Chapter 156 (1)
August 26, 2016, ZGDX defeated YQCB and became the winning team of the summer season. Two of the teams to represent the China region in the S6 world finals were decided right at that moment– —
The first one was the champion of the summer season, Team ZGDX, which would be in the first seeded group.
The second one would be Team CK, having the highest cumulative points of the year, the next in order to receive the second ticket to S6. Team CK would be in the second seeded group.
The China region’s summer competition had come to a close. However, the other 6 teams in the major league ranked third to eighth by their cumulative points would continue to the stepladder tournament to fight for the last available ticket to go to S6– –Each team’s cumulative points would decide their sequence in the ladder. The seventh and eighth teams would play the first best of five matches. The winner would move up to challenge the team ranked above them and so on. The team that won the very last match would get the precious S6 ticket.
August 31, 2016, Tong Yao was awoken by noisy voices and the roar of a car engine outside the window…… Reluctantly, she opened her eyes and raised her head up from Lu Sicheng’s firm chest. She moved a bit, wanting to find out what was all the bustling outside– —
But she found herself unable to lift her body up because Lu Sicheng’s arm was resting on her waist which was as heavy as a dead log.
She roughly pushed the arm off of her. After considering for three second, she was kind enough not to push the owner of the arm off the bed as well– –Tong Yao got up from bed, opened the window, and looked down. It was the players of the team next door who had all dressed in their uniforms and were ready to go somewhere with their backpacks on their shoulders.
Tong Yao squinted her eyes and yawned.
……Then she remembered that it was YQCB’s turn to play stepladder match today.
She was reaching over for her cell phone in order to send a message to Ai Jia to wish him victory. But before she had turned around, a warm big hand landed on her calf from behind– –Tong Yao shivered when the hand rubbed her calf. She turned her head and saw the man behind her had woken up with sleepy eyes. It looked like he hadn’t had enough sleep.
His hand though kept moving upwards from her calf, passed her thigh, and reached into her sleeping gow, landing on her bottom.
“…………………………………………”
Tong Yao’s forehead twitched.
“What are you fussing about so early in the morning?” The man’s voice was deep and hoarse from sleepiness: “You go to bed early and get up early like an old lady. Are you 19 or 90 anyway?”
“I’m 90.” Tong Yao pushed the hand that was moving around on her bottom away: “You won’t even let go of an old lady’s butt, are you an animal? Take your hand off!”
Lu Sicheng had been playing ranked matches till 3 o’clock in the morning and indeed didn’t have the energy to keep teasing her. He moved his hand away after humphing a couple of times. He grabbed his pillow closer, pulled the blanket over him, and was getting ready to go back to sleep– –But Tong Yao, who was still leaning against the window, turned around to get on top of him and touched his face to say in a small voice: When I fell asleep last night, I was all by myself.”
Lu Sicheng removed the hand on his face with closed eyes: “En.”
Tong Yao reached over again to touch the stubble on his chin: “I woke up with one more person on my bed and I was almost pushed to the ground…… What’s the matter with you? Don’t fall asleep, get up. You climbed onto a nice girl’s bed in the middle of night. Let me ask again, are you an animal?”
Lu Sicheng couldn’t appease her and grabbed both of her hands instead. He opened his eyes again: “What are you talking about…… Your door wasn’t locked, so I came in. I didn’t do anything, just held you as I went to sleep, what’s wrong with that?”
Tong Yao: “Oh, so you blame me for not locking the door– –Like a thief crying thief…… You really didn’t do anything?”
Lu Sicheng took a look at Tong Yao who was sitting on top of him with her two bare legs showing outside her sleeping gown. He calmly said: “If I had done anything, you shouldn’t be getting up and down like this now.”
Tong Yao: “……”
Lu Sicheng: “Get off me.”
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