Chapter 21


    I’m sorry.


    Solo had said those two words before when he knelt down in


    front of Ai Qing.


    It was only three of them in the room then.  Now it was still the


    three of them in the room.


    The two nineteen year old young men at the time were now


    close to thirty years old.


    Ten years.


    These two men, who had no support back then, were now the


    heads of the two biggest esports clubs in the nation.  They were


    Ai Qing couldn’t hold it in any longer, tears began streaming


    down her face.


    She didn’t know whether the man with his arm covering his face


    and the man covering his eyes with a cigarette in his hand were


    also doing the same thing as her.  Each of them must have felt


    as if they were facing the waves of a tsunami as they stood alone


    on the rocks. The sky was falling and the ground beneath them


    was splitting open, all as the wave rushed towards them...


    “Solo.”  Ai Qing was quiet for a long while, then she smiled and


    spoke with both eyes filled with tears,  “In my mind, you’re always


    the best captain. Thank you.”


    Thank you, for never letting me feel that I loved the wrong person


    in my youth.


    At least you never let me down during the days when we loved


    each other.


    In ‘08, after he had given his answer after the grievance round which


    was the opposite of everyone’s expectations, so many friends and so


    many fans were extremely disappointed at him.  The overwhelming


    amount of rumours and threats, all the turmoil disheartened her and


    led to her decision to retire.


    He faced the same troubles back then, some even questioned his


    character and SP was also at the center of the storm.  But he kept


    quiet, spoke not a word, and continued moving forward.


    He bore the name of Solo’s team and was the only person in the


    team still fighting in the esports circle.  To this day, he single-handedly


    built SP’s A team, calling both All and Xiaomi back.


    Without him, the spirit of Solo’s team would have disappeared long ago.


    None of them spoke a word for twenty minutes.


    It was like in their youth, when they felt helpless against some new


    obstacle, they always liked to stay inside the same room past midnight,


    without any words, just to keep each other company.


    They accompanied each other in silence.


    When Gun and Ai Qing finally walked out of the room, the young girl


    jumped forward very quickly.  She carefully held Gun’s arm. “Han Shangyan,


    are you thirsty? Do you want to drink water? Is your stomach feeling alright?


    Do you have a headache?......” Ai Qing found it difficult to hold back a chuckle


    as she heard her rapid fire questions.


    Gun glanced over at the elevator, the young girl was somewhat taken aback


    but laughed.  “I’ll go hold the elevator for you~” Then, she took the hint and


    ran away, leaving some space for the two of them.


    Gun took out a candy from his pocket, peeled the wrapper off, and ate it.


    He whispered to Ai Qing.


    “I was unfair to Xiao Bai. I didn’t give my blessings before.  I’m sorry. I won’t


    do that in the future, either. One is my buddy and the other is my younger


    cousin.  But, Gou Gou……” Gun stopped for a long while, then he put his


    hand on her right shoulder, “With that guy’s temperament, he won’t need


    nor care about my blessing.  Do you understand?” Ai Qing responded lightly,


    “En. Yi Qian is at downstairs.”


    “Yi Qian?”  Gun was stunned slightly, but immediately broke into laughter,


    “Today I drank enough and also cried enough. You take care of him.  I’m


    leaving.” He strode away afterwards, waving his hands with his back facing


    Ai Qing as goodbye.