Chapter 73 – Sign
After finishing the livestream and having a meal, it was already afternoon.
Everyone had nothing to do, so they went out with the coach to buy ingredients for the evening. As for Lin Xingling, he wanted to stay and watch TV with Cheng Che.
On TV, a French romance movie was playing, and it ended with the main characters embracing and sharing a passionate kiss. Cheng Che saw it and looked at his boyfriend with a somewhat resentful expression.
Lin Xingling gently kissed him on the face.
“Kissing…kissing means you like me a little, right?”
Cheng Che closed his eyes, waiting for the kiss.
“I already like you a lot,” Lin Xingling rubbed his hair, smoothing it out, “You’ll grow up after your birthday, so be a good boy.”
Cheng Che pouted.
Lin Xingling was clearly treating him like a child.
He dared not speak up.
Looking at the sad expression on the child’s face as he looked at the ring on his left hand, Lin Xingling found him adorable. “Che’er, be good, and in the future, I’ll buy you ten rings.”
“You’re lying to a child…”
Cheng Che got up with a pillow in his arms and said, “I’m going to the training room for a while to practice.”
He swiftly entered the room and closed the door, clearly not allowing Lin Xingling to follow.
“You can only kiss me and not let me be angry.”
Lin Xingling was left outside, feeling like crying without tears.
He opened Weibo, and Cheng Che had just updated his status: “After today, will you love me?”
Underneath were various speculations about whether they were in a relationship:
[Che’er, do you have someone you like?]
[I love you, but Daddy Star won’t let me love you [funny]]
[Don’t fall in love too early!!!]
Lin Xingling commented with a hugging emoticon… after some thought, he changed his own bio.
…
[“The influencer you follow, @DCT-Stars, has updated their personal signature~]
Cheng Che clicked on it.
[DCT-Stars]: Love Completely
Both sides were being sentimental, and the fans were collectively confused.
Some even turned into Sherlock Holmes:
[TG-Lian Rong: Love Completely Little Brother?]
[SYG-Charity: Say a few more words, don’t act dumb~ [teasing cat]]
[Commentator A Hua: Stars, this is definitely a case of ‘officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps!’ [pounding the table]]
Cheng Che immediately changed his signature:
[DCT-Clear]: Bits and Pieces of Joy
[Damn you two!!!]
[Is it Clearstars or Xingchen Chengche, let’s bet]
Now he shouldn’t be angry anymore…
Lin Xingling thought for a moment and sent him a message: “What are you doing now?”
The other person replied, “Like I said, practicing to supplement the troops.”
Lin Xingling, in an unprecedented act of coquetry, said, “It’s too dangerous to supplement the troops. Bring Yao Yao along!”
Unfortunately, the other person was immune to this coquetry: “No.”
Lin Xingling:…
Help, he’s still angry.
… Quickly send a message to Xiao Cui from the cake shop to make amends.
【Cake Shop Xiao Cui】
[DCT-Stars: Please add another new card to the cake box, with a note on it, ‘I was wrong.’]
[Xiao Cui: How were you wrong?]
[DCT-Stars: Just write three words on the cake card, ‘I was wrong!’]
[Xiao Cui: You’re not wrong, it’s all my fault.]
Lin Xingling sent a panda head emoticon: [DCT-Stars: I’m going crazy with you · JPG]
…
And then, when the cake arrived, Cheng Che received a card with the words “I’m going crazy with you” written on it.
Everyone looked at each other, and Cheng Che looked at Lin Xingling while holding the card.
“I really should keep my mouth shut…”
Lin Xingling sighed.
Liang Feng: “Keep quiet and endure it.”
Wu You: “Isn’t it ‘endure one bite at a time’?”
Liu Ying: “Keeping quiet and enduring it, it must be delicious, right?!”
Phantom: …
Keeping the lively atmosphere no matter how hard everyone tried, Cheng Che continued to gaze at Lin Xingling with a faint expression.
“Don’t be angry anymore, I was wrong. I’ll make it up to you tonight,” Lin Xingling whispered in his ear, and he felt somewhat happy again.
Liang Feng furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at the two of them. He felt that something was off, but he couldn’t pinpoint what exactly.
“Alright, alright, it’s the child’s birthday.”
…
Cheng Che received a bunch of gifts, and after cutting the cake and having dinner, he spent two hours on a livestream to unbox them.
Rank 2: [“Che Che, does the lipstick I sent look good?”]
Rank 2: [“Damn, I forgot to switch accounts!”]
After rummaging through the pile of gifts for a while, Cheng Che and the others finally found the lipstick. The sender displayed on it was the official flagship store.
There was no information about the sender.
Cheng Che asked, “Rank 2, who…who are you?”
Rank 2: [“Mwah~”]
I still haven’t dared to look at Ruhua’s ID, their profile picture is a small flower.
[“I want to see Brother Ruhua’s reaction”]
[“Brother Ruhua is awesome”]
[“The white stockings last time were also a gift from Brother Ruhua, Brother Ruhua is really brave”]
It was impossible for Ruhua to reveal his true identity. Judging from Rank 2’s comment about forgetting to switch accounts, he must be familiar with Cheng Che and part of the competitive circle.
There were too many possibilities, making it difficult to narrow down.
Cheng Che never thought of exposing their secret identity. He was only pondering over one thing: why was the lipstick color a Barbie pink?
Liu Ying opened the lipstick cap and tried the color on the back of her hand, saying, “Brother Che, I can apply it for you.”
[“I also want to help Brother Che apply it”]
[“Not only do I want to apply it, I also want to kiss-kiss [wry smile]”]
[“Little Brother Ying, my wife, I want to apply lipstick for you!!!”]
Cheng Che firmly refused.
Liu Ying & Wu You: Resistance is futile.
One held his arm while the other swiftly finished the task.
When Cheng Che appeared on the camera, feeling helpless, his blue eyes and cute pouty lips made him look like a princess from a fairy tale.
Barbie pink made him appear darker, but it couldn’t surpass Cheng Che’s fair and beautiful complexion.
He had it all under control.
[“Damn”]
[“Clear looks so good when he doesn’t speak”]
[“Pick up my three glow sticks: Che-ze! Che-ze! Mommy loves you!”]
After a while, Lin Xingling came over with fruits. Cheng Che immediately turned his head to look at him as if telepathically sensing his presence.
Lin Xingling: …
Lin Xingling asked, “Whose fairy tale book didn’t close properly and let the princess escape?”
Cheng Che was very pleased.
Liang Feng looked disgusted but nodded, indicating that Cheng Che could proceed with the plan.
Plan: Confess to Lin Xingling and see his reaction.
It was like a game of truth or dare…
It was a small surprise for his birthday, and the coach wanted to use this unexpected confession to test Lin Xingling’s thoughts about children.
Little did they know that the two of them were already together.
Holding the script, Cheng Che couldn’t help but want to laugh, but he still read it to Lin Xingling word by word without missing a beat.
“I yearn for a distant journey, finding joy in your unexplained melancholy. Contented enough to rest while longing for the faraway, your image lingers in my mind like a fleeting breeze… Lin Xingling, I, I like you.”
He waved his hands and danced, reading it in an exaggerated manner.
“Do we need to make it public now?” Lin Xingling asked timidly, “Is it true?”
At that moment, Liang Feng asked, “What do you mean?”
Liu Ying facepalmed.
Wu You & Phantom watched as bystanders.
[“I suddenly thought of Charity.”]
[“Stars: Bullshit, you’ll make me collapse with laughter [emoticon]”]
[“Lian God: I have a bad feeling about this”]
[“SYG-Charity: Let’s unfollow each other, Stars!”]
Lin Xingling bit his lip and asked, “Xiao Che, what did the coach mean?”
Liang Feng replied, “I’m asking what you mean.”
He’s only eighteen, you really have a way with words…
Cheng Che lowered his gaze and said, “I was just joking with you.”
Lin Xingling shrugged and looked at Liang Feng, “I didn’t mean anything, it was just a joke.”
The bot lane couple cooperated seamlessly.
“It’s like this…”
Liang Feng glanced at them skeptically and didn’t say anything more.
Wu You said, “What harm can a joke do… Come on, Xiao Pei, I love you!”
Phantom replied, “Get lost.”
The mid lane CP played their part.
Liu Ying sighed.
Clueless in the mid lane.
[“Xingchen Chengche will stay up all night tonight [emoticon]”]
[“The one who confesses first is the seme! Clearstars!!!”]
[“God Pei and Xiao You forever!”]
[“Then I’ll take Liu Ying away, okay~”]
The viewers were eager to create chaos.
Anyway, Coach’s concerns weren’t dispelled, but the fans’ enthusiasm for playing along with the joke rose.
Because this wasn’t the first time Lin Xingling had been “confessed to” on someone else’s birthday.
This was the second time.
The first time was in 2017 when they were in SYG. It was Chen Enci’s birthday, and it was arranged by the team to have Chen Enci hold a love letter and prank Lin Xingling.
Chen Enci read it with great emotion.
Lin Xingling: “Bullshit, you’ll make me collapse with laughter.”
Lian Rong, who was hiding behind eating cake, laughed until his face twisted.
[Charity: Emotionally read·JPG]
[Stars: Bullshit, you’ll make me collapse with laughter·JPG]
[Lian Rong: Laughing until distorted·JPG]
These three reaction images were all the rage at the time.
And now.
[KPL commentator A Hua]:
I don’t understand [dog face]
Charity, emotionally read: I like you. Stars: Bullshit, you’ll make me collapse with laughter!
Clear: I like you. Stars: Really?
[Lian Rong: Laughing until distorted·JPG]
The comments section was filled with the Lian Rong reaction image.
Lian Rong: Sitting at home, dealing with everything at once.
Chen Enci mentioned Lin Xingling in the SYG group chat and sent a long string of upside-down thumbs-up emojis.
Then he sent the Lian Rong reaction image.
[Stars: Death awaits.]
[Lian Rong: Death awaits.]
[Charity: I’ll be waiting.]
The first generation iron triangle of KPL started an internal war.
…
The second generation iron triangle of KPL—
Wu You: “Brother Che said he didn’t want it either, but Daddy Star’s favoritism is just too much.”
Cheng Che: ” You **.”
[“Hua Guoshan Telegraph”]
[“Clear, these terrible words, hahaha”]
[“The withered vine, old tree, and gloomy crow, Che-Che is a jerk in one second”]
Liu Ying: “The captain really loves Brother Che so much~”
Rank 2: [“I feel like you have something to say between the lines”]
[“I feel the same way”]
[“I agree”]
…In the end, it was Liang Feng who announced the team’s regulations simultaneously on the livestream and official account.
The third rule: No dating allowed.
When it says no, it means no.
“Xiao Pei and Xiao You are not allowed to be lovey-dovey in the future.”
“Cheng Che, starting tonight, you will sleep in a separate room from the captain. Room 506 has been prepared for you.”
“For Liu Ying, you figure it out yourself.”