Chapter 97 (3)
Lu Sicheng continued: “It’s too late to regret that time……En? It’s not that kind of regret.” Lu Sicheng sighed and raised his hand to pat Tong Yao’s head. “Anyway, you have to play well, win competitions. It’s my fault that I didn’t hold myself back, I’m the one who committed the crime first.”
“Oh.”
“Don’t let me get a life sentence.”
Tong Yao turned to look at Lu Sicheng. At the same time, Lu Sicheng also turned his head to look at her as if he had sensed it– –Their eyes met in the darkness; there was a moment of silence, neither of them said anything……Lu Sicheng cast his eyes slightly downwards, glancing over her lips. He hesitated for a second, then cleared his throat and turned his face away first. He pulled the hood of the sweater over his face.
“That’s all I have to say.” His voice was muffled: “We’ll be at the base soon. They should all wake up soon. Get lost back to your own seat.”
“If you keep being mean then you won’t pass the probation period.”
“I’m going to tell, at this very minute, the person who questioned us what we were doing under the table that she’s very observant.”
“……”
Tong Yao stood up and strode back to her seat– —
She put her cell phone away.
She knew that the concerns her captain mentioned were real; he was afraid that she would be the target of criticism once they went public about their relationship.
But her own concern was real as well; she didn’t want his popularity to go down just because of her existence– –Ever since he started playing professionally with the id Chessman, there was never any gossip or even a rumor about him. It seemed a bit paranoid and absurd to try to maintain his reputation this way……Even though Lu Sicheng himself believed that it was him himself who had broken his original plan and committed an unforgivable mistake, Tong Yao, however, still stubbornly wanted to keep his reputation intact.
— –There’s no rules in the world that a man has to protect a woman. What exists is that both sides in a relationship would naturally want to protect each other.
It was fine the way it is now.
Tong Yao told herself.
She couldn’t ask for more, she didn’t want to ask for more either.
……
The bus arrived at base and all the others woke up from their dreams. Amid the bustling discussion about where they should order takeout, Tong Yao and Lu Sicheng acted as if nothing had happened before.
When they all sat down on the couch and continued their takeout discussion, Lu Sicheng would periodically be absent-minded, it looked like he was still thinking about his exchange with Tong Yao earlier– —
It was obvious that Lu Sicheng was in agreement with Tong Yao at keeping the relationship a secret from the beginning. But when he found out why Tong Yao wanted to keep it from the public, he felt rather uneasy about it: The captain of ZGDX at this moment felt uneasy because he was being protected by someone else.
Tong Yao was sensitive enough to pick up the subtle change in Lu Sicheng’s emotion.
She didn’t say anything.
It wasn’t until after dinner and 15 minutes after Lu Sicheng had said that he was going back to his room to sleep that Tong Yao, who was watching an American TV drama while holding her knees to her chest in her chair, suddenly called out: “Ah.” Then she turned to tell Little Fatty who was looking at her with confusion: “My mobile power pack is still in Cheng Ge’s backpack.”
“He didn’t use his cell phone that much today, why is he borrowing your power pack?” Little Fatty asked unsuspecting of anything and turned his head back: “Then you better go get it back quick, he shouldn’t have fallen asleep yet.”
Tong Yao jumped off her chair and dashed upstairs.
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