Lin Yan rushed back to the lounge and dealt with the team interview. It was already 8: 30 pm when he left the stadium.
He asked for leave from the manager, Hao.
The players were free from tonight until tomorrow afternoon because they had to wait until the semi-finals to determine their final opponents.
The analysts were quite busy during this time, but the players were free to play. They could play or rest, but Hao didn't allow them to broadcast, afraid that they would be affected by public opinion.
Lin Yan said goodbye to his teammates under Phyllostachys Pubescens' mocking gaze and went to find Su Cheng's family.
The three Su family members walked out of the stadium slowly. Su Cheng turned around in front of her parents and walked with her hands behind her back. She introduced League of Legends to them. She didn't talk about the game, but focused on the development of the LOL e-sports industry in recent years.
Lin Yan saw this scene when he walked out of the stadium. Su Cheng's back was facing him. Two slender and well-proportioned calves were exposed under her loose sports shorts. Her back was thin, and the outline of her slender waist could be seen under her white shirt.
Su Cheng was talking excitedly. Thanks to her parents' reminder, she noticed Lin Yan behind her.
Lin Yan's parents praised Lin Yan. Even though they didn't know much about games, they could roughly understand Lin Yan's outstanding performance tonight through the live commentary.
Lin Yan chatted with a smile on his face. When Su Cheng heard her parents praise Lin Yan, she smiled even more happily than Lin Yan himself.
It was getting late. The four of them went to the nearby Hongqiao Tian Di to have a simple meal. During the meal, Su Cheng's parents' phones never stopped vibrating.
The couple went outside to answer the call. When they came back, Lin Yan's father said apologetically to Su Cheng and Lin Yan, "There's some urgent work at the company. I have to go to Shenzhen tonight. Your mother also has to go back to the Beijing law firm."
"I've already paid the bill. Cheng Zi, you can go back to the Pentagon tonight. Lin Yan, please take care of her."
Lin Ran hurriedly nodded in agreement.
"Oh." Su Cheng replied in a muffled voice.
Su Qingsang's parents hurriedly left the private room. It was obvious that something urgent had happened.
After her parents left the table, Su Cheng's chopsticks slowed down. She suddenly felt that the food was not as fragrant.
"It's good enough that your parents can spare five days to come to Shanghai," Lin Yan comforted Su Cheng. "Middle-aged people at this age are busier than the other."
"I don't feel right either." Su Cheng was a little unhappy. "I know they love me, but I always feel that work is more important to them than me."
"Chengzi, how can you have such thoughts?
In order to accompany you to rent an apartment in Shanghai, your parents must have been busy for a long time. "Lin Yan was shocked." Do you know that I've only seen my dad once in the past six months? "
"Huh?" Su Cheng raised her head. It was the first time she heard Lin Yan talk about his father. "Is it that exaggerated?"
"Well, that time we met was when he was transferring planes in Shanghai. He took me to a fast food restaurant for a meal. We met for a total of one hour." Lin Yan poured orange juice into Su Cheng's glass.
"Ah, this …" Su Cheng was speechless. "Now that you mention it, I think it's good that these two busy people can accompany me to go skiing abroad during Chinese New Year."
"What else could it be?" Lin Yan sighed. "I also want to have a father who can accompany me to travel around."
"It's okay. Even without your father, you still have me as your sister."
Su Cheng put her hand on Lin Yan's palm. Her palm was soft and smooth, and her fingers were slender. There was a different kind of warmth.
Lin Yan's brain suddenly squeezed a little bit of dirty thoughts.
Sister?
Call me sister under the bed. What's the last sentence?
Lin Yan shook his head as soon as this thought popped up in his mind.
He planned to watch less of those weird stories with Phyllostachys Pubescens in the future.
"I'll accompany you to travel in the future, okay?" The girl's eyes were like a painting.
"Okay." Lin Yan held Su Cheng's hand and softly replied.
After dinner, the two bought some milk tea and snacks in the nearby shopping district. They walked while eating.
They stopped and quietly listened to the street performers' summer outdoor concert. It was not until the sad girl sang "Happy Breakup" that Su Cheng took him to a taxi and went to the Five Corners Plaza.
Su Cheng's parents rented a three-bedroom apartment for their daughter next to the Handan campus of Fudan University.
"Do you want to go up and see the apartment?" Su Cheng took the initiative to ask when they were about to arrive at the neighborhood.
Lin Yan looked at Su Cheng's pure and clear eyes. Since the last time he went to her hotel room for the ranking match, Lin Yan knew that if this girl said she wanted to go up and see the apartment, then she really just wanted to see the apartment.
He gladly agreed and ignored the taxi driver's indifferent look. He planned to pay and get off the taxi.
"I'll pay." Su Cheng suddenly said and scanned the QR code on her phone.
"What for?" Lin Yan looked at the three digits in the taxi and was a little puzzled.
"You paid for the milk tea and snacks. This time it's my turn." Su Cheng shook her phone and confirmed the transfer information with the taxi driver.
"Your parents paid for the dinner." Lin Yan muttered.
"We are us. It has nothing to do with my parents." Su Cheng used her slender arm to push him, "Gouzi, get off the taxi. I'm going to suffocate in the taxi."
After leaving the air-conditioned taxi, the sultry summer night breeze in Shanghai blew on Lin Yan's body. He only felt that his exposed forearm was a little hot.
He followed behind Su Cheng to the rental apartment. On the way, he kept looking around the neighborhood.
This neighborhood was not new. It was said that the nearby Tongji University built the apartments for the teachers more than ten years ago. The greenery and lawns were quite good. When Lin Yan passed by, he could faintly smell the scent of fragrant grass and soil.
Lin Yan looked at the slightly yellowed walls and slightly crowded corridors. He had an illusion that he had traveled back in time to his childhood. At that time, his mother was still by his side and his father's work was not as busy as it was now …
"How much does this neighborhood cost?" Lin Yan asked.
The two entered the neighborhood elevator. Su Cheng stretched out her finger and pressed the stiff floor button.
"50,000 yuan per square meter?
Something like that. "
Su Cheng tilted her head and replied. She lowered her head and took a bite of the sweet potato. Because her face was a little small, she stuffed a big mouthful of food into her mouth. Her cheeks were puffed up, making her look like a little squirrel.
Lin Yan nodded. If he did not rely on the bonus and the live broadcast contract, his one year's basic salary would only be enough to buy a cramped bathroom.
He sighed in melancholy. If it were not for the fact that his family still had a few apartments in Suzhou, he would feel that his future was a little bleak.
The elevator reached the seventh floor. Su Cheng led him along the corridor to the innermost room. She took out the key from her bag and opened the door.
"Come in. Remember to put on your shoes and turn on the air conditioner. I'll go boil some water. The cup of milk tea tonight is too sweet." Su Cheng hung up her bag, put on a pair of strawberry bear slippers, and stepped into the house.
Lin Yan looked around. He took the shoe covers from the shoe cabinet and picked up the remote to turn on the air conditioner.
The living room was not empty. There were two stacks of books next to the TV and on the coffee table. Lin Yan glanced at the covers. They were probably university mathematics textbooks, with some statistics and English titles.
"Can I read these books?"
"Anything is fine!" Su Cheng's voice came from the other side of the living room.
He opened one of the books and flipped to the title page. Su Cheng's delicate signature could be seen. After flipping two more pages, Su Cheng's scribbled calculations filled the blank space on both sides of the book.
There was a notebook under the thick book. On the cover was written "LoL Data Analysis".
Lin Yan was a little curious. He flipped it open to take a look. There were all kinds of data recorded in it. The most recent match was a best-of-5 match between WE and Snake.
It recorded everything clearly and clearly, from how the heroes chose to counter each other, the positioning of the first team's eyes, to how the resources were swapped out and the lane split.
The house was unusually quiet. He could only hear the gurgling sound of the kettle.
"What are you looking at?" Suddenly, Su Cheng's voice came from above his head.
Lin Yan was startled by her. He quickly slammed the notebook shut. He sounded a little anxious. "Why didn't you make any sound when you walked?"
"Why didn't I scare you to death?"
Su Cheng wrinkled her nose and made a face. "Don't break this notebook. It took me a long time to organize it."
She took a new cup from under the coffee table and poured water into it from the kettle.
Su Cheng did not have her hair tied up in a ponytail today. As she leaned over, a strand of her black hair secretly fell down. The light from the living room shone on her, making her cheeks look soft.
Lin Yan's nose was very sharp. He could smell Su Cheng's fresh and clean shampoo and shower gel.
It was the smell of citrus.
"You're in the finals on the 26th?"
Su Cheng poured herself a cup of water. She sat next to Lin Yan and scrolled through her phone. "Then I'll go to Guangzhou on the 25th."
"You're going to watch the finals?" Lin Yan was a little surprised. "Isn't school starting soon?"
"There's still a lot of time." Su Cheng counted the days on her fingers. "The S6 competition ceremony is on the night of the 28th. I'll go back to Shanghai on the 29th and rest for two days until school starts."
Lin Yan did not say anything.
Su Cheng did not notice this detail. She was still looking down at the flight information.
Lin Yan picked up another mathematical analysis book on the coffee table and flipped it open. Su Cheng had also left rows of calculation formulas inside.
He flipped to the last Lebesgue points. As usual, it was full of notes.
"… Aren't you tired?" he asked softly.
Su Cheng looked up at Lin Yan's handsome side profile.
"I'm not tired." She smiled softly. "Since I chose to be your girlfriend, I've already prepared for this."
Lin Yan turned around and looked at Su Cheng.
Her bright eyes contained wisdom and rationality. Her thin shoulders were slightly bent inward, and the curve of her shoulders and neck was soft. Lin Yan could vaguely see her beautiful collarbone.
His heart felt a little itchy.
The next second, he turned his body sideways and stretched out his arms.
"Huh?" Su Cheng's reaction was surprisingly slow. She was hugged by Lin Yan without any resistance.
Su Cheng's white cheeks were completely red.
She was so close to Lin Yan that she could easily smell his refreshing scent. It was also mixed with the scent of shower gel.
There was a lemony smell.
Although she was not short, she curled up her legs in Lin Yan's arms. She looked thin and small.
This increased her sense of security and made her feel comfortable as if she was being wrapped up.
But her two arms were at a loss, as if she didn't know where to put them.
Lin Yan held her shoulder with one hand and her slim waist with the other.
At this moment, his fingers on her shoulders and waist could feel Su Cheng's body trembling slightly with each breath. He could still feel the warmth and reality through her shirt.
Su Cheng's two arms, which were hanging on Lin Yan's back, trembled restlessly. Then, she gently placed them on Lin Yan's back.
"I'm really not tired." Su Cheng looked up at Lin Yan. "When I saw you win the game, I was very happy. It was as if I was the one standing on the stage."
"What about you?" Lin Yan's voice was particularly low. "Esports is a career I want to pursue. What do you want to do?"
"Be a teacher." Su Cheng said without hesitation. "A university lecturer."
"Then I'll have to work hard. We won't have nothing in common in the end, right?" Lin Yan chuckled.
"Maybe we'll go from being classmates to being teacher and student," Su Cheng said with a smile. "Then I'll definitely laugh at you and give you 59 points."
Lin Yan's mind began to fill with dirty thoughts again. Teacher and student …
He hurriedly shook his head to clear his mind of those charming thoughts.
"What's wrong?" Su Cheng looked at him shaking his head and asked with concern.
"It's nothing. Water just got into my head." Lin Yan's fingers gently let go of Su Cheng's body.
Su Cheng suddenly felt dry in her mouth. She quickly picked up the cup on the coffee table and drank some water.
It was a little hot.
It was also a little sweet.
Was it the aftertaste of the milk tea from last night?
Her cheeks were red.
The two sat for a while until Lin Yan finished the water in the cup.
"It's getting late …" Lin Yan looked up at the clock on the wall. The time had slowly changed from 10 to 11.
"I'll walk you downstairs." Su Cheng quickly got up.
"I can walk by myself. Remember to be careful at home. Don't forget to turn off the electrical outlets. Check the door before you go to bed …" Lin Yan walked to the entrance and took off his shoe covers while reminding Su Cheng.
"Okay." Su Cheng looked at him and stood up. "You be careful too. Remember to send me a message when you get back to the base."
Lin Yan agreed. He turned around and rubbed Su Cheng's hair. Then, he turned around and left.
Su Cheng looked at the security door that was tightly shut. She quickly ran to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.
Other than her face being a little red, there was nothing wrong with her.
She smiled at the mirror and went back to the living room to pick up an analytic geometry book. Then, she went back to the bedroom to preview the textbook under the table lamp. From time to time, she would do rough calculations on the draft paper.
However, after flipping through two pages of the book, she felt confused and couldn't study anymore. She simply lay on the bed and wrapped herself in the blanket like a caterpillar.
"Su Cheng, oh Su Cheng, how did you end up like this …" she murmured. Her cheeks were slightly tipsy.
She reached out a hand from the blanket and accurately found her phone. She unlocked the screen and wrote on the memo: Remember to buy a pair of men's slippers.
…
Lin Yan returned to the base with a smile on his face. The staff passing by only thought that Lin Yan was happy because he won the game today.
After he showered, he went back to his room.
As a jungler, Xiao Tian's sense of smell was very sensitive. He could tell at a glance that Lin Yan was in love.
As a single dog, he naturally wouldn't ask for a snub. He turned around and continued to watch the video.
"Hey, why aren't you following the game?"
Lin Yan noticed that Xiao Tian was actually watching the game replay on the tablet in his hand. "You've given up on your 2D wife?"
"I have to study the jungle route of Factory Director and Spicy Saucepan." Xiao Tian rubbed his temples. "This is a bit difficult."
"You should find an analyst to summarize the data?" Lin Yan turned on the hairdryer to dry his hair. "When will this end?"
"He's also very busy. He's calculating the vision layout of the two teams. I'll watch it myself."
Lin Yan nodded. He opened his laptop and began to watch the game videos while drying his hair.
Although RNG and EDG had lost to them in the regular season, who knew if they would quickly adjust their state of mind?
These two teams were former LPL champions. Lin Yan would not underestimate their strength.