Chapter 19 – Curse
Cheng Che only cared about satisfying himself by cursing, but when he looked up and saw the expression on his idol’s face, he realized he had caused trouble for himself.
Lin Xingling tried to put on a smile and apologize to Zhang Hui on behalf of Cheng Che.
He said things like “kids speak without restraint,” “he didn’t mean it,” “don’t take it to heart,” and “I’ll go back and educate him.” He said a lot, but it didn’t ease Zhang Hui’s anger.
“He knows best whether he did it on purpose or not.”
Zhang Hui never liked Cheng Che much, but he refrained from confronting him because of his idol status in Stars. But now, this kid was so audacious…
He was practically forcing himself to trip him up.
Even if he didn’t do it, he would have stumbled anyway…
“According to the rules, the party of the second part must pay at least forty percent of the penalty to terminate the original contract.”
Lin Xingling: ?
“Did it say that in the contract?… Okay.”
Even if it wasn’t written in the contract, everyone knew it could be amended on the spot.
…
They signed, sealed, paid the deposit, and left with the contract.
As they descended the stairs, Cheng Che timidly tugged at the edge of Lin Xingling’s clothes. “C-Captain… don’t… don’t be angry…”
Why would I be angry? Am I entitled to?
Lin Xingling looked at the balance of three yuan, one mao, and eight fen in his WeChat wallet and shook his head.
Forget it, I’m broke, I’m not entitled… sob, sob, sob.
The sentence “Piss off, Zhang Hui” made Zhang Hui jump in anger. No matter how much they pleaded, Lin Xingling had to pay forty percent of the contract as a deposit.
Just because of a kid’s words, I had to pay two million instantly.
…Star Dad felt bitter, but he didn’t say anything.
After a few minutes of no response, Cheng Che became anxious and grabbed Lin Xingling’s arm, pressing his body close to him. “P-Please… I was w-wrong… um.”
Stuttering was strange. Sometimes he couldn’t say a word even when there was no urgency.
Tears welled up in Cheng Che’s eyes, and his face turned red as if he had been slapped twice.
He looked truly pitiful.
Pitiful and oblivious.
“Don’t… don’t be angry…”
“Captain… um… I w-was… w-wrong… wrong.”
[TG-Hui: You wait, you little b*stard. I recorded your curse words.]
[TG-Hui: (Obscene language)]
“Just wait, I’ll curse that idiot.”
“Huh?”
Suddenly, Cheng Che let go of Lin Xingling’s arm and ran a few steps towards the TG Club building.
Cheng Che had good eyesight and turned his head to see Zhang Hui peeking through the window on the fourth floor. It reminded him of when this guy used to peep at him with the same disgusting expression…
“Zhang Hui, you f***** son of a b****!”
It was an extremely vulgar remark.
After Cheng Che cursed, some curious onlookers on the street immediately turned their attention to them.
They had seen women cursing, but they had never seen a handsome guy cursing.
Moreover, it was a handsome guy with a big handsome guy beside him.
A security guard had already come out of the building.
“Tsk…” Lin Xingling took a few steps forward and grabbed Cheng Che by the back of his collar, pulling him away.
They quickly left the scene.
“When you f*** die, I’ll send you a wreath. Your father will make it with his own hands!”
Cheng Che was in the heat of cursing, but he was suddenly interrupted. He turned into a broken record and couldn’t say anything other than calling Lin Xingling: “Captain, Captain… Captain… um… Captain…”
He looked so aggrieved, like a scared fluffy kitten.
“Shh, be quiet for now,” Lin Xingling said concisely.
Then he continued walking with him, going far away from the TG team and let go of his hand.
“Don’t… don’t be angry.”
It took Cheng Che a long time to force out these three words from his mouth, and after saying them, he silently condemned himself for living in vain for twenty-one years.
Playing the role of a seventeen-year-old brat…
“Not angry.”
Lin Xingling stood on the roadside and pointed at his nose as if he were educating a child. “I was just thinking, why does it have to be cursing that solves any problem?”
Cheng Che lowered his head and secretly pursed his lips: You don’t understand.
Cursing can’t solve problems, but it can piss off idiots… especially those idiots who can’t beat me or out-curse me.
Seeing Cheng Che’s silence, he answered his own question: “Cursing is not good, and it doesn’t solve any problems. Don’t casually curse at people anymore.”
I didn’t casually curse, and I wasn’t cursing a person…
Cheng Che obediently nodded, “I’m sorry, I was wrong… I’ll definitely change.”
Just apologizing verbally.
Lin Xingling also knew the saying “the leopard can’t change its spots.” Expecting to make the first keyboard warrior give up cursing with just a few words was harder than making the sun rise from the west and jump into the Yellow River.
But anyway, they had paid the two million yuan deposit and finally obtained Clear’s contract.
…
Whether they paid it early or late, Lin Xingling didn’t care about that.
He even specially bought Cheng Che a candied hawthorn stick because the child kept glancing at the vendor selling them while waiting for the bus.
“Three yuan for one, freshly made for you… alright! Just wait a moment!”
The payment was successful, and the remaining 3.18 yuan in his pocket instantly became 0.18 yuan… Lin Xingling fell silent for a moment, then opened the messaging app and sent Cheng Che three red envelopes with a rabbit avatar.
The phone in Cheng Che’s pocket vibrated a few times. He took it out and looked at Lin Xingling in confusion, asking, “Why are you sending me red envelopes?”
Lin Xingling smiled and replied, “Emptying my wife’s savings.”
“Huh?”
Under his urging, Cheng Che opened the red envelopes: six fen each.
Opened another one: still six fen.
The last one: still six fen.
Two million yuan deposit, three yuan for a candied hawthorn stick, and the remaining one mao and eight fen given to you as six, six, six.
Now he really had no money left… Lin Xingling touched his transportation card in his pocket and thought luckily, he could still use it to take Cheng Che back to the team.
With three six-fen coins, six, six, six… Cheng Che uncertainly asked, “Are you… praising me?”
“Yes, praising you,” Lin Xingling didn’t want to explain too much, wanting to brush it off.
But Cheng Che wasn’t easily brushed off, “Praising me for what?”
What could he praise you for? Praise you for being poisonous-tongued? Praise you for being good at cursing?
Lin Xingling followed his words, “Praising you for being a good marksman, praising you for being obedient and well-behaved, praising you…”
Damn, ran out of words.
The old man quickly came out to help alleviate the awkwardness, “Here’s the candied hawthorn! Come, come, come, try it quickly, it’s crispy!”
He handed the candied hawthorn to Cheng Che, successfully diverting the child’s attention.
Bright red hawthorn berries were skewered onto a bamboo stick and then coated with a thin layer of sugar, making them look exceptionally charming and tempting.
“Thank… thank you.”
The first thing Cheng Che did after receiving the candied hawthorn was to hold it up to Lin Xingling’s mouth and say, “Captain, have some…”
His mom had told him that when there’s something good, you should share it together.
Lin Xingling shook his head and politely declined, “You eat it.”
“Eat it…” Cheng Che insisted.
Unable to refuse, Lin Xingling obediently took a small bite, then used his hand to remove the bitten hawthorn from the stick.
“Okay, okay, I’ve eaten it, it’s very sweet.”
“…”
The candied hawthorn was sweet, but Brother Feng’s heart was bitter after learning that they spent five million yuan to buy Clear.
“…It’s good, it’s good.”
“We still have one million yuan left from the three million that KJia won; I can contribute an additional five hundred thousand… we’re still short by one million five hundred thousand… tsk.”
Liu Ying: “I have an extra one hundred and fifty thousand yuan.”
Wu You raised his hand, “I can withdraw one hundred thousand yuan from my savings.”
Phantom: “Two hundred thousand yuan.”
Why are you all offering to help?
Cheng Che was about to say that he could contribute the five million yuan himself when suddenly he was startled by the sound of the transfer notification on his mobile Alipay.
[Alipay received 50,000 yuan~]
The sound repeated four times in an instant.
He opened his phone to check, and it was a transfer from Coach T with the note “Player signing fee.”
Ten percent of the transfer fee, exactly two hundred thousand yuan.
“Take my signing fee as well, two hundred thousand yuan.”
Before Cheng Che finished speaking, his mobile banking app displayed another notification:
Xun Xun (**Tea) has transferred money to you: [300,000.00 yuan]
[TG-Tea: A small token of my appreciation.]
[TG-Tea : Take good care of yourself in the new team, Clear. I look forward to seeing you shine on the battlefield.]
Cheng Che felt that he couldn’t accept it, but the coach insisted he take it when he saw it.
“Accept it, don’t neglect Xun…” Brother Feng’s eyes revealed a trace of melancholy, “No, don’t neglect his kind intentions.”
Lin Xingling coughed softly.
…
They managed to scrape together three million yuan and transferred it to the TG team’s finances.
Once they received it, the TG team acted with integrity and had their operations team release a Weibo statement announcing Clear’s departure.
[TG Club King’s Glory Division]:
[TG Team Personnel Change Announcement]:
After friendly communication and negotiation between both parties, and with full respect for the player’s personal wishes, as of today, former TG Club King’s Glory substitute player Cheng Che (ID: TG-Clear) has officially transferred to @DCT eSports Club.
That was all it said, without any further details.
The comment section exploded, with TG fans expressing their anger, DCT fans looking confused, and a group of happy onlookers stirring up trouble.
[Clear is the top marksman in my heart, everyone else falls slightly behind]
[Isn’t it not even the transfer period yet? A breach of contract transfer?]
[The breach fee must be quite substantial, right?]
[Wasn’t Clear confirmed for SYG? What’s going on here?]
[Which team is DCT? I’ve never heard of them before?]
[KJia]
[Hahaha, I’m trembling while enjoying the show that hit my own team’s head]
Meanwhile, the DCT team also released an official announcement.
Afterward, they changed the official account’s signature from “Unchanging Initial Aspiration, Rise and Act” to “Staying resolute in poverty, never abandoning our aspirations.”
[Official trolling, most lethal]
[Our small team is so poor, so poor, so poor, so poor, poor, poor, poor, poor.]
[Xiao D, tell us straight, how much did it cost to buy Clear?]
[Wuwuwu, can our crowdfunding raise enough?]
Little Young Master Cheng Che hahahahaha