【Orange × Nan Xi】 Don’t Waste Your Time On Me
Because of this confession, Nan Xi didn’t even take the same car back with him.
Orange felt a bit annoyed with himself, wondering if he was too impulsive, causing Nan Xi to not be able to process it, and thus rejecting him.
Just as he was repeatedly agonizing over what he should do next, his phone suddenly vibrated.
He looked at it; it was a money transfer sent to him by Nan Xi.
It would definitely be a lie to say Orange wasn’t upset. Even if Nan Xi didn’t agree to his confession, to settle the accounts so clearly with him felt like drawing a clear boundary.
However, Orange didn’t intend to give up. With so many couples in the world, not all of them succeeded in their confessions the first time.
Moreover, Orange felt that he and Nan Xi were considered relatively familiar. Nan Xi’s personality was originally not as outgoing as his own, so it was normal to be a bit bashful. He was also older than him, so he should take care of his emotions even more.
If one strike didn’t hit, he could still let it flow like a long, steady stream.
Meanwhile, in his room, Nan Xi felt a bit bewildered.
Tonight’s experience was truly too surreal. Even now, he still hadn’t figured out why Orange confessed to him.
He didn’t think there was anything boundary-crossing in their interactions; they interacted normally like teammates. So why would Orange like him?
Could it be that something he did caused him to misunderstand?
Nan Xi felt frustrated. He didn’t feel he had any special feelings for Orange. If they had to talk about their relationship, it was merely because he had been teammates with Wen Ran before, so out of love for everything associated with him, he helped take care of him a bit.
Without Wen Ran, he and him would probably only be nodding acquaintances in this lifetime.
At most, teammates who fought side by side.
Wen Ran was the most stunning person he met in his youth, strong and warm, like a beam of light illuminating his dark life at the time.
For so long, Nan Xi had only ever liked him alone.
He couldn’t imagine a scenario where he liked someone else.
Wen Ran already had a boyfriend now, and Wen Ran liked the other very much. Nan Xi couldn’t possibly voice his feelings to add to his troubles.
However, this didn’t mean he would stop liking Wen Ran.
He was willing to always play the role of a good friend by Wen Ran’s side.
Nan Xi steadied his mind and found the gift Orange gave him, a fountain pen.
He’d better find a time to return it to him.
After all, they were teammates; it wouldn’t be good to make their relationship too stiff. Nan Xi hoped tonight’s events could rot in his stomach forever, becoming a secret between the two of them.
However, since he had already rejected him tonight, Orange shouldn’t say anything more, right?
But the development of things was completely contrary to what Nan Xi imagined.
Not only did Orange not give up chasing him, but he chased him even more brazenly.
If their previous interactions could be considered normal teammates, then these past two days Orange had become exceptionally bold, showing his favor without any disguise.
Nan Xi felt that such pursuit made him very uncomfortable; he shouldn’t have too much entanglement with Orange.
When a knock came on the door, Orange was in his room playing a Peak Match.
He only had time to shout toward the door: “The door isn’t locked!”
After a “click”, Orange glanced toward the door, only to find that it was actually Nan Xi!
He actually came to find him on his own initiative?
Orange was a bit delighted: “Jian Yu, wait for me a bit, I’m in the middle of a team fight, it’ll be over in a short while.”
“No need.” Nan Xi placed the fountain pen in his hand on the desk: “I’ll leave after saying one sentence.”
“An Chenxia, we are not suitable. Don’t waste your time on me.”
Nan Xi didn’t have any deep emotional foundation with Orange. He came to find him today just to clarify these matters.
Hearing this, Orange’s hands resting on the keyboard paused. The skills of Sai Jia Er on the screen were not released in time, and he was caught by the opponent and counter-killed.
Nan Xi didn’t say another word. Before Orange even had time to speak, he had already left the room.
Because of that mistake in the team fight, this Peak Match ended with the opponent turning the tables directly and pushing down the crystal. Orange stared blankly at the item he just placed down. He recognized it at a glance; it was the birthday gift he gave to Nan Xi.
A carefully selected fountain pen, now returned completely untouched.
Orange felt a bit suffocated in his chest. Nan Xi’s attitude seemed much colder than he had imagined.
He even somewhat doubted, was the Nan Xi who repeatedly helped him before actually like this too?
He sniffled and put the fountain pen into the drawer.
It doesn’t matter, if he doesn’t like the fountain pen, I’ll just change the gift.
Orange comforted himself like this. He didn’t want to give up easily; he really liked Nan Xi.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have given up the WK club where he was doing perfectly well, just to accompany him from the rock bottom to the peak.
Now during the off-season, as professional players, Orange naturally would also log onto Ling Xiao to play for a bit sometimes. This day, Wen Ran happened to call him to duo queue, and since Orange didn’t have anything going on, he entered the room.
Orange actively turned on his mic and asked Wen Ran: “What made you think of calling me to play games?”
“Can’t Daddy miss his son?” Wen Ran’s tone was the same as always: “I need to get champion power points. Watch me show off to the entire field today.”
“Usually when you say things like this, it means you’re going to practice champions.” Orange understood Wen Ran’s style perfectly: “I won’t fall for your trick.”
Wen Ran: “……”
“How dare you, An Chenxia, you don’t even trust your Daddy on a smurf account anymore!”
What professional players lacked the least were smurf accounts. Orange was also just teasing Wen Ran. When other people practiced champions, they might truly be practicing champions, but when Wen Ran practiced champions, as long as it was a Mid lane champion, it was mostly to practice new combo methods, so there was nothing to worry about.
After entering the game, Wen Ran was the first pick. He locked in Mo Yu Xian.
Orange picked Hai Yao.
Wen Ran played the Mid lane very handily. Whether it was last-hitting minions, rotating to support, or coordinating with him, he was outstanding.
The two of them didn’t speak much at the beginning of the game. It wasn’t until they won a small team fight that Wen Ran spoke up somewhat triumphantly: “Is Daddy awesome or not?”
Orange: “Son is awesome!”
The two of them didn’t notice at all that the team mic was on, so their conversation was completely heard by their teammates.
[Top Laner: This wave of mechanics from the Mid Laner truly dazzled me a bit.]
[AD: As expected, is a battle over seniority inescapable no matter where you go?]
The Jungler had just finished taking a dragon and sent a message at this moment:
[Fei Yun: Wen Ran?]
Wen Ran and Orange had already switched their mics to group-only the moment they saw their teammates speaking. And with just this one sentence, this Jungler actually recognized him?
“Could it be your fan?” Orange teased him: “After all, your little roses have bloomed all over the canyon.”
But before Wen Ran could speak, the Jungler sent another message.
[Fei Yun: I am Jian Yu.]
Looking at that message, Orange’s heart trembled slightly.
“Holy sh*t, it’s Nineteen!” Wen Ran’s voice was a bit delighted: “This game is secure!”
Wen Ran maneuvered his champion over and performed a random emote toward Nan Xi.
[Fei Yun: Come take the blue buff.]
Nan Xi dropped smite to help him hit it to critical health, and Mo Yu Xian then used a skill to take it, an incredibly logical, practiced, and natural process.
Watching the interaction between Wen Ran and Nan Xi, Orange felt a bit sour in his heart.
He recognized Wen Ran’s voice, but what about him?
Did he not recognize it, or was it that he simply didn’t want to greet him at all?
Orange didn’t know. He could only lower his head and do the things a support should do, securing vision and protecting the ADC.
Orange belatedly remembered Wen Ran’s form of address just now, and asked curiously: “Why do you call him Nineteen?”
“It’s a long story,” Wen Ran said. “Roughly, when we met in the past, I was working at an internet cafe, and he was a customer sitting at computer nineteen, so I called him Nineteen.”
Orange was somewhat surprised: “You guys knew each other before?”
“Yeah,” Wen Ran said. “If we count from that time, it’s been four or five years, right.”
“His introduction to Ling Xiao was even guided by me.”
Orange was somewhat shocked. So Nan Xi and Wen Ran had actually known each other from so early on, and were old friends.
And they actually had such a deep bond.
In the following match, Orange could see that Wen Ran practically never lacked the blue buff under his feet, and Nan Xi also frequently went to the Mid lane to help Wen Ran gank. The number of times he came to their bottom lane could be counted on one hand, as if he just helped out in passing while clearing the jungle.
Fortunately, this ADC had good mechanics, and with Orange supporting him, they could fight evenly 60-40 against the opponent.
Moreover, Nan Xi even yielded kills and experience to Wen Ran. It wasn’t like Orange had never played Mid Laner, but he had never experienced this kind of treatment.
Even on the SPL stage, Nan Xi had never taken care of the team’s Mid Laner like this.
He and Wen Ran really had a good relationship.
During this game, Orange even felt that Nan Xi and Wen Ran were duo queueing, while he, the ADC, and the Top Laner were three randoms.
However, the overall advantage was indeed expanding toward their side. Orange had always treated the game very seriously. Even though he felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart, he still diligently did his own job.
The champion Hai Yao that Orange used this game was very mana-consuming. After fighting a wave of team fights, his mana bar was basically empty. Logically speaking, he should recall, but just then the opponent’s Blue Buff respawned. Nan Xi helped Wen Ran hit it until only a sliver of health remained, then used a displacement to go over the wall and leave.
Wen Ran didn’t take it, but instead called Orange: “You have no mana, hurry and come take this blue.”
Orange hesitated a bit. After all, this was for the Mid Laner. As a support, he should just recall.
Wen Ran didn’t think that much at all: “My condition isn’t good, I plan to recall.”
You just play the match however it yields the highest benefit. After Orange took it, he could also help the ADC pressure the lane.
As a result, when Nan Xi came down to gank, he saw the blue buff under his feet at a glance.
[Fei Yun: Wen Ran, you didn’t take the blue?]
[Mo Yu Xian: My condition wasn’t good just now, and Orange had no mana, so I let him take it.]
When Wen Ran typed this sentence out, Orange’s heart leaped into his throat.
Was Nan Xi going to recognize him?
What would he say?
Orange waited with great apprehension, but the other simply replied lightly:
[Fei Yun: Mhm, I took ours just now, I’ll get the next one for you.]
No surprise, no inquiry.
He didn’t mention a single word about him, as if he had long known that this support was him.
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