Chapter 65 (4)
After Tong Yao tossed her cell phone, she sensed someone coming closer from behind. She snapped her head around and saw Lu Sicheng was bending down to pick up the phone……The tip of her nose swept across the side of his cheek. Her brain went blank and completely forgot to grab the phone.
Lu Sicheng looked at the cell phone for a while, then chuckled: “So someone’s backbiting you?”
“…………………Damn, I can’t stand people who takes advantage of her job to get favors.” Tong Yao rolled her eyes. “When I was in high school, I worked at a bunch of anime conventions and never did this kind of thing even if there were a bunch of big shots. One time I was so close to a famous coser, just an arm’s length away, and he was my idol!”
“Then?”
“Then I found out that he’s only taller than me by a little bit and I gave up on him.”
“…………………….How short can he be?” Lu Sicheng circled his hand around Tong Yao’s head and pushed her back down onto the couch. “You’re a bit cranky today. Haven’t had enough to eat this morning?”
Tong Yao leaned back on the couch and used both her hands to pry open the big hand off her eyes. Then she looked up and stared at Lu Sicheng through the gaps between his fingers: “You’re elated seeing a good looking, cheongsam cladded girl coming to ask you for an autograph?”
Lu Sicheng released the hold on Tong Yao: “I’m just used to it.”
Tong Yao raised her eyebrows: “Then it’s guys like you who spoil them.”
“Otherwise, these people will go out and badmouth you, see.” Lu Sicheng shook her cell phone: “See what happened? I figured by this afternoon, there’ll be a post on Tieba titled ‘A female member of a famous team is bad tempered and arrogant, inconsistent to how she usually presents herself’……”
Tong Yao went blank for a moment, then she took a deep breath as if she had just realized what she had done. She started to feel a little regretful.
“These people have nothing to lose.” Lu Sicheng stuffed the cell phone back into her hand. “You just turn a blind eye to it. Don’t get sidetracked by these people.”
“But — –”
“What did I say on the airplane yesterday?”
“……What?”
“Listen to me.”
“……”
“En? Listen to me”
“……………………………………Just because you’re the captain.”
Tong Yao irritatedly stuffed her cell phone into her pocket, gave Lu Sicheng a stare, then got up from the couch to grab a comb to tidy up her hair after Lu Sicheng had messed it up……In the mirror, she saw Little Fatty snickering and making a face at Old K: “Cheng Ge can go apply as a canine trainer if he’s not playing esports later. Maybe he’ll be very good at it again.”
Lu Sicheng reclined on the couch, raising his eyelids to glance at his gloating teammates: “Don’t you annoy her even more. Unless you plan to take care of it if she explodes again?”
As if in concert with Lu Sicheng’s words, Tong Yao flung the comb in her hand.
Little Fatty and others instantly quieted.
— –This was the first time Tong Yao had vented. Her anger levels had dropped to 65%. It was all because the captain had said: think before you act, don’t let others distract you.
Alright, alright, alright, Tong Yao tugged on her hair and told herself that she had to be calm and act professionally.
……
Eventually, around 11:30, after much delay, a staff member came to lead Tong Yao and her teammates to a so called “VIP Lounge” which was simply put together with several boards right next to the stage. Inside, there was a desk and several plastic stools. It was stuffy inside and boisterous all around . Tong Yao was chewing a bread roll which Xiao Rui had scrounged from somewhere.
“The convention isn’t giving us lunch?” Tong Yao asked while biting the roll.
“We have water.” Little Fatty drank some water. “It’s good enough that they gave us water.”
After a short pause, Tong Yao broke the bread roll and gave the larger half to Little Fatty who looked famished.
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