Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 23 Part 3

Tong Yao took out her cell phone as if she had just remembered. She

quickly logged onto Tieba and indeed, all of her messages, their

conversation, had been screenshotted……

There were all manner of comments underneath-- --

[With a headline like this, come work for the news department

tomorrow.]

[Always trying to make big news.]

[Yang G.o.d is the blue snake, hhhhhhhhh, OP, have you ever seen a

Xu Xian like Lu Sicheng?]

[s.h.i.+t, Yang G.o.d’s so sarcastic, hhhhhhhhh. Never knew he’s the kind of

person to speaks like that, ‘Come on, I’ll get you that win.’ I’m melting!

Last time the person who spoke to me like that had fallen from Diamond

to Gold, so sad.]

[This is the reason why most professional teams don’t have female members.

It’s way too easy for office romance to develop. It’s not that I’m against it, but

how can they play a compet.i.tion together if they have a fight or break up?]

[Wait, wait, the plot is developing too fast. What’s going on with Yang G.o.d?]

[The day of Spring Finals, didn’t some fans see Yang G.o.d talking to a girl.

Could that be Smiling? They knew each other in the past?]

[This girl has been here for only a few days and has already gotten together

with Cheng Ge? I didn’t believe it when, a few days ago, someone said he

saw them shopping together, hand in hand. d.a.m.n it, I’m so angry. How

cheeky is she? !]

[Will a love affair affect a player’s performance? I want Cheng Ge to win the

champions.h.i.+p. Don’t get held back by it.]

Tong Yao: “......”

Her finger quickly slid down the posts and she saw another comment-- --

[All the posters above, you all worry too much. Dating in highschool never

prevents you from getting into college. So what’s all the fuss about…...You

all are just jealous. I feel Lu Sicheng and Tong Yao are a good match. It won’t

be your turn even if it’s not Tong Yao.]

Under this post, there were more than a hundred replies with “+1” “+2” “+3”.

Tong Yao put away her cell phone.

“Jian Yang was my ex-boyfriend. He wasn’t a professional player at the time

and I haven’t started playing League of Legends-- --Later, he became a

professional player and we broke up.” After a short pause, she continued,

“I’m sorry, Cheng Ge. I didn’t expect what happened yesterday would affect you.”

Tong Yao sat down across from Lu Sicheng, took the cat from the man’s arm,

and stroked the cat’s head with slightly furrowed eyebrows. She sat there,

staring blankly at a corner of the living room-- --

Lu Sicheng had never seen her so quiet since she had arrived at the base.

He knit his eyebrows too, but released them soon after. He spoke in a not so

cold tone, “I wasn’t blaming you. What’s that face for?”

Tong Yao looked distracted and tightened her grip on the cat. She said after a

while, “I have never gone shopping with you, hand in hand.”

Her voice sounded a little hoa.r.s.e, feeling being totally aggrieved-- --

“I haven’t even touched your hand.”

Lu Sicheng: “......”

Tong Yao: “......”

There was a moment of awkward silent. Tong Yao pressed her lips together

tightly and turned her head away as if she was trying to suppress an emotion

that was about to explode.  The man across from her suddenly stood up, before

she knew what was happening, stretched out his hand to grab her wrist, then

picked up her hand and rubbed it in his palm-- --

Tong Yao: “?”

“Now you have touched my hand.” Lu Sicheng spoke without any expression,

“Do you feel better now?”

Tong Yao: “......”

The man’s palm was dry and warm, with small calluses from holding the mouse

all the time. His fingers were clean and long, manicured, and had the smell of

liquid soap……

“Did you smoke just now?” Tong Yao blurted out.

Lu Sicheng, somewhat startled, turned his head to check whether Xiao Rui or

anyone who could deduct his salary was around. Then he pulled his hand back,

“None of your business.”

He spoke again after a while, “You’re strangling your cat.”

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.