Pretend to hate you [eSports]

The bus was moving steadily and quickly on the highway. Ling Le and Lu Ming in the front seat were playing mobile games, and bursts of laughter occurred from time to time.

Coach Wu and Li Hong sat together, both of them with their arms crossed, chatting in low voices with serious expressions.

Yan Shu was dozing off in the seat behind Ling Le, while Yu Hao was sitting two rows in front of Cheng Yu and would look back from time to time.

Shen Zheng held the reward for being a "real husband" in his arms. He held Cheng Yu's hand and gently pinched his fingertips, which were soft and very comfortable to pinch.

Cheng Yu had fallen asleep originally. He had played two bo5 games from the afternoon to midnight, which was too exhausting. He had wanted to take a rest and play SOLO with Shen Zheng after arriving at the base, but now he was woken up by someone.

The person woke up, but his eyes were not open.

Shen Zheng's palms are broad and the back of my hand feels safe lying in his palm. When he pinches my fingertips, I can feel the warmth of his fingertips, which is a little hot. I even like being pinched by him.

The urgency suppressed deep in his heart became increasingly uncontrollable, and he wished he could vent his anger on the computer and pin it to the ground and beat it up.

The slightly itchy touch moved down along his fingertips and into the palm of his hand, circle after circle, and the ripples it created spread throughout his body.

Shen Zheng drew circles in his palm, and Cheng Yu's fingers curled up uncontrollably.

"What are you doing?" Shen Zheng's cold voice sounded overhead.
The touch on Cheng Yu's palm disappeared, and Shen Zheng held his hand tightly again.

"I want to buy Brother Yu some more clothes." Yu Hao's voice was so small that it was almost drowned out by the sound of the bus engine.

"He doesn't need it." Shen Zheng refused.

"You are not him." Yu Hao shook out the coat in his hand and carefully covered Cheng Yu with it.

Shen Zheng did not stop him because he was afraid that any big movement would wake up Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu frowned, as if he was not sleeping well. He turned sideways and rested his head on Shen Zheng's shoulder. His hands clasped Shen Zheng's arms tightly, and the coat he had just put on fell off with his movement.

"Click", Yu Hao's coat fell to the ground, and the metal zipper made a slight sound when it touched the ground.

Yu Hao was stunned for a moment, picked up the coat on the ground, pursed his lips, and wanted to cover Cheng Yu with it.

"Dirty." Shen Zheng looked at Yu Hao coldly.

Yu Hao clenched the coat in his hand and mustered up the courage to say, "Captain Shen, I like Brother Yu."

Shen Zheng clearly felt Cheng Yu's hand move in the crook of his arm.

He lowered his head slightly, rubbed his chin against Cheng Yu's forehead and asked, "Awake?"

Cheng Yu didn't move and his breathing was steady.

Shen Zheng lowered his shoulders to let him rest his head more comfortably while he wrote. He placed his palms lightly on Cheng Yu's ears and even though he lowered his voice deliberately, he still couldn't hide the ferocity in his tone.

"Go away." He said to Hao, "Don't bother him."

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The Fire Team's car drove all the way back to the base. When the car stopped, Cheng Yu 'just happened' to wake up.

He stretched and yawned, looking very excited, and the first thing he said when he opened his eyes was: "Don't forget solo."

Shen Zheng picked up his bag and nodded: "Okay."

The group returned to the club and the team had a meeting.

Cheng Yu had already turned on his computer, so he had to go to the meeting room first.

Coach Wu's main purpose in this meeting was to calm everyone's mentality. Yu Awei was too unwilling to accept his last game, and he was afraid that they would feel aggrieved. They expressed their opinions and vented their anger.

The five members of the team are relatively young, having just reached adulthood, and they often act impulsively and without thinking. However, they do have experience in adjusting their mentality in major competitions.

Although I am not convinced, I know that being angry can't do anything. What I can do is turn my anger into motivation and try to beat the shit out of Wei the next time I meet him.

Seeing that they were in a good mood, Coach Wu was ready to let them go back to sleep, but Ling Le and others said they couldn't sleep and insisted on reviewing the game.

It is also good to review the game. The five games they played with Awei were remarkable. If they are guided well, it can also boost morale.

Regarding the review, Cheng Yu listened with his arms folded and a cold face. Everyone thought that he was unwilling to give up the game. After all, his performance tonight was indeed very outstanding.

The actual Cheng Yu: Is it over yet? Dad is waiting for me to play solo, can you hurry up?

There is still time to play in the spring playoffs. If we can win first place in the spring season and maintain our current form in the summer season, our place in the S League will be secure.

The S League is the global finals of the League of Legends. Every year, three teams from the LPL can qualify, which are the first, second and third seeds respectively.

The No. 1 seed is guaranteed to be awarded to the summer season champion.

The second seed is obtained by the team with the highest total points from the spring and summer seasons.

The third seed will play the match based on the 2nd to 5th place in the total points ranking of the spring and summer seasons, and the winner will take it.

As long as they maintain their momentum this year, getting the second seed will be no problem.

Coach Wu said: "We can maintain a stable score in the spring season, but we should not take it lightly since the summer season has not started yet."

"Hey! What are you afraid of!" Ling Le didn't care at all, "With Cheng Yu and the boss, our double C, we are invincible, okay!" Originally Ling Le thought that everyone would follow suit to brag, but unexpectedly, the atmosphere was so depressing that it made people feel uneasy.

Especially Coach Wu and Li Hong, the two people who should have laughed the most, didn't laugh.

Ling Le looked at Lu Ming and Yan Shu, and the other two also had eyes full of confusion.

Cheng Yu was sitting next to Shen Zheng. When he turned around, he could see Shen Zheng's face, which was as indifferent as ever.

Coach Wu changed the subject, reminded everyone of something else, and let everyone go.

Cheng Yu frowned and looked at Li Hong and then at Coach Wu, and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Did something happen to the team?
Shen Zheng didn't give him a chance to think about this. He stood up and patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, solo."

Wow, there are people who are so proactive.

Cheng Yu stood up happily and followed Shen Zheng leisurely to the training room.

Maybe he was in good form tonight and two consecutive BO5 games didn’t make him tired, so Yu Shenzheng won the first solo game.

Cheng Yu, who had been sitting and playing all night, looked at the big word "Victory" on the screen and was a little bit unbelieving.

"You didn't let me win, did you?" He turned to ask Shen Zheng, his tone urgent, "I don't want you to give in to me, I want to be with you..."

"No." Shen Zheng quit the game, turned off the computer, stood up and said, "Be confident in yourself, you are very strong."

"Are you too tired today?" Cheng Yu took off his headphones and suddenly felt a little panicked. "Why don't we wait until you have rested well and then we can play again at another time."

"I'll play with you any time you want." Shen Zheng stood beside him, his brows gentle and his eyes focused. "I'm not tired. I told you that you're strong. I was in good shape tonight. I wasn't tired, and I didn't let you win."

"Then..." Cheng Yu quickly recalled what Shen Zheng said on the stage.

His criterion for choosing a partner is that the partner must beat him in solo competitions.

Although it's not a solo match at this moment, but, we can still beat him, right? It's something we can consider, right?
"Do you have anything to say to me?" Cheng Yu licked his lower lip and touched Shen Zheng's hand with trembling fingers.

Shen Zheng looked down at him, then took his hand and pinched his fingertips like he did in the car.

"You're great," he said. "Keep it up."

"That's all?" Cheng Yu waited for a while, and when he saw Shen Zheng was about to speak again, he held his hand and said, "Nothing else."

Shen Zheng didn't quite understand what else he wanted besides praise.

"Forget it." Cheng Yu let go of him, "Let's wait until later."

He picked up his coat from the chair and quickly returned to the dormitory.

Shen Zheng thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. These past two days, Cheng Yu kept mentioning solo, and he accompanied him every time. He never let up and played seriously every time, including the last game.

What on earth made him angry?

Shen Zheng pushed open Cheng Yu's dormitory door. The door was not locked and the lights were not on.

When he tried to turn on the light, someone held his hand.

The sweet orange scent spreads around.

"Shen Zheng, you don't keep your word."

In the darkness, Cheng Yu pressed his arm against his chest, his eyes looking fierce and aggrieved.

"What did you say?" Shen Zheng frowned, did not struggle, and let him press down.

"Have you forgotten what you said when you won the solo world championship for the first time?" Cheng Yu pushed him, and his back hit the door with a dull sound.

Solo champion?

Shen Zheng thought carefully, what did he say? It was too long ago, he couldn't remember clearly.

"Tell me, your criteria for choosing a spouse." Cheng Yu turned his eyes away and spoke in a very low voice.

"What?" Shen Zheng's eyes widened slightly. Although he had guessed about Cheng Yu's preferences a long time ago, he was never sure. Now hearing him say this, it felt a little unreal.

"Choosing a spouse..." Cheng Yu lowered his head, "Standards."

It seems to have been said.

Shen Zheng was too lazy to recall what happened many years ago; he just wanted to confirm what the person in front of him was thinking.

"So, this is why you're so anxious to beat me?" He pinched the back of Cheng Yu's neck and pressed with his thumb to make him look up.

"What else?" Cheng Yu relied on the dim light and looked at Shen Zheng unscrupulously, "What do you think?"

"I didn't think anything." He leaned down, lowered his head, pinched Cheng Yu's chin, and kissed the corner of his lips, "I'm just very happy and surprised."

(End of this chapter)