“A lot of people came to ask him for his WeChat. So he slipped away just now,” Cheng Che said. “Let’s go. Want to grab a meal?”
“It’s so hot, I want to go home,” Zhou Zhou lazily handed the water bottle to Cheng Che. “Let’s go back. Tomorrow is Monday, we have classes. It’s better to go home and rest.”
“Yeah,” Cheng Che shook the water bottle in his hand. “Weren’t you unwilling to give me bottled water to drink just now?”
“I’m still not giving you any now,” Zhou Zhou said. “I’m just letting you hold it for me.”
“Fair enough,” Cheng Che held Zhou Zhou’s hand and walked outside. “You always lose so much water each time. You really need to drink more water compared to me. I shouldn’t have tried to steal your water earlier.”
Zhou Zhou: “I @#%#￥&…￥#%@￥#%￥%&！！！！！！”
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-22:32-
@ZZZZZhou: Did Cheng Che make dirty jokes today? He did.
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@5bcc: Did Zhou Zhou swear today? He did.
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*Translator’s Note: About Yu Yang and Jin Wuqi, wait for my good news at the last chapter of this novel. -K
Next update: 2024.03.29
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