Chapter 89 Part 2 (Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo) 一 Secondary CP: [Contains a very clichéd misunderstanding plot that suddenly appears between childhood friends] Be careful.
【Little Princess: It’s all your fault.】
【Lu Jin: ?】
【Little Princess: If you had played with Qi Nuo when you were a child, he and I would have been childhood sweethearts!】
【Lu Jin: …Sister, you should know, childhood sweethearts are always defeated by fate.】
【Little Princess: Nonsense, nonsense, they’re having a super great time chatting, even happier than when they were with me.】
【Lu Jin: ? They? Who are they? Who is Qi Nuo with?】
Lu Xuan’s finger stiffened, and suddenly she didn’t want to talk about it anymore. She closed the WeChat chat box sullenly and stared blankly at the Weibo web page.
“Qi Nuo, the training match is about to begin.”
The team leader reminded.
Qi Nuo nodded hurriedly, greeted Song Lulu, and left. He caught a glimpse of Lu Xuan, followed her gaze, and looked at the office computer screen.
There was nothing on it.
“Hurry up.”
The team leader was still urging.
Qi Nuo temporarily put aside his other thoughts and threw himself into the training match.
That evening, Lu Xuan ran to Ruan Yōu’s house again, angrily saying things like never confessing again, wrapping herself up like a silkworm in her blanket and sulking.
“What’s wrong?” Ruan Yōu asked with concern.
Lu Xuan said in a muffled voice: “I’ve grown old.”
Ruan Yōu:…
“Xuanxuan, you’re three months younger than me.”
Lu Xuan fell back into her previous state of uncertainty. She realized that she didn’t really understand Qi Nuo.
However, she still wanted to give it a try.
The feeling her stinky little brother gave her couldn’t be wrong!
. . . . .
On Valentine’s Day, RG had an exceptionally challenging match.
If they could win, they would have their sixth winning streak.
They had to take the club-arranged bus from the club to the venue, and both the operations team and e-sports players were on it.
Before departing, Lu Xuan anxiously observed her surroundings, took out the handmade heart-shaped chocolates she had later made from the drawer, sneakily put them in her bag, and sneakily ran to the bus like a thief.
There was an empty seat next to Qi Nuo on the bus, and everyone looked at her with smiles.
Lu Xuan cleared her throat and sat down next to Qi Nuo with a red face, trying to appear calm.
Qi Nuo held his backpack tightly with long, slender fingers and remained silent throughout the journey.
In the evening, the match didn’t go well at all.
Starting from a loss in the first game, they lost five people at the beginning of the second game, facing a huge disadvantage.
Qi Nuo was focused and couldn’t see anything happening in the audience.
He only wanted to win, like he had never wanted before.
Finally, he seized the opportunity.
Successively killing the opponents’ core player, he achieved an exciting comeback from a losing position.
All the fans in the arena stood up in excitement and cheered.
Lu Xuan carefully picked up her bag, stood up, waved to Qi Nuo sitting on the stage with a brilliant smile.
The e-sports arena lights happened to shine into her eyes, making her smile even more radiant.
Qi Nuo saw it.
As the camera swept by, Qi Nuo nodded at it indifferently. His hand, hidden under the table, tightly gripped the hem of his clothes. All his excitement and joy were restrained and hidden in his tightly clenched right hand.
At the end of the third game, when RG announced their victory with a six-game winning streak, cheers erupted.
They had completed six consecutive wins.
Out of sight of the camera, Lu Xuan grinned and gave a thumbs-up to Qi Nuo.
Her thumb playfully wiggled in the air.
Her other hand remained in a careful posture, holding onto a bag.
Qi Nuo stood up, lowered his head and smiled softly.
They shook hands with the opponents and took a bow to conclude the match.
Ten minutes later, the interview segment ended, and it was time for fan interactions.
Lu Xuan sat in the audience and discreetly opened her bag.
The chocolates were well protected and not a single piece was broken. She held the bag with both hands throughout, fearing it might get crushed.
Beside the beautifully packaged chocolates, there were two snowman dolls sitting on a small bench.
One was a little princess, and the other was a well-behaved Qi Nuo wearing a red scarf.
Lu Xuan was very pleased with her confession gift, and her smile had not faded since the moment they announced victory.
Fans came up in groups, asking for autographs and taking photos.
Lu Xuan carefully stored her bag and raised her gaze to see how far they had progressed.
On the field, Song Lulu was bending over, smiling and taking a photo with Qi Nuo.
Lu Xuan’s smile gradually faded.
“Come on, give us a smile. I don’t want to tell my boyfriend that his little idol isn’t happy at all after winning. You’ll crush his e-sports dream.”
Qi Nuo had to put on a smile.
“Here, and don’t forget the autograph. Sign quickly.”
Qi Nuo: “Why did you only look for me?”
“I got the signatures and photos of the other players on the day I went to the RG Club. You gave me a fan benefit ticket, so I came to watch the game and enjoy the benefits at the same time.”
“Alright, alright, sign it quickly. After signing, I need to make a video call to make my boyfriend happy. Today is Valentine’s Day. Well, you probably wouldn’t understand, being a stiff young man who only knows how to play games and doesn’t understand the joy of Valentine’s Day.”
Qi Nuo thought about his backpack carefully placed in the resting room.
“I understand.”
He looked up at the audience below.
The figure that had been waving to him from there had disappeared.
Qi Nuo hurriedly asked the operations staff, “Xuan… Where’s Lu Xuan?”
“She said there was something at home, so she left early.”
“Qi Nuo, come for the group photo.”
Qi Nuo scanned the seats on the field and returned to the stage with a blank expression.
A few minutes later, the group photo ended.
He took his backpack from the resting room.
Qi Nuo fell in love for the first time, and he was at a loss for what to do, his head was empty.
He didn’t know what Lu Xuan was thinking.
He was both worried that her sister and others would tease her and make her embarrassed, and also afraid that they would not tease her, and even more worried that if he really confessed his love to her, they would not be able to maintain even their basic friendship.
The decision was made when Lu Xuan suddenly stretched out her hand in the kitchen.
The little princess reached out her milk-stained hand, as if announcing that she allowed him to get closer, allowing him to help her wipe off the stickiness.
When he returned, he looked through her favorite songs, her friend’s circle, and Weibo.
Qi Nuo knew what songs the little princess had been loving recently, which movies she stayed up late to watch, why she got annoyed with certain plotlines, what new bookshelf she recently bought, and even read a book called “The Art of Operations.”
“Qi Nuo, let’s go,” outside the resting room, the team leader organized them to return to the club.
Qi Nuo closed his backpack.
Out of the corner of his eye, the team leader noticed a small sculpture pinched inside.
“Hey, what’s that?” the team leader inquired.
Qi Nuo pursed his lips and left without a word.
“I’m not going back to the club today.”
Tomorrow is his birthday.
Everyone will be there.
The team leader understood: “I know, tomorrow is your birthday, and the other players will go too. You’re one year older, congratulations.”
Qi Nuo responded quietly, not wanting to talk much.
An hour later, Ruan Yōu picked up the little princess who had been wandering outside.
The little princess’s eyes were a bit red.
She knew how important today’s match was for Qi Nuo. When she saw Song Lulu at the opening, she dared not think too much and went against her usual self, seriously cheering him on.
“Sister Yōuyōu, I’m so frustrated,” Lu Xuan muttered.
Ruan Yōu: “I think you might be overthinking it.”
“Why doesn’t he confess to me, then?” Lu Xuan felt wronged.
The little princess was feeling anxious for the first time.
She was afraid of losing, and anything that made her doubt even a little would have a huge impact on her.
For the first time, she wanted to confess to someone. For her, she had already invested a lot, walked a long way, and hadn’t reached the end yet, and the path ahead was still unclear.
“And these past few days, he didn’t say anything to me.”
Ruan Yōu was helpless: “Didn’t you say earlier it was because he was very busy?”
“So what if you’re busy? Can’t you talk when you’re busy?”
When unhappy, all the thorns that were buried in the heart would be picked out, and everything reasonable would turn into unreasonable and unhappy.
Lu Xuan didn’t dare to ask, wanting to know the answer, yet afraid to find out.
Even though there was a 99.99% certainty, she still felt anxious about the 0.01% chance of not liking.
The next day, at Qi Nuo’s birthday banquet, Lu Xuan was still not happy.
The birthday celebration was grand, and Gu Fuchen and others had already arrived.
Lu Jin heard that his younger sister was unhappy, and it didn’t feel good.
He could handle other things, but not matters of the heart.
Especially when the other party was the young master of the Qi family.
If it were someone else, they could just drag the scumbag out and give him a beating, but with the Qi family…
“Don’t worry, if he doesn’t explain things to you today and keeps you hanging, I’ll have Qi Zhiyan give him a good beating.”
Qi Zhiyan:…
Qi Zhiyan sighed lightly: “Don’t worry, I’ll go find out in a bit.”
What the parents say, “Childhood sweethearts and innocent young love are all deceiving.”
Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo CP used to have fans on the internet, although as time passed, no one remembered this anymore. Most people regarded it as a kind of online video without actual evidence, including Father Qi, Mother Qi, and Elder Qi, all of whom didn’t believe these two could be together.
Even so, Ruan Yōu, Qi Zhiyan and the others still firmly stood by Lu Xuan’s side.
Elder Qi, Father Qi and Mother Qi quite liked Song Lulu.
Qi Nuo’s birthday marked his 21st year, very young, and there was no rush to be in a relationship.
Among the young generation of the six top wealthy families, except for Wen Juxi, everyone else remained single.
They had no intention of settling down, which made their elders anxious.
Elder Qi didn’t dare to pressure Qi Zhiyan, so he turned to Qi Nuo.
Two years of dating and married young at the age of 23, set an excellent example of “love and marriage” for Qi Zhiyan, which was quite good.
Whenever Qi Nuo was mentioned, Elder Qi, Father Qi and Mother Qi, and other relatives and friends all brought up childhood sweetheart and Song Lulu.
Song Lulu was on the phone with her boyfriend outside, and her mother had no idea about her relationship. When she received a message from Qi Nuo, she was shocked.
Outrageous!
Too outrageous!
Just as she was about to hang up and return to the banquet hall, Qi Nuo’s next message arrived.
After reading it carefully, Song Lulu reluctantly nodded and replied with a few words.
【OK】
【Solve it well!】
In the banquet hall, there were many people. Some wealthy gentlemen and elegant young ladies, upon hearing that Qi Nuo’s childhood sweetheart suddenly appeared, couldn’t help but tease.
“They make quite a pair.”
“One is lively and the other is calm, they complement each other.”
Lu Xuan stood on the outskirts of the crowd, her expression becoming increasingly rigid.
Ruan Yōu and others stood around Elder Qi, Father Qi, and Mother Qi. The conversations of relatives and friends were transmitted to Lu Xuan’s ears, word by word.
The little princess, who was always happy and carefree, handed the gift to the butler and lifted up the skirt of her evening dress to leave when suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd.
Qi Nuo walked out of the crowd and frowned: “Grandpa, please don’t tease me and Song Lulu anymore.”
He said it earnestly, and his pitch-black eyes, piercing through the distance and light and shadows, landed precisely on Lu Xuan, who had suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Qi Nuo withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice: “I have someone I like.”
The tilted crystal chandelier in the banquet hall illuminated his eyes, and also illuminated the figure reflected in his eyes when he turned his head.
“I like sister Xuanxuan.”
He didn’t want her to misunderstand.
He wanted everyone to know that he only liked her.