Chapter 59 If you have the guts, you really kiss me
"Of course you feel good! If you were sitting in my seat, you would be able to hear how those people behind me are talking about you!" Ewing patted Nie Chuan on the back.
"What are they talking about me?"
Do you think I look like a middle school student, or do you think I should be taller?
"Yes, I think you're very handsome! I think you'll soon have an army of fans!"
Nie Chuan didn't take Ewing's words to heart, because it was too exaggerated. Fans and such... He was not a campus idol.
After the practice match, Carlo and his team enthusiastically invited the EFU team members to have dinner at the school restaurant. Carlo also specially recommended an Asian restaurant.
Nie Chuan looked in the direction of Reese, who was talking to Old Bull. Old Bull kept nodding his head. There should be few coaches who would not appreciate a player like Reese.
Old Bu happened to meet Nie Chuan's eyes, and he waved at Nie Chuan. Nie Chuan hurried over.
"Kid, don't hold back on your strength when you get to the league!"
Nie Chuan smiled embarrassedly. It seemed that Old Bu noticed that he had a weight on his wrist.
Mr. Lin En also came over and gave Nie Chuan a big hug: "Your performance today refreshed my understanding of you."
"What is your perception of me?"
"Remember your matchup with Larry? I thought you were an offensive player, but today it seems that I was too one-sided. I am amazed by your ball handling and rhythm control abilities. Your skills are also very comprehensive, especially your control in the air, which greatly exceeded my expectations. I would like to do an exclusive interview with you, how about it? Just a casual chat. As an Asian face appearing in the NCAA basketball league, especially for a strong team like DK, you will attract a lot of attention."
Nie Chuan was stunned. Because Mr. Lin En had previously interviewed and paid attention to basketball players like LaVine and Owen Whishaw who were at the same level as Reese, not him who was unknown. This was undoubtedly an affirmation of Nie Chuan's ability. Nie Chuan was delighted, but soon calmed down.
He smiled apologetically: "Mr. Lin, I hope that the audience in the league will notice me because I am strong, not because I am an Oriental."
"Don't get me wrong, I just said something wrong..."
"So, for interviews and the like, you should wait until facts prove that I am really that good and worth your time to understand!"
Nie Chuan smiled and walked towards Carlo who was waving: "My friends are calling me, I'll be there soon. See you next time!"
"Goodbye." Mr. Lin En looked at Nie Chuan's back. He did not see any pride in this young man, but when he was running on the court, it was absolute love.
When they were about to leave the basketball hall, many female classmates gathered around them, and some even came from other schools to watch the game. They excitedly asked to take photos with the basketball players and even gave them gifts. Carlo once again showed his charming smile, making the girls laugh non-stop. Ewing, on the other hand, held his waist and looked at him coldly.
"Excuse me, can I take a photo with you? I really like watching you play basketball!" A girl came up to Reese, and the expectation in her eyes made Nie Chuan instantly think of Serin.
Tsk, with Reese's personality, he would never agree to it! He would just treat the other person as air and walk away indifferently...
"Okay." Reese said calmly.
"Thank you!" The girl came to Reese excitedly.
Reese put his hands in his pockets, and the girl turned her face to the side, leaning against Reese's arm.
Nie Chuan's eyes almost popped out! How is this possible? How is this possible!
Soon after, several more girls gathered around and asked to take pictures, and even a few middle school students asked Reese if he could take them to visit DK's campus!
The scene was comparable to a movie star's trip!
But Reese would not agree to something as boring as a campus tour.
"Okay, I'll take you for a walk." There was no emotion in Reese's answer, but Nie Chuan felt like he was about to break apart!
What? You took them on a campus tour?
Is it necessary? Not at all! Isn't there a map in the campus handbook? Isn't there a sign?
A bunch of girls are chattering around you as you walk along. Don’t you find it noisy?
"We are all fans of the DK basketball team! This is the snack we baked for the players of the DK basketball team!"
"Thank you." Reese finally stretched out his right hand and took the snack.
Nie Chuan really couldn't bear to watch it anymore!
Reese! You don't like dessert, right? Then don't answer it!
And didn't you say it was a snack for the team members? Then why did you give it to Reese and not to others? How hypocritical!
"Have you seen it? This is Reese's fan club. Today it's still small-scale, but when the official competition starts, you'll be able to see how crazy they are." Ewing came to Nie Chuan with a lollipop in his mouth. It seemed that he had also received a gift from a girl.
"Is Reese always so patient with his female fans?" Nie Chuan asked.
"Ah..." Ewing tapped his finger in the air, "Reese is actually very gentlemanly towards women. He won't reject their requests directly, but he will never act recklessly like that guy. Haven't you noticed? Reese basically won't give female fans a chance to touch him."
"Oh, that's right." This was a small comfort to Nie Chuan.
But Nie Chuan suddenly remembered the scene where Serin kissed Reese on the face - it seems that those female fans are not necessarily without the chance to meet him!
"I'm going back to the dormitory." Nie Chuan was a little depressed.
No, it’s very depressing!
"What's wrong? Aren't you hungry? Don't you want to go to the restaurant and eat together?"
"I'm not going. I didn't get to eat chocolate after the game, and I feel like my life is incomplete." Nie Chuan said sullenly.
"Ah...you said that when the league starts, you should ask Montenegro to carry a box of chocolates for you!" Ewing said with a smile.
At this time, Lily came in front of them and hugged Nie Chuan: "Alan, you are so handsome today!"
"Ah! Thank you! You look stunning today too! This is the first time I realize that the DK cheerleading team is so talented!"
"Haha! Let's go! Let's eat together! An Asian restaurant?" Lily asked.
"Forget about the Asian restaurant. He must be craving for something sweet right now, especially chocolate." Ewing could see that Lily liked Nie Chuan.
"Oh, I see! I know there's a dessert shop near the school. Let's go there!"
"This is the best suggestion!" Ewing winked at Nie Chuan.
Nie Chuan found that he didn't even have the chance to express his opinion, and everything was decided?
Also, many male compatriots in the basketball hall cast jealous glances at Nie Chuan.
Well, it would be better to go outside the school, otherwise he would run into Reese surrounded by a bunch of girls in school, and he was afraid that he would choke and not be able to swallow his saliva.
When Nie Chuan and Lily left together, Reese's gaze passed over the girls surrounding him and fell on Nie Chuan's back.
His originally calm eyes turned cold and dark.
"I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered something else." Reese nodded slightly to the girls surrounding him, turned sideways and walked among them.
The girls' originally excited expressions instantly turned into disappointment.
Reese looked in Carlo's direction and said, "Carlo, take them around the campus for me."
"Eh? Is there something wrong?" Carlo looked surprised.
This was the first time that Reese said he couldn't do something he had just promised to do.
"Um."
After saying that, Reese walked out of the basketball hall, passing by many disappointed looks.
At this time, Nie Chuan walked with his head down. Lily looked at him with amusement: "Alan, what's wrong with you? Even Mr. Lin En noticed you? You will shine soon! I was thinking that when the league starts, everyone will find out how good you are. Maybe I won't be able to make time to eat and chat with you again!"
"How is that possible!" Nie Chuan felt that Lily was exaggerating.
"Would you like to make a bet?" Lily blinked. "From the time DK enters the top 64 of the league until the end of the game, if three girls express their affection for you, I'll win the bet."
Nie Chuan immediately laughed: "There are actually people betting on this?"
"Can't I gamble?"
"Well, if you win the bet, what do you want?"
"I want you to be my..."
Before Lily could finish her words, she saw someone coming up behind her.
"Nie Chuan, let's go and have lunch together." Reese's cold voice came from behind Nie Chuan.
Nie Chuan's shoulders stiffened, and he felt an inexplicable joy in his heart. Reese actually came to ask him to have lunch together!
But the next second, Nie Chuan inexplicably started to get angry again. He didn't want to eat while watching Reese being surrounded by those inexplicable girls!
Nie Chuan turned around and looked at Reese, scratching the back of his head with a very natural expression: "Um, I just made an appointment with Lily to go to a dessert shop!"
"I made a restaurant reservation." Reese lowered his voice.
He looked at Nie Chuan with deep eyes, so deep that Nie Chuan's thoughts sank heavily.
"But..." Nie Chuan was in a dilemma.
He knew that if he refused Reese, Reese would be unhappy. And if it was a booked restaurant, it meant that Reese would not bring his fans with him. Nie Chuan felt a little happy. But he had already promised Lily, and it would be rude to refuse Lily at this time and it would make Lily very embarrassed.
"How about the three of us go together?" Nie Chuan came up with this solution.
The temperature in Reese's eyes seemed to drop even lower, and his eyes narrowed.
Nie Chuan was 100% sure that Reese was angry.
The corners of Reese's lips slowly sank, and the curve of his lips looked like he was smiling, but Nie Chuan felt a hint of threat.
"you sure?"
"I..." Nie Chuan was speechless.
"Well, Allen, since Reese has booked a restaurant to treat you to a meal, just go! We'll make an appointment next time!" Lily patted Nie Chuan's shoulder generously, giving Nie Chuan a way out. "Maybe Reese has something to discuss with you, and it may not be convenient if I'm here!" Lily said with a smile.
This made Nie Chuan feel extremely embarrassed, but if he continued to invite Lily, Reese would just give him the cold shoulder, and Lily would also be embarrassed.
"Then let's go have dessert together next time!"
Lily left, and Nie Chuan followed behind Reese.
Even without seeing Reese's face, Nie Chuan knew that the expression on this guy's face must be very cold.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Aren't you going to walk around the campus with your fans?" Nie Chuan deliberately walked in front of Reese, wanting to see his expression clearly.
Reese pushed Nie Chuan's face to the other side and replied coldly: "They are too troublesome."
"Oh. Why didn't you tell me that you had booked a restaurant before the competition?" Nie Chuan asked again.
“I didn’t make a restaurant reservation.”
"Ah? What?" Nie Chuan thought he had heard it wrong. "So we can just eat anywhere? The school cafeteria?"
Why do you say you made a restaurant reservation if you didn't?
If you want to eat casually, you and Carlo can just go to an Asian restaurant!
This made Nie Chuan feel very sorry for Lily.
At this time, Reese suddenly stopped and looked at Nie Chuan with a hint of cold mockery in his eyes: "If you and Lily are having dinner together, are you planning to split the bill?"
"Ah... I'll pay for it..."
Although the Chinese restaurant that Lily went to last time was so expensive that Nie Chuan almost cried, but no matter what, Lily is a girl, and how expensive can desserts be?
"A piece of cake half the size of a palm, twelve dollars." Reese raised his hand.
Nie Chuan was dumbfounded: "Twelve knives?"
"That's before coffee and service charge. Are you sure you want to go?" Reese asked.
Nie Chuan shook his head.
If he waits until he graduates from college and has a job, it will be no problem for him to invite Lily to eat at such a restaurant. But now, his spending power is not up to this level.
So Reese deliberately said that he had reserved a seat for his own good?
"Thank you." Nie Chuan said with his head lowered.
"So are you still planning to invite Lily to that dessert shop next time?" Reese raised his eyebrows.
"Since she wants to eat there, I should invite her to eat there."
"When I was in New York, the place where I had dinner with my father and sister was also a Michelin-starred restaurant. But I won't take you there," Reese said.
"Why? I can split the bill with you! When I save enough money, I can treat you to a meal!" Nie Chuan opened his eyes wide and showed an angry expression.
Is Reese looking down on him? Even if his family is not as wealthy as Reese's, he grew up eating the simplest home-cooked meals, and has never seen the door of a Michelin restaurant, but why is Reese unwilling to take him there?
Sirius's life is that of an aristocrat. Doesn't a commoner like him have the right to know about it?
"Because you have to wear formal attire to enter a Michelin-starred restaurant. I find it troublesome, don't you?" Reese said coldly.
"Would that bother you?"
"Yes. Speak softly, and don't laugh when you're happy. Won't you suffocate yourself? If you want to try steak or something, we can buy the ingredients and cook it ourselves."
Reese's words immediately relieved Nie Chuan.
He has always been thinking about himself, not from the perspective of money and status, but whether he is happy or not.
"Then I'll still invite you to go next time." Nie Chuan said seriously.
"Why?"
"Anyway, I'm inviting you to go!"
"Oh, I'll order the black truffle steak. You might need a pizza that's been baked for a week at a pizza shop."
"Sure." Nie Chuan answered briskly.
He felt as if things were back to normal between him and Reese.
"For the appetizer, I'd like the spicy sea bass."
"no problem."
"82 red wine. Maybe you need to bake pizza for another week."
Nie Chuan pulled the corner of his mouth. He usually spent the most money on games. At worst, he could just quit playing games.
"Oh, drink it."
"What do you drink?"
"water."
"For water, you'll also need to bake the pizza for an hour."
Reese, what on earth are you eating? It's obviously more expensive than the place Lily chose!
Nie Chuan turned his head and saw Reese's lips curled up.
This guy is laughing, so what I just said was meant to tease him?
This is really boring! Asshole!
"I'm hungry, what shall we eat now?" Nie Chuan asked.
"What do you want to eat?" Reese asked.
Nie Chuan gestured with his hands: "I think I can eat two burgers this big now!"
"Let's go have a barbecue."
"Barbecue? I know there's one near the school! The barbecue sauce there is awesome, let's go eat together!"
Nie Chuan's mouth was watering when he thought of the barbecue. He grabbed Reese and ran out of the school gate.
This barbecue restaurant is open-air and everyone has to light their own charcoal fire and grill their own food.
Nie Chuan was very diligent in burning the charcoal, but it didn't light up after burning for a long time. Reese folded his arms and watched from the side until half an hour passed and Nie Chuan's stomach started to growl, but the charcoal still didn't burn.
"Eh? What's going on?" Nie Chuan felt deeply devastated.
The last time I came here, I was with Zhou Bin and Mao Xian. Zhou Bin was the one who burned the charcoal, and he and Mao Xian were in charge of grilling the meat. I really didn't notice how Zhou Bin lit the charcoal fire.
"You've returned all your chemistry lessons to the teacher." Reese pulled the corners of his mouth, looking like he was enjoying Nie Chuan's busy work.
He pressed his palm on Nie Chuan's forehead and said, "Go and choose some drinks and meat. I'll start the fire."
"Can you make a fire?" Nie Chuan felt that Reese was really about to master the decathlon.
“During my primary school holidays, I often went camping with my mother and sister.”
"It looks like you are a professional!"
But when Nie Chuan returned to their position again, Reese had really started the fire.
Fortunately, baking is Nie Chuan's specialty, otherwise Nie Chuan would really feel that he is useless!
While Nie Chuan was brushing sauce on the chicken wings, he asked Reese, who was sitting in his seat and browsing the news on his phone, "What can you not do?"
“I learn things quickly, but rarely stick with them.”
"That's because you're very smart. If you master something too quickly and it's no longer challenging, you'll find it boring. What sports do you know? Besides basketball ?"
“Most ball games will.”
"Do you even know how to play table tennis?" Nie Chuan couldn't help but ask.
"Yes."
"Okay! Let's have a match someday!" Nie Chuan thought that he had been playing table tennis with other kids in the yard of his home since he was a child. Reese just knew how to play, but might not be an expert at it.
Finally, there is a possibility that I can beat Reese in some area.
"Do you think you can beat me?" Reese suddenly put down his phone, leaned back in his chair and looked at Nie Chuan.
"No... I'm just curious about how you play table tennis."
Oh, it's so boring. You can guess everything I think of. Can we still be happy roommates?
Nie Chuan put the roasted chicken wings on the table. He was very thirsty after standing by the charcoal fire for too long.
With a crisp sound, Reese opened the pull ring of the Coke and placed it directly in front of Nie Chuan.
Nie Chuan smiled. There really was a tacit understanding between him and Reese! It was nothing compared to those so-called fans. Only they would foolishly make snacks for Reese. This guy didn't like sweets at all!
Actually, maybe Reese doesn't like barbecue either...
"Why did you refuse when Mr. Lynn wanted to interview you?" Reese asked.
"Of course it's because my level is not good enough."
"But your performance in today's practice match was better than I expected. I should have let you keep the ankle weights." Reese took a bite of the chicken wing.
That posture is completely different from the aristocratic temperament of cutting steak with a knife and fork in a restaurant. The movement of turning the face to the side and the lines of the stretched neck are full of wildness.
Nie Chuan swallowed his saliva for unknown reasons.
"Do you really think I'm great?"
"Yeah." Reese looked at Nie Chuan and suddenly smiled, "You look like a child who wants a reward from me. Do you want me to kiss you, huh?"
Nie Chuan knew that Reese was making fun of him again.
Unlike many previous times of embarrassment, this time, Nie Chuan hoped very much that what Reese said was true.
Nie Chuan lowered his head and whispered sullenly, "If you have the guts, really kiss me..."
At that moment, Reese supported himself on the table with one hand and leaned towards Nie Chuan.
It was almost like a collision, and the moment Nie Chuan raised his face, his brain completely froze.
But Reese stopped less than a centimeter away from Nie Chuan's nose. He blew a breath, and the breath passed through Nie Chuan's lips, seeped into his mouth, and touched the tip of his tongue.
Just when Nie Chuan was stunned, Reese looked directly at Nie Chuan.
"When I really kiss you if I can, don't be stupid."
"Wha…what?"
"Grill the German sausages for me, too."
Reese raised his eyebrows and tapped his fingers on the table.
“Bake it yourself!”
A fire burned from Nie Chuan's chest to his forehead.
He was angry at that moment, but he didn't know whether he was angry because Reese had made fun of him again or because he hadn't really kissed him.