BVAHEDLA[W Chapter 12
by VolareChapter 12 E-sports 12 “Captain, can you help me untie my apron…”
Chu Li-fei followed the voice and looked over, discovering it was still the two people from the 3rd and 5th floors.
Presumably, they felt that in-game text messages couldn’t strongly express their dissatisfaction, so they directly turned on their mics to flame.
Lu Mo-chen walked over and sat down next to Chu Li-fei, leaning his head over to take a look: “Hm? Captain, are you playing the Demon Hunter?”
Chu Li-fei nodded, humming a low “Mm.”
He then took another sip of cola before picking up his phone to continue the game.
Following Chu Li-fei’s movements, Lu Mo-chen noticed several boxes of takeout on the table that had long gone cold.
He paused slightly, then turned his head, unexpectedly seeing the dark circles under Chu Li-fei’s eyes.
Coupled with the fact that Chu Li-fei was still at the MU Team Training Base so late, Lu Mo-chen subconsciously blurted out, “Captain, you haven’t had dinner yet? Should I heat it up for you?”
Chu Li-fei’s hand, which was playing the game, paused slightly. He asked with a nasal tone, as if he hadn’t heard clearly, “Huh?”
“I mean,” Lu Mo-chen lowered his eyes slightly, the hand that wasn’t touching Chu Li-fei quietly clenched the sofa fabric, “Cold food is bad for your stomach, I’ll help you heat it up again.”
After saying that, he didn’t give Chu Li-fei time to react, and ran off on his own.
“Wait a…” Chu Li-fei raised his head during a break in his actions, trying to stop Lu Mo-chen from bothering, but only managed to see his departing back.
He sighed softly. However, the game’s music pulled his thoughts back, and upon closer inspection, the 3rd and 5th floors had gone crazy, charging up to attempt a 2v5 team fight.
A string of ellipses floated through Chu Li-fei’s mind. He really wanted to defect to the other side now. Sure enough, all sorts of weirdos come out late at night.
It was only after he finished this game that Lu Mo-chen came over with the food.
Chu Li-fei remembered ordering several stir-fries, which the restaurant had sent over individually packaged in takeout boxes.
The weather wasn’t warm yet, so even though the takeout was put in insulated bags, it was still inevitably a little cold and hard.
But what was in front of him now?
They were plates of exquisite dishes with wonderful color, aroma, and taste!
The originally cold food had been placed on plates, emitting an enticing fragrance. Chu Li-fei felt his appetite stir just from the smell.
He had thought that Lu Mo-chen meant he would just microwave it, but he had directly re-stir-fried it for him.
And judging by the quantity, it seemed like he had added quite a few dishes.
Chu Li-fei was shocked. He hurriedly went over to take the plates from Lu Mo-chen’s hand, turning on the lights in the hall along the way.
Just as he put down the plates, Lu Mo-chen spoke from not far away, his tone unusually embarrassed: “Captain, can you help me untie my apron? I think I tied it too tight, I can’t untie it now.”
Chu Li-fei turned his head to look, and Lu Mo-chen had his hands behind his back, struggling with the large bow. His neck was also twisted, revealing a nice curve.
Perhaps the room’s air conditioning was set a bit too high, or perhaps the position was really tiring, a crystal-clear drop of sweat dripped down Lu Mo-chen’s handsome jawline, sliding down the curve of his neck into his collar, and disappearing.
Chu Li-fei’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he felt his voice was a little hoarse: “Okay.”
Lu Mo-chen was a bit shorter than him, and from Chu Li-fei’s angle, he could clearly see the crown of his head.
Chu Li-fei lowered his eyes, the light casting a shadow on his long eyelashes, making it impossible to see the expression in his eyes.
The apron was sent by the daughter of an auntie at the MU Team Training Base, and was overall pink and tender, with several cute cartoon animals drawn on the front. The auntie usually took good care of it, and there weren’t many stains on it.
Chu Li-fei touched the bow, first trying to pull the straps a few times, but found that he couldn’t untie it no matter what.
He was momentarily at a loss.
The original owner was a bit nearsighted, and he wasn’t wearing glasses now. Under the warm yellow light, he couldn’t see how the knot was tied.
He simply squatted down.
Lu Mo-chen felt a sudden emptiness behind him. He looked back in confusion, and his eyes met Chu Li-fei’s, who had raised his head.
Chu Li-fei’s busy fingers paused for a moment. From his angle, Lu Mo-chen’s cheeks were slightly flushed due to the heat of the kitchen, which complemented the pink apron, giving him an indescribable cuteness.
Under Lu Mo-chen’s slightly sleepy gaze, he opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say. Just then, the bow between his fingers finally showed signs of loosening, and he quickly pulled it open before standing up: “It’s done.”
Without the restraint of the bow, the two straps naturally slipped down to Lu Mo-chen’s sides.
Inadvertently, his fingers touched the wrinkles that had been left by the straps being tied too tightly, and his eyes darkened. Turning his head, he returned to his usual self, as if everything just now was just an illusion. His tone was light: “Thank you, Captain.”
After the two had finished eating, Chu Li-fei remembered the question he had wanted to ask earlier.
“Speaking of which, why are you still at the MU Team Training Base so late?”
Lu Mo-chen pointed to Chu Li-fei’s phone and gestured: “Same as you. I think the Demon Hunter hero is quite interesting, but it’s often banned these days, wasting a lot of my time.”
Chu Li-fei’s interest was piqued by Lu Mo-chen’s words: “Oh? How is it interesting? Tell me about it?”
“Well… it’s a bit troublesome to explain, and I can’t express it in words right now. Why don’t you try it yourself, Captain?”
Chu Li-fei raised an eyebrow: “Come, log in.”
Chu Li-fei exited the unknown alt account he had just been playing ranked on, switched back to his main account, and directly pulled Lu Mo-chen into a room.
They first played two rounds of solo, each winning one round, so it was considered a back-and-forth match.
After the two rounds of solo, Chu Li-fei suggested: “Why don’t we duo queue? I want to try out a few heroes, and see if they can synergize with the Demon Hunter.”
Lu Mo-chen thought about it and agreed.
However…
He pointed to the advertisement that popped up in the game lobby and said to Chu Li-fei, “Captain, can you bind a couple relationship with me?”
“What?” Chu Li-fei’s brain didn’t react.
Wasn’t he talking about duo queueing? Why did he suddenly want to bind a couple relationship?
He followed Lu Mo-chen’s finger and saw that the game was running an event.
It was early March, and White Day was coming up in a few days, so the game directly launched an event to give outfúlì, benefits——a skin that would make the air thick with the stench of romance just by looking at it.
However, there was a condition for claiming this skin, which was that players who had bound a couple relationship had to play five games together.
Lu Mo-chen carefully glanced at Chu Li-fei’s expression, and only continued after seeing that there was nothing abnormal: “Please, Captain, help me out. My friends have all bound already, and I’m the only one left who can’t find someone.”
As soon as Chu Li-fei turned his head, he could see Lu Mo-chen’s pleading expression. The look in his eyes was like a small puppy lying on him, begging him for help.
Chu Li-fei chuckled, his handsome eyes flashing with fine gold in the warm yellow light, like a piece of high-quality amber: “Is this your wish?”
Wish?
Lu Mo-chen almost didn’t react for a moment.
What wish?
When did he make a wish to Chu Li-fei?
Seeing that Lu Mo-chen’s eyes were full of confusion and incomprehension, Chu Li-fei didn’t plan to make things difficult for him. He directly flipped to his friends list and approved Lu Mo-chen’s couple request.
Moreover, this was his main game account, which had a professional authentication mark. Of course, Lu Mo-chen’s was the same.
“Just kidding. Come, you create a room and pull me in.”
The rank of the two professional accounts was much higher than Chu Li-fei’s alt account just now, so the waiting time for queuing became longer.
They chatted casually.
Jokingly asking why Lu Mo-chen hadn’t left after getting off work, Chu Li-fei even “kindly” reminded him that MU didn’t have overtime pay.
Lu Mo-chen seemed a little embarrassed as he scratched his head. He coughed lightly: “Wasn’t I just a little too into playing, and forgot the time?”
“Is that so? Remember to go back earlier next time.”
Lu Mo-chen responded with a few laughs.
Actually, that wasn’t the case.
He silently said to himself in his heart.
He had seen those comments online.
Some were mocking MU, some were scolding the five of them, and some were scolding Chu Li-fei, the coach.
Among them, the ones scolding Chu Li-fei were the most fierce, most of them were saying that the bp he did in the last game was trying to send MU straight down to elimination.
But choosing the Sprite was clearly his own decision, but he let Chu Li-fei take the blame for him.
That was the only result he couldn’t accept.
He was thinking, if he had performed better in the previous games, or played more outstandingly at match point, would there have been a different result?
So Lu Mo-chen trained like crazy, trying to perform better in the next match and shut those people up.
And also to prevent Chu Li-fei from being disappointed in him.
In an instant, fatigue surged up like seawater.
His eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and his consciousness was gradually blurring.
He looked at Chu Li-fei’s profile, a faint smile on his lips, his head sinking down as he drifted off.
Suddenly feeling the weight on his shoulder, Chu Li-fei turned his head and saw that Lu Mo-chen’s eyes were already closed in sleep.
He smoothed out Lu Mo-chen’s furrowed brows, picked up the hat from the side and covered Lu Mo-chen’s face to block the light.
Then, he adjusted his posture, trying to make Lu Mo-chen sleep more comfortably, and then took his phone and cancelled the queue.
Before long, he too gradually fell asleep.
The next day, the sound of a key inserting and turning came from the club door.
Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open from the outside.
Luo Qi looked at the key in his hand with some surprise, as well as the door that was actually pushed open directly, and began to be vigilant in his heart.
Then, he entered the hall and saw the lights were still on.
His vigilance grew even stronger.
He subconsciously wanted to find something in the hall to defend himself, but when he passed the corner, he seemed to see a shocking scene and froze.
Yu Qing, who was behind him, was a little puzzled as to why Luo Qi had suddenly stopped.
He yawned, drowsily pushed Luo Qi away, and also froze.
He instantly woke up on the spot, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, widened his eyes and took a closer look, and let out a loud sound.
“Ah???”