Chapter 7 Let Me Cherish You 1
The black room was so quiet that the only sounds seemed to be the slow but rhythmic breathing and the gentle sounds of fingers moving on the keyboard and mouse.
Tick. Tick.
Occasionally, the sound of time passing can be heard from the somewhat worn-out clock on the table.
It was already eleven o'clock in the evening, but Ye Xiaoling was sitting in front of the computer in high spirits. She re-watched the new video that had just been released before turning off the computer with satisfaction. She fell on the bed and started to check the latest hot searches on Weibo.
Although the news about her battle with Yuan Ye has been , there are still countless enthusiastic onlookers who pay close attention to the developments every day.
According to Yuan Ye, this competition is just the beginning of her invitation to join "Nirvana". No matter what, the result will be her victory...
Ye Xiaoling was lying on the bed, feeling a little confused for some reason.
As expected, the e-sports circle is still so complicated that it is hard for her to imagine.
Seeing that the trending search had reached the bottom, Ye Xiaoling was about to turn off her phone and fall asleep when a message from "professional night owl" An Nai suddenly popped up: "Xiaoling, are you asleep? Do you want to discuss the release time of the next video?"
Ye Xiaoling held the phone for a long time, then sat up from the bed, and her tiredness and sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant!
Oh, and next video!
She hasn't told An Nai that she's joining Nirvana yet! Will An Nai still have a chance to make a video for her?
As far as she knew, Anai's family conditions were also very ordinary. Before she and Ye Xiaoling agreed to cooperate in making game videos, she had to run several part-time jobs every day, spinning between school and work like a top all day long. If Anai lost this job because of joining "Nirvana"...
Ye Xiaoling clenched her phone tightly with some heartache.
An Nai must be very sad, right?
His fingers slid across the screen a few times, he first typed a few lines of words, and then slowly deleted them. Ye Xiaoling frowned, stared at the screen of the phone and sighed continuously, his heart felt as sour and unbearable as if it was filled with a glass of lemon juice.
Can I discuss this matter with Yuan Ye?
After a fierce ideological struggle, Ye Xiaoling finally gritted her teeth and made up her mind. She simply made her own decision and typed on the screen with her fingers flying: "No decision yet. I'll take you to see someone tomorrow, okay?"
Ah Nai expressed his doubt: "Who are you taking me to see?"
Ye Xiaoling began to sweat coldly: "Yuan Ye, I will probably have some cooperation with him in the future. Let's talk about the details tomorrow, okay?"
Isn't it too direct for her to say this? If she were An Nai, she would be completely stunned after seeing such news, right?
really!
After being silent for a full half minute, Anai frantically sent countless exclamation marks!
"You mean Yuan Ye? Has the time for your fight been decided? How come things developed so quickly? Can we meet tomorrow?" An Nai's talkative nature was once again brought to the extreme.
"Calm down first..." Ye Xiaoling wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and tapped the screen carefully, "You'll know when you see him."
But after hearing the news, An Nai was in a state of extreme excitement for the next few hours. Ye Xiaoling could only yawn while patiently comforting her. Unexpectedly, she fell asleep holding the phone in her hand...
It seems that I really shouldn’t tell her this news too early!
At eight o'clock in the morning, Ye Xiaoling opened her eyes tiredly, remembering that she and Yuan Ye had agreed to meet at the head office in an hour. Although her head was still dizzy, she could only force herself to be alert. She rolled around on the bed reluctantly for a few times before she pushed open the door with a sad face. She was startled by An Nai, who was neatly dressed and had been waiting in the gym without her knowing when!
Anai, who usually doesn't care about her appearance, seems like a completely different person today. She is wearing a bright yellow dress which makes her skin look a little whiter. Her hair is no longer casually draped over her shoulders, but tied into a small bun.
An Nai, who also saw Ye Xiaoling, was also stunned at first, and then ran over impatiently waving the breakfast in his hand: "Hurry up and eat breakfast! Didn't you say you were going to meet Yuan Ye later?"
"Why...are you in such a hurry?" Ye Xiaoling took the hot bun in confusion, "We agreed to have it at nine o'clock!"
Anai calmed down his rapid breathing, but his eyes were still shining: "That's Yuan Ye! How can small people like us usually have the opportunity to meet him! If there are more opportunities for cooperation in the future, our attention rate and income will increase exponentially!"
Ye Xiaoling choked on a mouthful of bun in her throat and was unable to speak for a long time. She could only smile reluctantly, not knowing how to answer.
From now on, it won’t be just a simple collaboration between her and Yuan Ye!
but……
He carefully looked at An Nai's expression again.
If possible, she should try to ask Yuan Ye to give An Nai more opportunities to collaborate on videos. After all, An Nai is also very hard-working.
She wolfed down the remaining buns. Seeing that the agreed time was getting closer, Ye Xiaoling simply tidied herself up and pulled An Nai, who was still in a beautiful fantasy, all the way to Yuan Ye's company.
As the taxi arrived in front of the company, they saw a familiar Porsche turn a corner and parked in front of them ostentatiously. Then Gu Nan jumped out of the car slowly and waved to Ye Xiaoling with a smile on his face.
"I knew you wouldn't be late." Gu Nan patted Ye Xiaoling's shoulder enthusiastically. His eyes stayed on An Nai for a moment and he asked politely, "Who is this?"
"Ah! She is An Nai! She was responsible for all my previous videos! In fact, I brought her here today to discuss with Yuan Ye if she can continue to be responsible for some of my videos in the future?" Ye Xiaoling glanced at Gu Nan with some trepidation, and even her voice lost its confidence.
After hearing the word "Anai", Gu Nan's eyes suddenly became a little strange. He suddenly turned his head to look at her carefully, and then said "oh" meaningfully.
Is she the “friend” that Yuan Ye mentioned who withheld Ye Xiaoling’s video income?
Anai walked up to Gu Nan with a red face, stretched out her hand nervously, and even her voice was trembling: "Hello..."
This guy is Gu Nan, one of the most popular main players of "Nirvana"! He looks much more handsome than in the videos and photos!
Unexpectedly, Gu Nan, who usually had a smiling face towards everyone, turned his head away indifferently, touched Anai's fingers casually, and nodded slightly: "Hello." Then he quickly changed the topic to Ye Xiaoling, "Yuan Ye is already waiting for you, let's go?"
call--
It was as if an inexplicable cold wind blew from somewhere, and the temperature around me was instantly blown to several degrees below zero.
An Nai's hand was still awkwardly stretched in the air. After a long time, he withdrew it awkwardly and winked in the direction of Ye Xiaoling with some dissatisfaction.
Why does this person seem dissatisfied with himself?
Ye Xiaoling didn't understand the current situation, but she was too embarrassed to ask directly after seeing Gu Nan's graceful departure. She could only explain in a low voice with some guilt: "He might be in a bad mood? Don't take it to heart. That... Yuan Yeren is also a very good person..."
An Nai, who was ignored at the first meeting, reluctantly accepted the consolation, and followed Ye Xiao Ling silently with his head down. When passing by the "Nirvana" sign in front of the door and the company corridor, he couldn't help but took out his mobile phone to secretly take a few photos as a souvenir, but suddenly heard a weak voice in front of him: "Um... You can't take photos without permission..."
After being "toughly treated" again, An Nai looked up indignantly, only to find a shy boy about his age standing opposite him with a serious face. The person behind him...
Anai suddenly felt all the blood rushing to her head, and she couldn't help but let out a low scream!
Yuan Ye... just appeared in front of her like that!
The tall and slender figure and nearly perfect proportions are completely different from the feeling shot in various videos; the contours of the facial features appear sharper and more upright, making people unable to look away at first glance.
He was also looking in the direction of An Nai, with a faint smile on his face, gentle and elegant, yet giving people a sense of slight alienation.
Anai's heart almost stopped. She stared at Yuan Ye for a long time, completely forgetting to argue with the boy who reminded her "not to take pictures". But she heard Ye Xiaoling greeted her warmly: "Good morning! Yuan Ye! Mumu!"
Her clear voice temporarily brought Anai back to her senses, and she quickly greeted him loudly, "Hello... Hello everyone! I'm Xiaoling's friend Anai!"
An Nai's nerves were stretched to the limit. She looked at Yuan Ye expectantly, waiting for the enthusiastic response from this "good man" Xiao Ling mentioned...
But--
"Hello." Yuan Ye just raised his chin lightly, without even looking at An Nai for long. Then he walked closer to Ye Xiaoling, and the smile on his lips seemed to deepen deliberately. "Mumu heard that you came today, and was afraid that you didn't have breakfast, so he brought you a cake."
Mu Mu behind him immediately blushed and scratched his hair to explain: "No! It was the boss who thought of it! I just ran errands for you to buy it..." Before he could finish his words, Yuan Ye glared at him threateningly. He immediately covered his mouth exaggeratedly, but did not forget to smile at Ye Xiaoling slyly.
"Xiao Ling... has already had breakfast." Looking at the people in front of her getting along harmoniously and happily, while she herself was like transparent air, Anai couldn't help but tighten the backpack in her hand and said it out of the blue.
But as soon as she said those words, she regretted it.
Because everyone's eyes were all on her inexplicably, she was no longer insignificant...
Yuan Ye and Gu Nan looked at each other and chose to remain silent at this moment. In the end, Ye Xiaoling came back to her senses first and smiled dryly with her completely stiff mouth: "Ha... um... I ate a little! Let's talk about the battle first?"
Her awkward laughter echoed in the silent corridor a few times, sounding particularly harsh.
Why are it not just Yuan Ye and Gu Nan who are acting strange today...even An Nai seems a little weird?
In this strange atmosphere, no one spoke again, and then An Nai was politely invited to the lounge by the receptionist who suddenly appeared. Ye Xiaoling, led by Yuan Ye, walked all the way to the practice room on the third floor. It was not until the young team members saw Ye Xiaoling and began to greet her enthusiastically that the awkwardness in the air began to disappear little by little...
"The match time announced on Weibo is tomorrow, right?" Ye Xiaoling walked to a computer in the corner and opened the Blood War icon out of habit. "So the match will be held today?"
Although she has agreed to join Yuan Ye's team, she still doesn't want her identity to be exposed, so the video after the game still needs to be processed, right?
Yuan Ye was startled at first, his fair cheeks actually showed a very light red, he turned his head away unnaturally, and his voice seemed to become awkward: "Yes...but the person who competes with you today...is not me..."
"Hmm?" Ye Xiaoling stared at him straightly, "Who could that be?"
"It's me, the young master standing in front of you." Gu Nan walked to the middle of the two people with a smile, proudly stretched out his finger and pointed at the tip of his nose, "Since you are already a member of the team, then I have a heavyweight secret to tell you..."
Yuan Ye's face became redder and redder, and his eyes darted around a few times, like a child who had done something wrong.
"What is it?" Ye Xiaoling couldn't help but become nervous as she was completely interested in Gu Nan's mysterious tone.
"In fact, I'm the one who operated all of Yuan Ye's game videos! I also handled the post-production! This is also one of the reasons why he never participates in live broadcasts..." Gu Nan deliberately dragged out his voice and pouted in Yuan Ye's direction, "Because that would directly expose his poor operating skills!"
thump thump——
The huge practice room suddenly became quiet, and even the sound of heartbeats could be heard.
None of the young team members dared to speak, but they couldn't help but observe the expressions of Yuan Ye and Ye Xiaoling out of the corner of their eyes.
Ye Xiaoling frowned in confusion at first, then suddenly understood something, jumped up from the chair, and uttered an earth-shattering exclamation: "What——"
The person behind Yuan Ye’s operation... turned out to be Gu Nan?
She, she thought that Yuan Ye, who never participated in live broadcast competitions, had some other unspeakable difficulties like her! Unexpectedly, it turned out that...
The shock this news brought to her was so great that it was like the end of the world caused by a meteorite hitting the earth. Ye Xiaoling calmed herself down and was about to continue asking, but she saw that Yuan Ye in front of her seemed to have suddenly turned into a walking tomato, with even his ears turned completely red!
Although he was trying hard to maintain the last bit of calmness in his eyes, his slightly trembling pupils still betrayed his emotions at the moment.
As if sensing Ye Xiaoling's gaze, Yuan Ye turned his head away in a panic. His thin lips trembled a few times, and he asked confidently, "Now that you know the truth, you must be extremely disappointed in me, right?" Then, he added unwillingly, "Just say your disappointment out loud, and don't look at me like that..."
After all, Ye Xiaoling is so good at gaming, and she hates cheating...
Gu Nan also looked at Ye Xiaoling's thoughtful expression with great interest, wondering what answer she would give.
The hearts of all the players in the practice room were in their throats.
Time passed by every second.
Ye Xiaoling stared at Yuan Ye's flushed cheeks for a long time, and finally, she let out a sigh full of helplessness.
There was no contempt, disdain or even a hint of disappointment in this sigh.
"You guy... why can't you be a little honest?" Her voice came softly into his ears, with a sweet warmth, hitting the softest part of his heart.
Yuan Ye turned around in a daze, trembling his lips a few times, but couldn't say anything.
"If you have any difficulties, just speak up. Don't mention disappointment all the time!" Ye Xiaoling frowned seriously, as if she treated Yuan Ye as a child in the gym, and entered the state of discipline without any warning, "Is it interesting that others are disappointed in you?"
The originally quiet atmosphere was disrupted by Ye Xiaoling's nonsensical lecture. Mumu could no longer bear it. He buried his head in his arms, laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking.
Gu Nan pounded the wall with his hands, and his shrill laughter startled the birds on the branches outside the window.
Under Ye Xiaoling's clear gaze, Yuan Ye's pressure and worries instantly disappeared, and the blush on his face gradually disappeared: "I have practiced very hard and thought of many ways, but..." He pursed his lips in disappointment and showed a faint bitter smile, "Maybe I just don't have this talent."
This should be his most difficult secret, right?
Ye Xiaoling shook her head in dismay: "Have you forgotten the purpose of my joining?"
A hint of doubt flashed across Yuan Ye's eyes: "Of course not. "
"So - what are you still worried about?" Ye Xiaoling raised her chin, her voice was so powerful and confident, "I can be your teacher in the future! Starting from tomorrow! You can train with the members of the team!" After that, she waved domineeringly at Gu Nan who was still laughing wildly, "Come and finish this game!"
As the "devil coach" in the eyes of countless children in Huayuan Hall, how could she show mercy to these players including Yuan Ye?
Yuan Ye was completely stunned, his expression dull and bewildered, completely different from the calm and composed figure who usually appeared in major media outlets and spoke appropriately to handle countless microphones. And at the corner of his mouth... there seemed to be a silly smile?
Gu Nan once again wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, responded quickly, and sat down opposite Ye Xiaoling without wasting a second. However, he was still filled with emotion in his heart: Ye Xiaoling is indeed a god-like teammate!
On the computer, the familiar and exciting game background music sounded in my ears.
All the team members looked nervously and excitedly in the direction of the two people fighting.
No one noticed that An Nai was acting suspiciously outside the practice room.
She hid aside with an expressionless face, one hand clenched into a fist, hanging tremblingly on her knees, while the other hand tightly grasped the mobile phone, on the screen was the scene of Ye Xiaoling and Gu Nan fighting.
Yuan Ye, the person involved in this duel, stood aside as if it had nothing to do with him.
The mode displayed on the phone screen is "Recording".
During the fierce fight, Mumu raised his head inadvertently, and suddenly saw An Nai, who was still holding the mobile phone at the door with a pale face. He frowned subconsciously, and was about to remind her again "not to take pictures", but saw An Nai muttered in panic "I'll answer the phone", and hurried away.
Mumu was a little puzzled: That person must be Coach Xiaoling's friend, right? Why do the two people look... completely different?
