George knocked on Chris's door and asked, "Does Lin live here tonight? Do you need to prepare pajamas?"
Chris sat at the desk and looked at the book without looking up, "No, you can take him back later."
George paused, "Master?"
It has been a long time since Lin Yifei stayed at Oz's house, and Chris obviously missed Lin Yifei very much.
"I'm afraid... I can't help it." Chris lowered his head, struggling with the corners of his lips, which seemed extremely cute to George.
In the afternoon, George sent Lin Yifei back to Chinatown. Chen Manman saw Lin Yifei limping out of the car from the window sill, and ran out to help him.
Lin Yifei has to support him this week, for the quarter-finals next weekend.
At night, Chris was still sitting by the bed with a photo album in his hand. At that time, the photos that Mark took for them in McDonald's were developed, and there were only two of them. From then to now, Chris has looked through them many times. The first one is a picture of himself looking at the camera and Lin Yifei looking at himself. At that time, everything was very simple, and it seemed so precious for Lin Yifei to look at him like this. And the second picture shows him standing behind him, with his hands on his shoulders, and his mouth is wide open.
"I know, I shouldn't have more intense fantasies about you now."
In the weekend team competition, Lin Yifei's saber team narrowly won by three swords and advanced to the semi-finals. But this time, Mark's performance was remarkable and he played steadily. On the contrary, Ivey's opponent is more difficult to deal with, and the loss is mainly due to him. It goes without saying that Lin Yifei is the trump card, and the grand finale depends on him.
But the most exciting match is not from the team competition, but the men's saber quarter-finals. Chris' opponent is really the big guy. In fact, this is not unusual, the quarter-finals are usually held between students from those famous schools, it is absolutely rare for someone like Lin Yifei to make it to the finals without a personal trainer.
The two schools of Griffith and Hayes are absolutely mortal enemies in saber, but Chris's competition this time is full of gunpowder.
At the beginning of the first round, he stabbed the opponent's throat with a big sliding step. The strength of that sword was not strong, but it had a very intimidating effect. The big man almost sat on the ground and couldn't get up. The sword was not scored. But the momentum of the big man was completely shocked. Chris's chops are extremely lethal, making opponents unable to parry. The nimble pace, the close lunge, and even a one-sided game are nerve-wracking.
At this time, Lin Yifei and the others just finished their team competition and sat next to Catherine.
"Why do I feel like Chris is avenging you." Catherine covered her mouth and whispered to Lin Yifei.
"Huh?" Lin Yifei was stunned, and the audience in the front row let out a sigh. Chris made an emergency stop and then lunged and slashed. Judging from the speed and strength, it was as if he wanted to kill the big man.
"Look, here we go again." Catherine glanced at Lin Yifei.
Lin Yifei only saw the last round of this game, and he was a little scared. Facing such a murderous Chris, Lin Yifei didn't know if he could handle it. And the final score gap is also very large, 15 to 8. Although Chris is the number one seed in the Washington Division, it is really embarrassing for the big man to be beaten like this.
When he took off the mask, he was depressed, and Lin Yifei suddenly felt sorry for him.
"You know what, I've never loved Chris so much," Catherine whispered. "I wanted to crush that big guy, and he did. I wanted to crush that guy on the court, but I'm a girl, Chris. Chris did it again. In short, Chris has done everything I want to do for you. When will you reconcile?"
Lin Yifei smiled slightly, "There is no such thing as 'reconciliation' between us."
At the end of the game, everyone exited in an orderly manner. Lin Yifei looked at Manman, and asked in a low voice, "Where are we going to play later?"
Manman blushed, "I don't know."
"How come you don't know? You don't know where to go for your own birthday?" Lin Yifei deliberately leaned close to her ear to tease her, and Manman's ears turned red when she teased her.
"If you two want to kiss me, I'll go." Catherine deliberately bumped him with her elbow.
"What are you kissing me!" Lin Yifei frowned exaggeratedly, "Manman and I have a very pure brother-sister relationship! Manman likes someone else."
"Others?" Catherine got excited, "Who? Mark? Philip? These two guys are too unreliable, Ivy is better."
Ivy, who was not far away, also smiled shyly when he heard this.
"Well...that's—" Lin Yifei knew that Manman had always had a crush on Chris, from the fact that she often peeked at Chris, and Manman anxiously stretched out her hand to cover Lin Yifei's mouth.
Lin Yifei used to imagine that if he matched Manman and Chris together, he could safely stand as a good friend. But now, Lin Yifei could only say "sorry" to Manman in a low voice in his heart.
The two were chattering in the aisle. Students from Griffith's fencing department walked past them. Someone bumped into Lin Yifei slightly. Lin Yifei looked up and saw a student about fifteen or sixteen years old. The other party said softly "I'm sorry", as expected of Griffith's student, he was obviously very arrogant in his bones, but he was still able to behave politely.
"Ah... it's okay." It's not right for me to fight in the passage.
"Looking forward to the confrontation between our two teams." The other party extended his hand to Lin Yifei, "Your performance has been wonderful. I am Andrew Patrick from Griffith."
"... Hello..." Lin Yifei held the other party, and he noticed that the other party had beautiful emerald green pupils.
"I'm Italian, and my father works for the embassy, so our whole family came to Washington." Andrew said politely. It seemed that he had also received a good education, and his American English pronunciation was pure.
"oh."
"If you reach the final all the way, I look forward to the duel with you." After speaking, Andrew continued to walk towards the exit.
Catherine leaned over, "It's Andrew Patrick. Before Chris went to Griffith, he was always the number one. If it's a team competition, Andrew should be the last sword."
"Yeah." Lin Yifei nodded. Andrew's strength is very strong, but last year he didn't participate in the competition due to injury, but this year he participated in the singles competition. Some people say that the two final spots in the Washington Division should belong to him and Chris. . What if I still participated in the solo project? What are the possibilities? For the first time, Lin Yifei felt a little regretful that he gave up the singles competition.
"Brother Yifei?" Manman came over and patted his arm.
"Oh, Manman. Have you decided what to do? If you still want to go to the amusement park, I can invite you."
"No need, let's go to the movies." Manman showed a sweet expression, "I've always wanted to watch "Tong Xiao Wu Gu"."
Hearing the title of the movie, Catherine started to boo again, "Yeah, "Tong Xiao Wu Gu" is really suitable!"
Lin Yifei glared at her, "Let's go, "Two Little Wugues" is "Two Little Wugues". I'll treat you to popcorn."
After speaking, Lin Yifei dragged Manman away.
The two of them took the bus to "Happy City". The first floor is the video game, and the second floor is the movie city.
When they walked outside the city of joy, Chris's car just passed by. Elizabeth, who had been bored by her cousin's silence, had just glanced out the window and shouted "Stop, George! Stop!"
George stopped the car, and Elizabeth stuck her head out the window and called out, "Lin!"
This sound made Chris, who had been looking at the other side, turn around.
Lin Yifei saw them, and Manman also saw Chris in the car. She didn't expect to meet him on her birthday.
Elizabeth didn't really care about Lin Yifei, but she knew Chris did. If I can build a good relationship with Lin Yifei, learn more about the topics he and Chris are together, and show enthusiasm for Chris's friends, it will be very helpful to activate the relationship between myself and Chris.
"Are you going to 'Happy City' to play video games?" Elizabeth looked excited.
"Ah, no. Manman's birthday is today, I'll treat her to a movie." Lin Yifei rarely saw Elizabeth being so warm to him, stopping the car to greet him like an old friend.
Elizabeth turned to look at Chris, "Don't you ask how Lin's ankle is?"
"If he can take the girl out to watch a movie like this, his ankle must be fine." Chris glanced at Lin Yifei, then looked out the window again.
In an instant, Lin Yifei felt chilly.
"But today is Manman's birthday!" Elizabeth looked at Manman, "Happy birthday! What's the name of the movie you are watching?"
"Ah... "Two Little No Guess"." Manman couldn't help but look at Chris in the car while talking. It's been a long time since I saw him, and the edges and corners of his face have become more mature and charming.
"Would you like to watch it together?" Lin Yifei said, he knew what Manman was thinking, so Manman would be very happy if Chris was here on this day.
And Lin Yifei also had small expectations in his heart, he and he only sat on the floor and watched cartoons together when they were in New York, at that time Lin Yifei laughed foolishly there, and didn't estimate Chris's feelings at all.
Chris's mouth was obviously "I'm sorry", but before he came and said it, Elizabeth preempted, "Okay, let's go together! I heard from my classmates that the movie was very touching!"
In fact, she doesn't like this kind of slow-paced movie, it really doesn't fit her personality. But she knew that if Lin Yifei extended an invitation, Chris would seldom refuse. Chris's interpersonal relationship has obvious layers, and Lin Yifei is at the bottom of this layer, because he is the friend he made when he was at his worst.
"Let's go, Chris!" Elizabeth pulled Chris out, or because Chris didn't resist at all.
The four of them went to the box office of the movie theater to buy tickets, and popcorn and Coke were also a must. With five minutes to go until the movie started, they took their seats at their chosen spots. The movie theater in "Happy City" is not big, and the seats are not as wide as other movie theaters. Elizabeth squirmed in her seat, "The effect here is alright."
"It doesn't matter, we are watching an emotional movie and not a gunfight movie, the effect here is enough." Lin Yifei comforted her, "Eat popcorn! The popcorn here is sugar-coated, my favorite."
Then accidentally, his elbow touched Chris who was on the side, and the other party reached out and held his elbow.