Chapter 48
Shen Yanjin had lived for twenty-two years, and today was probably his most confusing and perplexing day.
First, he was an adult man; second, he was gay. Duan Mingyue, a straight man, knowing these things, still asked him into his roomâwhat did this mean?
Memories of last night had evaporated with the alcohol, but the subconscious retained the taste of that indescribable pleasure. Standing in front of Duan Mingyue now, large segments of romantic scenes uncontrollably floated into Shen Yanjin’s mind.
Face flushed, he looked at Duan Mingyue with shock, suspicion, and shyness.
Honestly, he was a bit dizzy. He clearly came prepared to be lashed out at, or even loathed and beaten. Yet now, not only did Duan Mingyue not make things difficult, but he also said to himâcan try?
Shen Yanjin’s fingers hanging by his side unconsciously twisted the hem of his clothes. He bit his lower lip, trying hard to suppress the tremor in his voice. “Didn’t you say you’d show me the dorm? What am I going into Moon God’s room for?”
Having interacted for these days, Duan Mingyue had somewhat figured out Shen Yanjin’s habits, knowing the other party wanted to escape and be a turtle hiding its head. But he wouldn’t let him escape. Propping his arm, he cornered the young man.
The man’s appearance was handsome; his narrow, affectionate eyes were slightly lowered at this moment, eyelashes casting a shadow like fans. He sighed lightly, “Are you really not understanding or pretending not to understand? I’m not joking. I like you. If you also like me, then we have mutual affection. If you don’t like me…” Speaking to here, he suddenly stopped, as if to keep Shen Yanjin in suspense.
Shen Yanjin took the bait. “If I don’t like you?”
Duan Mingyue looked at him and smiled. “If you don’t like me, I’ll pursue you from the start until you are willing.”
…
Shen Yanjin had secretly loved him for so long; he couldn’t even dream of Duan Mingyue confessing to him.
Amidst his shock, he was muddledly led into the room by Duan Mingyue.
The curtains in the room were open. The afternoon sunlight lazily illuminated every furnishing in the room. Tiny floating dust danced in the golden light; everything seemed quiet and peaceful.
Shen Yanjin heard the sound of the door locking behind him, and an inexplicable shudder rose up his spine.
Duan Mingyue’s voice and footsteps gradually approached. “I’ll ask one more time. Do you like me?”
Shen Yanjin closed his eyes.
He had waited for this day for too long; even arsenic could be drunk like honey.
Shen Yanjin turned around slowly, met the man’s burning gaze, and nodded gently.
At this moment, he was completely defenseless, exposing his softest weakness to the person before him. As long as Duan Mingyue smiled and said “it’s all a joke” right now, he could crush him ruthlessly, leaving him bloody and beyond redemption.
Giving one’s sincere heart to another was truly something that required immense courage.
Only when Duan Mingyue’s warm breath covered him did Shen Yanjin feel his tense muscles relax a little.
Dazedly feeling the warm, soft touch on his lips, he thought, this absolutely cannot be a dream, because in his dreams, at most, he was a nodding acquaintance with Duan Mingyue. How could there be such intimate contact?
Shen Yanjin wasn’t clear on exactly what Duan Mingyue was thinkingâsteel straight five years ago, suddenly bent five years later?
But he didn’t want to probe deeper.
After kissing lightly like a dragonfly skimming water for a while, Duan Mingyue was no longer satisfied with simple touching. Shen Yanjin felt the seam of his lips lightly licked by a warm, moist, soft object. His scalp exploded instantly. Enduring the shame, he opened his mouth.
Thus, things got out of hand.
Fortunately, both knew business came first, so they separated after kissing for a while.
Duan Mingyue looked down at the flushed young man and suddenly said, “I regret it.”
Shen Yanjin had been kissed senseless, lips still wet. Hearing such words suddenly, he widened his eyes and looked at him motionless.
Duan Mingyue lowered his head, kissed Shen Yanjin’s brow again, and whispered, “I regret it. Let me pursue you from the start.”
Shen Yanjin’s heart was truly hung on the man, going up and down, unable to calm down no matter what. He reached out and grabbed Duan Mingyue’s jacket, his expression holding a bit of resentment. “Moon God, don’t you know how long I’ve liked you? How much longer do you want me to wait?”
This sentence evidently confirmed the guess in Duan Mingyue’s heart.
The little support liked him five years ago.
Then it was even less likely he left voluntarily.
However, Duan Mingyue said nothing and asked nothing. He just held the young man’s waist, pulled him into his arms, and kissed him again.
As the person who loved gossip the most in the team, Kai had long been itching to see what UOOW looked like in person.
Not to mention other things, Lu Yuan’s looks and temperament were top-notch. Before she acted up in recent years, her play was decent, and she was gentle. Even so, Duan Mingyue never gave her a good face. It made Kai always think Duan Mingyue was frigid.
Today UOOW joined the team. To satisfy his curiosity, he specifically got up early, sitting in his seat pretending to be a model worker, actually to eat the freshest melon (gossip) immediately.
Evidently, he wasn’t the only one with this idea. Recently, because KW was internally chaotic, KW first team members basically did self-training in their own rooms aside from scrims and fixed training.
But today, everyone coincidentally arrived at the training room early, clearly wanting to see who exactly UOOW was.
Who knew this wait would last until past three in the afternoon.
No training match today, and Duan Mingyue wasn’t there; anyone could see he went to pick up UOOW. Kai twisted left and right in his chair, unable to sit still the longer he waited. Seeing Mi Yonghui walk hurriedly into the training room, he busily asked, “Manager Mi, that… is the Captain back?”
Mi Yonghui glanced at him. “Back long ago. Just finished signing the contract. Moon God is taking the person to see the dorm right now.”
Kai’s eyes lit up. “So you’ve seen UOOW too?”
Once this was said, the other people in the training room couldn’t help pricking up their ears.
Mi Yonghui sighed and said, “Didn’t see her.”
Kai was stunned. “Didn’t you say the contract was signed?”
Mi Yonghui said, “A contract was signed, but not UOOW. Don’t know what happened to her; probably changed her mind last minute. Didn’t come today. I didn’t ask for specifics; if you’re curious, ask Moon God yourself.”
Kai was confused. “Then who did you sign?”
Mi Yonghui sighed again and said, “Sliver.”
Kai froze.
Not just him, the others were also bewildered.
Song Yuan, eavesdropping from the side, couldn’t hold back and asked in surprise, “Sliver? That one from HG Team? No, isn’t there a mistake somewhere? Didn’t he retire before?”
Dropping a bomb and seeing the others look sickly, Mi Yonghui inexplicably found balance. He said, “Don’t ask me. Moon God personally brought him back. I still have to go find PR in advance; I’m busy as hell.”
Then he took a folder from the cabinet in the corner and left hurriedly.
The few people in the training room looked at each other, all with faces of disbelief. Even Tans, who didn’t like getting involved, was baffled.
After a while, Mao Qiude walked into the training room. Hearing this news, he was also stunned. Knowing more, he understood a bit better in his heart, figuring out what happened before long. However, he liked getting involved in such things even less than Tans. Glancing sideways, he said coldly, “Can’t even manage yourselves well, yet want to manage others? Hurry up and train!”
Everyone hurriedly fell silent.
Unlike the others’ surprise and confusion, Lu Yuan, sitting in front of the computer, let down a huge stone in her heart.
Sliver? She knew himâa small support from HG Team. Had a few bright performances when he debuted, but started high and ended low, a player trash enough to be blackened by the whole internet.
She curled her lips slightly. Although she didn’t know why UOOW changed her mind last minute, this really did her a huge favor. Originally with UOOW, Lu Yuan was confident she wouldn’t lose the starter position. Now that it changed to Sliver, she was even more assured.
And it was a man; much safer.
On the other side, Kai dragged Song Yuan and Tans into a newly created small group chat and started typing frantically.
[Kai: I think I just had a dream. I dreamed Manager Mi said our team’s support changed from Fairy Sister to Sliver…]
[Circle: What a coincidence, I dreamed it too.]
[Tans: +1]
[Kai: …]
[Kai: So can anyone tell me what exactly is going on?]
[Circle: Captain chose him. I suggest you ask the Captain; it’s faster.]
[Kai: That’s exactly what I can’t understand the most!]
[Kai: I understand whoever he chooses, except Sliver. This guy is famous for being a pit in our region. Timely rain ATM machine. I used to be quite happy meeting him on the opposite side; every time I lacked money for items, he’d suddenly pop out to feed a wave…]
[Kai: Result is now he actually became my teammate?!]
[Tans: His control roaming support play is indeed okay.]
[Circle: I just recalled, Sliver was very hot when he debuted because his roaming rhythm was very strong. Just don’t know why he fed more and more later.]
[Kai: I’m not dissatisfied, but I got up at seven today! Just to see what kind of woman plays sharply and could charm the Captain like that!]
[Kai: Result…]
[Tans: Who isn’t.]
[Circle: Who isn’t.]
Kai shook his head painfully. Just as he wanted to continue typing, he heard Mao Qiude say lightly, “Here?”
He immediately stopped his typing hand and listened carefully.
Duan Mingyue’s voice actually sounded like he was in a good mood, without any depression from being stood up. He laughed and said, “En, got delayed a bit going to the dorm just now.”
Mao Qiude nodded, looking at the silent young man behind Duan Mingyue. “Sliver? Shen Yanjin?”
Shen Yanjin had long heard of KW’s head coach. He nodded. “Hello.”
“Handing him over to you. I arranged his computer station next to mine.” Duan Mingyue squeezed Shen Yanjin’s shoulder. “Your luggage is still being delivered. I’ll go get you a set of new peripherals; use them for now.”
Shen Yanjin was shy and also didn’t want people to see his relationship with Duan Mingyue, so he was very restrained, lowering his head and saying okay.
Hearing footsteps entering the training room, Kai hurriedly craned his neck to look.
He saw their new team member following Mao Qiude toward Duan Mingyue’s computer station. The new support looked listless and a bit cold, looking like he didn’t like to talk much. His figure couldn’t be called thin, but inexplicably gave people a very frail feeling.
About the same as how he saw him in the arena before.
Except those lips… why did they look swollen?
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