Book 4: The Return of the King


    Chapter 4


    For the first day of the competition, only the SP B team played.


    After Taotao’s team came first in their group, qualifying for the next round,


    SP left early and concluded their observation of the competition for the day.


    It was the B group preliminaries the next day which would be their main battlefield.


    Ai Qing had earbuds in her ears and hands inside her sport jacket pockets


    as she walked behind her team.


    Taotao was indeed a excellent budding player.


    That was the single conclusion she had come to after watching the competition


    She was so concentrated in her own thoughts that she was unaware that Gun


    was leading the K&K players right behind her.


    Until she felt his hand on her shoulder and her earbud was suddenly pulled out of


    her ear.  Gun bent down and spoke to her in low voice. “Did you cry that day?”


    That day?  Which day?


    Ai Qing looked back in confusion when he added,  “I heard that you cried in Sanya


    because I was hard on you?”


    “Ah?  Ah……” So it was that time in Sanya.  “Actually, no……”


    Before she could finish...


    Gun patted the back of her shoulder.  “I saw it.”


    Then, he took off the name tag from his neck and wrapped the string around the name


    tag.  “I was too depressed and had been frustrated for years, my temper seems to have


    become much worse.”  He put the name tag into his pocket, then patted her shoulder.


    “Gou Gou, don’t mind me.”


    Then he left without waiting for her response.


    Her earbuds continued to play her music on repeat.  Gun walked out through the narrow


    passageway to the well lit lobby, leaving her only a view of his back. Ai Qing felt the lump


    in her throat and lowered her head to look for errant earbud.  Han Shangyen was an


    absolute self-centered and especially proud person. His temper was terribly nasty.


    Frankly, he was quite clumsy at speaking, he wasn’t good at expressing himself.


    He scolded you when he liked you.


    When he treated you as a brother, he still scolded you.


    It really made one wonder how a man like this get along with his girlfriend.


    While she was thinking about all this, someone had found the dangling earbud and put it


    back into her ear, then he rubbed the short hair on the back of her head.


    The passageway was narrow and it wasn’t the time for players to officially exit the site.


    This time, location, and this angle, nobody would notice whatever happened inside the


    VIP passageway-- --


    Ai Qing turned off the music.  “Do you have training tonight?”


    “No.”  Dt thought a little bit.  “K&K is in semi vacation these three days.”


    “Then come by my place for dinner?”


    Dt gave a light oh.  Then he thought that she liked for him to talk more.  He tried his best


    to add one more sentence. “Ok. I’ll take you back here tomorrow morning.”


    Tomorrow morning?  Why did the conversation jump to tomorrow morning?


    “I didn’t say that you’ll sleep at my home……”  She couldn’t help complaining.


    “......I don’t mean that.”


    “Then what did you mean?”  She teased him.


    “......”