The quiet and deserted backstage.
Duan Wenzhen pulled the heavy curtains tightly, creating an empty secret garden in the small space.
He lowered his head and gave a brief kiss to the lips that still tasted the sweetness of candy, restraining himself from being too unrestrained.
Xue Lan's body was a little stiff.
His fingertips also clenched the curtain beside her. Under his invading breath, only her heartbeats and breathing were left. She was too nervous to be seen, but she was reluctant to push him away.
Duan Wenzheng knew the seriousness of the matter, so he just gave him a light kiss and then let him go.
“So sweet.”
I don't know if he's talking about sugar or what.
His fingertips caressed his red cheeks and swept across the corners of his equally red eyes: "Don't cry anymore."
Xue Lan nodded in confusion.
Duan Wenzheng then rubbed his little head and said, "Let's go."
Xue Lan lowered her red face and followed Duan Wenzheng out of the arena.
He looked at the tall figure in front of him, the burning yearning in his heart quietly spreading in his eyes.
Duan Wenzheng came to the backstage to find me... and I even kissed him secretly just now. It was probably because I was worried.
Although he didn't say it, Xue Lan still felt comforted and at ease from him.
The sweet candy seemed to have his scent on it, making his cheeks redder with embarrassment. He buried his head even lower, and followed him carefully but excitedly.
Duan Wenzheng suddenly stopped.
He seemed to notice Xue Lan's gaze, turned his head and whispered: "If you feel it's not enough, you can come to my room tonight..."
"… "
Xue Lan's feeling of being touched was instantly shattered. He blushed and couldn't push away the person who was teasing him. Just as he didn't know what to do, he heard Xie Zhinian's loud voice outside the venue: "What are you dawdling for? We're waiting for you!"
Xue Lan looked at Xie Zhinian who was leaning his head out of the car, and took the opportunity to push Duan Wenzheng away and ran into the car.
After getting in the car, he huddled in the back seat and secretly looked at Duan Wenzhen, who was getting in the car with a gloomy face behind him.
“…” Is Duan Wenzheng angry
"About Wind..." Xie Zhinian sighed and said, "I hope everyone won't blame him, he..."
"You knew it a long time ago?" Zhou Kanqing, who had been drooping his head in depression, raised his head when he heard this.
Xie Zhinian waved his hand and said, "I just found out recently. Wind always handles everything by himself... He must have his own reasons for hiding it from everyone."
"Why can't he tell us what's wrong so we can work together to find a solution? Now think about it, he was injured a long time ago, and he didn't say a word for such a long time. Even when he asked Lanlan to join the team in the beginning, he was looking for someone to take over his role, right?!" Zhou Kanqing said in a depressed tone: "Can't he tell me? Can't I share the burden with him?"
Xue Lan seemed a little embarrassed by Zhou Kanqing's words, because he knew from the beginning what Wen Yan was up to.
It's just that he knew Wen Yan would not leave, so he didn't think about it too much, so that now he understood that Wen Yan had been leading him in the team in his personal time, helping him to brush chips, and even letting Zhou Kanqing and the medic play duo and play the back-end assault in today's game... All for the day when he really has to leave the field, he can leave LGW's charge and back-end assault to him and Zhou Kanqing.
Because the two people who are charging and assaulting can take care of each other, even if Wen Yan is not there, the temporary second team assault substitute can also temporarily fill in. But the rear assault is different, it requires long-term coordination between the assault soldiers and the medical soldiers.
Therefore, Wen Yan was not at ease to give this position to the substitute player and let Zhou Kanqing play in a duo with Qi Siyu and Lu You.
Now that he had figured this out, Xue Lan felt even more guilty towards Zhou Kanqing.
But the next second, Zhou Kanqing turned to look at him without warning: "I don't blame you for your thoughts, don't think too much."
Xue Lan raised his head in surprise when he heard this.
He never expected that Zhou Kanqing, who was so straightforward and had no intention of beating around the bush, would actually consider his feelings.
As soon as Zhou Kanqing finished speaking, Xie Zhinian threw a paper ball at him: "You are a bunch of people who don't care about your relatives and get angry easily. I told you earlier that you can accept existence like you do now?!"
“I said that because Lanlan is cute, not…” Zhou Kanqing seemed to want to refute, but he hesitated for a few words and didn’t say anything else out of guilt.
"Wind called just now and said that his condition has stabilized. Don't worry. Everyone is tired today, so go back and have a rest early." Xie Zhinian sighed, "I still say the same thing. I hope you don't blame Wind. In the final analysis, this matter is my fault..."
"Blame me!" Zhou Kanqing gritted his teeth and said, "If I wasn't so weak, A Yan wouldn't have to bear so much alone..."
"No, blame me!" Xie Zhinian continued: "It was me who didn't notice Wind's abnormality, and it was me who invisibly put more pressure on him..."
"Blame me!"
"Alright." Duan Wenzheng interrupted the two noisy people with a headache: "If you feel you have a responsibility, then apply for a quarter's salary reduction, otherwise stop arguing here."
Zhou Kanqing and Xie Zhinian: “…”
Duan Wenzheng closed his eyes again in the world that had finally returned to peace, leaning against the window and dozing off.
Xue Lan nervously glanced at him secretly, wondering if he was really angry
I always felt that Duan Wenzheng wouldn't be angry in such a situation, but why did he suddenly ignore me
Xue Lan was sighing secretly when Xie Zhinian in the front row suddenly turned around excitedly and said, "The effect this time is better than expected. Currently, the reviews of Exist online are very good! Even those diehard fans who originally expected Wind to stand up and protest were rejected by a group of people!"
The more Xie Zhinian looked at it, the happier he became. His face was filled with smiles. "Not bad, not bad. With this momentum, I'll work harder and we'll be able to secure the endorsement of 'Dawn of Doom'!"
Xue Lan, who was praised so much, subconsciously glanced at Duan Wenzheng again, but Duan Wenzheng was still leaning against the window with his eyes closed, as if he was really asleep and didn't hear any of their conversation.
Xue Lan's bright eyes couldn't help but dim.
"Great, you two are both very popular and well-known now. The internet is full of your game videos, and some people have made a collection of exist shield usage and analysis tutorials... exist, you really made shield chips a trend! I have to say, your shield jump and shield detonation were both so cool today! Now foreign servers are also following suit!"
"I think we can see a lot of high-altitude free falls these days!" Xie Zhinian continued to monitor the online trend, and the more he looked, the more he couldn't close his mouth: "Only fans, technical fans, team fans, CP fans... so many."
Was Duan Wenzheng angry because he had just taken the opportunity to slip away? Or was it because they didn't have an open relationship
"Exist, there are so many CP fans of you and Wind on the Internet now! Take a look, this 'kill with head-pressing' and 'cultivating friends' and this... Hahaha, some people said that you just pressed your heads to worship heaven and earth!!"
"..." Xue Lan felt more and more embarrassed, and tried to make Xie Zhinian stop talking.
Xie Zhinian didn't even look up or see Xue Lan's hint, and continued, "... 'Wind left the team and exist cried', wow, this is a good picture. Some people also said that exist said he liked Blue Smoke Wilderness because the main character publicly released sweets 'Lan Yan'! Hey, you know what, what these people did is really creative..."
Xue Lan was embarrassed and wanted to stop him from continuing, but Duan Wenzheng had already opened one eyelid and said coldly: "Don't read those nonsense."
Xie Zhinian curled his lips awkwardly and finally stopped reading these things. Duan Wenzheng also closed his eyes again.
But Xie Zhinian had just been quiet for a while, but suddenly he seemed to see something and was so shocked that he was speechless.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Kanqing saw his expression and said in annoyance, "Just say whatever you want to say. Don't worry about that."
"..." Xue Lan glanced at Duan Wen Zheng cautiously. Duan Wen Zheng didn't react to what Zhou Kanqing said. He leaned against the window and seemed to be really asleep.
Xie Zhinian turned around suddenly and said to everyone in disbelief, "Dawn of Doom has announced a temporary server closure. This version will also shorten the duration of the shield chip by a full 1.5 seconds!"
Xie Zhinian's words drew everyone's attention to him.
Even Duan Wenzhen, who had just closed his eyes, opened his eyes.
"What? 1.5 seconds?" Zhou Kanqing was stunned. "It was originally only 3 seconds, and now it's going to be cut in half? Doesn't that mean it's only 1.5 seconds?! This skill was useless to begin with, and now it's even more useless after this change?!"
Xie Zhinian's expression was unpredictable. "However, the server for the domestic league will not be changed for the time being. It will still be the older version. In other words, the validity period of your shield chip in the domestic league is still 3 seconds, but in the international competition... the shield chip will only have 1.5 seconds left."
Duan Wenzheng closed his eyes heavily after hearing this.
"That's not bad, that's not bad." Zhou Kanqing groaned, "But it seems like the shield chip really can't be used in the future."
He thought about it, and his expression became more natural: "Well, this is a good thing! I didn't expect that Lanlan's operation would make the "Doomsday" game team so anxious to weaken the skill!"
"'Dawn of Doom' is our production game, and we will update the version as soon as possible. But... this is also a good thing!" Xie Zhinian's eyes lit up: "This is also the recognition of exist's technology by the game company! I will post a few articles right away, and guide exist's operations so that the game company can weaken the skills! This time, we have secured the endorsement!"
"It was already a sure thing." Zhou Kanqing said disdainfully, "The Thunder have already gone to the resurrection match, why did Doomsday ask them to endorse it? Friendship comes first and competition comes second?"
Xie Zhinian knew that Zhou Kanqing was in a bad mood today, so he didn't say anything else and hurried to contact people to publish the article.
It was already late at night when the car finally drove back to the club, and most of the people were so sleepy that they yawned repeatedly.
Xue Lan was the last one to get off the car, but after getting off, he could no longer see Duan Wenzheng.
He sighed, picked up his phone and tentatively sent a message to Duan Wenzheng, while walking quickly towards the room.
But he waited in the room for a while, but in the end he didn't get any reply from Duan Wenzheng.
It’s getting late.
Could it be that Duan Wenzhen was very tired from all the traveling, so he took a rest
Xue Lan thought about this, and waited for a while while holding his phone, before reluctantly going to take a shower and prepare to rest. But when he finished taking a shower and looked at the message that he still hadn't replied to, and was about to go to bed, he suddenly heard a knock on the door.
The one knocking on the door at this time...
Xue Lan's eyes lit up again, and he hurriedly put on his shoes and ran to open the door.
The person standing outside the door was Duan Wenzheng.
He was leaning against the door at the moment, and only looked up at Xue Lan when he saw him open the door.
"You haven't slept yet?" Xue Lan's eyes were full of joy: "No, not angry anymore?"
Duan Wenzheng, however, didn't seem very happy.
He glanced at the room behind Xue Lan, then pushed the door open and walked in.
"You know I'm angry..." Duan Wenzheng pulled the person behind him to his front with a bad look: "Why don't you come and comfort me?"
"..." He leaned too close, making Xue Lan feel the air became hot again. Xue Lan quickly turned away and said, "I sent you a message..."
Duan Wenzheng casually took out his phone and handed it to him: "'Angry?' That's it?"
"..." Xue Lan, who was led to the corner, did not respond out of guilt.
"You want to get rid of me with just one message?" Duan Wenzheng raised his eyebrows: "I'm angry. As my boyfriend, shouldn't you secretly come to my room to comfort me?"
"..." Xue Lan looked at him in confusion, but her heartbeat quickened because of his word "boyfriend".
Duan Wenzheng let go of his hand and gently placed his hands on his waist. He lowered his head as if to sniff the scent of his hair after a shower. His voice seemed to be tinged with a hint of hoarseness due to the sweetness in the air at that moment: "Do you want me to come find you myself?"
"… "
The tip of his nose rubbed along his cheek, slowly and with a slight itch. Xue Lan shrank back at the itch, but clutched the fabric of his clothes in front because of the close proximity.
A few times, his nose brushed against his lips and then rubbed against his nose. Xue Lan was so nervous that he felt that his kiss would fall on her in the next second... But his lips, which were just inches away, just brushed away lightly.
It's just this kind of intimacy.
Xue Lan felt his cheeks getting hotter and hotter, and his breathing unconsciously became hotter as his heartbeat quickened.
Duan Wen Zheng leisurely looked at the child who couldn't help being teased. He raised his head and slightly parted his lips, and the heat on his cheeks seeped into his heart along with his interlaced breathing.
Duan Wenzheng's throat rolled, and his thin lips stayed just a fraction of a second away from his lips: "Kid, I'm angry... How are you going to comfort me?"
The answer is obvious.
Xue Lan's eyelashes trembled with nervousness, and he kissed him as if he was tempted by a forbidden fruit...
At this moment, there was another knock on the door.
"Exist." Wen Yan's voice was a little hesitant: "Are you asleep?"
But when Duan Wenzheng entered the room just now, the door was not closed tightly in time. When he knocked lightly on it, it actually opened slightly.
Xue Lan was instantly frightened out of his wits! !
The door was slightly open, but Wen Yan still didn't walk in.
Xue Lan was so scared that he hurriedly tried to stuff the person in front of him under the bed. Duan Wenzheng's face immediately darkened as he looked at the child in front of him who was as panicked as if the teacher was checking his dormitory and was pulling him around to find a place to hide him.
Finally, we decided on the wardrobe.
He hurriedly and carelessly pushed Duan Wenzhen, who had a gloomy face, into the closet.
At this moment, Wen Yan looked at the door that was not closed tightly with confusion, and asked in a low voice: "I... came in?"
Xue Lan stuffed Duan Wenzheng into the closet. Just as he was about to close the door and respond, the person in the closet suddenly reached out and pulled him in.
The wardrobe door was then closed again.
Wen Yan also walked into the room at this moment.
"exist?" He looked around the room puzzled.
The desk lamp was still on, and the faint scent of bath water and mist could be smelled from the bathroom next to it, but there was no one in the room.
Xue Lan, who was pulled into the closet, was now nervously looking at Wen Yan who was standing in the room through the gap in the closet door in the darkness, not daring to breathe.
"Every time it's like having an affair... Are you trying to hide me in the closet?"
He was so nervous that he didn't even notice where he was sitting or when a pair of hands quietly wrapped around his waist. His ear tip was slightly itchy, and the person behind him who was holding him in his arms asked in a low, hoarse voice that only the two of them could hear:
"Then should we do something... something that an affair should do?"