# Chapter 88
Shi Luo, being in a situation where he was already in trouble, had no ground to tell Yu Sui to go back to his own dorm room. He simply shifted, turning his back to the wall and lying on his side.
Yu Sui lay down on the bed and nudged Shi Luo. "It's not the flu, so you can't infect me."
Shi Luo's throat was hoarse from the fever. Hesitating, he said, "...Are you sure a regular cold isn't contagious?"
"Not sure." Yu Sui wrapped one arm around Shi Luo's waist and pulled him closer. "But if you keep shrinking further away, pressing against that cold wall, the one thing I'm sure about is that my bad mood won't fade."
Shi Luo weighed the pros and cons in half a second, then老老实实 moved closer to Yu Sui, but still kept his back turned, just drawing near a bit more. Shi Luo still had a fever and was a bit cold-intolerant, curling slightly into the blanket.
"Shi Luo."
Shi Luo's forehead was burning while his body felt cold, discomfort all around. Hoarsely, he answered, "Yeah?"
Shi Luo was tightly wrapped in the blanket, with Yu Sui's arm also tightly around him, making it hard to turn around. He waited a long moment without hearing Yu Sui continue, so he shifted. Just as he was about to try turning with effort, he heard Yu Sui low voice near his ear, "Don't you think there's still something wrong between us?"
Shi Luo's heart sank.
Before Shi Luo could speak to explain, he heard Yu Sui say casually, "This estranged attitude of yours—isn't something off about it?"
Shi Luo took a deep breath. Between lovers, saying this kind of thing was basically the opening notes of a conflict.
The fever really did affect reaction能力. Shi Luo was actually experiencing some ringing in his ears right now. Before he could figure out how to explain properly, Yu Sui's arm around him loosened.
Whether it was psychological or not, Shi Luo felt several degrees colder.
Shi Luo furrowed his brows, rubbing his brow, concentrating hard on how to say things properly when he felt Yu Sui's arm move behind him.
Shi Luo下意识turned his head to take a look, stunned.
Yu Sui微微抬起头, unbuttoning his own shirt one button at a time.
Once all the buttons were undone, Shi Luo was pulled into Yu Sui's embrace again, wrapped up by Yu Sui in his own shirt like a spring roll.
Shi Luo heard Yu Sui低声问他 near his ear, "Warmer than before now?"
Shi Luo愣了足足半分钟。
After a long while, Shi Luo终于小声said, "My heart is warmer than before... does that count?"
Before the words even finished falling, Shi Luo felt Yu Sui behind him snort with laughter.
Shi Luo's heart ached with a thousand questions—how could this person be so good?
Every time he thought things couldn't get better, this was already the best person for him, but it never took long before Yu Sui刷新 the record again.
Yu Sui稍微微换了个姿势让Shi Luo倚得更舒服点, "Is甜言蜜语 useful right now? Having a fever and calling me to come over—was that so hard?"
Shi Luo本来有不少话要替自己解释, but at this moment he didn't want to say anything,乖乖 listening to the scolding,老实地道歉, "I was wrong."
"Dare you do it again next time?" Yu Sui用手轻轻挑了一下Shi Luo的下巴, low voice, "Next time you find someone to sleep with, go find Chen Huo or whoever. Find Chen Huo. I'm occasionally having stomachaches these days and I don't hide it from you. What about you? What do you think I am?"
Before Shi Luo could speak, Yu Sui said, "I treat you as my boyfriend, you treat me as a male hooker. I came here好好地 to take care of you, and what were you thinking about with your dirty thoughts? Hmm? What kind of crappy move was that just now?"
Shi Luo努力忍笑, lowering his head to briefly rub his chin against Yu Sui's hand, sincerely said, "Really, I was really wrong, okay?"
"No second chances." Yu Sui pulled the blanket up a bit,皱眉, "It's not some绝症, and you're still hiding it... what a problem. Sleep."
Yu Sui用手虚虚遮了一下Shi Luo's eyes, making him close them. "I'll give you a day off tomorrow."
Shi Luo hummed, and within a short while, he was asleep.
Shi Luo slept soundly all night. Yu Sui woke up several times to feel Shi Luo's forehead. It wasn't until the middle of the night when Shi Luo's temperature finally returned to normal that Yu Sui could truly relax and sleep.
The next day, Yu Sui woke first.
Shi Luo's temperature had completely normalized. Yu Sui放下心, looking at the time—still early, too lazy to go back to his own room. He sat up, leaning against the headboard to look at his phone.
There were several messages that came during the night. Yu Sui unlocked and glanced at them, eyebrows raising unexpectedly.
Ke Hao had sent him several messages.
Yu Sui下意识looked at Shi Luo, who was lying beside him.
Ever since going to Germany, Yu Sui hadn't contacted Ke Hao except for sending a couple of perfunctory New Year greetings. Their relationship had gradually faded.
Partly because of Shi Luo, partly because during those early days after Yu Sui went to the European server, he was in a self-isolated phase, cutting ties with many people.
Yu Sui点开消息.
**[Ke Hao]**: [I only saw the news, so I found out my cousin went to your place again?]
**[Ke Hao]**: [I searched a bit—your club's results are pretty good. Is he doing okay?]
**[Ke Hao]**: [Did you two make up? How are things between you two now?]
The messages were sent at eight in the morning. Yu Sui wasn't sure if it was a time difference issue on Ke Hao's end or if he just woke up early.
When someone comes calling, there's always a reason. Yu Sui didn't think Ke Hao suddenly remembered he had a cousin named Shi Luo and wanted to extend some care.
Yu Sui回忆着Shi Luo之前跟他说过的他家那些破事, and a not-so-good idea formed in his heart.
Yu Sui侧眸看了看Shi Luo, got up as gently as possible, and took his phone and left Shi Luo's dorm room.
It was just ten in the morning, and no one at the base was awake yet. Yu Sui went back to his own room to grab a jacket, put it on, walked downstairs, went out the door, and sat in the lounge chair in the small courtyard. He called Ke Hao back.
The phone was picked up in just a few seconds. Ke Hao was clearly quite surprised, greeting him very warmly.
Yu Sui had seen plenty of others' false affection over these two years. He wasn't embarrassed or uncomfortable, quietly listening as Ke Hao硬撑着叙了五分钟的旧.
Ke Hao exhausted his small talk, having nothing left to discuss, before试探道, "Is Shi Luo doing okay lately... I don't really understand your circle. The news I searched online both praises him and... and says not-so-good things about him. I can't really tell."
"He's quite good," Yu Sui淡淡道. "Doing well in every aspect."
"That's good, that's good." Ke Hao干笑了一会儿,犹豫道, "My uncle, I mean Shi Luo's father, has he contacted him recently?"
"I don't know," Yu Sui said.
"I see..." Ke Hao was quiet for a moment on his end, his tone dropping, "Let me be honest with you—my grandfather... was sick for a while."
Yu Sui had already guessed it. He didn't respond.
Ke Hao低声道, "He was in the hospital for half a month. Knowing Shi Luo was busy, I didn't know the exact situation with the old man and didn't dare disturb him..."
"Ke Hao." Yu Sui was getting tired of listening, low laugh, "Since you never actually intended to contact him in the first place, don't put the blame on him."
On the other end of the phone, Ke Hao froze.
"You have my contact info. Whenever you need him to come, just call me anytime." Yu Sui's tone was calm. "Even if there's a match, I'll let him go back. Don't worry."
Ke Hao尴尬一笑, "Is, Is that so? Then I was worrying for nothing. I was afraid it would disrupt his training so I didn't dare contact him, but don't worry, it's like this now—we can call it a close call. My grandfather just got discharged from the hospital today. It really was a close call. My uncle suddenly had an idea, thinking that to make the old man happy, why not let Shi Luo go back to school, to give the old man some peace of mind. I've told him, you guys are about to start playoffs, and Shi Luo leaving now wouldn't be appropriate. Then I thought about it more, and felt I should come ask you..."
Ke Hao迟疑道, "What do you and Shi Luo think? I'm not wrong, right? You two still want to keep playing competitively, right? He definitely doesn't want to go back to school, right?"
Shi Luo naturally wouldn't agree.
Yu Sui心里很清楚, but what he said out loud was, "I'm not sure."
On the other end, Ke Hao急切道, "He's doing so well professionally, your team is doing so well, he's earning so much signing money every year—why would he want to go back to school?!"
"Can't say." Yu Sui嘴角微微挑, "His college entrance exam scores, you know. Delaying two years won't affect anything. Playing professionally has a lot of pressure too. A lot of people still look down on our industry. Can't say it's better than going to school."
Ke Hao paused for a few seconds on his end,吞吞吐吐道, "That's true, though I'd rather let him do what he wants. Since he wants to play professionally, let him play. Actually my grandfather stopped caring about what he does long ago. It's just my uncle who thinks if Shi Luo comes back to school, my grandfather will be happy. My grandfather is so old now, he's getting confused. What would he even know..."
Ke Hao说得越来越没底气,匆匆谢过Yu Sui and told him to greet Shi Luo before hanging up.
Yu Sui皱眉看着手机. Ke Hao said Shi Luo's grandfather just got discharged from the hospital today. On Ke Hao's end, he was urgently contacting Yu Sui, so Shi Luo's father was probably also urgently trying to reach Shi Luo.
Needed to give Shi Luo a heads-up in advance.
Yu Sui's confidence was much stronger than two years ago. Over those two years, his market value had multiplied more than once. If it was a problem that could be solved purely with money, it was no longer a problem at all.
As long as Shi Luo wasn't hurt.
Yu Sui拿着手机上楼,心里盘算着怎么委婉地说 this.
Ke Hao's words were already quite roundabout just now, but Yu Sui still felt his heart go cold.
Not only did he need to be roundabout, he also needed to think of a way for Shi Luo—to completely cut off the idea of his father using Shi Luo as a bargaining chip.
Troublesome indeed.
Yu Sui几 steps up to the second floor. Just as he was about to reach Shi Luo's dorm door, he heard Shi Luo's voice inside.
Yu Sui frowned, stepped closer. Just as his hand touched the door handle, he heard Shi Luo inside, voice full of conviction, tone incisive: "Let me also be honest with you—I slept with my teammate."
Yu Sui outside the door, "..."
"Does it matter which teammate? My teammates are all guys anyway."
"I'm not lying. Sleeping is sleeping. I really just like guys."
"You can secretely order me to retire and go back to school. If I go back, I'll go tell my grandfather I like guys!"
"Have I ever said empty words since I was little?"
"If you don't come bother me, we can live in peace. If you step within ten miles of our base, I'll immediately tell my grandfather about this!"
"He might still leave you something. When he knows you're already断子绝孙, who knows what'll happen."
"You don't move, I don't move."
"If you come mess with my club, I'll immediately post photos of me getting thoroughly screwed by a man into the family group chat! I mean what I say."
Shi Luo冷笑一声 hung up, turned to look at the door. All that ferocity dissolved instantly.
Shi Luo呆呆地双手攥着手机, stammered, "I... I woke up today feeling suddenly really happy. My cold's also gone, so I, I was thinking about coming out to my dad."