Midsummer

When I played the game again the next day, I found that the official had added a big announcement with the title "The Third National Martial Arts Competition".

As veteran players, Xiao Tian and Sui Feng understood immediately after seeing it: "This year's martial arts competition has started to sign up."

Chang Chen said: "This is a publicity announcement, registration will start next week."

Yan Lie asked suspiciously, "What is that?"

Chang Chen explained: "It's the annual national online PK tournament of "Knights of the Jianghu". Players from all over the country can form their own teams to sign up. Each team has a minimum of 9 people and a maximum of 12 people. There are 3V3 arena wheel battles and team battles online, with a knockout system. .”

Xiao Tian added: "Although it is online, it has been an offline PK since the quarter-finals. The eight shortlisted teams will compete in the arena prepared by the organizer, and finally decide the championship, runner-up, quarter-final, and runner-up. The party will give rich bonuses and medals."

Sui Feng continued: "This is still a channel for professional teams to select new players. Many professional players are paying attention to the later competitions. It is said that there will be professional players as commentators in the offline competitions. Those who performed well in this competition, Opportunity to be promoted to professional team development."

Jiang Mo looked at the date and said, "By the way, where is the autumn competition going?"

Chang Chen, Jiang Mo, Xiao Tian, ​​and Sui Feng are all people who only watch one or two professional games occasionally. They can only be said to have a little understanding of the specific game schedule of the professional league. On the contrary, Luo Ye, Jiang Mogang After the question, he replied: "The second round of the big cycle has just started. Generally, they start to pay attention to the martial arts competition after finishing the professional league."

This time both Chang Chen and Jiang Mo were stunned for a moment, Jiang Mo asked in confusion: "No, Luo Ye, aren't you a novice, why are you so clear about professional leagues?"

Bai Xiao said, "His brother is a professional player."

Luo Ye responded with a "hmm", and everyone except everyone in the 407 dormitory was shocked. Jiang Mo asked curiously: "Which team is it? What's the ID?"

Luo Ye replied: "'Team Jueyi', it's raining."

Chang Chen snapped his tongue and said, "Which is the strongest magician in the alliance?"

Sui Feng immediately excitedly said: "Yes, yes! I am Luo Yu's fan!"

Chang Chen couldn't laugh or cry: "No, one of you is Luo Yu's younger brother and the other is Luo Yu's fan, but the younger brother played infantry and the fans played swordsman?"

Luo Ye said lightly: "I haven't paid attention to his games, and I have a soft spot for meat shields."

Sui Feng said honestly: "The hand speed is not as fast as his, so don't take the shame on yourself."

Chang Chen choked, smiled helplessly and went to read the announcement.

After studying for a few minutes, Chang Chen said: "The winter vacation for this competition just started, the deadline for registration is January 1th, the first match is on January 12th, after that there will be a knockout match in three days, and the quarter will start. The offline competition is one a day, and usually it can be finished before the Chinese New Year..."

The registration channel will be opened on December 12th for a period of one month. It is also to allow players who want to participate in the competition to have time to find teammates, and by the way, they can gather together to train and cooperate.

After hearing this, Bai Xiao couldn't help but said, "Do you want to go?"

Chang Chen chuckled and said, "Or Xiao'er understands me and plays with me?"

Jiang Mo asked in bewilderment, "Why do you suddenly want to go?"

"It's not all of a sudden. I wanted to go before but didn't find any reliable teammates. Didn't I have all of them this time?" Chang Chen laughed.

There was actually another reason...but he wasn't going to say it.

Jiang Mo understood, and quickly accepted: "If you want to go, then I will follow."

Chang Chen: "What about the others?"

Yan Lie said: "My brother and I are fine, anyway, the winter vacation is idle."

Jing Yuan also said: "I'm fine, I was free during that time."

The 407 dormitory also responded similarly, only Bai Xiao chatted with Chang Chen in private: I have a part-time job during the winter vacation...

Chang Chen quickly replied: It's okay, just play for an hour or two, and not every day.

Chen Jie: Stay with me, without you I have no strength to fight [crying]

Bai Yue Xiaoxiang: ...

Is it really okay for such an adult to be cute without blushing?

He hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Okay."

Dust Jie: Baby is the best, okay? [kiss]

Bai Xiao: "..." Just ignore it.

After finishing Bai Xiao, Chang Chen said again: "Is the youngest in the third year of high school? If you are nervous about studying, don't force yourself."

Ling Jie: "It's okay, I don't study well, my parents don't expect me to be admitted to university, maybe I can find another way out if I go to play competitions."

Chang Chen smiled and said, "Okay, for our youngest, we have to do our best to reach the quarterfinals."

Sui Feng asked: "Then what is the name of our team?"

Chang Chen thought for a while and said, "Continue to use 'Midsummer Nianhua'?"

Everyone said yes, and the matter was settled.

……

The next day, Chang Chen and Bai Xiao walked in that grove hand in hand.

It was already winter in early December, and this shady grove was less visited by people. It was also because of the few people that Chang Chen brought Bai Xiao here for a walk.But it's really windy here, Chang Chen looked at Bai Xiao who was wearing a scarf and his ears were red from the cold, pulled him to sit on a bench beside him, let him sit in his arms, and then went Breathing out in his hands, he put his hands on Bai Xiao's ears.

Bai Xiao was taken aback, then raised her head to look at him and said, "It's okay, it's not very cold."

Chang Chen chuckled lightly and said, "Just let me hug you for a while."

Bai Xiao blushed, pulled his hand off, took the initiative to lean into his arms, and sat down a little so that her head rested on Chang Chen's heart, then grabbed his hand and held it , and then whispered: "Hug it."

Chang Chen watched him do this with a dazed face, and after finishing the work, the man leaned against him in a daze, but when he came back to his senses, the smile on his face widened, and then he hugged him tightly , chuckled lightly in his ear and said, "Baby is so active?"

Bai Xiao blushed and ignored his teasing, and changed the subject: "Why do you suddenly want to participate in that competition?"

The topic changed so suddenly, Chang Chen was stunned for a moment before he realized: "Did I explain it yesterday?"

Bai Xiao looked up at him, with doubts in his eyes, Chang Chen touched his nose and said guiltyly: "It's not just that...well, the winter vacation dormitory is locked, and you can't stay in the dormitory..."

Speaking of this, Bai Xiao's eyes flashed with sadness, she nestled in his arms and said nothing.

Chang Chen hurriedly hugged him tightly, and said softly: "I have a cousin who bought an apartment near the school, a single apartment with two bedrooms and one living room, and then the company suddenly transferred him to another city. It is vacant, and I asked him for the key not long ago... Originally, my parents would urge me to go home during the winter vacation, if I told them there was a game, I could live there with you."

Seeing Bai Xiao looking up at him in a daze, Chang Chen gently supported his head again, leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, and said softly, "Come and live with me during the winter vacation, okay?"

Not long ago, Bai Xiao was still worrying about what to do during the winter vacation, thinking about renting a cheap, short-term house nearby so that he could work part-time, but Chang Chen had already found a place for him.

Bai Xiao's nose was sore, she turned around to face him, wrapped her arms around Chang Chen's neck, buried her face on his shoulder, and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Thank you, Chang Chen."

Chang Chen smiled, put his arm around him, and ran his hand along his hair and said, "Thank you? I also have selfish intentions. You have to live with me throughout the winter vacation. Don't be afraid that I will take the opportunity to eat you." ?”

Bai Xiao's ears turned red this time, and it took a while before she said sullenly: "You said you wouldn't force me..."

Chang Chen pushed him away a little and looked at his face, smiled and pinched his face lightly, then kissed him on the nose, putting his forehead against his forehead and said, "Don't challenge me just because I love you." My self-control will do."

Bai Xiao gave a soft "um", but he didn't dare.

The atmosphere was too ambiguous, and the distance between the two of them was too close. Chang Chen and him looked at each other, and couldn't help but move a little closer, their breath hitting each other's faces.

Just when Chang Chen was about to kiss Bai Xiao's lips, a bad scene flashed in Bai Xiao's mind inappropriately, she closed her eyes, and subconsciously stepped back a little.

Chang Chen paused and woke up instantly, a trace of disappointment inevitably flashed in his eyes, and then hurriedly hugged Bai Xiao back into his arms, patted him on the back and comforted him: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, baby, I couldn't control it for a while. ..."

Bai Xiao was a little emotionally unstable, buried in Chang Chen's arms and took a few deep breaths before recovering gradually, shaking her head and muttering: "It's none of your business, it's my fault."

Chang Chen patted him on the back and was about to say "It's not your fault", when Bai Xiao said in an almost inaudible voice: "I...the first kiss is gone."

Chang Chen was stunned for a moment, and stopped patting his back. The first thought in his heart was: Didn't you say that you only hugged Yu Xin?

Afterwards, Bai Xiao's voice brought her back to her thoughts, but she was even more shocked, and only heard him say: "I...was sexually harassed when I was in junior high school."

When Bai Xiao was in junior high school, Bai's father had suffered a work-related injury and couldn't work. The already poor family situation was even worse, but fortunately, he met a teacher who was very kind to their family at that time.

That teacher was a middle-aged man, and he helped Bai Xiao's family a lot in the open and in the dark. They would give them big red envelopes on their birthdays or during festivals. After Bai Xiao was about to take the high school entrance examination, he would give Bai Xiao a lot of money for free. One-to-one tutoring, tutoring him with his homework until late every day.

Then one day, it was almost a month before the senior high school entrance examination, when the tutoring time was almost over, the teacher suddenly touched Bai Xiao, first he held his hand and stroked it, Bai Xiao didn't care much at first, then he gradually touched In other places, Bai Xiao started to feel afraid, but the other party was his benefactor and also the benefactor of the whole family, he didn't dare to resist, and prayed that the other party would stop quickly, until the other party kissed him forcibly—the mouth-to-mouth kind, the other party Someone stuck out his tongue and tried to get into his mouth, but he dodged it with tight lips, then immediately pushed the person away and ran home by himself.

When he got home, he didn't dare to tell his family. He didn't dare to tell his family until everyone went back to the room to sleep. Then he pulled his mother out alone and stumbled. Fortunately, Mother Bai believed that her son's character would never make such a panic. The monster's parents beat him to death in minutes.Afterwards, Mother Bai was also stubborn, and refused to send Bai Xiao to that teacher's home for tutoring, and paid back all the money owed to him in the shortest possible time, and then she never communicated with each other again.

Except for Bai Xiao's family, Bai Xiao didn't mention this matter to anyone, so even Sui Feng, her best friend at the time, didn't know about it, but it still left a shadow on Bai Xiao. When she was with Yu Xin before, I also don't want to act rashly and hurt other girls.

Bai Xiao briefly explained the matter to Chang Chen intermittently, and then fell silent for a while after finishing speaking, before muttering: "I...will try to accept you, give me a little time..."

After Chang Chen listened, he just tightened his arms again, patted him on the back and said, "It's okay, I will wait for you."

Bai Xiao buried herself in his arms, and nodded slightly.

After that, as if to divert Bai Xiao's attention, Chang Chen chuckled lightly and said, "Honey, I've been so kind to you, how can you thank me?"

Bai Xiao raised her head and looked at him blankly.

Chang Chen looked at his flushed face from being buried in his arms for a long time, squeezed it in a good mood, and said: "If you call me brother, I will spare you."

When Bai Xiao heard this, her face turned even redder, she lowered her head and became entangled in her heart.

Seeing him like this, Chang Chen couldn't help teasing him again: "How about it, should you call?"

After struggling for an unknown amount of time, Bai Xiao called "Brother" softly and briefly.

Chang Chen didn't hear clearly, so he moved closer and asked, "What?"

Bai Xiao gritted her teeth, and leaned directly into his ear and said, "Brother."

After hearing this, Chang Chen's first reaction was: Damn it, it's over.

Bai Xiao called out "Brother" and almost woke up a part of his lower body, hurriedly suppressed the impulse, coughed lightly, stood up and put him on the ground to cover up: "It's getting late, I'll take you back."

Bai Xiao looked confused, didn't you ask me to call you?Are you unhappy after calling?

Seeing Bai Xiao's bewildered expression, Chang Chen hurriedly dragged him to the dormitory in embarrassment.

It was only now that Bai Xiao, who was walking behind, noticed his reddish ear tips, endured it, but still couldn't hold back a "puchi" laugh.

……