Chapter 39
The weather was very good.
Xu Ziyan woke from his dream feeling light all over, completely without the exhaustion and weakness usually felt after a heat cycle.
This was only natural.
After all, the person who helped him through his heat and gave him the mark was a top Alpha.
Xu Ziyan had completely regained his rationality by now. The various events of last night returned to his mind. Lying on the bed, looking at the bright sunlight nearby, he smiled and thought: Well, I’m completely screwed now.
He had painstakingly upgraded from a “shallow Omega selling his body for glory” to a “teammate held in good regard.” Now, in one morning, he was back to square one. In Xie Wei’s heart, he had probably returned to his original position.
Why couldn’t he hold back?
How did he lose his head at that moment?
Just as Xu Ziyan was deeply reflecting on himself, a few noises came from the bathroom. He jolted, eyes widening, just in time to see Xie Wei coming out.
Because the heating was on in the room, the man was only wearing a shirt and black trousers. His hair was a bit messy, much more casual than usual.
Seeing him awake, Xie Wei walked up, knelt on one knee on the bed, and tested the temperature of Xu Ziyan’s forehead with his palm. “Feeling better?”
Xu Ziyan said in a daze, “Much, much better.”
“Mm.”
Xu Ziyan had imagined the ending he would face after waking up—nothing more than anger or cold treatment. He didn’t expect Xie Wei to be so peaceful and even care about him.
His gaze unconsciously circled the room, trying to find a topic to probe Xie Wei’s attitude further. Before he could come up with anything, he heard Xie Wei say unhurriedly, “You said you liked me before. Has your mind changed now?”
Hearing this, Xu Ziyan couldn’t care about thinking of anything else and hurriedly said, “Of course it hasn’t changed!”
Xie Wei looked at his anxious expression and smiled gently. “Then… let’s try being together.”
Xu Ziyan was stunned. His brain didn’t process these words for a moment, and he froze in place blankly. “Wh-what?”
Xie Wei said, “What, you don’t want to?”
How could he not want to?
The person in front of him was the one he had liked and followed for a long time.
But Xie Wei’s sudden change in attitude made Xu Ziyan confused and unable to make heads or tails of it. His intuition told him it was because his actions yesterday led Xie Wei to mark him, and Xie Wei agreed to be with him to compensate.
In Xu Ziyan’s heart, he had indeed put in a lot of effort to approach and pursue Xie Wei, but he did it willingly. He did those things because he was happy to do them.
If this put the person he liked in a difficult spot…
He bit his lip. Before he could speak, Xie Wei patted his head first. “Are you going to apologize to me again? I don’t see you being so heavy-hearted in other areas. You even wanted to compete while in heat… Don’t think too much. I indeed don’t understand these things very well, but I am an adult and naturally can take responsibility for what I say.”
After Xie Wei finished, he smiled again. “Get up quickly. The car is downstairs. We have to catch a plane. If you’re tired, catch up on sleep on the way.”
Hearing about the match, Xu Ziyan didn’t say more and hurriedly got up to wash and change.
Bringing his peripherals and getting in the car, the driver had already made a run to the airport to drop off the other team members and coaches, and now he had run back to pick them up. Probably having been instructed beforehand, he was all smiles and didn’t say anything unnecessary.
On the way, Xu Ziyan looked at the busy traffic outside the car window. Suddenly, through the window’s reflection, he saw Xie Wei sitting beside him with a cold expression, looking down at his phone but not moving for a long time.
Starting today, Xie Wei was his boyfriend, rightfully and officially his Alpha.
But Xu Ziyan inexplicably felt that he was even further away from Xie Wei.
Perhaps because of the intimate relationship from the marking, Xie Wei keenly perceived the unease of the young man beside him. He put down his phone and calmly held Xu Ziyan’s hand.
He whispered, “Still not feeling well?”
Xu Ziyan snapped back and shook his head. “Just… thinking about the match.”
Xie Wei curved his lips, the pad of his index finger gently rubbing Xu Ziyan’s jaw. “I’m here. It’ll be fine.”
The two arrived at the competition venue on time. After this incident, the others in the team more or less knew about the relationship between Xu Ziyan and Xie Wei.
Bai Chen was fine, but Shen Xiao almost dropped his jaw in shock. He was in a trance the whole time, and even his targeting of Secret during the match decreased a lot. His gameplay actually appeared much more steady and mature.
He didn’t chase Li Huanbin around shouting and screaming, which Li Huanbin also found very strange, suspecting he had some new bad idea, so Li Huanbin played much more conservatively on offense.
The bullet comments were muttering, wondering if Seamy had changed his nature. But a portion of Shen Xiao’s “mom fans” felt gratified, blowing Shen Xiao up to the heavens in major forums, wiping tears and saying Seamy finally understood how to control personal emotions and play psychological tactics.
TWG defeated WOF two-to-one, handing in a satisfactory answer sheet for the final match of the year.
While outside, Shen Xiao could still restrain himself, but as soon as they returned to the base, he couldn’t help but start making a fuss. “Ice, you, you, you—”
Xu Ziyan sat in the chair, waiting very patiently for him to finish “you”-ing.
Shen Xiao said, “You actually? Actually with the Captain? When did this happen? No, the most key thing is, how did you do it? My god, they say experts hide their light, and it’s true indeed. Come, come, come, tell Brother, how did you get the Captain?”
How was Xu Ziyan supposed to answer this?
He could only give an awkward yet polite smile.
Xie Wei walked into the lounge afterward. Seeing this, he stepped forward, grabbed Shen Xiao’s collar, and dragged him back, saying indifferently, “He didn’t pursue me; I pursued him.”
Xu Ziyan’s heart moved, and he looked at Xie Wei blankly.
Shen Xiao’s attention was indeed diverted. “Captain Xie, so you are the one who hides your light!”
Then he asked, “Then you guys were pretty much together when Ice joined the team, right? Why did you never mention it?”
Xie Wei said, “The timing wasn’t right back then.”
Although Shen Xiao had low EQ, his brain wasn’t useless. After thinking about it, he figured it out and laughed. “Indeed not very suitable.”
After a while, Yu Guangzhou came in to notify them of the replay meeting, and everyone moved to the meeting room.
Xie Wei had always walked at the very front, but today he fell a step behind, staying at the tail of the group with Xu Ziyan.
Seeing the people in front were some distance away, he whispered, “Just now…”
Xu Ziyan raised his head.
Xie Wei said, “Just now Shen Xiao asked, so I took the liberty to answer. If anyone asks in the future, just go along with it. It saves explaining so much.”
Xu Ziyan felt warmth in his heart, knowing Xie Wei was being considerate of him.
If he had pursued Xie Wei, considering his “rapid rise” within TWG, it would be inevitable for people to speculate about his intentions.
But if the situation were reversed, at most Xie Wei would get some gossip, while Xu Ziyan could stay out of it.
He nodded obediently. Xie Wei hooked his lips and patted his head.
After the replay meeting, TWG First String officially entered the off-season. There were still a few matches left in the league, but they could relax ahead of time.
Shen Xiao flipped through the schedule and suddenly remembered something. “Speaking of which, our Second String still has one match left, right? Seems to be tomorrow. Bai Chen, want to go watch together?”
Bai Chen was indifferent and said casually, “Whatever.”
“Alright! I’ll go ask Coach Lu for tickets.” Shen Xiao grinned. “Our team’s internal tickets are all VIP seats. Are Captain and Ice coming?”
They had nothing to do, but Xie Wei did. There were many things at the end of the year. Besides various matters in the base, he had to make a trip to the company these few days, so he waved his hand. “No time tomorrow. You guys go.”
“Okay. Ice?”
Xu Ziyan indeed had something to ask Bai Ke, and it just so happened he hadn’t seen the Second String members for a long time, so he nodded. “I’ll go.”
The next day, the three took a car to the Second String’s competition venue.
TWG Second String’s results were quite decent. After all, having changed to new members and adjusted for a period, getting the current points was already quite good.
It was just unknown what the situation would be like after KK left.
The opponent in the last match wasn’t particularly strong, plus the random map was quite favorable—a Sniper’s dream map. KK’s sniping was even better than before; one shot, one kill. TWG Second String won easily.
As soon as the match ended, Shen Xiao, relying on his social butterfly nature and thick skin, directly took Bai Chen and Xu Ziyan backstage to say hello, even inciting everyone to have a meal together.
The Second String members were quite happy to see them. Lu Donglou, seeing the young people having fun together—and since the holidays followed immediately with no matches—relented and agreed.
Bai Ke, however, looked thoughtful upon seeing Xu Ziyan.
Later at the dinner, Xu Ziyan left first to get some air. Without even needing to contact him, Bai Ke followed him out, acting as if he observed nothing.
The wind on the terrace was cool. Bai Ke wrapped his down jacket tighter around himself and complained unhappily, “Sigh, you found me, so be it, but you had to pick such a place.”
He glanced at Xu Ziyan again. “Speak. What is it that couldn’t be said on Line that you had to come meet me specifically? It can’t be because you missed me.”
Xu Ziyan laughed. “It really is because I missed you.”
Bai Ke showed an expression that said he didn’t believe a single word.
Xu Ziyan said, “KK, you are very familiar with Captain Xie. So… have you heard about his past, uh, emotional matters?”
Asking a friend about his own boyfriend’s matters, Xu Ziyan also felt a bit awkward and couldn’t help touching his nose.
Bai Ke raised his eyebrows in surprise and thought carefully. “Really none. Captain Xie is truly a model of integrity and clean living. Why?”
Xu Ziyan sighed and said, “I’m together with Captain Xie.”
Bai Ke looked like he expected it. “Congrats, congrats.” Then he said warily, “You didn’t come to show off to me, did you?”
Xu Ziyan was speechless. “Do I look like such a boring person?” He paused, scratching his hair in annoyance. “He agreed to me, but… I always feel he is just forcing himself.”
Even though he said let’s try being together, Xu Ziyan felt the distance between him and Xie Wei was even further than before.
He indeed liked Xie Wei, but what he hoped for more was that Xie Wei was with him because he liked him, not because of so-called responsibility or guilt.
Forced affection had no meaning.
Bai Ke understood his meaning. rubbing his chin, he said thoughtfully, “There is one thing that might be related.”
Xu Ziyan asked, “What?”
Bai Ke said, “It’s about Captain Xie’s parents.”
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