The Esports Big Shot Wants to Cuddle His New Teammate Every Day chapter 41

Chapter 41

Did he like him?

Of course he did. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have poured his heart and soul into this, let alone cared so much about this person’s every move.

The young man before him had a beautiful face, refined features, soft black hair, and eyes that looked at him brightly. His fair, translucent skin still bore the red marks left just moments ago. His figure, temperament, face—from head to toe, inside and out—everything was enough to make Xie Wei say the word “like.”

It was just that the incident he witnessed with his own eyes in his youth had left too deep an impression on him. Entering an intimate relationship suddenly now, he was somewhat wavering in his heart after all.

Xie Wei smiled bitterly inwardly. He thought he had hidden it well, but he didn’t expect to be poked through so easily by Xu Ziyan.

He put down the work in his hand, walked forward, and touched the young man’s cheek.

“I like you,” he said truthfully. “If I didn’t like you, I wouldn’t be with you. It’s just…”

Xu Ziyan’s expression instantly became nervous.

Xie Wei smiled faintly. “Do you know about my family? Both my parents are Alphas.”

Xu Ziyan said, “…I’ve heard a little.”

Xie Wei didn’t say much else, only stating, “For a very long time, I didn’t know what the pheromones of so-called Alphas and Omegas represented. I simply envied my parents’ pure feelings by nature. So, growing up, I always thought my other half would be an Alpha or a Beta.”

Two Alphas from wealthy families having a child who was a top Alpha—such a family was undoubtedly the elite among elites in the eyes of outsiders. However, both parents were busy with their careers. Although they took great care of their child’s food, clothing, housing, transportation, studies, and entertainment, the lack of emotional connection was inevitable.

Xie Wei grew up in such an environment, and his understanding of pheromones slowly became different.

He subconsciously resisted the approach of Omegas, believing that all relationships uncontrolled by pheromones stemmed from beast-like instincts and had nothing to do with heart or love.

Over the years, Omegas who wanted to approach him came one after another. Xie Wei had seen all kinds of nasty tricks, so he became even more repulsed.

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Xie Wei had also thought about his future partner—either an Alpha or a Beta, but never an Omega.

But that day in the emergency stairwell, he saw Xu Ziyan curled up on the steps due to the pain of the first marking.

The young Omega, delirious from pheromone torture, looked over with bloodshot eyes in a daze. At that time, what surged in Xie Wei’s heart wasn’t disgust, but heartache and self-reproach.

Actually, as early as the morning after that accident, when he didn’t fly into a rage or speak coldly, but instead cared about the other’s body after buying medicine for him, Xie Wei should have realized this.

Xu Ziyan was indeed different.

He sighed lightly, held the young man’s hand, and squeezed his palm. “I made you uneasy. My fault.”

Having received an affirmative answer, Xu Ziyan finally let down the heart that had been hanging in midair.

As long as Xie Wei genuinely liked him and agreed to be with him because of that, he was relieved.

As for other matters, let time resolve them.

Time flew by, and the Little New Year was close at hand.

These days, the First String members stayed in the villa. Besides playing games and streaming, they just hung out together, slacking off and finding fun. It was rare that no one supervised them these days, so naturally, they played a bit wildly.

But no matter how wild they played, the New Year still had to be celebrated.

On the day of the Little New Year, the whole team had a holiday to go home.

Bai Chen and Xie Wei were both locals of City A. Going home was quite close for them; if they forgot anything, they could just come back to the dorm to get it.

But Shen Xiao was a high-maintenance boy. Plus, his home was in the farthest City T, so he had a pile of things to bring, packing two large suitcases directly.

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While packing, he didn’t forget to show some teammate love, turning his head to ask Xu Ziyan, “Ice, I remember your home is in City B, right? When do you plan to go back?”

Xu Ziyan’s movement paused upon hearing this, then he smiled immediately. “Setting off in a day or two.”

Shen Xiao said, “Then you’re the one leaving the latest in our team! Sigh, don’t be sad or lonely in the days without brother’s company… Ouch!”

Before he finished speaking, he was knocked on the head by Xie Wei from behind, neither lightly nor heavily.

Shen Xiao covered his head, grimacing. “Sigh, always forgetting that our First String full of single dogs produced two traitors.”

Leaning against the stairs with his arms crossed, Xu Ziyan smiled as he watched them horse around, but his heart felt heavy thinking: This year, I wonder whose house I’ll be pushed to for the so-called New Year.

Since his parents officially separated and started their own families, Xu Ziyan’s position had become quite awkward.

They were clearly his biological parents, but whether to his father or mother, his existence had become incredibly superfluous.

As the crystallization of a failed relationship, his appearance seemed to remind them of the pain and failure back then every time.

Xu Ziyan could more or less understand this feeling. Unless there was something major, he would absolutely not contact them.

It was just that on special days like the New Year, when every household was bustling with noise, for the sake of emotion and propriety, Father Xu and Mother Xu would still put on a show and call him to come home for the New Year.

Those two had probably discussed it privately as well: if one called, the other would absolutely not make redundant contact.

This year’s call hadn’t come yet, so Xu Ziyan wasn’t in a hurry to book tickets.

In the past, he rented a place alone, which was cold and cheerless, so he felt it didn’t matter to go home and sponge some liveliness.

But this year, looking at everything in front of him, Xu Ziyan felt that staying in the dormitory alone might be more comfortable.

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The four members of the First String plus Yu Guangzhou had a simple Little New Year meal in the villa, then dispersed. Shen Xiao carried his luggage to catch the night flight, arriving early the next morning, while Bai Chen and Xie Wei waited until tomorrow to leave.

Yu Guangzhou couldn’t rest easy about these kids, especially Shen Xiao, instructing him a thousand times not to cause trouble during the New Year while he wasn’t there, leaving only after getting a guarantee.

The liveliness ended. Xu Ziyan returned to his room and let out a sigh of relief.

He looked out the window. Under the dark night, the lights of thousands of homes flickered, and streetlights converged into long dragons of light, like rivers.

A trace of melancholy involuntarily slid through Xu Ziyan’s heart.

New Year meant he and Xie Wei had to be separated briefly for a while.

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

The scent of lemon mint wafted into the room faster than the knocker’s voice: “Is it convenient to open the door?”

Speak of the devil. Xu Ziyan wiped his face, tidied up his emotions, lifted the corners of his lips into a smile, and opened the door. “Captain.”

Xie Wei stood outside the door and looked around the room. Seeing the furnishings remained the same without any trace of packing luggage, he understood in his heart.

He said, “Can I come in to talk?”

Xu Ziyan hurriedly took a step back, leaving space for Xie Wei to walk in.

The Alpha entered the room, walked familiarly to the bedside, and sat down. His posture looked more like the owner of this room than Xu Ziyan. He took off his jacket, draped it casually on the armchair beside him, and patted the spot next to him. “Come, sit.”

After Xu Ziyan sat down as told, Xie Wei leisurely cut to the chase. “Just now… Shen Xiao asked when you were going home, and you said in a day or two. Is it because you didn’t grab a ticket, or you really haven’t decided which day to go back?”

After speaking, he added, “If you didn’t grab a ticket, I’ll drive you back tomorrow. I happen to have business in City B, so it’s on the way.”

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With the Grand New Year imminent, what important business could be “on the way” to another city?

Xu Ziyan knew Xie Wei cared about him. He smiled, and just as he wanted to refuse, a crisp ringtone interrupted their conversation.

He picked up his phone and looked; the arc of his mouth dropped suddenly.

The caller displayed on the screen was “Mom.”

Xu Ziyan stood up, made an apologetic gesture to Xie Wei, and walked straight to the balcony.

After taking a deep breath, he pressed answer. “Hello? Mom…”

It was noisy on Mother Xu’s end. One could vaguely hear voices saying “East Wind,” “Two Bamboo,” accompanied by crisp clattering sounds. It wasn’t hard to tell she was at a mahjong table. “Sigh, this tile! Hello? Yanyan, is your health okay recently?”

Xu Ziyan gave a low “Mn.” “Pretty good.”

“Pretty good is good. We parents just worry about this—Hey hey hey, Old Yang, you really got dog shit luck!”

Xu Ziyan closed his eyes and looked up at the sky.

It was pitch black without a trace of light, like a huge, airtight oilcloth covering one’s heart heavily.

Mother Xu finished laughing with others over there, then remembered there was a Xu Ziyan on the phone, and hurriedly came back to speak. “Yanyan, it’s almost New Year soon. Uh… well, Xu Qiquan’s meaning is to let you celebrate at my house.”

Xu Qiquan was Xu Ziyan’s father.

“My house.”

What an unfamiliar, distant term.

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Xu Ziyan smiled and waited for Mother Xu to continue.

Immediately after, he heard Mother Xu say in a very difficult tone, “But it’s really not very convenient on my side this year. Sigh, look, give Xu Qiquan a call and ask him to take you for the New Year, okay?”

Xu Ziyan’s hand resting on the railing slowly tightened. He smiled as usual. “Okay. Mom, Happy New Year.”

Hearing this sentence, Mother Xu seemed stunned for a moment. She reacted after a while and said, “Happy New Year, Yanyan.”

The call hung up. Xu Ziyan pursed his lips tight and lowered his head deeply, thinking: Fortunately, I didn’t pack my luggage, otherwise I would have to put it all back now… Truly had foresight.

Being alone in the dormitory was also quite good. Such a big villa, not to mention quiet, was also very free; he could do whatever he wanted.

If he got bored and missed Xie Wei, he could secretly run to Xie Wei’s room to sleep.

Also quite good.

Nothing bad about it.

Xu Ziyan tried hard to adjust his emotions.

He didn’t want to show Xie Wei some negative things.

Before Xu Ziyan could adjust properly, he heard the balcony door being pulled open behind him. An Alpha embraced his waist from behind with gentle yet irresistible movements.

The warm embrace instantly drove away the cold emptiness from just now. Xie Wei leaned forward slightly, resting his chin on his shoulder. “Xu Ziyan.”

“Do you want to come to my house for the New Year?”