Our team is not allowed to fall in love

Cheng Xi left the conference room, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and waited until his cheeks were no longer hot before returning to the training room, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and opened WeChat.

WeChat is clean, almost only teammates, managers, and some familiar players from other teams.

Only the news record of He Sailing stayed two years ago.

"Sailing turned on friend verification, you are not his friend yet..."

The last sentence he sent to persuade Lu Miaozhou to stay was blocked by this prompt to delete the friend.

He stared at the words "Send friend verification", hesitated for a moment, but still didn't have the courage to press it.

At the beginning, Lu Miaozhou deleted all his contact information because he was stalking him. Now, after two years, he finally planned to come back. Is it possible that he still wants to pester him because of his own selfishness? He came to MAX?

But why can other players be Lu Miaozhou's teammate, but not himself?

Cheng Xi's light brown eyes had a few blood streaks, stained with a little bit of annoyance and slight jealousy that he didn't realize.

The boy is like a kitten with blown fur, curled up on the gaming chair, his fingertips are less than a centimeter away from the verification, but he seems to be stopped by some force, unable to take a step forward.

Brother Li came to the training room to check the training situation as usual.

"You're all training, right? Watch the replay video yesterday, flame, what are you doing curled up in your seat—"

Cheng Xi was stunned, and with a flick of his fingertips, he clicked on "Friend Verification".

The young man stared blankly at the "verification message sent successfully" prompt, his mind went blank for a moment, then suddenly buzzed, and the phone almost fell to the ground.

He eagerly opened Baidu, wanting to search for how to withdraw a friend request.

However, Brother Li had already walked to his side with ulterior motives: "Flame is done with work, remember to turn on the training immediately."

"okay……"

Of all kinds of words on Baidu, none of them can teach him how to withdraw his friend request.

Thin sweat gradually oozes from his forehead, and his cheeks become hot. Cheng Xi unzipped the zipper of his team uniform jacket, and the white T-shirt inside was a little transparent from the cold sweat, sticking to his skin, hooking the boy's waistline. Extremely slender.

He glanced at the search terms, but his eyes finally stopped on a WeChat message that popped up suddenly.

"Sailing has approved your friend request."

Immediately, there was a pleasant ringtone of a voice call.

Cheng Xi seemed to be holding some hot potato, his whole body was like a rusty machine, even his mind became dull.The melodious ringtone was particularly abrupt in the sound of typing keyboards in the training room.

Brother Li stared at him immediately: "flame?"

Cheng Xi jumped up from the gaming chair like a thief, apologized, grabbed his phone and hurried to the bathroom.

The ringtone of the voice call was like a reminder, unhurried, and pressing continuously. Even after the interruption due to too long time in the middle, another call came quickly.

Cheng Xi locked himself in the bathroom cubicle, thinking about whether to refuse the call, after all, his head was a mess now, and he didn't even know how to speak after answering.

But the movement of his hand was erratic, and he pressed the connect button.

He put the phone to his ear.

First, there was a clear and shallow breathing sound, followed by a familiar yet unfamiliar cold voice, a little hoarse and lazy, as if he had just woken up: "Xiaoxi?"

The low tone was a bit vague, but it made Cheng Xi's ears turn red in an instant.It was as if the other party's warm breath hit his ear.

Seeing that he didn't make a sound, Lu Miaozhou's voice paused for a few moments, and there was a rustle of cloth rubbing against the phone.

"Xiaoxi? Why don't you talk?"

Cheng Xi's back was pressed against the cold door of the bathroom cubicle, and he closed his eyes when he heard this, but his eyelashes trembled unceasingly.

That's right, it's obvious that I sent a friend request inexplicably first, plus that disgusting hot search in the morning... If I didn't say anything, Lu Miaozhou might have misunderstood something.

However, he has not regained the feeling that he could speak unscrupulously in front of Lu Miaozhou before.

The boy opened his mouth and said in a very soft voice, "Brother Lu."

A chuckle came from the other end of the phone: "What's the matter, didn't you say that the heating in the training room will be repaired at noon, and you have a cold?"

Before Cheng Xi spoke, he didn't think that he would lose his composure because of a phone call, but the facts proved that when he spoke instinctively, his voice had a faint nasal sound, or a crying tone.

The young man bit his lower lip and calmed down. He didn't want his impression in Lu Miaozhou's heart to remain that of the child who cried and acted like a spoiled child two years ago.

"Yeah... I have a bit of a cold."

He uttered a lie, and it took a while before he realized that he only said that the heating in the training room was broken during the live broadcast this morning. How could Lu Miaozhou know? Could it be that he...

"I added you on WeChat because our team manager meant. He heard the news that you are coming back, and wanted to ask you if you would like to come to MAX to play games, but you have to go through trial training... Do you sign with other clubs?"

Lu Miaozhou seemed to be listening to his words patiently, breathing very gently.

It wasn't until Cheng Xi finished speaking in a muffled voice that he changed the subject noncommittally: "No sign...Since you have a cold, you should take your medicine. Remember to take medicine half an hour after eating...Have you had lunch yet?"

"You haven't signed yet?" Cheng Xi didn't dare to ask Lu Miaozhou whether he would like to come to MAX, thinking that he was afraid that he would get stomach problems if he didn't eat well, so he asked this question obediently, "I haven't eaten yet, but I'll order takeaway right away. It's still early, and the takeaway will arrive in a while..."

"If you haven't eaten yet, is it convenient to leave the club?"

"Convenience—" Cheng Xi shrank himself in the toilet cubicle, lowered his voice, and listened to Lu Miaozhou's voice attentively.

A glimmer of anticipation suddenly rose in my heart.

And this expectation, after Lu Miaozhou answered him, turned into an unknown emotion, which exploded in his chest.

He said: "You go out, go to the private restaurant you often go to, I will wait for you there."

Cheng Xi hung up the voice call with trembling fingertips, pushed the door out of the cubicle, and collided with Lin Shen.

Cheng Xi had the immature face of a high school student, was thin and thin, but was 1.7 meters tall, and Lin Shen staggered all of a sudden.

"My God, why don't you say anything in the toilet?" Lin Shen looked at his good brother who was half a head taller than him, and sighed, "Also, you don't flush the toilet after using it, you don't think it smells bad. ah?"

Cheng Xi stuffed the phone back into his pocket, he was still in the MAX club, but his heart had already flown to the private restaurant.

He was full of confidence that Lu Miaozhou's comeback was true, and Lu Miaozhou hadn't signed with the club yet, so Lu Miaozhou asked him out for dinner.

The boy mechanically said "I'm sorry", turned around and symbolically flushed the toilet that didn't need to be flushed at all.

"Wood, I'm going out for dinner today, and I may come back later in the afternoon. If the manager needs me, please tell him."

Lin Shen glanced at the young man with reddened face and dazzlingly bright eyes, and scratched his head: "Sure, you go, be careful on the road—hey, who are you eating with, sailing?" What's going on?"

Cheng Xi had already reached the stairs in two steps, and he didn't forget to put on his mask.

The location of the MAX club is good, and there are many good restaurants not far from the main entrance. The only private restaurant serves the authentic Suzhou cuisine that Cheng Xi likes to eat, which is sweeter, and he always goes there.

As soon as the proprietress saw him coming in, she greeted him and said, "Isn't this Xiao Cheng? I haven't been here for a few days. In the private room at the end of the second floor, there is a young man, tall and handsome. She says it's your brother. Wait a minute." your."

"Is it really your brother? You both look handsome..."

Cheng Xi smiled: "Well, it's my brother. Today's meal will be charged to my account. Don't ask him to pay. I'll go up first."

Before entering the private room, just turning the corner of the stairs, the hurried young man bumped into a person waiting for him with his hands in his pockets not far away.

It is very similar to the photos on Weibo hot search, the only difference is that the real Lu Miaozhou in front of me is more beautiful than the blurry photos.

Broad shoulders and narrow waist, slender legs, not a bit of hunchback and bloat that e-sports players often have. Although the short black hair is a bit long, it is refreshing and clean. There are some unknown emotions in the phoenix eyes. When his figure is reflected, Suddenly with a warm smile.

Cheng Xi was hit by such a familiar gaze, and suddenly seemed to lose all his strength. He continued to walk a few steps according to the inertia, and then stopped abruptly.

"What's wrong, Xiaoxi?"

He watched Lu Miaozhou walk in front of him, raised his hand to grab the edge of his mask, and gently took off the mask.

A slender, bony hand lightly rubbed against his cheek.

"Don't recognize me?"

Recognized, how could he not recognize...

Cheng Xi opened his mouth, and the voice that came out was so hoarse that he was shocked: "No, no..."

He spoke incoherently: "Why are you here, why are you here..."

Although it's not a meal, there are still guests coming up from time to time. Cheng Xi's popularity is high now, and it would be troublesome to be recognized.

Lu Miaozhou's Adam's apple slid up and down, grabbed Cheng Xi's wrist, dragged the distraught "Shen Xi" all the way into the private room, and closed the door.

As soon as he turned around, before he could speak, Cheng Xi blocked the door frame, and the young man stood in front of him like a thin stone pillar.

The eye sockets were already red at some point.

The young man who could speak nicely to trolls in the live broadcast room, his bangs are a little messy now, he stubbornly raised his head and stared at him.

That look reminded him of Cheng Xi's scolding look that was trending on the Internet.

He is obviously very unfamiliar, but he has to put on a posture.

"Why are you back..."

Cheng Xi blocked the person stubbornly, looking up at the young man who was half a head taller than him, he was not angry at all, but when the two were alone, he buried the grievances in his heart for two years, It exploded in an instant.

At that moment, he didn't think about the transfer period, didn't think about whether Lu Miaozhou would agree to come to MAX, but just obeyed his instinct and blurted out what he hadn't dared to say for two years.

"Two years ago, didn't you say that you had a serious hand injury and couldn't play e-sports anymore?"

"Why are you back now?" Cheng Xi turned his gaze to Lu Miaozhou's right hand hanging by his side, "Are you lying to me now, or were you lying to me two years ago? Brother Lu."

Lu Miaozhou didn't answer.

The more Cheng Xi spoke, the more excited he became, as if he was sure that Lu Miaozhou would not fight back, he stretched out his hand to grab his neckline.

The distance between the two was so close that their breaths blended together, so close that Cheng Xi could smell the faint aroma of tobacco.

"...you lied to me for so long, how dare you come back?"

When questioning, under the soft and waxy voice of the young man, it finally turned into an uncontrollable cry.

The water vapor accumulated in the peach blossom eyes suddenly gushed out and trickled down the boy's cheeks.

Lu Miaozhou's dark eyes dimmed for a few moments, he reached out and grabbed the boy's wrist, which was pulling his neckline, and felt a piece of ice cold.

The tone suddenly eased: "I'm sorry, Xiaoxi."

"Before I failed to keep the promise... Now that I'm back, I won't leave again."

He is very aware of Cheng Xi's weakness: "Didn't you ask on the phone if I want to come to MAX for trial training?"

Cheng Xi's tightly clenched fingers were separated one by one by Lu Miaozhou, wrapped in warm palms, and relaxed.

"Um...will you come?"

Cheng Xi tried his best to suppress his choked sobs, and after a hot-headed questioning, there was a touch of regret and panic.

Finally, when he got to Lu Miaozhou, he should...should be like all the captains who invite players to their team, calmly and calmly talk things over.

Rather than relying on the friendship that he was brought into the e-sports circle by Lu Miaozhou, he began to feel confident.

Lu Miaozhou squinted his phoenix eyes, raised his left hand and gently wiped his cheek.

"Xiaoxi, tell me first, is it your team manager who wants me to go there, or you want me to go?"

Cheng Xi was startled, and he didn't feel embarrassed to say that he wanted him to come: "...is there any difference?"

Lu Miaozhou smiled lowly: "Of course there is a difference."

"If it's your club's request... trial training?"

It is undoubtedly an insult to tell a first-class professional player, or a player who has won the world championship, that he wants to try out.

Lu Miaozhou didn't continue, Cheng Xi also understood what he meant, and his heart ached.

"But if it's Xiaoxi who wants me to go...it's okay to try."