You're Beautiful When You Smile

Chapter 23 Part 1

“Tong Yao, who were you talking to on the phone. You look like
you’ve been hit by thunder.” Little Fatty curiously stretched over
his head.

“......” Little Fatty’s question pulled Tong Yao back to reality. She
put down the phone and spoke as if she was sleepwalking, “It’s
from Cheng Ge. He said he had finished his business and has
changed his flight to come back tomorrow……”

Cheng Ge? Phone call? Little Fatty blinked, making sure that Tong
Yao’s match wasn’t finished yet, and asked in confusion, “Aren’t
you two in the same match, what’s there to talk on the phone about
instead of in the game…...Are you two alright, playing the same
game while talking on the phone?”

“I talked to him in the game, but he ignored me. I was like an idiot
jumping up and down……” Tong Yao didn’t take the blame, “He’s
the one who has a problem.”

“......So Cheng Ge’s coming back tomorrow? It’s good that he’ll be
back soon-- --It’ll be the summer season soon and we haven’t taken
the pictures yet. I heard that the new uniform for the summer will be
here soon…...Before the season starts, we need to play a few more
training games, so you get used to playing with us.”

As Little Fatty murmured half to himself, Tong Yao quickly pushed the
enemy’s Nexus. Amid the sound of the exploding Nexus, she exited
the post-game screen. Tong Yao watched the points she took from
Lu Sicheng soar with great satisfaction as she returned to Master!

Just as she was considering whether to start another match, a small
box jumped out at the lower right hand corner on the screen with many
Korean words mixed with a word, “sunflower.” It meant that this person
wanted to add you to his friend list, do you accept-- --Considering the
fact that he had played bravely when he was ganking mid earlier and
she had blocked him for so many years, and the possibility that they
would meet during compet.i.tions and shake hands after each match.
It would be very embarra.s.sing if she kept refusing to interact with him……

Tong Yao thought about it all and hesitated, then accepted Jian
Yang’s friend invitation.

What she didn’t expect was the first message she’d receive, it was
almost enough to make her fall out of her chair: [Yaoyao, can we
get back together?]

Tong Yao instantly replied, [No way], then logged off the game.

Jian Yang wouldn’t give up and used another app to message her-- --

[Where the sun shines[1]: Tong Yao, in the past, you felt that because
we’re in two different cities our schedules could never match up and
it was just a waste of time to continue our relationship. So you found
some small issue to fight with me to break up with me…...Now you’re
a professional player yourself, you should understand the daily routine
of a professional player. I wasn’t ignoring you on purpose back then, I
never want to break up with you.]

Tong Yao: “......”

Some people should be blocked forever

Be blocked for ten thousand years.

[It’s smiling not balding[2]: However, at that time I didn’t feel anything
you did was pointing towards ‘you don’t want to break up’, not even
slightly-- --I snuck in messages during cla.s.s during the day and you
never answered. At night, you told me you were busy with training
matches and then I find on Tieba[3] pictures that your whole team had
gone to karaoke. One of the hostesses almost put her stocking on
your head. Now you tell me that you didn’t want to break up, do you
think I have Alzheimer’s or is there something wrong with you?]

[Where the sun shines: That was all in the past, besides, I have
apologized to you already! I shouldn’t lie to you.]

[It’s smiling not balding: Oh, but I don’t accept your apology.]

[Where the sun shines: …...Are you really getting together with
Lu Sicheng?]

[It’s smiling not balding: ? ? ? ? ? ?]

[It’s smiling not balding: What does this have anything to do with him.]

[Where the sun shines: I’ve noticed it for some time now. Whenever
you stream or he streams, you two are always together. The internet is
saying that you two are together now. Lu Sicheng even read out bullet
comments for you…...And there are fans saying that they saw you two
go shopping hand in hand.]

[Where the sun shines: Chen Jinyang said that you have sworn never
to fall in love with a professional player.]

[Where the sun shines: Do you still remember what you said before?
I’m reminding you again if you forgot…...If you have a relationship with
any professional player, it’ll have to be me.]

Tong Yao: “......”

Yo, an overbearing boss had fallen in love with me.

[It’s smiling not balding: Friend, it’s time for your medicine.]

[Where the sun shines: Lu Sicheng won’t like a little girl like you.]

[It’s smiling not balding: ……]

[Where the sun shines: Tong Yao, I miss you, really.]

Tong Yao considered for 30 seconds, then started typing-- --

[It’s smiling not balding: Unfortunately, yesterday, when Little Fatty was
watching a stream and I happened to walked by, I heard the hostess say
in a sweet voice, ‘Thank you Yang G.o.d for the the big sword (a gift on the
stream platform, the most expensive kind).’ -- --Are you missing me with
your feet?]

[Where the sun shines: What stream hostess! That’s the member of our
club’s LoL female team. Our club asked me to do some publicity stunt with
her to bring up the viewer count. You know as well that the female team
isn’t for the compet.i.tions-- --]

[It’s smiling not balding: You said the same thing two years ago, you were
forced to blah blah……]

[It’s smiling not balding: The leopard cannot change his spots.]

[It’s smiling not balding: What are you saying that a female team isn’t
for compet.i.tions. You need to learn you lesson for looking down girl
players. Aren’t you good friend with Ai Jia? Go ask him what I had done
to him at the skirmish last time?]

[Where the sun shines: You only beat Ai Jia. Even if we don’t count the
Koreans, there are ten teams in the Chinese region alone-- --You’re good,
but don’t be too confident. There’s an alternate Mid in ZGDX, not the
one in the Spring Tournament. If he comes back, you can be switched
off if you don’t perform well.]

[1]: It’s a play on Jian Yang’s name.  His Yang is written with the
character for sun.

[2]: Yes balding is in her username and I don’t know why.

[3]: A Chinese site for fan groups.

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