Ch87 - Emergency Situation

Edited by kat

“Angry?” Fu Mingyuan held Shen Qi’s waist with one hand while his other hand clasped his forehead, then went to poke the back of his neck.

Shen Qi, after being suddenly surprise-attacked and caught in Fu Mingyuan’s arms in this position, twitched slightly, and the other person snorted a bit.

Shen Qi chuckled, grabbing Fu Mingyuan’s hand back, and pinched his wrist. “What’s the matter, Gege?

“Hm? Not sleeping at 3:30 a.m? Is this, alone in the boudoir, so lonely and empty?”

Fu Mingyuan really suffered from this position, but he was stronger than Shen Qi. He flipped around while Shen Qi was talking, and the two of them exchanged positions.

Fu Mingyuan’s eyes were a little blood-shot.

It was really difficult for a person who didn’t really stay up late, had a regular sleep cycle, and old man living habits, to stay up until now.

Fu Mingyuan’s breathing wasn’t even quite smooth, and he pressed Shen Qi with one leg. His eyes were always on Shen Qi’s tired face and the red acne that had appeared on his forehead.

“Are you angry?”

Fu Mingyuan asked again.

He clearly noticed that something was off with Shen Qi’s mood tonight, but because they had to do the recap after the match, he had waited all the way until now.

He didn’t want to leave this problem to fester.

Shen Qi saw him speaking so seriously, so he untangled his hand and put his arm around his neck, pressing their cheeks together. “It’s not that I’m angry.”

His head tilted back, seriously staring into Fu Mingyuan’s eyes, and he said, emphasizing every word, “I just feel that we are already like we’re going to get married, and I can’t let you be the only one to put in effort.”

Fu Mingyuan’s brows wrinkled slightly.

Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with Shen Qi’s remarks.

He didn’t feel like he was the only person putting in effort.

Shen Qi had his own career and dream, and he only needed to support Shen Qi from behind.

Fu Mingyuan had never dated before, so he didn’t know how to interact with his partner. He just wanted to give the best of everything to Shen Qi.

Shen Qi saw his expression, laughed, and stretched out his hand to smooth his brows. “No, Gege, why didn’t you hear the key point? ‘We’re already like we’re going to get married,’ you didn’t hear that?”

Fu Mingyuan let out an “en.”

“We always were like that.”

Shen Qi froze.

His expression looked a little unnatural. He turned his face, and even his heartbeat was out of control. The hand that had grabbed Fu Mingyuan’s hand around his waist unconsciously bunched up, and the other hand was a little out of strength.

He whispered something again.

Fu Mingyuan didn’t hear him clearly. He was still frowning and immersed in the sentence, “I think the relationship between us two is not equal,” that Shen Qi had just said.

Even if Shen Qi didn’t say that, Fu Mingyuan thought that that was what he meant.

After a moment of silence, Fu Mingyuan added in a low voice, “I think we are very equal.”

Shen Qi sank half his face into a pillow and let out a muffled “en.”

Fu Mingyuan then said, “I just did what I wanted to do.

“There is no inequality.

“You can’t think like this.

“Once there is a miscommunication, there will be problems between us. I don’t want problems between us, so if you feel unhappy, you can tell me. However, on the issue of equality, I think we are very equal. I am willing to do these things for you…”

It was rare for him to say so much.

But Shen Qi didn’t give him a chance.

Shen Qi turned his face and completely ignored what Fu Mingyuan had just babbled about. He raised his head and touched Fu Mingyuan’s warm lips.

The bedside lamp wasn’t bright, pretty much a dim yellow, but Shen Qi’s eyes still shone.

They were filled with Fu Mingyuan’s figure.

“We have a relationship like we’re about to get married?” Shen Qi asked.

Fu Mingyuan frowned. He didn’t understand why he was asking again, so he just replied the same as before, “We always were like that.”

Shen Qi let out a low “oh” and started laughing.

He laughed out loud.

His chest vibrated slightly, and his eyebrows and eyes curved.

After laughing for a while, he pressed the back of Fu Mingyuan’s neck and kissed him.

The ultimate lingering kiss.

Ten minutes later——

Shen Qi half-laid on Fu Mingyuan’s leg, grabbing his hand and playing with it while he answered his first question, “I’m not angry, and I don’t think we’re unequal, but I can’t always let Gege take care of me ah, can I?

“It makes me feel like a little girl hidden in a golden house.

“When two big men start to date, they both have to put in effort for each other. You can cook, and so can I. It’s just that what I make may be inedible, but you still have to force it down.”

He moved his head. “There was a couple in a film you were in before. Although the man couldn’t cook, his wife still would eat it all, and the barrage all shouted that it was true love.”

Fu Mingyuan’s original movement in massaging his shoulder stopped. His expression seemed a little conflicted, but after a few seconds of silence, he still answered affirmatively.

Shen Qi saw him like this and snorted. “I’m kidding ah, Gege. I just don’t want you to come over in the middle of the night to be my nanny when you’re clearly very tired.”

He stretched out his hand and rubbed Fu Mingyuan’s cheek with the palm of his hand. “I can get distressed too ah.”

Although he said that, Shen Qi really did plan to cook for Fu Mingyuan.

But before that, he had to practice.

His distress was also true.

Shen Qi finished talking and stood up to take a bath.

Fu Mingyuan watched his back disappear behind the bathroom door, and there was the faint sound of water.

He closed his eyes.

The corners of his mouth rose into a smile.

Having someone be distressed for him seemed to be a very strange emotional experience.

……

The next day.

Xu Leng yawned and came down the stairs in his pajamas.

He sniffed, and smelled something strange coming from the kitchen.

Maybe it was something new that Fu Ge made?

Fu Ge’s handiwork had always been very good, and the base’s auntie couldn’t compare with Fu Ge.

Xu Leng scratched his head and entered the kitchen with high expectations.

Then he only saw the captain.

Shen Qi was very busy.

After having the idea of cooking for Gege yesterday, he implemented it today.

It was already past 11:00 a.m., but Fu Mingyuan had a regular routine and had to get enough sleep. He had gone to sleep late last night, so he still hadn’t woken up yet.

It was the perfect time for Shen Qi to implement his idea.

Xu Leng withdrew from the kitchen with a frightened expression, rubbed his eyes with his hand, and stepped in again.

There was no mistake, this guy with one hand stuck in his pocket and one hand cooking dishes was their captain, alright.

But….

This smell….

“Dog Di, you came at just the right time. The first dish will be awarded to you.” Shen Qi had already stir-fried a plate of shredded potatoes with green peppers, but he kept feeling as though the shredded potatoes weren’t that pretty, and he hadn’t tried it yet. Dog Di’s arrival was perfect, and he could make him try it.

Xu Leng: ?

Shen Qi turned around and saw that Xu Leng had not reacted yet. He repeated again, “You don’t believe in your captain? We have to compete tomorrow, how could I harm you?

“The most important thing for a team is teamwork and mutual trust…”

As soon as Shen Qi said that, Xu Leng immediately took the plate.

Before his chopsticks could move, Shen Qi brought out a plate of baby bok choy.

Xu Leng looked at the second dish whose color was not quite like that of baby bok choy and frequently looked upstairs.

His training time with Lu Tun and Ye Lai had been planned for now. Originally, he had thought that even if he couldn’t mooch off the love lunch prepared by Fu Ge for the captain, he could still have the lunch the auntie made.

Shen Qi saw through his thoughts, raised his eyebrow, and laughed while holding a spatula. “I let Auntie go back, and Gege hasn’t woken up yet.”

Then he went into the kitchen again and took out three pairs of chopsticks.

He put them on the seats where Lu Tun and Ye Lai usually sat, and handed a pair to Xu Leng.

Xu Leng’s expression grew more bitter.

“Is there food?” Lu Tun also came down at this moment. He saw Xu Leng sitting at the table alone and immediately went over there.

Xu Leng winked at him desperately, but Lu Tun took a bite of the shredded potato. “Dog Di, do you have an eye cramp?”

Xu Leng covered his face with his hand, with an expression of “there is no love in this world.”

With that mouthful, Lu Tun’s expression changed greatly.

He spit it out immediately.

“Isn’t Auntie here today! Dog Di, are you planning on murdering me?! Can people eat this? I don’t think even the dogs raised in my hometown would eat such salty, uncooked, and ugly shredded potatoes!”

Shen Qi, who had finished washing the spatula and pot, slowly stood behind Lu Tun and smiled. “Is it that bad?”

“Idol, wuwuwu, you come judge, was Dog Di trying to murder me ah? Is he a spy from another team?! Knowing that tomorrow, the heroic me will go to the battlefield, he used this food to poison me! If I eat this, won’t I have to…”

The more Lu Tun talked, the more that he felt that the smile on Idol’s face was off.

His lips straightened, the corners of his mouth rose, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

“Does it taste bad?” Shen Qi leaned forward.

Lu Tun gulped and nodded. “It…it tastes bad.”

Xu Leng stealthily stood up, moved his chair back, and prepared to escape. It was safer to hurry into the training room.

Shen Qi snorted.

Lu Tun finally saw Xu Leng’s hands gesturing desperately towards him.

All this information told him that this dish was made by Idol.

“No, no, no, it’s especially delicious.” Lu Tun immediately changed his tone.

Shen Qi let out an “en,” raised his eyelids, and looked at him. “Really?”

Lu Tun nodded with a bitter expression. “Of course…”

“That’s good. Then in the future, when I’m free, I’ll cook for you guys. You can toss the two dishes on the table. Are you a pig? You can even eat all that?”

He was still a little self-conscious about his cooking.

He said this as he walked upstairs.

When he walked halfway up, he stopped again.

“There’s medicine in the drawer, remember to take it first.”

If he got food poisoning later, they wouldn’t be able to play normally tomorrow.

Lu Tun: …..

Why was he always the one getting harmed?

When Shen Qi went upstairs, Lu Tun immediately jumped on Xu Leng’s back. “You didn’t say anything earlier. I nearly spit it out directly, the taste was too terrible!”

Xu Leng silently carried him to the edge of the drawer. “Take the medicine first.”

The auntie had been driven away, so today’s meal was still prepared by Fu Mingyuan and Ye Lai.

Fu Mingyuan had pushed off his work these days to specially accompany Shen Qi to compete.

……

The second round of the points promotion competition started at 2 p.m. the next day.

The gate of the stadium was crowded with people at that time, and there were also anchors with livestreaming cameras on, reporters who came to do interviews, and fans who had come to throw people into pits.

Compared with the previous small group competition and the first round of the points promotion competition, the number of people at the venue for today’s competition was obviously much higher.

“It’s a pity that I could only watch the previous games online, but today, I can finally come to the actual venue. Just now, I saw that some teams have already entered, and based on the team uniforms, it should be HUOJ.”

“Security Uncle, it’s too indifferent of you to not let us get closer. Everyone will just look from the outside ba.”

“Yellow uniforms! QAQ has arrived!”

A burst of screams broke out in the crowd.

Most of them came from girls, but there were also many boys.

Shen Qi pulled at his mask and couldn’t hear what the crowd was shouting clearly.

Lu Tun followed behind him and whispered a reminder, “Um, Idol, on your neck there’s a….mark. Cover it up bei?”

Shen Qi let out an “en.”

Then he bowed his head and went straight into the venue.

“Come on, cubs!”

“I’ll always support you guys ah!!! QAQ is the best! QAQ is number one!”

“AHHHHHHH, God A is too hot!”

“You must get first ah! I smashed 20,000 beans onto that bet!!!”

“……”

After entering the competitors’ seats, the coach told them again and again that they couldn’t get red-carded again. Of course, if they got yellow-carded, then it would directly be game over.

Shen Qi nodded reluctantly.

Duan Rong shook his head helplessly and handed him a band-aid.

That thing on his neck was too obvious. If the camera caught it, it might not be easy to explain.

Shen Qi snorted, but didn’t refuse.

What should he say about last night. The acne on his forehead had disappeared, so he had to make it up with something.

……

The first match, Miramar.

The first half’s casters were Chunxi and Half.

After repeating the previous rankings and situation, they began to explain.

“The flight route is from the top right to bottom left, and the middle area will probably become a serious disaster area. At present, we can see that EVE jumped to the area near Hacienda del Patron, BIG went to Pecado, and sure enough, QAQ went to Pecado!”

“In the previous games, QAQ wandered in remote areas the entire time, and I almost thought they had switched genders,” Chunxi joked.

Half replied, “No, they went to remote areas with a mission.”

He was implying something.

“QAQ ran into BIG as soon as they landed? That’s too fierce, but BIG is a team that is good at hiding, and still chose to retreat today. I’m not facing you, and you can’t do anything to me.”

“I think that match before where QAQ hid the entire time and ate chicken completely scared BIG, and they don’t want to compete with them today. In fact, the current rankings of these two teams are very stable. They can let go and take a gamble.”

“Senior Half, don’t give poisonous milk ah. In case something happens, the audience and everyone in front of the livestream camera are all watching.”

[Hahahaha, I’ve liked these casters more and more these past days, and I feel like they’ve started doing crosstalk]

[Dying of laughter, Half used to be very old-fashioned and serious ah. What has he experienced recently?]

[He may have been infected by the young casters ba. At present, the most calm caster was probably Nalu? But I really don’t like Nalu as a caster, she’s always a little out of touch, and a little bit off]

[Can we focus on watching the game? Where exactly is this conversation going?!]

[Shit! QAQ got first kill again! When! Why is it that the key shots are always not shown ahhhhh, is the director toxic!!]

[Can you change the mode later?! Besides the finals, can there also be a points camera? It’s fucking annoying]

[Here we go again, no brain flamer. Only your family’s QAQ needs a shot, was the entire competition set up for you guys?]

[You don’t want to watch a kill on camera and just want to watch people search for loot? Are you sick?]

Like the barrage, the two casters were very regretful at this time.

But they couldn’t scold the director like the audience. After all, they still had to eat.

“QAQ got the first kill point from LRJ, it should have been a moving target just now? Sure enough, God A has a 98K with an 8x scope on him.”

“Even with a silencer on the 98K, I heard a sound just now. Hahaha, is God A going to be a super god this match ah?”

“Chunxi, don’t have a crow’s mouth ah.” Half returned Chunxi’s words from just now.

Chunxi let out a “hehe” but didn’t refute him.

However, as Chunxi said, QAQ played more fiercely in this match. There was no need for them to pursue M1G anymore, and they pretty much cleaned up one place at a time.

When it came to the final circle, only Shen Qi and Xu Leng were left.

They got third place.

And with kill points, they were still ranked first, with 15 points.

Shen Qi alone had scored 10 points.

M1G, which never got a shot on the screen, was in worse condition today than before, and their total score had fallen to 12th place again.

Their score was much lower than those of the top eight.

BIG had successfully eaten chicken in this match. Although their total score wasn’t as good as QAQ’s, they had pulled away a bit from HUOJ and EVE.

In the second match, the map changed to Erangel.

And the flight route went to the Military Base.

QAQ jumped to the Military Base at the beginning. There were only three teams at the Military Base, and they were very far from one another.

QAQ had no scruples, pretty much rushing in to fight, taking whatever kills they could.

“According to QAQ’s current playstyle, they’re placing a lot of pressure on the other teams. Avoiding them like BIG did before should be the best choice!” Half commented.

“Yes, today’s QAQ is like a group of madmen ah, really fierce.” Chunxi nodded.

“At present, the QAQ’s kill score this match is still the highest as usual. The match has only been going on for about ten minutes, and they have five kill points. I expect they’ll reach more than ten points in the later circles.”

“At present, HUOJ has three kill points and is second in the whole match, which is a very good result. After losing the previous two competitions, HUOJ has shown their real strength in the subsequent games. The top eight should be very stable, but I don’t know whether HUOJ can realize their championship dream this year?”

“Don’t give poisonous milk. Oh no, HUOJ and QAQ are attacking each other! QAQ has arrived at the Farm! They’re very fast!”

“Four vs. four, either you die or I die, but HUOJ is actually at a bit of a disadvantage here. QAQ has two sets of level three armor, and HUOJ indicates that ‘we won’t hit the body! Hit the head!’”

“It’s still a pity, two exchanged for four. QAQ is still powerful, and Angry and LAND’s shooting skills are really stable. Do you remember LAND’s wonderful performance when he was still in M1G? It can be said that he was a well deserved MVP. Today’s performance is also very excellent, and he’s worthy of being God A’s apprentice and a talented player.”

“Senior Half is actually a paragon of overblown praise.” Chunxi laughed. “But it’s a pity, the low-health QAQ has run into EVE, who came to collect kills. So QAQ will rank eighth in this match, and their kill score is ten. Hahaha, it’s really ten!”

The second match lasted 25 minutes.

QAQ’s total score still ranked first.

BIG ranked second in total points, EVE third, while HUOJ fell to fifth.

M1G ranked eleventh.

The third match, Erangel.

QAQ took ten kill points and ranked third in that match.

They firmly occupied first place in the competition.

Before the fourth match, there was a half-time break of an hour, and after they ate dinner, and then they started again.

The map was still Erangel, and the flight path was from Zharki to Novorepnoye.

“Georgopol over here is like dumplings getting cooked. It’s a little crowded ah, guys. Everyone, let’s jump to another place ah?”

“QAQ still chose the School. There’s no one over at the School, it’s their exclusive spot!”

After about ten minutes of the match, the safety zone had shrunk to the School area.

The teams leaving Georgopol were as peaceful as always.

Some teams that were temporarily behind in the rankings but still had the opportunity to squeeze into the top eight were thinking about hiding to get ranking points. After all, the top eight could directly enter the finals.

When the game had gone for 15 minutes——

“Someone’s coming, Captain.” Xu Leng leaned out half his body.

Shen Qi let out an “en” and said, “Ye Lai, draw fire.”

Ye Lai’s face was a little unnaturally pale, but the others were focused on the game and didn’t notice anything off about him.

“EVE’s person passed by! They shouldn’t know that QAQ is here! QAQ hasn’t revealed themselves this match! Two people have gone to where Angry and LAND are! The master and apprentice combination!”

[AHHHHHH OFFICIAL FLUFF! Master and apprentice CP anchored!!]

[I’m nomming on it!]

[What the hell?]

[Omg, what kind of weird goings-on is this, this is a competition okay? Crazy]

[It’s none of your damn business!]

[……]

“It’s EVE’s Circle and River, 2 vs. 2! Yes, they’re directly across from one another! LAND is helping to provide cover fire…”

“Wait, wait, is LAND’s trajectory skewed? Is he shooting at the sky? LAND was taken out directly! It’s very unfortunate, did LAND’s hand shake just now?”

“Without the cover fire, Angry’s position for this attack is actually very dangerous. He doesn’t have any cover! He directly threw a smoke bomb!”

[I’m laughing to death. Hahaha, is that still a master and apprentice combination?]

[Casters praised too much ba, and slapped their own faces]

[I’m not bragging, but even I could provide this cover fire. This is a heavenly gunslinger?]

[Fuck, dying of laughter]

[Good luck QAQ! QAQ is the best!]

[Who hasn’t made mistakes before? Are you sick, do you have to spam this all the time?]

[I have to ah, how is it not necessary, I’m laughing to death]

[……]

“It’s a great pity. Angry should have had great trust in his apprentice, but EVE directly took both of them out.”

At present, only Xu Leng and Lu Tun were left of QAQ.

Lu Tun turned his head and looked at Ye Lai, not quite able to believe it.

Shen Qi frowned and took off his earphones, first patting Xu Leng and Lu Tun’s shoulders to comfort them and indicate for them to continue to focus on the game, and then went to observe Ye Lai’s situation.

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