The Esports Big Shot Wants to Cuddle His New Teammate Every Day chapter 43

Chapter 43

As the main door opened, Xu Ziyan looked over and saw four figures walking in leisurely. In the front were a middle-aged man and woman decked out in gold and silver. Behind them were two young men. Although not obvious, Xu Ziyan could tell at a glance that they were Alphas.

And that middle-aged couple was a typical Male Alpha and Female Omega combination.

Xie Wei walked forward, a polite and distant smile surfacing on his face. “Cousin-Aunt, Cousin-Uncle-in-law, long time no see. Last time I heard Cousin-Uncle-in-law was hospitalized; is your health better now?”

Xie Linchun squinted at the eldest nephew in front of her. Not seen for a year, the already outstanding man had become even more eye-catching. From appearance and figure to conversation and etiquette, everything was superior to her two sons behind her.

And he was a top Alpha.

Speaking of this, Xie Linchun gritted her teeth in anger. Back then, she disliked this cousin-in-law very much. Not only was she an Alpha, but she was also particularly capable. Since she arrived, the entire Xie family industry had taken on a new look, even advancing further.

In her opinion, after getting married, whether Alpha or Beta, one should settle down and teach children at home. Instead of being successful in both business and love like Mother Xie, making Xie Linchun look completely useless in comparison.

Consequently, Xie Linchun found this cousin-in-law annoying everywhere, inevitably targeting her a lot when interacting.

Later, she gave birth to two sons, both Alphas, which finally let Xie Linchun hold her head high in front of Mother Xie for once. After all, unlike Omegas, the probability of Alphas giving birth was extremely small.

But immediately after, Mother Xie actually got pregnant too and gave birth to a top Alpha.

Needless to say, since Xie Wei was born, Xie Linchun could never lift her head in front of Mother Xie again.

If possible, she didn’t want to step over the Xie family’s threshold in this lifetime. But there was no way; the current master of the Xie family was Father Xie, and her current husband married into her family. The annual visit and New Year greeting were unavoidable social obligations.

Xie Linchun responded faintly, “Healed long ago.”

She then led her husband and two sons familiarly toward the living room.

She was pondering what lines to use to act politely with Mother Xie later, but unexpectedly, looking up, she saw that on the expensive leather sofa in the Xie family living room, besides the half-smiling Mother Xie, sat an Omega she had never seen before!

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Over the years, Xie Wei was outstanding, but he had never dated anyone, not even casually. His surroundings were clean, simply unlike a normal Alpha.

Xie Linchun often comforted herself with this, thinking maybe he had some unspeakable hidden ailment.

But at this moment, looking at the young and beautiful Omega on the sofa, she was somewhat dumbfounded.

“Oh, let me introduce you.” Mother Xie smiled calmly. “This is the partner Xiao Wei brought back, called Xu Ziyan.”

Feeling the tension in the air and reading the room, Xu Ziyan tentatively stood up. “Hello Cousin-Aunt, hello Cousin-Uncle-in-law.”

Xie Linchun barely maintained the smile on her face. “…Hello.”

Her face, however, was already as black as charcoal.

Xu Ziyan sat back on the sofa, finally knowing why Xie Wei instructed him earlier to go back to the room after eating.

He wanted to go back right now!

To the side, Xie Wei began discussing company affairs with the Cousin-Uncle-in-law and two cousins, while Mother Xie also started talking with Xie Linchun.

Xu Ziyan took out his phone to kill time aimlessly. Suddenly, he keenly sensed a gaze burning on him. He thought it was Xie Wei at first, but then thought it impossible, so he looked up strangely.

Only to find the one looking at him wasn’t anyone else but the younger of Xie Linchun’s two Alpha sons.

Being caught, he wasn’t awkward either, even nodding and smiling.

Xu Ziyan felt baffled but didn’t think much of it. He nodded back and continued looking down at his phone.

Not long after, Father Xie rushed back from the company. Compared to Mother Xie’s enthusiasm, he obviously had no interest in probing into his son’s marriage affairs, just asking a few casual questions and leaving it at that.

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It happened to be dinner time, so the group moved to the dining room.

Although Xu Ziyan received a lot of polite remarks, true or false, because of Xie Wei, he was a guest after all and didn’t say much throughout the meal.

It was Xie Wei who was cared for from head to toe. How are the team results? How is the operation? How much profit? How many assets increased this year? Which big deals were completed?

Followed by a change in tone, starting various boasts.

Xie Wei wasn’t as silent as Bai Chen in the team, but he wasn’t a chatterbox either. But now facing set after set of rhetoric, he handled the social interaction like a fish in water, silently blocking a lot of talk and alcohol for Xu Ziyan.

Xu Ziyan really couldn’t talk well, nor could he handle playing mind games with a group of people mixing two and a half lies in every three sentences, so he couldn’t help admiring Xie Wei even more.

The dishes on the table were dazzling and tasted great, but unfortunately, in such an atmosphere, Xu Ziyan really couldn’t eat much. Filling his stomach a bit, he put down his chopsticks.

Seeing Xie Wei chatting enthusiastically with others, he didn’t make a sound to say he wanted to leave first. Besides, this behavior wasn’t very polite and could easily leave a bad impression. Xu Ziyan just thought about it in his heart and didn’t really intend to do it.

Unexpectedly, one second Xie Wei was talking to the Cousin-Uncle-in-law about the newly signed entertainment company, and the next second he turned around, smilingly squeezing his wrist. “Done eating?”

Xu Ziyan widened his eyes slightly, not expecting Xie Wei to care about his every move amidst his busy schedule. “…Done.”

“Then go to my room to rest first.” Xie Wei’s smile at this moment was much more real and gentle than when socializing just now. “The room on the furthest left upstairs.”

“So attentive.” Xie Linchun raised an eyebrow, her smiling tone sounding somewhat sarcastic. “Just started dating not long ago, right?”

Holding Xu Ziyan, Xie Wei smiled and avoided this question, only saying, “He hasn’t rested well these past few days and is tired now, so I’ll let him go up to sleep for a while.”

Xie Linchun hmphed lightly and didn’t say anything more.

Facing the gaze of a table full of people, Xu Ziyan left the dining room almost as if fleeing.

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Walking up the stairs, the noisy conversation was already a good distance away. Only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief, feeling much more relaxed.

His phone vibrated. Taking it out to look, it was a message from Xie Wei.

[Xie Wei: Computer is in the inner study. Password: xxxxx. Play whatever you want.]

After finding Xie Wei’s room and pushing the door open, Xu Ziyan finally understood what “inner room” meant.

Upon entering, the first thing he saw was a spacious and bright living room with sofas and coffee tables, all kinds of furniture available. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, one could see the lush pine and cypress trees in the courtyard outside.

Past the entryway were the kitchen, bathroom, two restrooms, one bedroom, a study, and a storage room. It could be said that this place was completely an independent apartment.

…This room was really a bit big.

Curious, Xu Ziyan walked around the room, looked at all the photos on the cabinet, then sat on the sofa to continue playing on his phone.

He intended to be polite, but scrolling through his phone alone was truly too boring. After a while, he got up and went to the study.

According to the password in the message, Xu Ziyan turned on the computer. While waiting for The Resistance client to update, he gently tapped the keyboard in front of him twice.

He was used to the softer red switches, but Xie Wei liked black switches with strong tactile feedback, requiring more force to press, making louder sounds, and feeling powerful.

Next to the computer screen sat a light-colored photo frame containing a fluffy, chubby little kitten… Was it Xie Wei’s cat?

Xu Ziyan extended a finger and poked the little kitten’s pink nose.

After a while, the game finished updating. Probably due to game settings, after clicking open the interface, it automatically logged into Xie Wei’s account.

The ID Shining flashed with light gold in the personal messages in the top left corner—this was the symbol of being number one on the real-time ladder leaderboard.

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Looking at the familiar game interface in front of him, Xu Ziyan suddenly became flustered.

What he should do now was politely log out.

But looking at the shining ID in front of him, Xu Ziyan couldn’t look away for a moment. As if possessed, he held the mouse and slowly moved it to the “History” button.

This was one of the unique features of The Resistance. It saved all game records and chat logs of the account within five years and automatically organized a data summary, such as: In year XX, you crit XXX times in total, crit rate XX%. In year XX, your most frequent party friend was XXXX, total play time XXX hours.

These data were considered personal privacy, so only the account owner could view them. It was also convenient for some old players to recall the past.

Just as Xu Ziyan was about to click on it, the friend list suddenly beeped with chat messages.

[Seamy: ???]

[Seamy: Captain, why are you online so early?]

Xu Ziyan woke up as if from a dream. Thinking that he actually wanted to secretly look at Xie Wei’s chat and game records just now to probe Xie Wei’s past and present interpersonal relationships, a wave of shame surged in his heart. He hurriedly and clumsily logged out of the account.

He re-logged into his own account, clicked the queue button, and propped his arm up to rub the center of his brows.

It was mealtime, and his rank was high, so he couldn’t find a match immediately. Just as Xu Ziyan wanted to find something else to kill time, he heard two beeps; the chat in the friend list rang again.

It was Shen Xiao again.

[Seamy: Hey—coincidence, coincidence. Captain just came online for a bit. I messaged him, he didn’t reply, and inexplicably went offline again. Immediately after, you came online.]

Xu Ziyan’s heart tightened: Shen Xiao didn’t figure something out, did he?

Before this thought could surface fully, he saw Shen Xiao say again:

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[Seamy: Thus it can be seen, you and the Captain are indeed a match made in heaven. Even the timing of going online and offline is so tacit.]

[Seamy: So, duo queue? I can’t stand those wild Medics anymore.]

Usually, Xu Ziyan had a headache over Shen Xiao’s missing-a-screw manner, but now he felt his silly energy was exceptionally cute. So even his attitude toward him became pleasant.

[Ice: Sure, invite me.]