Chapter 75 – Astringency !!
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Seeing this, Lin Xingling carried him to the shower.
“I already told you that you can’t… tsk, you just don’t listen.”
Clearly, he was enabling and supporting this behavior, yet he criticized others as if he were righteous.
Cheng Che had no strength to argue and obediently wrapped his arms around Lin Xingling’s neck.
“How come I remember… um, you’ve bathed me before… right?”
“Yes, I have.”
“Doesn’t Lin Xingling… have any… thoughts about me?”
“Old Husband?”
“Captain?”
“Lin Xingling, say something.”
“… You’re still young, I’ll wait for you to grow up.”
“Tsk~”
…
After showering, Lin Xingling carried Cheng Che to Room 508 and wrapped him in a blanket. Lin Xingling kissed his forehead and said, “I’ll tidy up the other room.”
Cheng Che’s arms were as weak as noodles, and he weakly held onto Lin Xingling’s arm, not letting him go.
He muttered, “I feel dizzy and uncomfortable…”
“You’ll feel better when Captain Hubby holds you.”
“Be good, I’ll be back soon.”
Lin Xingling touched his hair.
“Take my phone with you. Um… the password is your birthday, and there are… my photos in the album.”
Cheng Che understood him well.
“Tsk…”
…
Unlocking the phone, Lin Xingling burst into laughter as soon as he saw the first photo.
Text: “Se-se-Dahmie”
The picture was a serious-looking Cheng Che in his professional headshot.
In the headshot, Cheng Che wore a loose team uniform, hugging his own arms… with a serious expression on his face.
This was the side of him that Lin Xingling loved…
As for the bed sheets, they were wet and needed to be cleaned.
Mainly because they couldn’t be washed at the team base, and they couldn’t be sent to a dry cleaner…
Annoyed, Lin Xingling buttoned up a few shirt buttons. As he reached the fourth button, he realized he had buttoned it in the wrong hole. The top button was fastened to the second buttonhole.
“…Sigh.”
He decided not to button it and returned with his clothes in disarray.
As he walked out, he coincidentally ran into Wu You, who was also leaving.
Wu You: “…”
Lin Xingling: “…”
Neither of them spoke, one went to Room 508 next door, and the other went to Room 504 across the hall.
After entering the room, Lin Xingling suddenly felt confused.
How did Xiao You come out of Xiao Pei’s room???
Wu You was even more confused… Why was Dad Star half-naked, and wasn’t that Brother Che’s room for sleeping?!
He immediately messaged Cheng Che: “Brother Cheng, are you okay?”
Lin Xingling’s phone buzzed, and he opened it to read the reply: “Your Brother Cheng is fine. What about you?”
[Xiao Pei, I’m level two: ?]
[DCT-Clear: Why did you go to Xiao Pei’s room?]
[Xiao Pei, I’m level two: To support the jungle in the bottom lane. [Funny]]
[Xiao Pei, I’m level two: Understood.]
…
After the exchange, Lin Xingling quietly approached the bed, preparing to lie down. Suddenly, Cheng Che turned his body and gently stared at him.
“You’re not asleep yet…”
Cheng Che nodded and hoarsely spoke.
“I… I don’t have the energy…”
Lin Xingling crawled into the bed and kissed his mouth, saying, “Just sleep, and you’ll feel better.”
In fact, it wasn’t that he couldn’t sleep, but he just wanted to wait for Lin Xingling to come back before sleeping, feeling at ease.
“It’s getting late, go to sleep. You haven’t even had a chance to open the gifts prepared by Xiao You and the others. Make sure to open them tomorrow.”
“Okay…”
Feeling weak and numb all over, Cheng Che nestled into Lin Xingling’s embrace and fell asleep, feeling at peace.
As expected, the child slept until the afternoon of the next day.
No matter how Lin Xingling explained, Liang Feng, the coach, didn’t believe it until Wu You came out and testified that Cheng Che had been afraid and went to Lin Xingling’s room on his own.
Coach Liang Feng’s face darkened. “I’ll reluctantly believe it.”
Lin Xingling breathed a sigh of relief but was suddenly pointed at.
Liang Feng said, “I believe Xiao You, not you.”
Lin Xingling: What about the camaraderie we’ve had on the same team for so many years…
Then Cheng Che got out of bed, and his legs were weak like noodles, needing support to walk…
Fortunately, he followed his husband’s advice and, when asked, said it was leg cramps.
“You’ll grow taller…” Lin Xingling added.
Liang Feng: I believe in you, my foot.
“…”
Seeing Cheng Che like that, Liu Ying, the mid-lane player, couldn’t contain his curiosity.
“Is it done?”
Cheng Che shook his head.
Liu Ying: “Tsk…”
“Hey, what’s with the ‘tsk,’ Liu Ying?”
Not wanting Cheng Che to get angry, Liu Ying immediately changed the subject, “Brother Che, did you see the gift I prepared for you?”
Hearing this, Wu You also came over and asked, “And the special gift from me and Xiao Pei? You have to take a look.”
Because he was sent by the coach to sleep in room 506 last night, he didn’t get to see the gift originally placed in room 508. But it’s not too late to open it now.
Cheng Che was the first to open the gift prepared by Liu Ying, which was a painting.
It was a portrait of himself painted by Liu Ying, with thick layers of paint. Cheng Che was depicted wearing the white outfit he wore when Liu Ying first saw him, but in the painting, it was changed to long sleeves, and a blue jacket was added on top. He had the competition headphones hanging around his neck, and he stood with his arms crossed, looking very proud and gazing outside the painting. Those eyes… had a special charm.
Cheng Che really liked this gift. Lin Xingling liked it even more.
“It looks so good… Hehe… It’s beautiful…”
Cheng Che: …
Captain Xingling, please don’t show that charming smile of yours, it’s really enticing, you know?!
“Liu Ying, have you studied painting?” Cheng Che was curious. “It looks really, really good! Especially good!”
“I was a fine arts student before I started competing,” Liu Ying tilted his head and said, “Well, it’s because Cheng-ge looks good, so I painted well…”
“Just sweet talk from you!”
Just as Cheng Che finished saying this, Lin Xingling suddenly leaned in close to his ear and whispered, “Your words are sweet too.”
What… What vulgar words did you just say?!
Cheng Che’s face instantly turned red.
Indeed, he was still a child, pretending to be playful on the surface but still innocent at heart… Lin Xingling shrugged.
How should I put it, even though he was just as much of a troublemaker, at least he was more composed than the child.
“Brother Che, look at the gift from Xiao Pei and me!” Wu You brought the gift box over to him.
Cheng Che opened it, and inside was the keyboard he had always wanted but was already out of production.
“I’m going, I’m going, I’m going, I’m going!!!” Wu You held Phantom’s arm proudly and said, “It’s great, right? We searched on many platforms to find a seller who still had it in stock.”
“Thank you both so much, it’s amazing! Really great!”
Cheng Che happily opened the gift prepared by Liang Feng, which was a wristwatch. “Nice!”
“Our little boy will definitely make good use of it when he starts dating,” Liang Feng said with special confidence.
Lin Xingling secretly rolled his eyes.
You might as well give him a box of c******, to make it convenient for him to start dating… Ah, no, I mean, to protect himself…
“Thank you, Coach!”
“What gift did your captain prepare for you?” Liang Feng asked.
Cheng Che raised an eyebrow and extended his left hand. “Here.”
Oh no… Lin Xingling facepalmed.
Everyone: “A ring?!”
Liang Feng smiled and looked at Lin Xingling. “Shall we talk?”