Chapter 102
Inside the venue it was too hot. Yu Sui had already taken off his jacket before the interview, leaving only a thin team jersey t-shirt on top. If that got torn, he'd really have trouble going outside.
Though Shi Luo really, really wanted to do exactly that.
Shi Luo could feel Yu Sui's breath and heartbeat, his heart and mind burning like fire. He had to exert all his strength to restrain the本能 urges of his young body, or he would've done something to this trash of a man already.
Shi Luo closed his eyes, trying to找回理智. This trash of a man had such a natural model physique, and Shi Luo hadn't even properly seen or touched it yet. It would be such a亏 if outsiders got a look. Besides, Yu Sui had already caused a scene today—the outside was full of hungry media and fans. They couldn't stay in someone else's locker room too long. If they went out disheveled and accidentally got caught on camera...
That would be impossible to explain.
Shi Luo buried his head in Yu Sui's chest, took a deep breath, then stood up, his voice hoarse: "When we get back to base, it won't end so easily... Come... let's go."
Yu Sui lowered his head and chuckled softly: "You're the one who said that..."
Shi Luo pulled up his hoodie and put it on, mumbling: "I said it, so what."
Shi Luo opened the door and walked out of the locker room.
Free's team manager was still standing in the hallway, completely confused. He glanced worriedly at Shi Luo and Yu Sui and asked carefully: "You guys didn't get into a fight, did you?"
Shi Luo knew his expression must be off. He turned his head to check the reflective logo decoration in the hallway that could double as a mirror—only to find that not only were his eyes red, but his neck and chest were also flushed. To an outsider, it really did look like he'd just had a tantrum.
But that was fine. It was way better than letting people know he'd almost gone into heat in someone else's locker room because of Yu Sui.
"No fight." Yu Sui unclipped the wireless mic from his lower back and handed it to the manager, relaxing: "Evil just had some private stuff to tell me... Where are the others?"
"They're waiting in the locker room." Relieved they weren't fighting, the manager excitedly urged: "Everyone's starving. Grab your stuff and let's go—there's still a lot to do later."
Shi Luo tugged at his collar, annoyed by the heat, and frowned: "Still a lot to do? What else is there?"
The manager's happiness was genuine, his eyes full of anticipation: "The victory feast, of course! Manager Zhou has everything arranged. He prepared tons of gifts for us in advance—said all along that today, since we won the match, he'd 'throw a grand celebration'!! There are so many activities planned, we're definitely staying up all night!"
"I'll fu—" Shi Luo stopped himself mid-sentence, almost wanting to pick a fight with Zhou Huo. Not going back to base to sleep and staying up all night?!
The manager noticed Shi Luo's mood was off and cautiously asked. Shi Luo couldn't exactly say he had other things on his mind and just wanted to sleep with Yu Sui, so he forced himself to swallow his fire and nod: "A... all night. Fine, let's go."
The two went to the locker room to collect their things, then were escorted out of the venue and onto the bus by a group of ecstatic Free members.
The restaurant Zhou Huo had booked had everyone's favorite location and dishes. After eating in silence without a moment to breathe, Zhou Huo, who'd been exploding with excitement, dragged everyone to a familiar club to continue the party.
A few players getting wild was one thing, but with all the club staff having worked so hard all season, they deserved a proper thank-you. Zhou Huo treated the victory feast like an annual company dinner, handing out the gifts he'd prepared long ago one by one. Old Qiao even got a new phone.
The whole team had been stuck inside for too long, and with vacation coming next, everyone had no reservations. The alcohol ban was lifted. Old Qiao not only didn't stop the players, he himself drank a can of beer first, then started灌 others. Less than an hour into the club, except for Yu Sui who didn't drink at all, everyone else had at least two cans.
"Hey, wait... Yu Sui's in a relationship now?"
Chen Huo and Puppy were going crazy from the alcohol, grabbing whoever they could find and forcing drinks on them. After laughing and messing around for a while, Chen Huo collapsed somewhere in a daze and started playing on his phone. Suddenly noticing something, he stared at his screen with bleary eyes: "Huh? For real or not? How did so much news appear while I was just watching one interview? Is this made up or real?"
Old Qiao was eating fruit nearby. Hearing this, he gave Chen Huo an exasperated look. Yu Sui and Shi Luo hadn't fully come out after all, and with so many staff members around, Old Qiao didn't want Chen Huo to expose them. He shoved a piece of cantaloupe into Chen Huo's mouth and deflected: "You'll know when you sober up. Eat, eat."
Zhou Huo beside them smiled without a word. Right now every esports forum was blowing up from Yu Sui's post-match interview, everyone frantically discussing it. The more they couldn't figure it out, the hotter the trending topics got. Zhou Huo was happy to see this—he'd benefit either way. No matter how many people texted him asking, his standard reply was that he didn't interfere in players' personal relationships, he didn't know what Yu Sui's frequent mentions of Evil in the interview meant, and he didn't know who Yu Sui's girlfriend was.
Chen Huo, already in full drunk meltdown mode, forgot about the Yu Sui relationship gossip after Old Qiao dealt with him. One moment later, he spotted Shi Luo looking distracted nearby and regained his energy. He grabbed Shi Luo and pulled him onto the sofa, about to start灌 again. Shi Luo's alcohol tolerance was decent, but because he'd been thinking about going back to base all night, he hadn't dared drink much. Now being stuck with this drunk idiot was completely absurd. Shi Luo blocked Chen Huo: "Get lost... go灌 someone else."
"All night..." Chen Huo stared at Shi Luo,不满: "Just you! You're the odd one out. You're not having fun, you're not happy enough. You... you're not on the same side as your brothers. Are you even from Free? You won the championship and you don't cry, you don't drink. What do you want? You got other plans... By longstanding规律... next season you should撕合同 with Yu Sui and go start your own team, right?"
Shi Luo: "..."
Shi Luo tried to stay calm: "Your uncle."
"You even骂我 uncle." Chen Huo couldn't take it anymore, grabbed a beer and灌: "For my uncle's health, drink this cup!"
Shi Luo really wanted to throw Chen Huo across the room with a shoulder throw.
Yu Sui was also on his phone. He glanced at the forum discussions, then looked up at Chen Huo and Shi Luo before returning to his phone.
Zhou Huo had just been mercilessly灌 by Chen Huo and didn't dare help Shi Luo out again, afraid he'd get stuck with Chen Huo again. He nudged Yu Sui: "Why don't you do something? Be attentive."
Yu Sui smiled. It wasn't like things had gone too far—they were just messing around. Chen Huo was Shi Luo's teammate, the two of them were just playing around normally. What right did he have to act all motherly about it? That would just make Shi Luo seem distant from his teammates. Didn't Shi Luo deserve normal teammate interactions?
Although... their team's internal interactions had always been somewhat brutal.
But at most they'd just had a few extra beers. Yu Sui muttered to himself: "If he's had too much to drink, then he's had too much... If he's drunk, there's a reason, so we don't have to go to Hangzhou tomorrow."
Zhou Huo's face showed a look of utter disbelief. If Yu Sui wasn't going to do anything, neither would he.
Shi Luo really couldn't handle Chen Huo's drunk antics anymore. Helpless, he drank half a can of beer. Shi Luo kicked Chen Huo away and turned to look for Zhou Huo, frowning: "What time are we going home? This guy's already drunk. Are we leaving yet?"
"If he's drunk, let him sleep on the floor." Puppy was about to start an outdoor livestream,兴致正高. Hearing this, he said: "What's the rush? How old are you? Does your base have a curfew? Can't hang outside?"
"I..." Shi Luo gripped the remaining mostly-full can of beer in his hand, grinding his teeth: "If it weren't for keeping you around for Worlds, I'd put this beer can on your head..."
Puppy opened his livestream, neatened his bangs in front of the camera, unhurried: "Go ahead... 'Championship team's victory feast turns ugly' drama—I could use that traffic in my stream."
Meanwhile Chen Huo came at Shi Luo again. Shi Luo couldn't fight and couldn't avoid either, so he pushed Chen Huo off and sat somewhere else. A moment later he couldn't help but call out loudly to Zhou Huo again: "Are we going home yet?!"
Yu Sui put away his phone and smiled lightly: "The adults are drinking. What are you throwing a tantrum about?"
Puppy adjusted his bangs, nodding along: "Little kid, not懂事 at all."
Shi Luo was speechless. Before he could explode, Yu Sui stood up and sat down next to Shi Luo.
Yu Sui sat very close to Shi Luo, leaning on the sofa and murmuring: "Shi Shen... What's the rush?"
Shi Luo didn't dare look at Yu Sui closely now. He turned his head away, his tone硬邦邦: "Nothing!"
Shi Luo insisted nothing was wrong, but he really did look like a bored kid messing around at a drinking party—playing on his phone for a while, then asking Zhou Huo once more when they'd go home. Yu Sui's heart melted from the cuteness. By two in the morning, everyone still didn't want to leave. Finally Yu Sui said: "Going to Hangzhou tomorrow morning—you don't want to go anymore?"
Chen Huo was already drunk and懵懂, but hearing about the Hangzhou trip suddenly cleared his head a bit: "Oh... we should go home then."
Old Qiao was flushed red from drinking. He stood up: "Right... let's go. We can嗨 more when we get to Hangzhou. Let's go."
Zhou Huo had been折腾 all night just to reward the whole club. Happy that everyone wanted to leave so he could rest at the base, he quickly got up to arrange the driver, then went to pay the bill.
Shi Luo had been deflecting drinks left and right all night, but by the time they left, he'd still had quite a bit. When returning to base, he was walking somewhat unsteady.
It was already three in the morning by the time they got all the drunk mess back to base. Shi Luo's alcohol had kicked in fully; his speech was already slurred. Getting out of the car, he stumbled, and was quietly caught in Yu Sui's arms.
Except for the driver, only Yu Sui hadn't taken a single drink. Yu Sui carried both their gear bags in one hand while搂着 Shi Luo with the other,嘱咐: "Don't let the ones who drank too much sleep alone—find someone to accompany them. Zhou Huo, you arrange this. I'll take care of Shi Luo."
Zhou Huo was best at handling these琐事. He waved Yu Sui off: "I know. Can't let them drink themselves to death. Go sleep."
Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo mumbling in his arms, lowered his head to whisper a few哄话 in Shi Luo's ear, then搂着 him upstairs.
A good night's sleep. When Shi Luo woke up again, he lay on the bed in a daze for quite a while.
He was lying in Yu Sui's bed. Yu Sui's room had blackout curtains drawn, no lights on, pitch black inside, impossible to tell day from night. There was only himself on the bed. Shi Luo snapped back to reality and moved—only to discover he was completely naked.
Shi Luo: "..."
Shi Luo had drunk quite a lot last night. He couldn't remember anything that happened after returning to base.
Looking at his current situation... had something happened between him and Yu Sui?
Shi Luo couldn't accept it. He'd been thinking about this all night! And now it was... over?
The base was extremely quiet. No sound from outside the door or windows. His teammates were probably already gone to Hangzhou.
Shi Luo slightly lifted the blanket to check... yep, he really was stark naked.
So whether they did it or not?
Shi Luo fumbled around for a while but couldn't find his phone. He got up, turned on the lights, and checked the time—two in the afternoon.
His teammates were definitely gone by now. Yu Sui was somewhere unknown. Shi Luo walked to the bathroom in a fog to freshen up.
While showering, Shi Luo vaguely heard the door open. The water was too loud for him to be sure. When he came out, he saw Yu Sui had brought takeout breakfast into the room.
Yu Sui set the breakfast container down and tossed his phone aside: "Head not hurting?"
Shi Luo shook his head and sat down to eat breakfast with Yu Sui.
Shortly after, breakfast was finished. Yu Sui cleaned up the containers as usual. Shi Luo watched Yu Sui,欲言又止: "Last night..."
Yu Sui bagged the takeout trash and took it outside. A moment later he came back in: "What were you saying?"
Shi Luo sat on the bed,呆滞: "Last night I seem to have had a blackout. I..."
Yu Sui's mind didn't seem to be on Shi Luo at all. After dumping the trash, he passed Shi Luo a bottle of mineral water and顺便 turned on the humidifier in the room: "What's wrong with you?"
Shi Luo took the water from Yu Sui: "I... what did I do last night?"
Yu Sui smiled: "Oh, lots of things."
"I never knew you could be so clingy when drunk." Yu Sui picked up the clothes they'd worn yesterday from the floor and tossed them in the laundry hamper: "Do you know how much trouble you were? You didn't want to bathe, no amount of哄 would work. I was afraid you'd be uncomfortable if you passed out drunk, so I wiped you down with a towel piece by piece."
Shi Luo couldn't bear to回忆: "I..."
"You kept trying to解 my clothes. Your eyes could barely stay open, but your色心 didn't shrink..." Yu Sui pulled the curtain Shi Luo had乱推 back into place, turned on a nightlight, walked to the cabinet andtidied up the things Shi Luo had messed with. After everything was organized, he sat back on the bed and looked at Shi Luo: "Do you remember what you said?"
Shi Luo instinctively felt he wouldn't be too reserved when drunk. He艰难 shook his head.
"特别坦诚." Yu Sui smiled and ruffled Shi Luo's hair, then leaned close to Shi Luo's ear and spoke softly: "Things you'd normally say, things you'd never say... things you probably wouldn't say even私底下... you said all of them."
Shi Luo's face flushed.
"You kept wanting to kiss me. Do you know how much effort it took just to get you to sleep? You never settled down—snuggling into my arms while softly saying..." Yu Sui's voice got lower and lower: "That from the day you got together with me, all you've wanted is to sleep with me."
Shi Luo's ears burned, but he didn't argue.
Even though he couldn't remember, he knew best what he'd been thinking all day. Shi Luo knew Yu Sui wasn't making things up.
Shi Luo struggled: "D-don't say it."
"Why not say it?" Yu Sui murmured: "I哄 you to sleep when you were uncomfortable. Shi Shen, do you know what you said at that time?"
Shi Luo's face was already flushed scarlet. He lowered his voice: "I don't want to know right now."
Yu Sui smiled: "What a shame. I should've recorded it."
"Fine, I'll whisper it." Yu Sui turned and kissed beside Shi Luo's ear, his lips pressed to Shi Luo's ear as he murmured like telling secrets: "You said, if we did it... you'd乖乖 sleep."
Shi Luo's ears and neck instantly turned completely red.
Yu Sui's breath was too close. Shi Luo's fingers trembled slightly. He wanted to escape, but the biggest doubt in his heart still needed answering. He forced himself to keep his tone steady, his voice hoarse: "Then... did you do it?"
Yu Sui said: "No."
"You were特别 sweet when drunk—almost anything you'd agree to." Yu Sui held Shi Luo's hand, speaking quietly in Shi Luo's ear: "But the first time... I couldn't just do whatever I wanted without caring about you."
Yu Sui interlocked fingers with Shi Luo and murmured: "Besides, I'm confident... that even without you being drunk, I can make you乖乖 like you were last night."
Yu Sui guided Shi Luo's hand into the pocket of his sweatpants and asked: "What's in my pocket?"
Shi Luo pulled whatever was in Yu Sui's pocket out. His face was so red it could bleed.
"The stuff I bought a week ago. The vacation I prepared a month ago." Yu Sui lowered his head and kissed Shi Luo on the lips, murmuring: "We have three days. No rush. Let's take it slow..."
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