At lunch, Ning Zhehan heard about Wei Xiao’s ‘great achievements’ and was full of admiration.
Wei Xiao was both low-key and lively as he said, “It’s nothing much. Running is very simple, as long as you breathe every two steps, inhaling every two steps and exhaling every two steps, maintain a steady breathing rhythm and improve your speed to keep up with the captain’s pace, it’s like a passers-by team meeting a professional team in 5v5. Just run and be done with it.”
Brother Cai, who was gnawing on a lobster, “It’s really a waste for you not to go and perform crosstalk.”
Wei Xiao looked at him, “Crosstalk on my own is boring. Old Bai, give me some praise.”
Brother Cai had enough, “Get lost!”
When Lu Feng, Chen Feng, and Tang Chen came over, Wei Xiao had already egged on the whole team, “Come running, it’s fun and exciting!”
Lu Feng: “…….”
Chen Feng: “……”
What could they say? What could they, as adults, say to this bratty child?!
Tang Chen stepped up, “What running, go swimming instead.”
As soon as he said this, Wei Xiao instantly realized, “Oh yeah!”
They were staying on a holiday island. Why were they doing boring running and not playing around by going swimming?
Chen Feng staggered. He really wanted to hammer Tang Chen to death!
Would you die if you spoke less?!
Was swimming something a human would do?!
Wei Xiao was encouraged, “Fellow brothers, let’s not go running. We’ll go to the sea and go wild!”
Ning Zhehan was interested, “I-I brought swimming trunks!”
Yue Wenle: “……”
Brother Cai wasn’t interested at all, “I’m sleeping.”
Wei Xiao glared at him, “Do you believe that I’ll throw your suitcase into the sea.”
Brother Cai’s heart leapt, “Wei Xiao, f*ck your daddy, if you dare to covet my suitcase, I’ll f*cking fight you!”
If his 66,000 dollar suitcase sank to the bottom of the sea, he’d follow it and jump into the water!
Half of FTW was interested, but it was still a certain person who was in charge.
Wei Xiao looked at Lu Feng, “Captain, how about going swimming!”
He didn’t know if the things he’d taught Old G were useful or not, but in any case, his own coquettish skills were maxed out.
Chen Feng turned his head to look at Lu Feng and thought to himself: Hold on, hold on, you can’t agree. Going wild in the sea, that is something you can resist!
Lu Feng: “…….”
Wei Xiao looked at him with wide eyes, “How about it?”
Lu Feng: “…… Alright.”
Coach Chen, pwned.
This matter was settled. At 10AM tomorrow morning, the FTW team’s itinerary––going wild in the sea, er, no, swimming.
They’d been training for nearly ten days. Going out to relax and play for a bit wasn’t a bad thing.
It wasn’t easy for them to come to a resort, and it would be difficult to explain away if they didn’t relax for a while.
Xiang Liu arranged the itinerary and even found a set of uniform swimming trunks.
Brother Liu explained, “The sponsors were prepared. They said that if there’s a swimming event, they recommend taking a daily life photo.”
It might not be the case for other teams, but FTW was notoriously strong in the looks department. If they really made a swimming poster, the traffic to the official blog would explode, and the sponsor’s small logo would also follow suit and rise up to the skies.
Unfortunately, Xiang Liu didn’t dare to mess around with such things and asked Lu Feng for his opinion first.
Lu Feng looked at the swimming trunks, and the image of Wei Xiaoxiao’s slim waist came up in his brain…
“No photos.”
The great demon king refused directly.
Xiang Liu wasn’t surprised. FTW didn’t need to rely on these things to make money. It had always been focused on its main purpose.
The team’s high level looks wasn’t intentional: there was no need to mention Brother Cai, a fine and tender youth (not really). Back then, Old Yue had been recommended by Brother Cai, and FTW was already super happy to have a reliable marksman and didn’t have the time to spare to care about how they looked; Ning Zhehan had been signed after FTW had won the domestic championship and felt the most confident, and this future mage king who’d been bought back at a high price of 3 million hadn’t been signed because of his fashionable style.
As for Wei Xiao, who’d finally returned to the team.
Who could’ve known that the grandmaster would look like this? Previously, Xiang Liu had made up a bald, fat man in his head when it came to the grandmaster!
As of now, any casual photo taken of FTW’s five players looked like they all wanted to make their idol debut. Xiang Liu’s life was very difficult.
He was clearly the manager of an e-sports club. How come it was like he was leading a boyband?!
Especially when it came to their online fans. Any inattentiveness would lead them to becoming stars of the entertainment industry.
They had more haters than fans, but the fans were more fierce than the haters. Their quarrels were enough to overturn the heavens and shake the earth.
FTW’s operations team was also very tired, okay? In order to have fans focus on the players’ competitions instead of their faces, they didn’t have it easy!
The next day, everyone got up early.
Lu Feng watched as the clock moved closer to ten o’clock, and his mood was very complex.
He pushed aside the papers in front of him and leaned back in his chair.
Swimming.
To go or not to go.
He thought of Wei Xiao’s bright smile and wasn’t willing to let him down.
He thought of his bared body and clingy appearance, and Lu Feng felt that he was really suffering.
Self-inflicted suffering made it difficult to live.
He hadn’t expected that these words would one day end up pasted onto the great demon king’s forehead.
The FTW crowd ran into Yuan Ze when they went downstairs.
Yuan Ze was surprised, “This is…”
Lu Feng: “We’re going for a run together, coming?”
Yuan Ze was shocked, “No, no.”
F*ck, was something wrong with FTW? They were going downstairs together so early in the morning for a run?!
Wei Xiao couldn’t hear their conversation. If he had, he would definitely go over to add fuel to the fire by saying a few more sentences.
Since FTW didn’t intend to take daily life pictures of the team members on the beach, it was even more impossible to let others take photos of them.
They found a clean stretch of beach to play on.
Everyone wore their team uniforms on the way downstairs, with their swimming trunks inside. They just had to take off their uniforms to go into the water.
Ning Zhehan couldn’t swim. He was very happy just holding onto a dolphin buoy; Old Yue was astonishingly pale when he removed his clothing, worthy of being Glory’s notorious little white face; Brother Cai knew how to swim and had already gone off to play.
Tang Chen was the darkest in the team. He clutched at the back of his head and said, “This isn’t right, I don’t normally feel that I’m very dark, hey.” His skin was a wheat color, how come it seemed so tan when he compared it to the others?!
Wei Xiao’s skin color wasn’t as pale as Yue Wenle, nor was he as thin and white as Brother Cai. His figure was very good. He didn’t have much muscle, but he didn’t appear weak. He took off his clothes and revealed his waistline, slender and pale and particularly attractive.
Lu Feng glanced over once, then shifted his gaze away.
Chen Feng didn’t go into the water. He hid beneath the sun umbrella and sneered, “Happy?”
Lu Feng: “…….”
Wei Xiao looked around everywhere for the captain, and ran over to say, “Captain, hurry up, they’re all in the water.”
Lu Feng didn’t know where to look, “You go and play, I’ll wait for you here.”
Wei Xiao was surprised, “You’re not coming?”
Lu Feng: “…….”
Chen Feng saved him, “Your captain can’t swim.”
Wei Xiao was startled, “Ah?”
Lu Feng remained silent.
Wei Xiao’s tone was rueful, “Why didn’t you say so earlier? If you can’t swim, why did we come to the seaside to play?”
Lu Feng’s heart warmed, “You guys play.”
Wei Xiao was unwilling to accept this and continued, “I’ll find you a swimming ring.”
Chen Feng continued to save his boss, “Don’t do that. It’s okay for Little Ning to use a floating ring, but if your captain takes one and enters the water, hm… isn’t that too shameful?”
Wei Xiao: “…………” That was true.
He looked regretfully at Lu Feng, “Next time, we won’t go play in the water.”
Lu Feng looked down a little and saw the youth’s healthy, beautiful body beneath the sun…
He thought to himself that it wasn’t a bad idea not to go play, but his mouth said, “Go play, everyone’s waiting for you.”
Wei Xiao left reluctantly. Lu Feng sat on the beach chair and drank a big mouthful of ice water.
Chen Feng narrowed his eyes, “Say, does Little Lunatic Wei really not understand what you’re thinking?”
Lu Feng: “…….”
Chen Feng answered for him, “He really doesn’t.”
As long as he understood even a little, he wouldn’t dare to go so wild!
Although Lu Feng didn’t join them, FTW’s four little ones all had a good time.
They were all half grown-up youths. Normally, other than training, it was just more training. Playing in the water occasionally was really a happy occurrence.
Wei Xiao was a good swimmer. He knew breaststroke and freestyle, and at the end, he pretended to do a butterfly stroke.
Tang Chen cheered for him and casually revealed, “Close’s butterfly is super handsome!”
Wei Xiao: “???”
He got out of the water and pushed back his wet hair, “Captain, butterfly?”
Brother Tang sold Chen Feng out all the way to the sky, “Yeah, it’s really amazing. That strength is absolute.”
Wei Xiao didn’t say another word and rushed towards the beach.
Chen Feng was chatting with Lu Feng and was taken by surprise when he saw him heading over with a murderous aura.
Wei Xiao was wet all over. The water beads on his clean body shone in the sun.
Lu Feng picked up the towel beside him and threw it at his body.
Wei Xiao wiped his face with the towel and said indignantly, “Captain, you lied to me!”
Lu Feng: “…….”
Wei Xiao was too excited, and his foot landed unsteadily. He called out ‘ouch’…
Lu Feng immediately got up and pulled the youth into his arms.
Wei Xiao clung to him, his entire person sticking against his body. How could Lu Feng’s thin t-shirt withstand this body covered with water?
Lu Feng’s heart pounded, and his blood surged through his body.
Wei Xiao raised his head. His eyes that were damp with water were brighter than usual, “Brother Tang said that your butterfly stroke is really handsome! But you said that you can’t swim!”
Sure enough, there was nothing that his captain couldn’t do.
Lu Feng took a breath, “I didn’t say I couldn’t swim.”
Wei Xiao was stunned.
He thought about it. Just now, it was all their coach talking, and Lu Feng hadn’t said anything.
Wei Xiao was still dissatisfied, “Then, why not go into the water!”
Lu Feng’s voice was a little hoarse, “Today, I… I don’t feel comfortable.”
Wei Xiao could hear it in his voice. He looked at him, “A cold?”
This hoarse voice, um…
Wei Xiao’s ears inexplicably began to burn.
Lu Feng helped him stand up properly and steadied his heartbeat, “A little.”
Wei Xiao grew anxious, “Rest early. If your body isn’t comfortable, don’t try to brave it out. Go back and quickly get some rest.”
Lu Feng wrapped him up tightly in the bath towel, “You should also go back earlier.”
Wei Xiao nodded, “Yes!”
Lu Feng really left. If he didn’t leave now, he would end up carrying Wei Xiao away with him.
Chen Feng, who was to the side, had to endure Wei Xiaoxiao’s endless chattering.
Chen Feng: “……”
Come on, talk as you like. There will come a time when you can’t say anything.
Because he missed Lu Feng, Wei Xiao didn’t play for long before going back upstairs.
He’d already gotten dressed, but his hair was still wet, “Captain?”
Lu Feng was calm now, “You’re back?”
Wei Xiao was strangely nervous, “Are you a little better now?”
He reached out towards his forehead.
Lu Feng caught his hand, “It’s fine.”
Wei Xiao: “If you feel uncomfortable, don’t force it.”
Lu Feng nodded. He couldn’t quite move his gaze away.
Wei Xiao felt a little itchy from being watched, “Is there something on my face?”
Lu Feng came back to his senses and changed the subject, “These last few days… are you doing all this because of Li Heran.”
One sentence poked straight into Wei Xiao’s thoughts. Wei Xiao dropped his eyes.
Lu Feng felt his heart soften into a mess when he saw him like this.
He got up early to run with him, and insisted even when he was extremely tired. Today, he led the whole team to take part in an outdoor activity…
How could Lu Feng not understand?
It had all started from when Li Heran couldn’t go up and play.
Although he didn’t know what Wei Xiao’s little brain was thinking, he could confirm that it was related to hazards of occupational diseases.
Wei Xiao spoke in a small voice, “That day, I heard Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran arguing.”
Lu Feng: “Mm.”
Wei Xiao’s heart suddenly clenched, and the fear that had originally retreated started to spread out again, “So I thought, if you were like in Captain Li’s situation, I…”
Lu Feng’s heart trembled. An indescribable emotion filled up his entire chest.
He’d guessed a bit of it, but he hadn’t thought that it would be like this.
Was Wei Xiao so haunted by fear because of him?
Lu Feng’s voice was gentle, “It won’t be like that.”
Wei Xiao looked up at him, “Of course it won’t. You exercise every day, your body is in good shape, and you’ll definitely play longer than anyone else!”
Lu Feng’s voice felt like it was being blocked by something and it was somewhat difficult to speak, “Don’t worry, I’ll accompany you until the end.”
Wei Xiao’s eyes brightened, “We’ll retire together?”
Lu Feng: “Yes, we’ll retire together.”
The cloud that had hovered around Wei Xiao for several days suddenly dispersed. He trusted Lu Feng, trusted Close, and believed every word he said.
“I’m only 19 now. I can still play for six or seven years at least!”
Lu Feng laughed softly, “Yes.”
Wei Xiao’s eyes curved into crescent moons, “Then, it’s a deal?”
Lu Feng: “Yes.”
It was a very, very lightly spoken word, but the weight of it was very heavy.
Wei Xiao’s chest seemed to be filled with marshmallows. At this time, because of Lu Feng’s gaze, the marshmallows were completely melted, sticky and sweet, filling up his entire heart.
Accompany you to the end.
Deal.
Wei Xiao didn’t blink as he looked at Lu Feng. The more he looked, the more he liked what he saw.
His heart thumped, and he saw his own thoughts clearly at this moment––
He was done for.
He actually wanted to marry the captain!
xiin: FINALLY WX YOU’RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND…
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