Chapter 68 (2)
Tong Yao turned off her phone screen, held it against her chest, and fell into silence. She looked up again at the closed door on the second floor, lifted up her heels, and silently mouthed “to hell with that tsundere” at the door then pouted.
She felt that she had been on edge all night.
She sat back at her desk and touched the almost forgotten takeout box on her desk– —
Forty minutes later, when the rest of the team returned to base, they saw their mid sitting cross legged on her chair, quietly eating porridge. At this point only a quarter of the porridge was left.
Little Fatty: “Tsk, that’s enough for three people. Didn’t you say you weren’t hungry? !”
“……I became hungry later.” Tong Yao raised her eyes from the bowl to glance at everyone. “Where did you all go after eating? Coming back at such a late hour.”
“We didn’t go anywhere. We headed right back after we finished eating.”
“……” Tong Yao stopped eating and pointed her spoon upstairs: “Then why did Cheng Ge– –”
“He came back right after the takeout porridge was ready. He said the fish smell would get too strong once the porridge turned cold.” Little Fatty looked at the trash can that was now full of crab, shrimp, and clam shells right next to Tong Yao. “Now it looks like he’s probably also afraid that you would die from hunger?”
Tong Yao, with spoon still held in the air, blinked, completely baffled : “What did you say? Say that again.”
Little Fatty: “You aren’t talking to each other yet?”
Tong Yao: “No.”
Little Fatty: “Oh. One is too proud, the other is too tsundere. You two should just stay this way for the rest of your lives. I have faith in you two.”
Tong Yao: “……”
……
The next day was the game against Red Arrow.
Tong Yao idly got up and packed her equipment bag, then listlessly waited till the last minute to get on the bus. Before she could climb onto the bus, someone pulled the strap of her backpack back. Tong Yao turned with eyebrows raised. Lu Yue returned with a bright smile: “Are you going to watch me play?”
“I’m going in case something unexpected happens to you and you can’t play.” Tong Yao expressionlessly tried to pull the strap out of his hand. “I’m being optimistic. What if your hand suddenly breaks?”
“Even if it has to break, it will break after I finish playing the match.” Lu Yue increased the strength in his hand. “Even if half of my foot is in the coffin, I’ll make sure you stay put in the substitute seat before I close my eyes.”
Tong Yao bit her lower lip: “You’re dreaming.”
Lu Yue’s smile became even brighter until a cold, low male voice came from behind the bickering two: “Have you two said enough?”
The facial expression on the bickering two were all froze. Lu Yue grabbed Tong Yao’s backpack and walked into the bus……Tong Yao mumbled at him to return her bag and followed him on. After they sat down, they behaved like obedient grade schoolers. Tong Yao shrunk in the corner of the seat until the bus arrived at the arena. When she sat down in the makeup room, she suddenly felt that something seemed to be missing. She turned to check and found her backpack was still in Lu Yue’s hand.
Lu Yue walked in and threw the bag at her, then sat down before the mirror waiting for the makeup artist.
It didn’t take long for the team to get their makeup done. They then went into the rest area waiting for today’s match to begin. Before long, the large screen in the room started to show the audience in the arena. The two commentators also started to talk– –Tong Yao thought they probably would discuss her suspension today, yet all they mentioned was: “Today, ZGDX’s Lu will be playing. This player……”
Tong Yao thought about it then figured that the club must’ve negotiated with the two commentators beforehand not to elaborate on the issue.
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