[Esports] Pheromones say we're a match made in heaven.

Chi Feifan paused for a moment, then added a zero to the end.

Qin Yi chuckled. He just wanted to tease Chi Feifan and see how he would react, but he didn't expect the other party to actually transfer the money to him obediently.

Qin Yi returned both transfers, his voice sounding much more cheerful than when he first came in: "I'm not a companion."

Cheng Yuan questioned Chi Feifan with his eyes: "It sounds like you're flirting, is this what you mean by not being familiar with each other?"

Chi Feifan manually kicked Qin Yi out of the team room, then turned around and threatened Cheng Yuan: "What are you thinking about all day? Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. I'm leaving, I'm exhausted."

Chi Feifan's neck started to ache half an hour ago. At first, he thought it was because his cervical spine couldn't take it after playing games for too long. It wasn't until he returned to his room at the Hawk base from the internet cafe and his shoulders became heavier and heavier, accompanied by a slight heat in his glands, that he realized something was wrong.

He probably felt a bit uncomfortable because he had spent too much time in the internet cafe that afternoon. The place was crowded and chaotic, with all sorts of pheromones mixed with the smell of smoke.

Chi Feifan walked straight to the bedside, opened the drawer, and took out the small tube of pheromone extract that he had previously put away.

Last time I checked, there was still a little more inside. Now the discomfort is within an acceptable range and should be enough to relieve it.

But when Chi Feifan opened the lid, he found that, whether it was because it wasn't tightened properly last time or because the lid itself had a small gap, the remaining pheromone extract inside had completely dried out.

Depend on……

Chi Feifan's face was grim.

I should have used it a few days ago.

He shifted his neck uncomfortably and glanced around the room.

Oh, and Qin Yi's coat too.

Chi Feifan stood there hesitating for a few seconds. After a series of internal struggles, he walked over and picked up the team uniform jacket that had been hanging on the back of the chair.

Several days have passed, and the pheromones remaining on the coat to begin with are now so few that they are almost undetectable.

Chi Feifan, unwilling to give up, leaned closer to his nose.

"Knock knock".

A knock suddenly sounded on the door of the quiet room.

Chi Feifan's wrist twitched, and his heart felt as if it had been stabbed by a needle, plunging him into inexplicable panic.

He quickly put his team uniform jacket back and hung it up, then went to open the door, looking rather unhappy.

The person standing outside the door was the owner of the team uniform jacket.

Qin Yi was carrying a thermos bag: "This is the barbecue Chen Yangyang ordered tonight. I managed to snatch a few skewers from Wang Kang's mouth. Want some?"

More than seven hours had passed since Chi Feifan last ate, and his stomach was indeed starting to protest slightly.

The aroma of barbecue wafted over through the insulated bag. Chi Feifan gripped the doorknob tightly and blurted out, "Not hungry."

After saying that, he used some force to close the door.

Qin Yi reacted quickly and reached out to steady himself on the door frame.

Suddenly, Chi Feifan heard Cheng Yuan's voice nagging beside him while he was playing games that afternoon.

"Let me tell you, a professional player's hands are their lifeblood, they're incredibly precious. If they injure their hands, they might never be able to recover to their previous level of play, and it could even end their entire career!"

At the time, Chi Feifan didn't take it seriously at all; Cheng Yuan just liked to exaggerate.

But now, seeing that the door was about to trap Qin Yi's hand, Chi Feifan's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly stopped two centimeters away: "You!"

Qin Yi was clearly surprised, a hint of astonishment flashing in his eyes. Actually, his knee had already braced against the door, preventing Chi Feifan from closing it, but he hadn't expected Chi Feifan to react so strongly and stop so abruptly.

"Don't glare at me like that." Qin Yi looked down at the person in front of him.

Chi Feifan was shorter than him, and every time he looked up at him, it had no intimidating effect at all. Instead, it made him feel like he was bullying him because of his height.

A sense of guilt welled up from the bottom of my heart as I thought about what I was going to say next.

Yes, but not many.

"Is there anything else?"

Qin Yi continued to lean against the door frame: "Something's up. Actually, I wanted to ask if you still need the coat you gave me last time? When can you return it to me?"

Qin Yi, who actually had several clean team uniforms, curled his lips and said, "I'm almost out of clothes to wear."

"..."

Chi Feifan felt that his luck had been terrible ever since he discovered that Qiao Yu was two-timing him.

Qin Yi didn't bring it up earlier or later, but he brought it up precisely when Qin Yi needed it most.

Chi Feifan said with a straight face, "Wait two more days."

Qin Yi: "Did you turn on the air conditioner in your room? You seem really hot; your face is a little red."

Chi Feifan said irritably, "No."

Just then, a message notification sound came from the corner of the stairs.

The sound of the bell could be heard throughout the entire third floor.

Then came the rustling sound of clothes, and someone frantically tried to silence their phone.

Realizing someone was spying on him, Chi Feifan opened his mouth, but then seemed to have blacked out as if he had drunk fake alcohol, completely forgetting what he had just talked about with Qin Yi.

Taking advantage of the moment Qin Yi loosened his grip on the door frame, he slammed the door shut with a "bang".

Qin Yi was nearly hit in the face by Chi Feifan's door panel.

He wiped the smile from his lips and said coldly toward the stairs, "How long are you guys going to keep watching?"

The staircase was quiet for a while. Then, the other three members of the group came out from around the corner, laughing.

Wang Kang scratched his head: "Oh, the weather is so nice today."

Yu Xingchen quickly replied, "Yes, the moon is really round tonight."

Old Jiang chimed in, "The air quality is really good."

Qin Yi raised an eyebrow at them, ruthlessly exposing their bluff: "The weather forecast said it would rain tonight, what a load of rubbish."

The group gave an awkward laugh.

Wang Kang, always eager for a good show, sidled over and gestured towards Chi Feifan's room with his chin: "Captain, what's going on here? Did you and Brother Chi have a fight?"

Qin Yi glanced at him sideways and bluntly retorted, "Since when have you become so nosy and inquisitive like Chen Yangyang?"

The soundproofing here is so-so; any noise from the hallway can be clearly heard in the room.

Chi Feifan leaned against the door, biting his lower lip.

After a while, when the corridor finally returned to calm, he took a deep breath and rubbed his ear with his head.

*

The next morning, around 7 a.m., the air in Shanghai was filled with fog, and the sky was just beginning to lighten.

Hawk and his friends, who were still half asleep, were dragged out of their dorm by Chen Yangyang and prepared to take a car to shoot promotional posters for the World Championship qualifiers.

Wang Kang yawned repeatedly: "I can't even remember the last time I got up this early."

Yu Xingchen was successfully infected, feeling like she could fall asleep standing up: "Me too, I wish we went in the afternoon."

Chen Yangyang, like a herd of ducks, pushed the group downstairs: "That studio's schedule is packed and hard to book. They usually shoot for big stars. The makeup and styling for the team poster last time was terrible. I finally managed to book this place, so you guys better hurry up!"

Today happens to be a public holiday for Hawk's base, so fans can take photos and check in at the entrance.

The team members, wearing their team uniforms, looked sleepy and unkempt as they walked towards the van, whereupon the fans immediately surrounded them excitedly.

"Live, could you please look at the camera?"

"Live, this is a handwritten letter to you! Good luck in the World Cup qualifiers!"

"Old Jiang, Master Kang, stop looking at your phone while walking, or you'll trip and fall!"

Some fans even held up signs depicting the starry sky and the vast ocean, saying, "Star Mom loves you so much!"

Time was tight, and the group didn't have time to interact with their fans before Chen Yangyang put them in the van.

When Chi Feifan hurriedly came out of the base wearing a mask, a hat, and a large coat, it was already nine o'clock in the morning. The number of fans taking photos and checking in outside the base was only increasing.

When fans saw someone else coming out of the base, they assumed it was another Hawk player and stopped to take photos and check in, standing excitedly and politely on both sides of the base watching him.

Someone was holding up their phone, wanting to say something, but after racking their brains for a long time, they couldn't remember the contestant's name.

Chi Feifan was startled by the scene at the door. He stood there hesitating for a long time, his shoes almost worn down. He was just about to turn around and figure out a way to climb out of one of Hawk's windows.

He only felt relieved when his family driver arrived, and he quickly pulled his hat down and slipped inside.

The fans looked at each other.

"Is this a newbie at Hawk?"

"No way, didn't they mention him in the live stream last time?"

"But why is he wearing a Hawks jersey under his jacket?"

"Could I have misread it?"

As soon as he got on the bus, Chi Feifan pulled down his mask and exhaled two heavy breaths of hot air.

The driver glanced in the rearview mirror and immediately noticed that Chi Feifan's skin was red inside his slightly open collar, the redness spreading all the way down to his neck.

"Young Master, are you sure we don't need to go to the hospital first?"