Ch43 - They went on a date.

Edited by kat

Before the start of the second squad match, Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei were very worried about being stuffed with another mouthful of dog food.

However, after the match actually started, Mo Chen commanded normally, and Wen Xi cooperated normally. There was no unnecessary communication between them.

Although Mo Chen often said “Wen Xi and I” during the match, it was true that Wen Xi was really the only one that could completely keep up with his attack pace. If they said he was randomly scattering dog food because of this, then they would truly be wronging him.

The second squad match was undoubtedly another victory for CLM.

Their total points were nearly twice as high as the second place’s points, and there was no suspense over who was going to win the title of champion.

After the game, for some reason, both Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei were at a loss. They couldn’t help feeling that that had “clearly finished playing the game, but they didn’t experience something very important.”

Their gazes met after they left the game, and seeing the bewilderment in each other’s eyes, they decided to talk.

Ling Shuyi asked, “Why didn’t they scatter dog food again?”

Chen Wei explained, “Yes! That’s just it! That is exactly what I’m curious about! They scattered dog food everywhere for a whole match, but during the second match, they didn’t scatter any. They’ve caused me to be unable to relax!”

When they weren’t prepared, they were stuffed with dog food until they thought they wouldn’t survive.

However, when they were fully prepared for the attack of dog food, it suddenly never appeared.

This kind of feeling of loss was like preparing a seasoning bag after craving instant noodles, only to discover that there were no noodles. It was especially sad and mournful!

“I really don’t understand.” Ling Shuyi was completely baffled. “If we say that the captain treats Wen Xi differently ba, then it’s true that he really does treat him differently. However, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with interpreting this ‘really different’ as him just ‘loving talented people‘?”

He took special care of him because he loved talented people.

He kept doting on him because he cherished talented people.

The first “scattering of dog food” was to ease Wen Xi’s tense mood by talking, allowing him to play better. The reason Mo Chen hadn’t scattered any in the second match was that Wen Xi had adapted to the competition’s rhythm, and there was no need for unnecessary dialogue.

——Nothing seemed to be wrong with this interpretation.

After listening to Ling Shuyi speak, Chen Wei also doubted his own previous judgment.

Originally, he had firmly believed that the captain must be interested in Wen Xi, but now, he wasn’t sure what kind of “interest” he held.

Was it “like,” or was it just “loving talent”?

It couldn’t just be simple appreciation ba.

Chen Wei wondered whether he should set up a trap in order to feel out the captain and Wen Xi’s responses, and see what they were actually thinking.

However, when he and Ling Shuyi had come back from the bathroom, they found that the captain and Wen Xi were both gone!

“Yi? Where’s the captain? And Wen Xi, where are they?” Chen Wei didn’t see them anywhere, so he could only ask Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao shrugged and replied, “They went on a date.”

Chen Wei: ???

Seeing Chen Wei’s reaction, Lan Yan couldn’t help laughing from the side, before saying, “Don’t listen to him speak nonsense. Mo Chen is just taking Wen Xi to stroll around. We said these two days were for the competition, but in fact, we came to have fun. It’s not like we can train, so let’s have fun and also go on a stroll.”

Chen Wei curled his lower lip and said, “Obviously we could have all taken a stroll together, but they just wanted a two person world…”

Ling Shuyi also raised his hand to touch his chin and pondered, “Suddenly, I feel that they are real again.”

Lan Yan helplessly touched Ling Shuyi’s head, and patted Chen Wei’s back. “Alright, let’s go ba.”

His actions were very gentle. Although Ling Shuyi hated being touched on his head, he didn’t resent being touched at all by Lan Yan, and he let out an obedient “en.”

Chen Wei was still a little reluctant since he had already thought of how to trick the captain and Wen Xi into talking… However, he remembered that they were all in the same club anyway. All he had to do was lift or lower his head and he would be able to see them, so it didn’t matter whether he asked now or later.

So, he went on a stroll and shopped with everyone happily.

*

On the other side, Mo Chen and Wen Xi were walking next to each other on the street, passing by numerous small shops. Whenever Wen Xi’s gaze stopped on one for more than two seconds, Mo Chen would stop and ask him, “Should we go in and have a look?”

For some of them, Wen Xi just wanted to glance in, so he said, “No.” There were others that he was really interested in, and so unable to restrain his curiosity, they would go in to stroll around a bit, withMo Chen accompanying him around.

Wen Xi had seldom wandered around in such an aimless way before, and he was now even being accompanied by someone. He was a little unaccustomed to it, but inexplicably, he was enjoying himself a bit.

He wanted to talk to Mo Chen more, but didn’t know what to talk about, so he casually asked, “Why didn’t you go on a stroll with your teammates and coach?”

“They may not have the patience.” Mo Chen responded.

Wen Xi asked, “But you didn’t even ask them eh?”

Mo Chen replied, “I don’t have to ask to know.”

Wen Xi thought for a moment. That made sense. Mo Chen had known that group of people for a longer time than he had, so he must know them very well.

——He couldn’t have imagined that that group of people was currently strolling around on another street.

“What do you want to buy?” Mo Chen suddenly asked.

Wen Xi looked around, but didn’t respond.

They had entered a small scarf shop that had all kinds of scarves displayed.

At the moment, a saleswoman was showing a scarf to a customer. What looked like an ordinary scarf was flipping and flying in her hands, and it turned from a shawl to a hood. One second it was wide, while in the next it became narrow, just like a magic trick.

Wen Xi couldn’t help but stare at it in a daze. This was the first time he had realized that scarves could create this many looks.

Before he could react, he suddenly felt an itch on his neck, causing him to shrink back instinctively.

He reflexively turned to look, and saw Mo Chen holding a scarf in both hands, placing it around his neck.

Wen Xi was stunned for a moment. He discovered that the scarf that Mo Chen was wrapping around his neck was the one the shop assistant was showing off. However, he obviously didn’t understand how the shop assistant had arranged it, and as a result, the scarf became very wide in his hands. It blocked Wen Xi’s view, so that he could only meet his gaze.

Wen Xi froze and looked at Mo Chen. Mo Chen also froze for a while, but couldn’t help laughing and saying, “Wait, I’ll help you adjust it.”

After he spoke, he let go of the ends of the scarf and allowed them to fall onto Wen Xi’s chest, hanging down from around his neck. Then, he began to gently help him adjust it.

At this time, the saleswoman had just finished showing off her scarf and looked over at the pair, but she suddenly fell into a daze when she saw this scene.

Originally, she should have come forward to guide the two people on how to wrap the scarf, but she was actually reluctant to break the atmosphere between the two of them.

Mo Chen’s gaze was focused seriously on Wen Xi’s scarf, while Wen Xi’s gaze had fallen on Mo Chen’s face, and he had unconsciously become a little absentminded.

The former was too serious, and the latter was too distracted.

The saleswoman stepped back unconsciously, as though scared to disturb them. She almost instinctively lowered her voice as she showed the scarf to other customers.

However, Mo Chen quickly chose to give up and say, “It’s too large and difficult to arrange. Let’s change to a different one ba.”

Wen Xi came back to his senses and laughed, agreeing, “En, let’s change to a different one ba.”

Originally, Wen Xi actually had no intention of buying a scarf. After all, the temperature wasn’t cold enough to need to wear a scarf.

However, he didn’t know why, but after having been tossed around by Mo Chen like this, he inexplicably bought a scarf. In the end, Mo Chen was even the one who had even paid for it.

The fluffy scarf around Wen Xi’s neck made him look more like some kind of animal, and Mo Chen couldn’t help laughing. He then reached out and rubbed Wen Xi’s scarf, giving the illusion that he was rubbing Wen Xi’s fur.

Wen Xi raised his face in protest, but he didn’t actually resent Mo Chen for rubbing his fur… Pei, rubbing his scarf.

He felt that Mo Chen was being excessively good to him, so on the way back to the hotel, after thinking about it repeatedly, he couldn’t resist and asked, “Are you good to me just because I play well?”

Mo Chen froze for a moment, and didn’t respond immediately.

When Wen Xi had asked this question, he hadn’t thought too much about it. However, after asking it, he tried to speculate Mo Chen’s answer, and suddenly he became a bit nervous.

If Mo Chen answered “Yes,” then he would definitely be disappointed ba…. But what if Mo Chen answered, “No”? How should he react then?

However, Mo Chen’s answer still wasn’t within Wen Xi’s expectations.

“It’s because of a lot of different reasons that I can’t clearly explain,” he said.

Wen Xi blinked. He was very curious about what these reasons were, but he didn’t know how to ask. After all, Mo Chen himself had even said he couldn’t explain clearly….

In the end, it was almost the same as if he hadn’t asked the question. Yet after knowing that Mo Chen wasn’t good to him purely because he played well, Wen Xi was still a little happy.

When they returned to the hotel, they found that everyone was discussing something in the lobby.

The manager Liu Weizhe had helped them book a suite. There were six large rooms on the first floor, with both private and public spaces. It was very easy to either drop by for a visit or hold a meeting.

“What are you guys chatting about?” Mo Chen took one look at the crowd’s stance and guessed that they were not just chatting, so he went over and asked.

Everyone looked at him, before turning to Lan Yan, signaling for him to say it himself.

Lan Yan paused for a moment and laughed helplessly. He then summoned up the courage to look at Mo Chen and say, “Regarding tomorrow’s solo competition, you play for me ba.”

Mo Chen calmly looked at him. He didn’t have a surprised expression, and he seemed to have expected this. “Preparing to transfer?”

“Indeed, I can’t hide it from you,” Lan Yan smiled faintly and said, “I have already decided, and have also contacted them.” After a pause, he sighed emotionally before continuing, “But when I think of how I’m truly leaving CLM, my mood is still pretty complicated. I need time to adjust, and I’m afraid that it will affect my performance in tomorrow’s game…”

“Okay, I understand,” Mo Chen interrupted him and calmly said, “I’ll play for you tomorrow.”

Lan Yan was silent for a moment, before asking, “You’re not going to ask me which team I’m going to?”

“No need,” Mo Chen replied, “We’ll know once we meet during the competition.”

“That’s true,” Lan Yan said, and couldn’t help chuckling.

Mo Chen was always like this, exceedingly rational, even during times when you shouldn’t be so rational.

No, maybe he was just too emotional.

Did he really want Mo Chen to know which team he was transferring to? No, he had just wanted to see Mo Chen’s concern for him.

Even though he clearly knew that Mo Chen wouldn’t let his concern show on his face, even if he was truly concerned about someone.

Thinking until this point, Lan Yan turned his head, and his gaze fell on Wen Xi for a bit. He looked at the scarf around his neck, and was absent minded for a bit.

——It seemed like Wen Xi was very special to Mo Chen.

Next, Lan Yan discussed the termination of his contract with CLM and other similar matters with Mo Chen. From start to finish, Wen Xi just sat on the side obediently, without saying a word.

Chen Wei sat down beside him with a glass of water in each hand, and handed him one.

“Uh, thank you.” Wen Xi paused for a second before taking the water, and then turned his head to meet Chen Wei’s gaze.

“Don’t overthink it sha.” Chen Wei smiled at him. “It’s normal for e-sports players to transfer or retire…Yi? Did the captain buy you this scarf?”

He jumped to another subject so quickly that Wen Xi nearly didn’t react. “….Yes.”

To be exact, he was the one who wanted to buy it, but Mo Chen had rushed to pay for it… Since it was Mo Chen who paid, then it was pretty much the same as Mo Chen helping him buy it ba.

When Wen Xi thought about it, it seemed that whenever he spent time with Mo Chen, it was always Mo Chen spending money, and he had never spent even half a cent.

Chen Wei clicked his tongue twice. “Captain treats you pretty well ah~”

“En.” Wen Xi didn’t deny it, because it was a fact.

Chen Wei asked, “So, if the captain and your mom fell into the water at the same time, who would you rescue first?”

Wen Xi: ???

Wait, why did this corny problem suddenly appear at this time?! It caught him so off guard!

He continued to complain, but Wen Xi still seriously considered this problem, only to find that he actually couldn’t answer it?

Chen Wei saw his silence and concluded on the spot, “You’re hesitating! That means that the captain is as important as your mom in your heart! Can this count as decisive evidence?!”

“No…” Wen Xi felt that his conclusion was too hasty. “They’re both human lives ah. Of course I have to save both of them…”

Chen Wei asked, “Then if I fell into the water with your mom, who would you save first?”

Wen Xi answered, “My mom.”

Chen Wei continued, “Then if the captain and I fell into the water?”

Wen Xi answered, “The captain.”

Chen Wei concluded, “And if the captain and your mom fell into the water at the same time?”

Wen Xi: “….”

In fact, the others had noticed their conversation while they were talking.

Lan Yan and Mo Chen were still talking “business”, but Ling Shuyi and Chen Xiao had both also turned their attention to them.

However, when Chen Wei asked that question, Mo Chen’s voice stopped—His eyes were still looking at Lan Yan, but his ears had perked up, listening to who knew what.

In other words, everyone present, including Mo Chen, had either seen or heard Wen Xi’s answers and reactions to Chen Wei’s last three questions.

Mo Chen started chuckling on the spot, while Chen Wei looked at Wen Xi with a kind of “alright, no need to struggle anymore” expression.

Wen Xi’s face quickly turned red—Sure enough, it was a bit too warm to wear a scarf indoors ah…

He used a hand to pull at the scarf around his neck, unable to answer Chen Wei’s previous question. He could only pretend not to have heard it.

He didn’t suddenly realize that he liked Mo Chen just because of a question, because he was the one most clear about his feelings—Even without this question, Wen Xi had long ago realized that his feelings for Mo Chen were different from his feelings towards others.

He admired, trusted, and even relied a bit on Mo Chen.

In the entire CLM, he was the happiest and most relaxed when he was alone with Mo Chen. He hated that he couldn’t stick to Mo Chen all day long—He had already realized all of this.

He just didn’t know how to express it, when to express it, or even whether he should express it.

But Chen Wei seemed to have given him such a chance?

Wen Xi turned his head to look at Mo Chen and feel him out. He saw that although Mo Chen wasn’t looking at himself, his lips were raised.

He didn’t know why, but seeing him smile, Wen Xi also couldn’t help but want to smile as well, and the corner of his lip rose. Then, when he looked back at Chen Wei, he deliberately asked, “Then if I fell into the water at the same time as the captain, who would you save first?”

Chen Wei: “….”

It was over.

If the captain and the captain’s wife fell into the water at the same time, who would he save first?

Why don’t you just ask him who he has the courage to not save?!

Chen Wei and Wen Xi looked at each other for a while. In the midst of Chen Wei’s despair, a trace of clarity gradually emerged in his eyes—It turned out that Wen Xi was like this.

He had thought Wen Xi was a little lamb, but he had never expected that another wolf was hidden under his fur!

That made sense. How could the captain, such a noble and cool wolf, take a fancy to another species….

Wen Xi turned the tables beautifully, but he stopped before going too far and stood up from the sofa, saying, “You guys can keep talking. I’m a little sleepy, so I’m going to go sleep for a bit.”

He said this while looking at Chen Wei, but not waiting for Chen Wei to respond, Mo Chen took the lead in replying, “Okay, go to sleep. I’ll call you at dinner.”

“En.” Wen Xi looked at Mo Chen and smiled lightly, and then he really went back to his room.

Chen Wei had managed to escape from answering that question, but was caught off guard and stuffed with a mouthful of dog food. His mood was rather complicated.

Ling Shuyi sat down beside him and whispered, “Your question wasn’t bad ah. Do you want to repeat it to the captain?”

Chen Wei rolled his eyes. “If you have the courage, then you can go.”

Either way, he didn’t dare.

Lan Yan and Mo Chen had resolved his contract’s termination before dinner.

When they were getting ready to head out for dinner, Mo Chen went into Wen Xi’s room to have a look. Seeing that he was really asleep, he didn’t have the heart to wake him up. Instead, after having dinner outside with the others, he packed up some food to take back.

In the evening, Mo Chen also let Wen Xi wash first.

Their rooms were separated by a bathroom, with both rooms connected to that bathroom.

Fortunately, before using the bathroom, both of them had carefully studied the overall layout of the two rooms and one bathroom. When using the bathroom, they locked all the doors that should be locked, so they didn’t embarrass themselves.

That was completely not the case on the other side.

“Fuck! You scared me!”

“Fuck! It was you who scared me!”

Those were the voices of Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei. It was obvious that while one person was using the bathroom, the other person didn’t know and opened the door from the other room, giving both of them a scare.

However, they were both men, so they didn’t pay much attention to these matters. Moreover, even if they were embarrassed for a bit, they wouldn’t take it to heart, so…they didn’t remember.

A few minutes later:

“What the hell!”

“I should be saying that to you ah!”

“How is it you again!”

Wen Xi, who had finished taking a bath and was lying in bed while playing with his cellphone, nearly laughed himself to death listening to these two people.

*

The Ice Cream Cup lasted for a total of two days. The competition’s schedule for the next day was the same as that of the first day, with two solo matches in the morning and two squad matches in the afternoon.

However, during the next morning’s solo match, CLM changed its roster!

Knowing that Mac was going to play in the solo competition, almost all the players who were taking part in the solo match were given a fright.

Internally: They had come to enjoy the game, not to be abused into seclusion ah!

As if he read their minds, Commentator Xiao Bu couldn’t help complaining, “Other teams send out relatively strong players in the earlier stage, and once their points are stable, they give a chance to the new people. How is it the reverse with CLM? At the beginning, they didn’t send out Mac. Now that their total points are so much further ahead of other teams, they decide to send him out!”

“Hahaha, it’s really peculiar!” Magic Xi replied, “But I’m a little curious about who’s better, Mac or Wency!”

——In fact, she wanted to see Wen Xi abuse Mac!

However, these words reminded Xiao Bu, “Maybe Mac’s hands got itchy after watching Wency’s game, and he wants to compete against him?” He paused, before continuing, “No matter the reason, the number one sharpshooter god and the archer assassin are playing in the same game. The next match will definitely be very exciting ba! Let’s all wait and see!”

With his words, the audience’s cheers rose one after another. They were obviously curious about who was stronger between Mo Chen and Wen Xi

If one said that most of the spectators who came to watch the game yesterday were e-sports fans, most of them today were CLM fans who had rushed over. Therefore, when CLM was mentioned by the commentators, the reaction of the audience was much more enthusiastic than yesterday’s, giving the Ice Cream Cup a more competition-like atmosphere.

Chen Xiao and Lan Yan sat under the stage. They knew that today’s game would have no suspense, but they still paid close attention to the image on the big screen.

“A-Chen won’t take it easy on them ba?” Chen Xiao suddenly asked this question, still looking straight ahead. He was very worried that at the end of the game, Mo Chen wouldn’t be able to bear to strike Wen Xi, and would use a grenade on himself on the spot. He didn’t know what the audience would think.

Lan Yan was silent for a moment before replying, “If it was just him taking it easy on them, then it would actually be okay…”

Chen Xiao asked, “Huh?”

While they were talking, the game began, and everyone boarded the plane.

As usual, Wen Xi opened the map at the first possible moment and found that the second area the plane would pass was the city area. He immediately decided to jump there.

He guessed that Mo Chen would also jump there. For some reason, Wen Xi wasn’t nervous at the thought that he might meet Mo Chen there, and instead was looking forward to it a bit.

Soon, the plane entered the sky above the city area. Wen Xi resolutely pressed the F key and jumped off the plane. Then he quickly spun his point of view—There were a full four teams who jumped after him, more than 16 people!

Adding on some other scattered people, at least 20 people had jumped into the city, accounting for a quarter of the total players!

After Wen Xi opened his parachute, he turned his camera angle again. The sky was full of black parachutes, and looked quite spectacular.

He let himself fall onto the roof of a building. As soon as he landed, he equipped his bow and shot out an arrow, steadily achieving a headshot!

Before the competition started, the players would enter the queuing map. In the queuing map, players wouldn’t lose health, but could still attack.

Wen Xi would always shoot arrows at all kinds of things in the queueing map in order to adjust his hands to their best possible state.

Thus, when the game began, he pretty much never missed.

Seeing that he had landed first, some of the players floating around him shivered.

However, Wen Xi wouldn’t be soft on them because of that!

[System] You knocked down XG-Turbo with a headshot with a bow.

Professional level players were all fully equipped with level three helmets, so killing someone with a single arrow was a bit difficult.

After Wen Xi shot the arrow, he quickly switched his weapon to his sniper rifle, wanting to finish him off with a shot to the head. When he fired, he found that it had overlapped with another gun, that was almost 0.1 seconds faster than his shot.

[System] CLM-Mac killed XG-Turbo with a sniper rifle.

It was Mo Chen!

When he saw his ID, Wen Xi’s blood instantly boiled. He wasn’t sure whether it was because he was glad he had met his captain, or because his fighting spirit had been ignited by his kill being stolen.

He decisively changed his sniper rifle’s target.

[CLM-Wency killed XG-DDW with a headshot with a sniper rifle.]

[CLM-Mac killed FFF-Hana with a headshot with a sniper rifle.]

[CLM-Wency killed FFF-nola with a headshot with a bow.]

The game had just started less than 10 minutes ago, but the number of people displayed in the upper right corner of the screen had already begun to decrease rapidly. The kill prompts containing the two people’s IDs were crazily popping up on the screen, as though they were competing with each other.

Chen Xiao coughed and said, “I take back saying that A-Chen would go easy on him.”

Lan Yan said, “No, you’re right. A-Chen might actually go easy on them, but if he does, it would be to Wen Xi alone.”

They would have to make it to the match’s final circle to see how the two of them would fight.

—

Juurensha: I think Wen Xi doesn’t want Mo Chen to take it easy on him, so I doubt Mo Chen will here. Also hahahaha Chen Wei just running around trying to figure out if they’re a couple or not.

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