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

Li Zhi raised her head in confusion and met Xie Jichuan's eyes.

The gaze seemed to take on a tangible form, first slowly landing on the corner of his mouth, then inch by inch moving upwards, finally meeting his eyes.

Xie Jichuan traced the outline of those rosy lips out of the corner of his eye, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly, his voice suddenly becoming hoarse.

"Kurichi eats lychees?"

Li Zhi: "..."

The heat spread up from the base of her ears, making Li Zhi's entire ear turn a light red.

With the lollipop in his mouth, he was forced to lean half his body forward.

The lollipop stick was very short, and he could clearly feel the warmth emanating from Xie Jichuan's fingertips.

With that tiny, insignificant distance between them, it seemed as if if he just pursed his lips slightly, his lips could touch the finger holding the candy stick.

The lollipop in my mouth made me unsure whether to eat it or spit it out; the act of holding it in my mouth suddenly became somewhat ambiguous.

Li Zhi felt like there was smoke coming out of the top of her head.

What a terrible posture!

He tugged again, but the hand holding the candy stick remained unmoved.

Kuriyuu exploded in anger: "Get off me right now! What the hell...!"

Xie Jichuan chuckled softly, and seeing that Li Zhi's slight anger was about to surface on her brow, he slowly released his grip.

Taking advantage of a moment, Li Zhi quickly rolled the lollipop to one side of her cheek and mumbled her complaint:

"If you don't want to give it, then don't. You're being stingy."

A small bump bulged out on one cheek, and even her voice became sticky.

Xie Jichuan walked slowly beside him with his arms crossed. The moonlight and streetlights fell alternately, casting long shadows of the two of them.

"It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's just that I bought it for you."

Before training, he went to buy water and saw a sign advertising lychee flavor next to the cashier, so he took two.

He reached out and poked Li Zhi's puffed-up cheek.

He received a rather humiliating eye roll.

Xie Jichuan almost laughed.

Sure enough, after spending just one day with him, you'd start rolling your eyes at him.

better.

He rubbed his fingertips together, the soft touch still lingering there, sending a tingling sensation all the way to his chest.

He then lowered his eyes, his voice so low it seemed he was only speaking to himself:

"I just want to know what lychees taste like."

However, it's chestnut, not lychee.

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After the two became more familiar with each other, the subsequent training went incredibly smoothly.

With this kind of thing, once you find the right frequency, the rest will fall into place naturally.

In less than a month, Li Zhi and Xie Jichuan both topped the leaderboard of "Ten Thousand Realms Showdown", ranking first in the mid lane and jungle respectively.

The two names were side by side at the top of the leaderboard and remained there for two consecutive weeks.

Shi Kailong was overjoyed and took a screenshot, printed it out, and pasted it on the door of the training room.

They called it motivating other team members to train.

Teammates in the five-player squad came and went, changing like flowing water, but only the two of them remained steadfastly seated in those two big red chairs.

One is a jungler, the other a mid laner; their teamwork is so seamless it's like they share a single heart.

Not only did her grades improve dramatically, but Li Zhi also discovered something even more important.

His desensitization plan for Xie Jichuan has also made tremendous, landmark progress.

Specifically, this is manifested in the following three aspects:

Firstly, he discovered that Xie Jichuan was actually extremely shy.

As long as he could maintain eye contact with Xie Jichuan for more than three seconds, the seemingly aloof person would look away first, leaving him with a slightly reddened earlobe.

It works every time, and never fails.

Secondly, Xie Jichuan himself actually has an extremely good temper.

This caused Li Zhi to become arrogant after two days of being timid and submissive, and no one could find any reason to be afraid of him.

Even when he secretly painted Xie Jichuan's fingernails bright red while Xie Jichuan was asleep on the table, he didn't get angry.

They didn't even wipe them off, and played a whole week of training matches with ten bright red nails on.

Whenever someone asks, he replies that it was Li Zhi who applied it for him.

In the end, Li Zhi couldn't stand the probing looks from everyone and took it off for him.

Thirdly, and most importantly.

Li Zhi unilaterally announced that Xie Jichuan had become his first good friend since joining QW!

The word "friend" carries too much weight for Kurichi.

So heavy that even he felt a little dazed when he said it aloud.

After leaving the orphanage at the age of thirteen, he had always been alone.

After being recruited by Shi Kai to the training camp, although it was lively, it felt like being separated by a transparent glass dome. You could see the outside world, but you couldn't integrate into it no matter what.

Training, reviewing, eating, sleeping—day after day, he walked every path alone.

Therefore, Xie Jichuan is the most special person to him so far.

"ha?"

After listening to Li Zhi's heartfelt description, Chi Lie was in a daze, as if he had heard some kind of fairy tale.

"Shy? A very nice and kind person? You mean Xie Jichuan?"

He held his forehead, wondering if he was hallucinating from too much training.

Li Zhi quickly put her index finger to her lips, making a "shh" gesture, lowering her voice, and looking at Chi Lie with bright eyes:

"Anyway, I'd like to give him a gift. Do you have any recommendations?"

Chi Lie stared at Li Zhi in front of him with a complicated expression.

He opened his mouth, then closed it again.

Poor Kurichi.

This little Beta probably doesn't know that he is now enveloped in a strong, almost tangible, pheromone scent.

Especially the back of the neck.

The area, which clearly lacks glands, is precisely where the scent is most intense, as if it has been repeatedly licked.

As if asserting sovereignty, the cool aroma of mint liqueur enveloped every inch of Li Zhi's skin.

It's practically telling everyone in a very clear way: This person is taken.

The concentration was too high, and the smell made Chi Lie's nose itch.

He couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly.

The little Beta, who can't smell anything, is here excitedly planning to give that Alpha a gift. He's been sold out and he's still helping the Alpha count the money.

Chi Lie's conscience ached.

He really didn't want to help that beast Xie Jichuan.

But looking into Li Zhi's expectant eyes, he thought about it again.

Forget it, let's just consider it helping that eternal virgin lose his virginity.

"A recommendation?" Chi Lie cleared his throat, forcibly suppressing his inner struggle, "Let me think about it..."