[Full-time master] Treading the waves

Chapter 5

The third round of the group stage ended on a rainy night. It was good news that they won the first game and entered the quarter-finals without any risk, but not everyone was satisfied with their record.Although I have worked overtime to study the configuration and play styles of other countries' teams before the start of the game, after all, I have never been in contact with live ammunition. Challenge new rules, new maps and new opponents, it is inevitable that I am a little powerless.

In the last scene, the ghost from Denmark followed Troubling Rain non-stop like a real wandering spirit, imitating his every step of elusiveness and suppressing everywhere.The advantage of the assassin style has been greatly weakened, not to mention the fact that the trash talk has no power at this time, which makes Huang Shaotian very depressed. Even if he rubs people on the ground and slashes his blood to zero in the end, it is still not fun. He can't wait for a real PK.

Of course, this can only be said behind the scenes. It is better to be polite when facing the Nordic races of 1.8 meters and 1.9 meters.

Exercising is the best way to unwind. Huang Shaotian has always stayed away from gyms, but swimming can be considered.The hotel has two swimming pools, one is open-air, open to all staying guests, with man-made beaches and children running around; the other is underground, with an extra charge by the hour, the price is not low, the water temperature is low, and it is relatively deserted.According to the use report of Zhang Xinjie, who insists on exercising three to six times a year, the experience of both is good, but the one that requires money is better than the one that doesn't - Huang Shaotian thought, and decided to be it.

He originally wanted to go with others, but Yu Wenzhou was a landlubber and refused to go into the water easily. Several other acquaintances at the same time rejected him with various excuses, and Ye Xiu disappeared as usual.He thought about looking for Zhou Zekai, the words they had spoken in the past few days were comparable to the sum of all the years they had known each other; but he also felt that something was wrong, and the specifics were subtle, so it was not a suitable option after all.

Every sign in the hotel has Chinese annotations, Huang Shaotian still thinks that the accurate map drawn by Zhang Xinjie is more useful.Maybe this man will go to a painting-related industry after retiring——

Now there are not many of his seniors in the league, and some of his contemporaries have retired or are about to retire.Huang Shaotian still felt that he was still in his prime, and Ye Xiu Wei Chen, who he knew the earliest, did not leave. Yu Wenzhou, who was also on the same team at the same time, even claimed to honor the Queen Elizabeth II. Some people even bet on who would retire first, he or Lu Hanwen; I feel that glory seems to have grown into an inseparable part of my body, as natural as eating, sleeping and breathing, and will continue to accompany him for many, many years. Suddenly thinking of such a realistic and heavy topic as retirement, I feel unspeakably melancholy.

After retiring, where will the current all-powerful players hide in?What will you do again?Will Zhou Zekai enter the entertainment industry?Based on his current popularity foundation and appearance conditions, maybe——

...Why did I think of Zhou Zekai?Huang Shaotian shook his head, he is now at the scene of a peak competition, competing with the world's top masters, obviously everything is still closely related to glory, so why bother to worry about distant things.

He should love it, not grieve over it.

If there's one thing he's passionate about and good at, it's swimming.As the saying goes, if you want to be strong, swim; if you want to be fit, swim; if you want to be smart - swim, swim, swim.

Although the above sayings are fabricated, Huang Shaotian's love for this sport is not fake.His hometown is on the coast, and he was soaked in sea water all day long when he was a child. His shiny black skin is purely favored by God.Later, I lived in G City for a long time, and the club was not far from various sports venues. The bitter summer in the southern country had no boundaries, and the swimming pool became a better date place than the air-conditioned room; sometimes with friends, occasionally with girlfriends, most of them were alone, in the cool The wandering water waves can temporarily cool down all troubles.

Maybe it's the wrong time. There are fewer people in the swimming pool than expected. There are only two or three chatting under unnecessary parasols, holding various alcoholic drinks and exchanging different languages. Most of them are wearing bath towels or simply wearing ordinary clothes. Broadcasting Songs were played leisurely in the room, and the soft female voice swayed in harmony with the crystal clear water patterns.The daydream of admiring the beauties was shattered, Huang Shaotian put on swimming goggles and plunged into the pool, the oncoming waves swallowed up all the excess emotions.

He almost maintains the speed and momentum of a professional athlete. The more tense and tired he is physically, the clearer his rationality becomes.In his mind, he reproduced every game of Troublesome Night Rain as clearly as a camera, thinking about how to cooperate with the new teammates most effectively, and how to use the next moves... He came here no longer just for training and training. To relax is to think clearly in a cramped environment, as if you have reached a state where there is no sword in your hand and there is a sword in your heart, where he and Troubling Rain become one.

After swimming back and forth for more than a dozen times, Huang Shaotian was about to go ashore to rest for a while. He just got out of the water and took off his swimming goggles to wipe his face, but someone covered his head and face with water and splashed it into his eyes again.Huang Shaotian instantly wanted to scold his mother, and he was ready to fight [-] rounds with a brat from an unknown country in his mother tongue, but when he turned his face, he saw someone he was familiar with.

Zhou Zekai was sitting on the bank peeling an orange with a bath towel on, his legs hanging down and his bare feet touching the water, seeing him glaring at him, he smiled leisurely, no matter how you look at him, he had the innocent face of the culprit.

Even if he is a straight man - no, maybe because he is a straight man - there is no straight man who does not want to compare his body, every meaning, every part with his own sex.It's not that I haven't seen Zhou Zekai's capital in various advertisements and still photos, but how can anyone believe in retouched pictures these days?Huang Shaotian was quite satisfied with his body, and he wanted to compete with each other, so he leaned over him.

He needed to look up at the height difference in the water on the shore, and although he didn't usually have the chance to look down, it was the first time he saw Zhou Zekai from this angle.The light streamed softly from the high ceiling, onto the ears, the nape of the neck, down the shoulder line, and into the loose towels.Everything was concealed and indistinct, Huang Shaotian didn't see anything, but suddenly remembered the chandelier with fish and whales hanging from it.If it was here, would they swim over his skin as well?

Seeing him in a daze, Zhou Zekai peeled an orange and threw it over.

When someone throws something at you, the first command your brain sends is to catch it safely.Even though Huang Shaotian understood that this was a purely physiological conditioned reflex, he was still furious after catching it accurately: "I rely on you to play me like a sea lion!"

The mouth is angry, the body is still very honest, there is nothing better than eating fruit after exercise.Huang Shaotian pushed the swimming goggles to the hairline, and supported the smooth wall: "Why are you here? I thought that apart from Zhang Xinjie, there would be no other person who loves sports like me."

"I heard that the facilities are very good, come and have a look."

"Yo, you have a choice with me. You have a vision. But you can't get into the water even if you come here. It's nothing to sit there and watch. Come, come and compare the speed and passion in the water now. Let you see what the power of the predecessors is. I will also teach you how to be a man off the court.”

Zhou Zekai shook his head and refused the invitation: "It's just up to you."

"what?"

"Fun."

The answer was concise and to the point, and the junior smiled slyly with his eyes bent.It took Huang Shaotian some time to react before he understood what he meant - the swimming pool was empty, and he was alone, this kid really looked at him like a lonely sea lion.

Uncle can bear it and auntie can't bear it, if he continues to be suppressed like this, he won't be Huang Shaotian anymore.The opportunist made a decisive decision, and saw Zhou Zekai's defenseless moment when he threw a fruit peel sideways in a parabola towards the trash can, and grabbed his ankle suddenly and dragged him into the water.

One year less food is also called a junior, a junior is a junior, still too young, inexperienced and unsuspecting, caught off guard and drowned even with a bath towel.Huang Shaotian's bad intentions, similar to those of elementary school girls pulling braids, came up, but the action of the other party crying and hugging his thighs in fantasy was impossible, and even Zhou Zekai's panic was only a few seconds as expected, and the latter quickly adjusted. Good breath and rhythm emerged from the water, glanced at him with wet eyes without emotion, then plunged into the water again, and swam towards the finish line like an arrow off the string.

...Damn, Huang Shaotian stared blankly at the splashes of water piled up in front of his eyes following his movements, saying that the comparison is really better, the young man really can't bear to be teased.

Those eyes were soft, but cold, they were not sullen, but they couldn't see what the meaning was.Huang Shaotian didn't like this.But his desire to win made him stop thinking about it, so he put on his swimming goggles and chased after him.

The two fought in the water for [-] rounds, from a little tired to completely exhausted, and there was no outcome.Huang Shaotian stayed underwater longer than him, and the skin on his fingers was wrinkled together, it was rare to surrender first, and return to the embrace of the dry land with all his heart.

They swam to the stairs, and heard another familiar voice: "Hey, it's here. Have fun, everyone."

Huang Shaotian saw it and yelled dissatisfiedly: "Old Ye, you are here now, where did I look for you just now? It's too late for the game to end, I won't take you to play, you go back."

"Reporting to the leader, you don't get paid for your work, it's hard work. Besides, who told you that I'm here to look for you." Ye Xiu leaned on the railing by the pool and looked at the people behind, "Xiao Zhou is fine. Right? Come with me, don't bother with that one over there."

"What is the one over there? Please tell me clearly! Also, I'll find you and forget it if you're not here, why are you robbing people all of a sudden? There must be a first come, first come first, right? Zhou Zekai, you can't betray our revolutionary friendship, just agreed If you lose, please eat."

...It is you who obviously admit defeat.Zhou Zekai didn't overtly disrupt the situation, his eyes wandered between the two of them, he was embarrassed for a second, and resolutely went ashore, leaving Huang Shaotian's roar of "I remember you" behind him.

There was wind in the garden, and the water droplets on the skin that had just come out of the swimming pool were not completely dry, which made her feel chilly.Zhou Zekai rubbed his arms, smelled a burst of fragrance, from which he could distinguish the smell of roses.Someone once delivered a big handful to his door. During the summer at the Samsara Club, Yu Nian volunteered to take care of it. Before training every day, he would go to the window sill to patrol. Most people would not touch it easily, like a knight guarding a princess.Even if I thank you all in the end, the aroma will be stored in my memory for a long time.

Ye Xiu lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "This time, Shaotian's curiosity was completely aroused. How long do you think this guy can bear to ask?"

Zhou Zekai said, "Tomorrow."

"You really don't have confidence in him. I think you can last until the day after tomorrow. So, if he comes to ask, should he tell the truth? Or just make a fool of yourself?"

"It's all right."

"You're quite casual in this regard, why are you so determined about certain things?" Ye Xiu held the cigarette between his fingers, and exhaled a gray smoke ring, which quickly dissipated in the air scented with flowers. The answer is the final decision?"

Zhou Zekai nodded.

"Is it really not changed?"

He lowered his eyes and hummed.

Ye Xiu didn't speak for a while, the soot fell down, and the light of the fire was as weak as a firefly in the night.Finally sighed: "I know, I will pass it on." He put on a relaxed expression again, "I have no fate to build a further relationship with you, cherish this friendship with teammates. There are still a few more games, and it is the first one." I have this expectation for you—work hard and take the championship back.”