If Qiao Yanzhou had to find an adjective to describe the first meal with Gu's mother, it would be: embarrassing.
Eating is embarrassing, talking is embarrassing, and I wish I could even breathe. After a meal, Qiao Yanzhou didn't know what he had eaten at the table just now. And the words kept lingering in my ears, lingering.
And Qiao Yanzhou is also very convinced that not only tonight, but also in the next week, month, or even a year, whenever Qiao Yanzhou thinks of what happened tonight, he will blush in embarrassment anytime, anywhere.
There is another thing that Qiao Yanzhou is also very concerned about, that is, during the meal, according to Gu's mother, she seems to have no plans to go back to the United States in the short term.
In fact, Qiao Yanzhou also murmured in his heart. Gu Zixing's mother came to S City at this ingenious and precise time, and she didn't know if she made a special trip to see Gu Zixing for this year's SPL summer game. Li asked Gu Zixing, and Gu Zixing also said he didn't know.
But if this is true, it seems that Gu Zixing's family relationship is not as bad as imagined before.
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"When does the team's contract expire?" Gu's mother really seldom spoke when she was eating, but when she spoke suddenly, although her voice was not loud, Qiao Yanzhou was still startled, and dropped a shrimp she just picked up onto the table.
Gu Zixing didn't seem to be in a hurry to answer his mother. After seeing Qiao Yanzhou like this, he was stunned for a moment, then stood up with a ninja smile, took a few pieces of paper from the table next to him, and wiped the table. Responding to the question raised by my mother just now: "What's going on next November?"
"I still have to sign," Gu's mother raised her eyes, and she could hardly hear a trace of emotion from her tone, "Really?"
"Let's have a look again," Gu Zixing hesitated for a few seconds before finally choosing a more secure and less conflict-prone answer to his mother's question, "The club has developed well in the past few years."
"The development is good, does that mean we can let you go, or do we want to keep you?" Mama Gu frowned.
"It's hard to say," Gu Zixing smiled, in sharp contrast to his mother's attitude.
After speaking, he turned around and took out a tissue from the side to help Qiao Yanzhou wipe off the soup on the corner of his mouth.
Gu's mother glanced at Gu Zixing, and after being silent for a while, she couldn't help but sighed: "Forget it, I can't control you, just don't regret it yourself."
Although Qiao Yanzhou had been sitting by the side without saying a word, it was not difficult for him to detect the state of mind of Gu's mother at this time, a strong state of mind that did not want her son to continue to engage in the e-sports industry, a state of mind that even if she said she couldn't control it, but But I still have to use my tongue to ask questions.
Why did Qiao Yanzhou know so well, because he had heard the same sigh from his mother not long ago...
"Your dad said he wants to eat peach cakes. Remember to find some time to buy some. I have work these days and I can't go out." Gu's mother put down her chopsticks and stood up. "It needs to be vacuum-packed, otherwise I won't be able to take it home."
"it is good."
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Through this night of getting along, Qiao Yanzhou felt that although Gu's mother was serious, she was not that difficult to get along with.
Anyway, before getting to know Gu Zixing, in Qiao Yanzhou's mind, Gu Zixing should have the personality of Gu's mother. Although he is cold, he still has a down-to-earth side.
The next day, after Gu Zixing prepared breakfast for his mother, he was called back to the club for training.
On the way back, Qiao Yanzhou had been entangled in one thing in his heart, but in fact he had been entangled in this matter for a long time.
The team is going to announce the official starting list for the SPL Summer Split today. Although Qiao Yanzhou has performed well in the team's training recently, he still hasn't heard any rumors about his selection, not even Gu Zixing. .
"I feel like I'm going to be cold," Qiao Yanzhou and Gu Zixing muttered as they walked towards the training room, "If we can't make it to the summer games, then we can only see you in S8."
"No, Xiao Qiao," Gu Zixing smiled, "Relax."
"It's definitely not as generous as yours..." Qiao Yanzhou smacked his lips, turned his head and glanced at Gu Zixing, "You really don't know the list?"
"Really." Gu Zixing said, and moved closer to Qiao Yanzhou, "How about I open my eyes and give you a prediction?"
"Forget it," stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of the training room, then looked back at Gu Zixing before going in and added, "But I still think you already know."
Gu Zixing couldn't help laughing, and walked into the training room with his arms around Qiao Yanzhou.
Hey, today is really busy...
It should be the first time for Qiao Yanzhou to see so many people crowded in the training room after joining the team. Even the players who are still participating in the youth training were called. Noisy like a vegetable market.
Coach Chen sat on the main seat, looked at the materials in his hand, and raised his head slightly when he heard the sound from the door.
After discovering that it was Gu Zixing and Qiao Yanzhou, Coach Chen knocked on the table with his hand: "It's alright, alright, all sit down!"
Seeing Coach Chen's appearance, Qiao Yanzhou suddenly felt his heart tighten.
This feeling is like the uncertain minutes before the results of the college entrance examination are about to come out, and the sudden silence in the noisy training room is more like the calm before the storm. Qiao Yanzhou tried hard to detect the slightest sign from everything around him , but in vain.
"Today, I have collected you one by one, just to announce the starting lineup of the SPL Summer Split and the training arrangement after entering the Summer Split," Coach Chen put down the information on his hand, and glanced at the faces from among the many faces. However, "The team has had a lot of personnel changes recently. When regular players retire, someone always needs to step up. World Championships still have to be competed, and trophies still have to be won. Retirement is someone else's business. You must not be interfered with what you should do. "
Oops, hurry up and get to the point...
Qiao Yanzhou was almost peeing when he sat down. In my impression, Coach Chen usually didn't talk so much, but now it seems that the amount of Coach Chen's talking seems to be directly proportional to the number of people present.
Because there were too many preludes, Qiao Yanzhou didn't react at all until Coach Chen really got down to business.
"Let's invite Gu Zixing to come over and talk about the starting lineup and substitute lineup for the summer split."
"Oh, why haven't we got to the point!"
"Fu Xiaohai, the unit in the SPL Summer Games,"
Qiao Yanzhou finally came to his senses when Gu Zixing said the first sentence.
Qiao Yanzhou, who was about to slip out of the chair and slump to the ground, sat up straight and stared at Gu Zixing.
At this time, his focus has completely changed from "whether I can be in the starting lineup" to: "Well, you Gu Zixing, how dare you lie to me!" You obviously know the list you old liar!
Gu Zixing probably also noticed the movement on Qiao Yanzhou's side, so he lowered his eyes and looked at the information in his hand while slightly curling the corners of his mouth.
"Jungle Qi Chen, mid laner Zhao Qin, mid laner substitute Qi Yanzhi."
Qiao Yanzhou only felt that his heart rate was soaring.
"Go down the road Gu Zixing, assist..." At this point, Gu Zixing deliberately slowed down as if deliberately playing tricks.
Qiao Yanzhou felt that if Gu Zixing did this again, he would really urinate.
"Assist Qiao Yanzhou."
After Gu Zixing finished saying this, he suddenly laughed and threw the documents in his hand in the middle of the table.
"If you have doubts, you can go to the information, and if you have nothing to do, you can go to training!" Coach Chen turned his head and glanced at Gu Zixing while talking, as if he didn't understand how Gu Zixing could laugh so happily even if he had a list.
In fact, Gu Zixing didn't know why he laughed out of nowhere, probably because he saw Qiao Yanzhou sitting there staring at his nervous snot when he was talking about the support position.
After the meeting, Gu Zixing walked to Qiao Yanzhou's side.
"Do you want to go to the toilet?"
Qiao Yanzhou ignored him at all, but suddenly stood up and walked out. Gu Zixing was startled by this move, and hurried after him.
"Little Qiao?" Gu Zixing raised his eyebrows and walked to Qiao Yanzhou's side, "Are you unhappy?"
Qiao Yanzhou didn't say anything, and walked forward.
"Little Qiao?" From Gu Zixing's tone, it could be heard that he was really panicked, "Did I make you angry?"
Still silent.
"I didn't mean to hide it from you..."
While talking, the two of them had walked from the training room to a small corridor that was deserted.
Gu Zixing looked around, this was obviously not the way to the toilet.
"Why, Xiao Qiao, you want to kill me to silence me..."
Before the voice of the word "mouth" fell, Gu Zixing suddenly felt that a heavy object was hung on his body in an instant, and involuntarily took a half step back, only to realize that it was Qiao Yanzhou who suddenly rushed forward.
"I'm so happy, Mr. Zhou Yu," Qiao Yanzhou's tone was full of excitement, hugging Gu Zixing tightly as if he was going to embed it in his body, "I can finally play the summer game with you, my mother's good!" happy!!"
Anyway, as Qiao Yanzhou's idol who has been worshiped by Gu Zixing for many years and his current lover, no matter which of these two identities is put into the current matter, Qiao Yanzhou's reaction can't be more normal.
"Little Qiao," Gu Zixing suddenly smiled after being stunned for a while, and his voice was as gentle as ever, "I promised you to go to the World Championship together."
After Gu Zixing finished speaking, he clearly felt Qiao Yanzhou's body tremble slightly.
Then I hugged even tighter...