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    Chapter 33

    After the trouble broke out on the way back to the camp, Chi Huang stopped taking the car driven by Dalin when he went to the city again.I don’t know where he got a car and took Chen Shilu with him to Jiang Chaoding’s hotel.

    On the way, Chen Shilu suggested: “Otherwise I won’t go to dinner with you.”

    “Why?”

    What else could be the reason? Of course Chen Shilu didn’t want to wade into this muddy water.After all, what does this matter have to do with him? Why does he have to come out with Chihuang?

    But he couldn’t say that, so he had to tell Chi Huang: “I’m worried that if I’m here, it will make things more complicated.”

    “No, everything is very simple here.”

    Chen Shilu clicked his tongue silently, he really didn’t want to get involved in this troublesome matter.

    Dalin and the others arrived first, and Jiang Chao made a phone call on the way, telling Chi Huang to hurry up without saying anything else.

    When we arrived at the place, there were cars parked around the hotel. It seemed that there was no competition the next day and all the teams in the camp had come out to rest.The two walked around half the street before finding a parking space.

    On the way to the hotel, Chen Shilu still wanted to retreat, but couldn’t help but think of the first time in his life when he passively came out as gay.

    It was when I was in high school that I was caught falling in love with a male classmate by my teacher, who called both parents.

    The other parent arrived first, and slapped the boy as soon as he arrived, and would have come over to beat him, had he not been stopped by the teacher.

    It would be a lie to say he wasn’t afraid at the time, but it was hard for him to imagine how his parents would punish him.

    He has never been beaten or scolded by his parents since he was a child. This is because he has always been obedient and well-behaved. What’s more, there are three children at home, and his parents have to go to work, so their limited energy cannot be allocated to him.

    So a kind of expectation emerged faintly from the fear.He wanted to know how his parents would react, whether they would be like his partner’s parents, who cried hysterically, grabbed their son’s shoulders and shook him wildly, asking him if he paid too little attention to him, or if he didn’t do enough to make him do such a rebellious thing.

    He waited until school was almost over before his mother came.

    The mother was shocked when she heard what happened, but she didn’t lose control like the other’s parents. She took him back after negotiating with the teacher.

    The two of them were silent along the way. When they arrived at the door of the house, his mother said to him: “You are in your senior year of high school, so don’t affect your studies.”

    No reason was asked, no blame was given, and he was not beaten. The incident was never mentioned in his family after that.

    At the time, he didn’t quite understand that he was lucky to have escaped. After all, his boyfriend was imprisoned at home and was not even allowed to go to school. In order to cut off their contact, he did not even participate in the college entrance examination that year. However, what was more, he felt empty and disappointed.

    Later, Chen Shilu understood. At that time, his brother had graduated from college and had been unemployed at home for two years. The old couple was so worried about this that they asked people everywhere to find a job for their eldest son.As for his sister, who has been repeating her third year of junior high school for a year, her grades are not good enough to get into a decent high school. Her parents are worried about whether to spend money to find a tutor for her or keep the money to send her to high school.

    As for his sexual orientation, once he had to take care of it, it would be a big hassle to spend money and energy on. However, since he didn’t have the energy and money, he simply gave up completely.

    Later, he heard many stories of gays coming out, some of whom were understood and accepted by their parents and family, and some of whom compromised after a family war broke out or stayed away from each other until old age. But he had never heard of people like him who were abandoned by their parents from the beginning.

    I wonder if Chi Huang noticed his hesitation and came over to hold his hand.

    Chen Shilu was startled and pulled his hand out: “What are you doing?”

    “I’m not doing anything, I just want to hold hands with you.” After saying that, she grabbed him again.

    Only then did Chen Shilu see Jiang Chao, who was already waiting for them at the door of the hotel, and Chi Huang holding his hand tightly: “Don’t be so childish. Why are you trying to embarrass your teammates and coach just to prove your preference in his heart?”

    When it comes to couples who have been in love for many years and come out to their parents hand in hand, this is called facing each other together, and their love is stronger than gold.What do they mean?Except Chi Huang wants to prove that no matter how rebellious he is, his old father-like coach will accept him and pamper him.

    He is really a bad guy who deliberately causes trouble for others and tests his humanity.

    “Huh?” Chi Huang was confused by Chen Shilu’s conclusion.

    “Your coach has been very kind to you, but you just want to see how far he tolerates you. Don’t you know that human nature can’t stand the test? Be careful and you’re out of luck.”

    Chi Huang gave a short laugh: “Ha, do you think I made these for Lao Jiang to see?”

    “What if?”

    “You never thought that I did it on purpose to show you.”

    Chen Shilu frowned: “What do you mean?”

    After all, he failed to get rid of him. When he arrived in front of Jiang Chao, Chi Huang still looked carefree.

    Jiang Chao’s eyes paused on their clasped hands for a second, then walked ahead: “Why are you so slow? I’m just waiting for you two.”

    The noisy box suddenly became quiet as they entered.

    Chi Huang didn’t care and sat down in the empty seat. He pulled Chen Shilu to sit next to him, shouting that he was hungry.

    At this time, the roasted whole lamb came up. It was golden in color and fragrant. A whole lamb was placed in the center of the table, and a box of beer was also brought.

    Jiang Chao invited everyone to eat and drink. Anyway, the next day was off. Except for the riders, everyone else could drink some wine if they wanted.

    Having said that, everyone in the seats was a little timid, and no one reached out.Jiang Chao simply picked up the meat knife and gave everyone a big piece.Subconsciously, he placed the leg of lamb in front of Chi Huang and gave Chen Shilu a large portion of lamb chop.

    Eating can cover up the awkwardness in the atmosphere, but the topic only revolves around mutton.

    Chi Huang had no intention of doing anything about the atmosphere he had ruined, and he seemed too lazy to explain, only focusing on eating and drinking in front of him.

    Chen Shilu really couldn’t stand it. As a salesperson, he instinctively found it difficult to accept the lack of life on the wine table.

    He stood up, picked up the wine glass, and apologized sincerely: “I have caused trouble to everyone here, so I’ll do it first as a token of respect.” After that, he drank the wine in his hand and poured the glass, without even a drop falling.

    Everyone was stunned and understood what he meant by “trouble”.

    Chen Shilu’s clients come from all types of companies. There are those who only focus on efficiency and business-like matters, and there are also those who need to have a drink to get things done.No matter which way, he must be foolproof, so he can liven up the atmosphere by drinking.

    He poured another glass of wine, poured one for Jiang Chao, and placed his glass under the other’s: “Brother Jiang, please be patient. At first, I didn’t expect Chi Huang to be with everyone. I thought he was the only one who came to see him and caused trouble for you.”

    Jiang Chao was in a hurry and drank the wine quickly: “It’s nothing, don’t think too much about it.”

    Chen Shilu still stood side by side and paid respects, not even letting A Chao and Jian Zai go.

    After finishing this round and drinking a few glasses of wine, the tense atmosphere at the table finally eased a bit.

    It was obviously a problem with the team, and Jiang Chao should be the one to coordinate, but an outsider was asked to break the deadlock. He called Chi Huang: “What about you, aren’t you going to say something?”

    Chi Huang raised his eyes and looked at Chen Shilu: “What did you say? Tell us a story?”

    Jiang Chao couldn’t hold it back anymore and slapped him on the head: “If you don’t explain both sides clearly, everyone will misunderstand.”

    In order to divert other people’s attention from the two of them, Chen Shilu interrupted at the right time: “Chi Huang fell into a car today and was slightly injured…”

    Upon hearing this, everyone looked anxious, especially Jiang Chao. He quickly put down his bowls and chopsticks and moved to Chi Huang: “Injured? Where is the injury? Is it serious?”

    Chi Huang rolled his eyes: “Serious, he’s going to die soon.”

    “The right leg is bruised, it shouldn’t be serious.” Chen Shilu said.

    “Show me.” Jiang Chao bent down to lift Chi Huang’s shorts and saw the gauze bandage.

    Chi Huang put down his pants impatiently: “Don’t delay the game the day after tomorrow.”

    Jiang Chao still stared at him: “I have repeatedly told you to be careful and steady. How did you crash the car?” It stands to reason that with Chi Huang’s skills, if there was no problem with the car, he would not have such an accident.

    Chi Huang looked like he didn’t want to answer, but Chen Shilu was very concerned about this matter.In the same arena, if there is one, there will be two. Who can guarantee that No. 008 will not hit him again in the future?This should still be told to his teammates.

    “That driver No. 008, I heard he was the last champion, named Qin Shichuan, deliberately bumped into the pool, and many people saw it at the finish line.”

    As soon as this was said, no one spoke.Jiang Chao looked at Dalin, who was also at the finish line at that time, and Dalin looked at his wine glass silently.Chen Shilu could read a subtle feeling on everyone’s faces.

    He asked: “The collision was very hard. Did Qin Shichuan have a problem with Chi Huang before?”

    Ah Chao spoke: “Brother Qin used to be in the team…”

    As soon as he spoke, Chi Huang suddenly interrupted: “Qin Pingchuan was also in our team before, but I was squeezed out because of some conflicts, so he should hold a grudge.”

    Chen Shilu found that everyone’s expressions were more subtle.

    He had asked about this before, but Chi Huang deliberately deflected the question, and now he rushed to answer. This statement must not be the truth.

    Although he didn’t know what he wanted to hide from him, Chen Shilu wasn’t very interested and just said, “Be careful in the next game” and ended the topic.

    Not happy with this topic, Chi Huang also took a cup and poured wine.

    Jiang Chao snatched the bottle away and advised: “There is a competition coming up and your leg is injured, so don’t drink.”

    “I’ll just have a drink, it doesn’t matter.” He took Chen Shilu’s cup.

    Chen Shilu pressed the button: “Why don’t you listen to my advice? I told you not to drink.”

    Chi Huang frowned and shouted: “Don’t always worry about me! You are all so annoying!” Even so, he still took the Coke on the table.

    Too lazy to pay attention to him, Chen Shilu picked up the wine glass and touched the bottle in Jiang Chao’s hand: “Brother Jiang, let’s drink!”

    At this point, he believed that Chi Huang’s coming out was quite successful and he would not be ostracized in the future and would not be able to survive in the team.

    Chen Shilu is also pleased that he has a group of tolerant teammates and a coach who is particularly tolerant and caring about him.In terms of his life experience, getting all this actually requires a lot of luck.

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