[Esports] Team Leader Xie, your mid laner is causing trouble again.

Seeing that Li Zhi was still silent with red eyes, Xie Jichuan felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

She wanted him to feel sorry for her, but she didn't want Li Zhi to be sad because of these old stories.

We've already endured those hardships; there's no need to relive them again and again.

So she deliberately raised her voice to tease him: "Don't you think Zhizhi wants to see me sooner?"

Li Zhi withdrew her hand, with a defiant and resolute air.

He lowered his eyes sullenly and deliberately retorted, "Not at all."

Xie Jichuan could tell that he was being sarcastic.

He smiled, stroked his hair, and said patiently, "It's because I really wanted to come back."

Fearing that Kuriyuki might worry too much, she added:

"Moreover, each treatment is conducted in a professional treatment cabin at the hospital, so the risk is negligible. The doctor said that the treatment plan is very mature, it's just that the process is a little painful."

He changed his posture, from kneeling on the bed to sitting on the edge of the bed, his two long legs casually stretched out, subtly encircling Li Zhi in the middle.

Knees pressed against the sides of Kuri's legs, creating a space that was both intimate and not too oppressive.

Xie Jichuan raised his hand, his fingertips gently resting on Li Zhi's furrowed brows, slowly stroking from the center of her brow to the tail.

The voice was low, with a gentle tone, like soothing a child:

"Why do you look so worried, like an old man? Be careful, you'll get forehead wrinkles."

Li Zhi's sad mood was dispelled by Xie Jichuan's few words. He glared at the grinning Alpha with a threatening look in his eyes.

But the lingering sob in her voice made it sound weak and feeble.

"If you ever hide anything like this from me again, you're dead, you understand?"

After saying that, he still felt unsatisfied, rolled his eyes, and cursed:

"Does she think she's some innocent, runaway heroine from a novel who gets sick?"

At this point, as if remembering something, Li Zhi's eyes welled up with tears again:

"The male lead won't always be waiting for you. What if by the time you return home I'm already on another team and completely ignore you? Wouldn't all your efforts have been for nothing?"

The thought of Xie Jichuan suffering so much to come back to him, while he knew nothing about the possibility of playing for another team, made Li Zhi feel breathless.

Xie Jichuan sighed helplessly, and gently caught Li Zhi's tears with his fingertips:

"Idiot, I still have some savings. Buying a mid laner like you is no big deal for me."

Li Zhi wiped away her tears, her voice still trembling with sobs, but her tone was surprisingly earnest:

"I must have been much more expensive back then; you couldn't have bought me for five million."

At a time like this, he's still thinking about his signing fee.

Xie Jichuan was suddenly charmed by his cuteness and chuckled softly:

"The highest bid in the league is no more than 30 million. No matter how much they ask for, I'll buy you back and keep you as my mid laner."

Li Zhi hummed in response, then began to sob again.

The tears weren't as fierce as before; they fell like a spring drizzle, stopping and starting intermittently.

Xie Jichuan didn't urge him, but just sat there quietly, waiting for Li Zhi to finish venting his emotions.

After a long while, Li Zhi's voice rang out again, very softly:

"Even if it's only five million... I'd still be willing to go with you."

Xie Jichuan stared at his earnest yet adorable expression, feeling his own heartbeat gradually increase.

Omega still had undried teardrops clinging to his eyelashes, his nose was red, and his plump lips were slightly pouting, as if he were asking for a kiss.

Xie Jichuan restrained his urge to kiss her directly, when something suddenly touched the instep of his foot.

The electronic ball had somehow rolled to his feet, and the round, white sphere was looking up at him.

Two tiny pixelated eyes lit up from the display screen, blinking and exuding a kind of endearing, mechanical charm.

The small ball emitted a childlike electronic voice: "Someone has been detected opening the door. Would you like to activate the electronic surveillance?"

Xie Jichuan's appreciation of Li Zhi was abruptly interrupted. He frowned in displeasure and casually replied:

"open."

As soon as the words were spoken, the electronic screen lit up instantly, and a beam of light was projected onto the smooth wall, displaying the scene at the entrance.

Li Zhi, with her back to the projector, was adjusting her collar when she heard the sound and asked curiously:

"Who's here?"

Could it be that Song Bo is visiting again? I wonder if there are any lychees in the fruit basket he bought this time.

As Li Zhi thought about this, her mouth unconsciously began to water.

Then Xie Jichuan's calm voice was heard: "My mother."

Li Zhi froze: "Your mom...your mom...your mom?"

Xie Jichuan listened to the barrage of "your mother" and remained silent for a moment, his expression complex.

"...It's definitely my mom."

Li Zhi had no time to worry about so many things.

He glanced down at his and Xie Jichuan's current awkward position.

Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, she used both hands to support herself on Xie Jichuan's thighs and jumped out through the gap between his legs.

Then, he frantically spun around twice before bending down to retrieve the three notebooks Liang Shoucheng had given him.

Taking a deep breath, with overwhelming force, he pulled out a book from among them, aimed it at Xie Jichuan, and threw it at him:

"Quickly, turn to the book and start learning."

Xie Jichuan turned his head to avoid it, and the notebook flew past him, hitting the pillow behind him with a "bang," bounced once, and landed on the bed.

Xie Jichuan, who had nearly been crushed to death, stared at the notebook, which could easily be used as a murder weapon, and remained silent for a moment: "..."

He desperately wanted to tell Li Zhi that his mother had known all along that he had marked Li Zhi.

But unfortunately, Li Zhi on the other side had already gotten into character.

Her face was slightly flushed, and her eyes were red. She exuded a stubbornness and guilt that seemed to say, "I'm studying very seriously, please don't disturb me."

He stared intently at the notebook cover, his tone low and serious, carrying an over-the-top sense of professionalism:

"Captain, look at this dot the coach wrote, what does it mean?"

So, fearing she might disturb her son's romance, Fang Jingnian excitedly and cautiously knocked on the door, only to hear Xie Jichuan's cold "Come in."

She paused for a moment, then pressed the doorknob and went inside.

After seeing the scene inside, even the usually composed prosecutor choked up a little.

A1O sat upright at his desk, each holding a thick notebook.

Fang Jingnian glanced at her son's lifeless expression, smiled, and walked over:

"Zhizhi, you came so fast! Auntie was just thinking of going to the venue to pick you up."

Li Zhi put down the book she was pretending to read and stood up nervously:

"Hello, Auntie. I didn't know you were the team leader's mother when we were at the venue, so I didn't greet you."

Fang Jingnian looked at the little O in front of her and liked him more and more. She gestured for him to sit down and took out a stack of documents from her bag.

"Da Shan's case is still pending review, but Xiao Yu's verdict report has been released. Would you like to see it?"