Chapter 13: They only want a boyfriend (2/2)
“What’s going on?”
“Yue Wenle left?”
“Why did he surrender?”
“It’s not like laozi can’t afford to lose!”
Bai Cai thought of Lu Feng’s words and felt a serious headache. He picked up his cell phone, thought about it, and asked, “Haven’t you figured it out yet?”
On the other side of the phone, Wei Xiao was stunned for a moment, then cursed like he’d just been struck by lightning.
He called Bai Cai, “The ice hunter just now was Close?”
Bai Cai sighed, “Yes.”
Wei Xiao didn’t say anything for a long time. He clutched the cell phone tightly, and his voice trembled slightly, “He… why did he surrender.”
Two years ago, 48 hours. They had fought 144 matches, and Close had taken every game seriously.
This time, why had he…
Bai Cai found it a little difficult to say out loud, “It was my cheap mouth.”
Wei Xiao: “What?”
Bai Cai said, “I told him about the Easter egg.”
Wei Xiao was momentarily unable to figure it out.
Bai Cai closed his eyes, and told Wei Xiao the words Lu Feng had left behind––
“Captain Lu told me to tell you, he doesn’t need a training partner.”
It was like Wei Xiao had pressed down on the mute button. There was no sound from the other end.
Bai Cai felt a strange pang of heartache, “Old Wei, you…”
Beepbeepbeep, there was a busy tone from the phone. Wei Xiao had hung up.
Bai Cai: “……”
Inside the single apartment.
Wei Xiao, who hadn’t felt tired despite staying up all night, collapsed onto the bed at this moment.
The computer screen was still on, and he was alone in the empty room. There were only two sentences in the chat box.
“What the matter? Why surrender?”
“Get some rest.”
––Captain Lu told me to tell you, he doesn’t need a training partner.”
“F*ck!”
Wei Xiao picked up the pillow and pressed it down against his forehead.
That was Close.
Their first time soloing after two years.
Close surrendered.
Because he didn’t need a training partner.
He didn’t need him.
Two years ago, he’d flicked his hand and left. Being despised by others was something he’d asked for.
He understood all the reasons. His brain understood, but at this moment, Wei Xiao’s heart still felt like it had been stabbed by a knife.
He clutched tightly to the pillow, his knuckles prominent and white.
It was he who’d let Close down. What gave him the right to feel wronged now?
Wei Xiao exhaled softly and stood up to take a shower.
He hadn’t turned on the water boiler ahead of time, and the water that came out was ice cold.
Wei Xiao was chilled into shivering, and after washing up, he went back to his room.
He might as well sleep. He’d be fine again after he woke up.
Wei Xiao hugged Soybean, rubbed against his neck, and tried to go to sleep.
Soybean seemed to be aware of its master’s mood and was well-behaved for once.
Wei Xiao couldn’t fall asleep at all. The more he wanted to sleep, the more impossible it was to sleep. Those three words were on repeat whenever he closed his eyes.
He didn’t need, he didn’t need, he didn’t need.
“To hell with sleeping!” Wei Xiao sat up.
Doggy: “Aroo?”
Wei Xiao stroked its head, “Your daddy’s going to play games for a bit.”
Soybean followed him out of bed and curled up at his feet.
Wei Xiao clicked to queue for a ranked match, wanting to become an emotionless rank pushing machine.
The first game had just ended when his cell phone rang.
Wei Xiao picked up his cell phone. It was a message from the accompanying player platform.
LU: “So early?”
Wei Xiao wasn’t in the mood to be an accompanying player, but he’d already collected the money and had to be dedicated to his job, “Good morning, boss. Do you want to play.”
The other side paused for a moment, “You were up all night?”
Wei Xiao was expressionless as he typed, “No way, just woke up ^_^.”
LU: “Alright, let’s play for a while.”
Wei Xiao: “’Kay. I’ll switch accounts.”
If Close didn’t need him, then forget it. There would always be someone who needed him. Look, his two million boss really needed him!
Wei Xiao told himself that he couldn’t let his personal emotions affect his work, but unfortunately, his mood wasn’t so easily controlled.
No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to improve the atmosphere.
After the third game ended, LU asked him, “Bad mood?”
Wei Xiao’s mood was so bad it was rotten. “No.”
LU: “Did something happen?”
Sigh, the boss was rich and caring. He was a good person.
Wei Xiao felt really apologetic, “Sorry, it affected you. These three games don’t count.”
LU: “It’s okay. You played very well, we’ve been winning.”
Wei Xiao typed, “Winning is a given. You’re spending money for entertainment. I shouldn’t influence your mood.”
LU: “It’s not so serious, but it’s better to say it if there’s something on your mind. Of course, that’s only if you don’t mind.”
Wei Xiao’s heart was mired in depression. He really didn’t mind chatting about it with this anonymous ‘internet friend’, “It’s a small matter…”
LU: “Hm?”
Wei Xiao thought about it for a moment, then used another method to express his thoughts, “It’s like this… well, I accompanied my girlfriend to do her homework, and then when we came to a certain problem, I told her that if she could answer it, I would be her tutor for a lifetime. But then, she gave up on the problem and said that she didn’t need that.”
After he finished, Wei Xiao felt that he was simply a genius.
He’d managed to explain this matter so clearly without disclosing any information at all!
FTW base.
Lu Feng stared at the chat box in surprise for a moment.
He shook his head and laughed quietly, then typed, “You misunderstood.”
Wei Xiao: “How so?”
LU: “They don’t need a tutor because they only want a boyfriend.”
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Juurensha: Woooow LF, so smooth.
xiin: … it’s a pity that WX is still clueless, though his sadness made me really wanna hug him. poor baby~