Book 4: The Return of the King


    Chapter 7


    He took his hand back.


    He was used to handling these situations.  She was fine, just emotional.


    “Slide and the others are all men, they aren’t as fragile as you think.”  He lowered


    his head and kissed her hair, “SP is a well established club and the two bosses of


    the Asian region are veterans in the esports circle.  It’s a minor issue for them. A


    very minor issue.”


    Ai Qing bit her lower lip and nodded, responding in a soft nasally voice.  “Uhm.”


    But regardless of her personal friendships and worries…...as an SP manager, she


    couldn’t ignore the fact that she was affecting the players’ mood and the club’s reputation.


    In this circle everything was a business, from various large competitions to clubs.  Fans,


    sponsors, and competitions were all very important.


    People would say that China won when they win the championship, but it was the


    private clubs which sustained all the players.


    Even a headstrong person such as Gun knew that he was doing a business. It was


    the business which supported the dream.  Otherwise, it was absolutely impossible


    for him, with a temperament like his, to participate in any of those commercial activities


    hosted by the sponsors.


    Once she thought about this……


    “Xiao Bai?”  She asked with muffled sound,  “Han Shangyan definitely would scold


    you to death, and you are going to be punished.”


    “Uhm.”  He didn’t doubt this at all.  K&K had so many branches worldwide and all the


    top managers were watching the China region.  “He must be jumping and flying into


    rage right now. He’s considering how to punish me to show accountability without


    affecting the national competition.”


    He was right to the point.  Ai Qing couldn’t help chuckling.  “Why are we so pathetic.


    We’re like truant students hiding in a place to avoid punishment.”


    “Especially when you cried just now, I could feel the desperation.”  He joked, rather


    unusually.


    She laughed again with his jokes.


    But Dt could tell that the girl in his arms was still very depressed.


    Without saying anything, he moved his arms underneath her arm and legs and


    picked her up.  His fingertips touched her chest and quickly adjusted the position of


    his hand to avoid it.  Ai Qing was recovering from suddenly being lifted, but soon she


    quietly shrunk into a ball and slowly leaned against his chest.


    He walked over the porch and the living room and went into the bedroom.


    This was the first time he had walked into her bedroom.


    The room had a faint aroma, there was incense burning on the windowsill.  He


    guessed it was probably to help her sleep. After he put her down on the bed, his


    hands supported him on both sides of her body.  He wanted to say something to her,


    but he felt no words were good enough for now. So he just stared at her with his dark


    eyes.


    He even subconsciously pursed his lips, annoyed about his own personality……


    Ai Qing also looked at him and touched his frowned eyebrows.  “I’m all right. It’s


    “I know.”


    “What I feared the most is the booing from the audience at the competition.”  Unless


    the audience was throwing things or brawling, nobody could stop the audience from


    booing.  “I know.” He tightened his fingers and his hands on the bed were curled into


    fists, “I’m sorry.”


    Ai Qing felt sorry that he had to apologize.  “Don’t say sorry…...You haven’t done


    anything wrong.”  She pretended to be lighthearted and curved the corner of her lips.


    She sighed. “If we had gotten together ten years ago, then it would definitely be you


    and your teammates being scolded…...But now it’s me who gets scolded because


    you’re very popular and your fans think that I’m not worthy of you.”


    And I’m a lot of older than you.


    Dt kept looking at her and whispered,  “No. It will always be me who’s not worthy


    of you.”


    His expression was very serious.


    There he goes again.


    Ai Qing touched his soft hair.  A person with soft hair usually has a good temper.


    Xiao Bai just didn’t like to talk, but his temper was really nice.  “Tell you a secret, I


    have been jealous for a long time. Don’t think that I haven’t seen those words on


    your Weibo, something like ‘I’m all yours.’”


    “......”  He was very embarrassed and at a loss for words.


    It would be a lie if he said he didn’t see them, but he could do nothing about it since


    he could never stop others from posting messages on his wall.  He had restricted


    posts to his wall once, but then the fans went to his teammates’ pages to post messages


    asking about his situation and why he set his wall to private.  Finally he had to make his


    But…...he didn’t have time to go through all the messages and delete them, either.


    “I set my wall to private for a while.” He hesitated to say, “But then it created a lot of


    problems for my teammates and the Club official website, so I have to make it public again.”


    Ai Qing had asked on purpose from the beginning.  She pretended that she didn’t hear


    his explanation and added another accusation.  “And there are those female hostesses


    calling you ‘Husband’, ‘My Emperor’. What do you think about that?”


    “......No comment.  I haven’t even seen them.”  It was true that he had never looked at


    those videos.


    Ai Qing laughed and calmed down.


    She tried to stay awake to chat with Dt, but still felt a little bit depressed.


    “Xiao Bai, I’m sleepy.”  She said lightly.


    Tomorrow’s competition…...tomorrow’s competition definitely would move on smoothly.


    Ai Qing, it was alright and trust your teammates.


    “Go sleep.  I’ll sleep on the sofa to keep you company.”  He pursed his lips and smiled


    at her. Then he stuffed her into the blanket like a little girl.  He looked at her from her


    bangs down to the clavicle. He liked to look at her this way, because of the height


    difference, he didn’t have much opportunity to look at her entire front face.


    So when he was able to see her at this angle, he had to do his best to catch up.


    He wanted to make up these twenty-two years without her.


    Ai Qing rolled over and closed her eyes.  “Little rascal, in the end you still end up staying


    at my house overnight.  Obviously, you have planned it for very a long time.” He somehow


    She didn’t sleep well this night.


    It was probably early morning before sunrise when Solo called her when she was half-asleep.


    She picked up the phone and put it to her ear and heard Solo’s voices came from the


    other end of the phone:  “Ai Qing?”


    “Uhm.  Uhm.” Ai Qing sat up.  “I’m alright.”


    Solo relaxed.  “Good to know that you’re alright.  Let me and Han Shangyan handle


    this issue.”


    Ai Qing didn’t say anything.


    There was a bitter taste in her mouth.  She pressed against her nose with her knuckle.


    These words….she really hadn’t heard them for a long time.


    Only when he was the captain did he speak like this.


    “And.”  Solo’s voice was still very light, but carried some emotion. He seemed to have


    thousands of words after that word.  Finally he did best to laugh relaxingly and simply


    said several very simple words. “He’s a good guy.”


    The feeling of this moment------


    It was just like sitting in a movie theater and the last scene had just disappeared right in


    front of you.


    White words appeared on screen displaying many names.  Many people who participated


    in this story quickly disappeared like running water.


    Finally, the lights turned on…...the end.