Chapter 40

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In this training session, everyone discovered that Luo Tai's foot strength had become incredibly powerful, almost on par with Ah Xing. No one understood why, except for Liu Yifei. Luo Tai himself explained that the team's unity and hard work had unleashed his potential.

Since Luo Tai already had Level 2 football skills, he quickly mastered the power of his "Iron Leg." Moreover, he was more skilled at set pieces than Ah Xing. Kicking different parts of the ball could produce various trajectories—curves, straight lines, high arcs, or ground skimmers. Both his left and right feet were equally powerful.

Given Luo Tai's strength and his position as a midfielder, Feng Ge decided that Luo Tai would be the team's primary set-piece taker. This decision was agreed upon by everyone, including Ah Xing.

After the training session for the first match, everyone went home to rest. The Super Cup qualifiers would officially begin the next day. Since many teams were participating and their levels varied widely, the qualifiers usually received little attention. Professional teams didn't even need to participate in such matches.

Thus, the venues and facilities for the qualifiers were often subpar. For example, Shaolin Team's first match was scheduled at a small playground on the outskirts of the city.

However, no one cared about this. After all, every competition starts from the bottom of the pyramid.

After everyone dispersed, Ah Xing went to find Ah Mei. They had already had some contact over the past few days. Ah Xing wanted to tell Ah Mei about the match the next day.

Luo Tai and Liu Yifei returned to their residence. For some reason, Liu Yifei refused to return to reality, which caused a ripple in Luo Tai's heart.

When they returned to the residence and Luo Tai was about to send Liu Yifei to her room, he said, "Uh, thank you."

Liu Yifei leaned against the door frame and smiled, "Thank you for what?"

"Oh..." Luo Tai shrugged and continued, "Thank you... for staying with me until the mission was completed."

Liu Yifei lowered her head, her long black hair covering her face. She brushed it aside and said softly, "No need, I did it voluntarily."

"Why? Uh... I mean... didn't you want to go back at first?" Luo Tai asked.

"People's moods change all the time, so now I don't want to leave," Liu Yifei said.

Luo Tai nodded and asked, "That day... the day of the signing, you had something to do and left, weren't you in a hurry? Although there's a time difference here and in reality, it still takes up your time."

Liu Yifei pursed her lips and said, "It's not a big deal, just some issues with sponsors. Don't ask about the specifics."

"Oh." Luo Tai understood. He then said, "Alright, get some rest..."

Liu Yifei turned to enter her room. As she was about to close the door, she saw Luo Tai still standing at the door and asked, "What's up?"

"Oh!" Luo Tai scratched his head and said, "Nothing." He then left the door and returned to his room.

In his room, Luo Tai lay back on the bed, his eyes blankly staring at the ceiling. The black spider crawled from the wall onto the bed, slowly making its way to Luo Tai's stomach and then up to his chest and face. Luo Tai sighed, grabbed it, and said, "You little thing, don't bother me."

As he spoke, he got up and put the spider back in the wooden box. As he raised his hand, he suddenly remembered he could draw a prize once more. He extended his wrist and checked.

Perhaps because the previous draw was too powerful, this time the system gave him a lot of items, and they were quite random. 1. Swimming Level 4 (Permanent). 2. Pop Singing Level 4 (Permanent). 3. Cooking Level 5 (Permanent). 4. Gun Skills Level 2 (Permanent). 5. Breakfast for tomorrow morning. 6. Your partner is seriously ill for three days.

No way!

Luo Tai couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the last item. He said to his watch, "You old thing, why do you always pick on Liu Yifei? Sigh..."

He shook his head helplessly. There was no choice but to draw, because if he didn't draw now, the same items would still be there next time. Luo Tai prayed and clicked to draw... "Beep, congratulations, you have drawn 'Your partner is seriously ill for three days.' 150 points of virtue deducted, 68 points remaining."

"Damn, I drew it again. Poor Yifei, just because she didn't go back?" Luo Tai said, quickly getting up and going to Liu Yifei's room. He knocked on the door, but there was no response. He wondered, "What kind of illness will it be..."

Luo Tai pressed his ear to the door and heard a faint moan from inside.

Damn, she probably can't even get out of bed. With that thought, Luo Tai used his strength and "bang" kicked open the door.

Inside, he saw Liu Yifei wearing a white, semi-transparent nightgown, lying weakly on the bed, too weak even to cover herself with a towel blanket.

Without a word, Luo Tai quickly walked to her side, covered her with the towel blanket, and touched her forehead, but found no fever.

"Yifei, Yifei..." Luo Tai gently called her name.

Liu Yifei's face was pale. She slowly opened her eyes, saw Luo Tai's blurry figure, and weakly said, "I... I suddenly... feel dizzy... dizzy and blurred... I have no strength... I feel... I'm going to die..."

Luo Tai gently held her hand and said, "No, you're just sick. I..." He wanted to say that he had drawn the prize, but seeing her condition, he held back. It was better not to upset her now.

"Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Luo Tai asked with concern.

"Take me... take me to... the hospital..." Liu Yifei said, then fainted.

Luo Tai quickly felt her nose and found her breathing very weak. The system said she would be seriously ill for three days, but in this state... what if she couldn't make it? This was no joke.

With that thought, Luo Tai didn't care about propriety. He quickly got Liu Yifei's undergarments and outer clothes, lifted the towel blanket, and took a deep breath, starting to dress her.

Luo Tai slowly removed Liu Yifei's nightgown...

Liu Yifei's body was completely exposed to him. Her high, firm breasts with two pink nipples, her skin as white as snow, her full, round buttocks, and a small patch of black...

Luo Tai's head buzzed. This was the triple-threat star Liu Yifei... He forcefully suppressed his urges, thinking of fighting scenes to distract himself.

He helped Liu Yifei put on her bra and underwear, then her outer clothes. Each touch sent a jolt through him. Sweat trickled down his forehead. Luo Tai felt this was more exhausting than a full set of free-fighting moves, but he didn't want to refuse...

Finally, he managed to dress Liu Yifei. He then picked her up, wrapped her in the towel blanket, and rushed out of the room to the hospital.

At the hospital, Liu Yifei was quickly taken to the emergency room. She underwent several tests, including blood draws and X-rays. However, the doctors couldn't determine her condition from the test results. All her vital signs were normal, no fever, no inflammation, and no organ abnormalities.

In the end, the doctors concluded that she might have a nutritional imbalance and excessive mental stress, causing a temporary fainting spell. The hospital gave Liu Yifei some nutritional supplements and intravenous fluids, mostly glucose and saline.

Luo Tai stayed by Liu Yifei's side, watching her receive the IV. After she finished, he took the medication and carried her back to the hotel. This ordeal lasted most of the night. Luo Tai sat by the now deeply sleeping Liu Yifei and shook his head. Frankly, Luo Tai felt that Liu Yifei seemed to owe him from a past life. First, he drew her here, then drew the spider to make her sick, and now he had drawn her to be seriously ill...

"If this world has reincarnation, we must have known each other in a past life, and you must have done something to wrong me..." Luo Tai said softly, sitting by Liu Yifei's bed.

He yawned and slowly lay down beside her, falling asleep...

The next morning, Liu Yifei slowly opened her eyes. She felt a bit better, not as close to death as last night, but still weak. She turned her head slightly and remembered that they had gone to the hospital last night, and Luo Tai had helped her change clothes. She was startled and instinctively touched her chest.

Slowly... slowly... Liu Yifei lowered her hand, her cheeks turning red.

"Bang!!" At that moment, Luo Tai woke up with a start. He quickly stood up, looked at the clock on the wall, and said to Liu Yifei, "Oh, the match is starting. I've left the money on the table. You'll have to take care of yourself for now."

Without waiting for Liu Yifei to respond, he ran out of the room like a whirlwind...

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