Chapter 64 (4)
On the way to the airport, Tong Yao had nothing else to do but check the posts on Tieba. All the posts were quite critical of the Obsidian team. Many commented that if Obsidian didn’t really want to win the competition, the team shouldn’t have stayed in the major league. There were many teams in the junior league who were fighting hard to get into major league……Some even said that the reason why the Chinese professional league couldn’t earn a better standing in the world was because there were shameless teams like Obsidian!
Tong Yao asked Ming god about Obsidian and learned that they had almost lost their position in the major league last season. They made a comeback in their last match in the last season to stay in.
Tong Yao: “A win is a win.”
Ming god: “En. But personally, I do think they aren’t that strong compared to some teams in the junior league– –Most of junior league teams lack experience. If they could play a few round-robin matches, they would probably perform better than some of the bottom teams in the major league.”
Tong Yao continued checking Tieba.
Then she happily discovered that she had finally earned some validation in the eyes of the fans, possibly because of her record 5 kills today. Amidst all the derogatory comments about Obsidian, there were some posts about her here and there: [Smiling is really fine], [That 5 kills wasn’t easy, even if Obsidian’s lousy], [I decide to take back my comment about girls playing games]……
Tong Yao randomly clicked on one post and found the first sentence of the post was — —
[After watching today’s matches, I begin to suspect that Smiling’s victory in her 1v1 wasn’t an accident. She’s really good at the game, fully in control of the lane and has a good understanding of strategy……]
Tong Yao couldn’t help but giggle.
The man sitting behind her kicked the back of her chair: “Haven’t you been giggling foolishly enough?”
Tong Yao turned around, ready to retort, when she saw the man behind her had already pulled his jacket over his face to take a nap……Tong Yao rolled her eyes and sat back down in her seat to continue reading. Lu Yue reached over and said flatly: “If we win the Red Arrow the day after tomorrow again, we’ll be all wins and no losses in the group. It looks like no one will question your position as one of the top three mids in the major league.”
Tong Yao couldn’t stop herself giggling again.
……
It was about 8:30 at night when they arrived at the airport.
The team was dismissed after everyone received their own boarding pass; they would have to be back at the terminal at 10:30 to get ready to board the plane. Little Fatty dragged Tong Yao to eat dinner together, then went to buy some skin moisturizer.
Tong Yao carried several bags with her as she boarded the plane. It was late at night and the passengers on the plane all spoke in low voices. She concentrated on the number on the seats as she passed the rows and eventually reached her own seat– —
She looked down and saw her captain sitting at the window seat.
Tong Yao: “……”
Damn.
The man was wearing his earbuds with a darkened face; probably still irritated at the commercial event they were forced to attend tomorrow……He seemed to notice there was someone standing still next to him and lifted his eyelids to take a glance at her. Then he pulled one of the earbuds off: “What are you looking at?”
“……”
Tong Yao thought: I’m looking at you.
“Sit, you’re blocking the aisle.”
Tong Yao hurriedly sat down in the seat next to Lu Sicheng amid the unhappy gaze from the people behind her. While she was buckling the seatbelt, she accidentally brushed past Lu Sicheng and he moved away a little. Tong Yao instantly sprang away like a startled animal– –then she began to curl up towards the opposite side– –until she helplessly watched Little Fatty’s huge body approach her like a hill and sat down in the aisle seat next to her.
Tong Yao: “……”
Little Fatty: “What a coincidence, ha.”
Tong Yao: “……”
Little Fatty: “We probably won’t get there till after midnight. If you get sleepy, you can lean on my soft shoulder to take a rest.”
Tong Yao embarrassingly sat up straight a little, though her body was still curved towards Little Fatty’s direction and her head was very close to Little Fatty’s shoulder.
Lu Sicheng who was playing with his cell phone suddenly looked up at her. After a short pause when their eyes met, he made a surprising statement: “Am I a pile of shit? Keeping such a distance from me?”
Tong Yao: “…………………………………………………”
She concluded that the captain was really in a bad mood and she had better not make him unhappier.
Tong Yao sat up straight and lowered her head to pull her hair behind her ear– –As she was doing that, the back of her hand unintentionally touched Lu Sicheng’s shoulder. She could feel his body temperature through the thin layer of fabric between them.
Tong Yao suddenly felt like the rest of her body had disappeared, except the back of her hand.
And the back of her hand was so hot as if it was going to ignite at any moment.
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