Chapter 54
Even if the ticket prices added up, it was only a few thousand. For a player like Shen Xiao, whose annual value was in the tens of millions, it naturally didn’t count as much. However, the feeling of suffering a loss still made him grit his teeth for a good while, causing the sound of him hitting the keyboard during ranked matches to be much louder.
Yuan Shaofeng and Bai Chen naturally had no objections to Shen Xiao generously opening his wallet to treat them to a match. However, watching Shen Xiao tormented his ranked opponents with a face full of displeasure, Yuan Shaofeng was completely baffled and whispered to Xu Ziyan, “What’s wrong with God Xiao?”
Xu Ziyan said, “He heard you agreed to watch the match with him, so he’s happy.”
Yuan Shaofeng: “…Is that so?”
He doesn’t look like it at all.
At 10 PM, Resistance closed its servers for updates. This major update would last until the afternoon of the following day. This counted as the officials giving a brief rest period. Xu Ziyan finished his ranked match, stretched lazily, and checked his phone. Just as he was about to turn his head to look for Xie Wei, he found that the man hadn’t made any moves. He was still sitting in his seat, one hand against his lips, the screen repeatedly playing the recording of the match just now.
He lightened his steps and walked forward.
It was still solo mode, map: Gasvinia. It was the map he had played during his rookie match back then.
The circle in this round shrank extremely luckily, stuck on the edge of a large building. Only the high platform where Xie Wei was located was within the safe zone; everywhere else was flat beach.
On the screen, the sniper lying prone on the high platform unhurriedly healed himself to full health, then pressed bullets into the chamber one by one.
Then, he set up his gun and opened the scope.
The sound of the heavy sniper rifle resounded through the sky of the seaside city, carrying a force sufficient to cut through the air, almost masking all the noise below.
One shot, two shots…
Beautiful flick shots, almost every one a headshot.
The people below gradually sensed something was wrong and began to hide behind the reefs. But their opponent wasn’t just Xie Wei standing on high ground, but also the enemies close at hand.
In this round, Xie Wei naturally became first place without hindrance.
Xu Ziyan watched everything on the screen almost unblinkingly. Suppressing the joyful heartbeat that nearly leapt out of his chest, he swallowed.
It was precisely because of this scene that he had hopelessly fallen for Xie Wei and embarked on the path of esports.
However, unlike Xu Ziyan, Xie Wei, who had executed all these operations, was expressionless at this moment. His eyes were slightly lowered, silently counting the minute differences in his operations just now in his heart.
That assault by the wall, I should have dealt with him more cleanly.
The moving target at the reef, I misjudged the position, otherwise I could have scored more points this round…
“Captain?”
The recording had already stopped. The young man’s slightly puzzled voice sounded from behind.
Xie Wei came back to his senses. He didn’t rush to get up. Instead, he leaned back, sliding the gaming chair a distance away from the desk. He looked up, smiled, and patted his leg. “Come here.”
Only the two of them were left in the training room at this time. Although Xu Ziyan was shy, he didn’t refuse. He walked forward and sat on Xie Wei’s lap.
Xie Wei held his waist steadily, pulling the young man into his arms. A faint scent of strawberry marshmallow, which only he could smell, seeped into his nose. Together with the warm body temperature of the person in his arms, it excellently soothed his tense nerves.
He buried his face in the crook of the young man’s neck, took a deep breath, and sighed. “Yanyan, why do you smell so good?”
Xu Ziyan subconsciously grabbed Xie Wei’s shoulders. Immediately sensing something, a trace of embarrassment and shyness crossed his face. He whispered, “Let’s go back to the dorm first.”
Xie Wei laughed. His demeanor was composed, as if the person currently pressing against Xu Ziyan wasn’t him. Narrowing his eyes, he lowered his voice, imitating the young man’s manner, coaxing him. “It’s fine, no one will come. The surveillance is with me too… Here, look, it’s all turned off.”
Xu Ziyan lowered his eyes to look in the direction of Xie Wei’s finger. However, his eyes only had time to catch a vague shadow before he was pulled over vigorously by the Alpha, who sucked on his lips.
He wanted to push Xie Wei away, but with his hands against the hard chest, he couldn’t exert any strength at all.
Xie Wei smiled, locked the training room door with a smooth motion, and concentrated on kissing the Omega in his arms, his lifted fingers already resting on the zipper of the young man’s team uniform.
Just then.
In the corridor, footsteps approached from afar, and then the training room door was pushed.
Seeming to discover it wouldn’t open, the person outside let out a confused “Eh?” sound.
It was Shen Xiao.
Xu Ziyan instantly sobered up, his eyes a bit panicked.
Xie Wei closed his eyes briefly, one hand gently patting the young man’s back to comfort him, and spoke impatiently, “What is it?”
“Captain Xie? Why did you lock the door?” Shen Xiao scratched his head in confusion. “Oh, I forgot my keyboard. Came back to get it.”
“Are there spares in the dorm?”
“There are, but…”
“Then go use a spare.”
Shen Xiao opened his mouth, wanting to say more, but sensing the implied warning in Xie Wei’s last sentence, he hesitated and tactfully retracted his hand from the doorknob. “Okay then…”
Anyway, it wasn’t like he absolutely had to use his own keyboard; he was just playing a mini-game with some streamer friends. As long as it worked, it was fine.
Just don’t understand where Captain Xie got such a big temper from…
Full of doubts, he turned to leave, sniffing the air.
He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he smelled a very faint scent at the door of the training room, something sweet yet sour.
Marshmallow? Or maybe lime.
Shen Xiao tilted his head and didn’t think much of it. He opened Line to tell his streamer friend and hurriedly returned to the dorm.
Having chased away the nuisance, Xie Wei lowered his head wanting to continue, but Xu Ziyan was a bit spooked, dodging his movements. “Captain…”
“Don’t be afraid.” Xie Wei pinched the young man’s slender neck with a gentle but undeniable force, placing a kiss on the gland at the back of his neck. “Don’t run.”
Xu Ziyan closed his eyes, but truly didn’t resist anymore.
…
Xu Ziyan leaned half-lying in the gaming chair, his body limp. looking down at the Alpha who was bowing his head to clean and dress him. He whispered, “Captain, why are you always playing solo lately?”
Xie Wei zipped up his team uniform for him. Hearing this, his movements paused, then he smiled faintly again. “Maintaining my state.”
“To practice mobility and aim for sniping, solo mode is the best choice.”
Xu Ziyan inexplicably thought of the scrim where Xie Wei blurted out “My problem” because he failed to solo kill Lin.
Despite the worry in his heart, he hesitated and didn’t say anything more, only nodding with a smile.
There was no need to wake up early the next day, so the two slept together in Xie Wei’s room.
The next day, at 1 PM, the first string assembled on time in the training room.
Xu Ziyan secretly yawned. Looking up, he found that besides Yu Guangzhou and the data analyst, there was a strange Beta standing in the training room. He was a bit chubby, with a round head, smiling eyes, and looked very friendly and easy to get along with.
Saying stranger… he actually looked familiar.
Xu Ziyan stared at him for a while, and suddenly, a realization struck him.
Wasn’t this person the one who drove the Alpha in his rut period—Xie Wei—back to the villa the first time he met Xie Wei a few months ago?
Jiang Yuxin happened to cast his gaze over as well, smiling and greeting him. “Hello, Ice. I’m TWG’s manager, Jiang Yuxin. We’ve greeted each other before. I happened to be on a business trip when you joined the team, so we’re only meeting today.”
Xu Ziyan nodded. He had indeed exchanged a few words with Jiang Yuxin on Line. Online, this person seemed quite polite.
Before this thought could vanish from his mind, Jiang Yuxin suddenly changed his style, winking at him. “Cough, I heard you and Shining are together. For real? How did you do it? Can you introduce the dating process? Hey, how did you two meet back then… Ouch!”
He covered his head, turning indignantly to look at Yu Guangzhou. “What? I’ve been on a business trip for the team for so long, braving the wind and sun, missing so much exciting drama. Now that I’m back, am I not allowed to ask?”
Although his relationship with Xie Wei was already common knowledge in the first string, being pointed out so bluntly still made Xu Ziyan feel a bit hot in the face.
The manager… is actually like this?
He grabbed the water cup next to him to take a sip, only to meet Yuan Shaofeng’s face filled with disbelief and shock.
Yuan Shaofeng said with difficulty, “Ice… you, you and God Xie… you two?”
He had heard some rumors online before, but he hadn’t taken them seriously.
But now, with the real deal right in front of him, they actually admitted to what he thought was nonsense.
Yuan Shaofeng looked toward Xie Wei again.
He saw his ideal—the unattainable, abstinent God Xie, who seemed uninterested in anyone—turning his head slightly to speak with the data analyst. This movement happened to reveal a red mark on the side of his neck.
One look and you knew it was a hickey.
He looked back at Xu Ziyan tremblingly. The young man scratched his face, smiling embarrassedly, the marking patch on the back of his neck particularly eye-catching.
Yuan Shaofeng said with heartache, “Didn’t you say you and your partner were in a long-distance relationship?”
Xu Ziyan gave a dry laugh. “I made that up.”
Yuan Shaofeng went numb. “The trust between people is completely gone.”
He lowered his head, murmuring to himself in disbelief, “Heavens, heavens, live long enough and you really see everything.”
Shen Xiao watched Yuan Shaofeng’s soul-lost appearance from across the table, feeling complete empathy in his heart.
When he found out about this, he had the same mindset. However, everyone else besides him acted as if it were natural and composed, causing Shen Xiao to even doubt himself, wondering if he was making too big a fuss.
At 2 PM, Resistance finished updating on time.
Without Yu Guangzhou needing to say anything, everyone consciously logged into the client.
Xu Ziyan didn’t rush to start ranking. Instead, he first opened the class skill introduction at the very top.
[Medic: Initial Health 200.
Primary Weapon (Select One): [Healing Rifle] [Healing Sniper Rifle]
Secondary Weapon (Select Two): [Healing Vial] [Pistol] [Armor Pack] [Taser] [Smoke Grenade]]
He carefully reread the introductions of all the weapons and slowly exhaled.
The excitement in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
The new version, the version that belonged to him, had finally officially begun.
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