Rock Sugar And Pear Stew

Chapter 71 – Ice G.o.d (Translated and edited by Xing)

The a.s.sembly of the ice hockey team was to prepare for the upcoming Chinese Ice Hockey Championship . As Dauntless Dragon Club’s youth talent team, the RCU men’s ice hockey team would be partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion as a full-fledged team .

The host city of the championship was Rain City .

The day Tang Xue was to return to school happened to be the day that the RCU ice hockey team was going to have their first match .

She originally wanted to buy tickets online . When she searched it up five days in advance, the tickets were already sold out… sold out…?

Isn’t ice hockey supposed to be a niche sport? When did its tickets become so highly sought-after? It’s only Group B of the group stage and the tickets are sold out? Am I missing something here?

Tang Xue began to question life .

As she s.p.a.ced out while clutching her phone, Li Yubing sent her an electronic ticket as if he had sensed her thoughts .

Tang Xue sent him a string of ellipses .

Li Yubing replied her with a similar string of ellipses .

Tang Xue felt that their conversation was going in a peculiar direction . Thus, she sent him a sticker of a cheerful Lolita gesturing a heart with her hands . This was a sticker pack that she had asked for from Xia Menghuan .

After Li Yubing received the sticker, he sent her an even longer string of ellipses .

Tang Xue: What?

Li Yubing: Not used to how adorable you’re being .

Even though she knew that he was referring to the sticker, Tang Xue still blushed like an idiot . Her lips quietly curved as she held her phone and looked at his message .

When Papa Tang pa.s.sed by with a cup of wolfberry tea and saw how Tang Xue was staring at her phone with a blush, he let out a grumpy “humph” .  This chapter is a labour of love that should not be found outside of teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com .

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In order to avoid being late on the day of return to school, Tang Xue changed her ticket to an earlier train . After putting down her stuff in her dorm, she did not stop to rest before bustling over to the ice stadium despite being worn out from travel .

When she saw the filled venue at the ice stadium, she finally believed that the tickets had indeed been purchased by actual people instead of being a marketing strategy by the organizer .

As for why so many people purchased tickets, the answer was quickly revealed .

When Li Yubing appeared, everyone broke into cheers and applause . The entire stadium whipped into a frenzy and the girls on Tang Xue’s two sides let out wild shrieks . She felt her ears ringing from the noise .

A ‘who am I, where am I, what am doing here’ expression appeared on Tang Xue’s face, displaying her stunned amazement as she gazed blankly at Li Yubing .

Li Yubing raised his head and look towards where she was . This was the first time that the two of them met face-to-face after almost ten days of separation . As there were too many people around, Tang Xue felt that it was unlikely that he saw her .

However, he waved in her direction .

The girls next to Tang Xue started shrieking maniacally again . Terribly intimidated, Tang Xue stayed in her seat meekly and did not dare to move an inch .

Under this oddly enthusiastic atmosphere, the compet.i.tion began .

For this match, RCU’s opponent was an ice hockey team from City Z . It was clear that the skills of both teams were on par . However, they had very different styles . City Z’s ice hockey players were a bit older and their playstyle was stable . As for the RCU team, they were a bit more dynamic, flashy and aggressive . Of course, this also meant that they had more openings and mistakes .

When the RCU team scored, the girls next to Tang Xue broke into applause . When Li Yubing scored, they not only applauded but cheered as well . When City Z players scored, they duly observed a moment of silence to show their strong allegiance .

Tang Xue felt that Li Yubing had executed several excellent pa.s.ses that the girls might not have noticed . She was no expert but she observed that the playstyle of City Z’s ice hockey team counteracted the youthful playstyle of RCU’s ice hockey team . The tempo of the compet.i.tion was always in the former’s hands . Though RCU seemed to be carrying out a strong offence, their pace was actually a little messy .

Right now, Li Yubing had to pull the tempo back into their hands .

He’s trying to control the tempo .

When Tang Xue realized this, admiration flooded her heart .  Translated by Xing for only teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com .

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Ultimately, RCU’s ice hockey team managed to obtain a narrow victory, kicking off to a good start .

When the compet.i.tion was over, Tang Xue exited the stadium and planned to head over to the west wing . To her surprise, she saw numerous people gathered outside the ice stadium . More than half were girls . Tang Xue was puzzled . Why was there still a bunch of people gathered when the compet.i.tion was already over?

She dodged behind a small shrub nearby to surrept.i.tiously observe what they were up to .

After a while, Li Yubing came out .

From how he immediately headed towards the girls, it was plain to see that he was intentionally seeking them out . When they saw him, the girls cheered in unison and surrounded him like he was royalty .

Humph…

Tang Xue was so mad that she began grinding her teeth . Tightening her grip, she accidentally broke off a branch .

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Tang Xue patted the shrub’s wound and felt extremely apologetic .

When she turned to look at Li Yubing again, he had fished out a pen and was currently giving his signature to the girls in a practiced manner .

Tang Xue did not know what she was angry over . She crept over and stood at the outer edge of the crowd, her arms crossed as she glared at Li Yubing .

After signing yet another signature, Li Yubing lifted his eyes and happened to see her .

Though she was angry, Tang Xue still felt her heart raced when their eyes met . It had been so long since she last saw him .

There was a barely discernible smile in Li Yubing’s eyes . He tossed her a meaningful glance and gestured towards the west wing with his eyes, indicating her to wait for him there .

Tang Xue rolled her eyes at him, turned around and went back to her dorm .