【Zhou Xiang】The Tropic

1.

Zhou Zekai's number was exchanged before getting off the car.The timing of the exchange was very random, that is, Zhou Zekai said to leave the number, and Sun Xiang took out his mobile phone to record.Nothing special.

After that, he called and didn't think too much about it. He was full of thoughts. The refrigerator must not stink. He didn't realize that before taking off, he was worried and anxious to communicate such small details of life, which can't be done by ordinary roommates. out.

It's a pity that Zhao Yaoyao just got up to pack his suitcase, otherwise, just the three words "Zhou Zekai" would be enough for him to spend the whole voyage with imagination.

When Zhao Yaoyao returned to his seat, Sun Xiang had already put on the blindfold and began to sleep leaning against the window with his head covered.

As the plane climbed to the stratosphere, the stewardess asked each passenger row by row if they wanted a drink.Zhao Yaoyao and Sun Xiang had been on many business trips, so they knew his habits clearly. Before the stewardess could speak, Zhao Yaoyao quickly raised his index finger and said "shh".

The stewardess nodded knowingly, and after a while, turned back alone.

"gentlemen……"

"Uh," Zhao Yaoyao misunderstood what she meant, and waved his hand politely, "I really don't need it, my friend likes to sleep and doesn't need to drink water."

"No," the stewardess blushed, leaned over to take a sneak peek, no, it should be said that she was looking at Sun Xiang openly, handed over an open magazine and a pen, and gestured in a low voice, "Can you... I mean If it's convenient, can you ask Team Sun to sign it?"

Oh, Team Sun.

How could Zhao Yaoyao fail to understand the name?

Ganqing is also a loyal fan with a history of chasing stars.

He followed the flight attendant's excited gaze to look at his friend next door.

The blond hair was lifted up by the glass, messy, wearing a black Kamen Rider eyepatch, the pattern on it is stupid and double, leaning against the window with slumped shoulders, a man who is about 1.8 meters high maintains this posture. I have to bend my limbs subconsciously, looking pitiful,

But... still handsome.

As a male fan, Zhao Yaoyao's admiration for Sun Xiang usually stems from pure strength, but in all fairness, even though this guy is getting older and older, he still has the capital to instantly kill female fans.

The half-high nose bridge under the eye mask, the sexy and sharp jawline...

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the slightly raised corners of the lips, revealing the publicity engraved in the bones that has not changed in ten years.

People are more popular than others, they are both men, similar in age, and he is a middle-aged hard-working animal. This guy is still so juvenile, so fucking dazzling.

"Okay," Zhao Yaoyao took the notebook, "I'll return it to you later."

The stewardess suppressed her excitement and said "um", blushing and ran away in high heels.

2.

Three or ten minutes before the plane landed, Zhao Yaoyao woke Sun Xiang up and asked him to sign the magazine.

Sun Xiang's words were written in a flying and phoenix dance, and he even drew a very unusual Mercury LOGO, which was so ugly that Zhao Yaoyao turned his face away in silence, but the flight attendant said happily to Sun Xiang: "Thank you, Team Sun! I will always support you!"

"Forever? If Mercury and Samsara meet, which side do you stand on?" Sun Xiang's answer was very strange, the kind that could hook up to a straight male bot.

The stewardess was silent, with a struggling expression.

Zhao Yaoyao looked at the two people speechlessly, slandering that this question was similar to "Who should you save first when your mother and I fall into the water at the same time?"

He was just about to have a good laugh and drag his boss away, when Sun Xiang comforted him as a matter of course: "Hey, there's nothing so embarrassing about it. Of course, whoever plays well will cheer for him!"

As soon as this remark came out, the stewardess immediately showed a relieved expression: "Mmm, yes! Team Sun is right!"

"But I believe that victory belongs to Mercury!" Sun Xiang dropped these words, and before the stewardess had time to react, he walked away with his head held high.

Zhao Yaoyao couldn't bear it, so he turned his head and secretly glanced at the flight attendant's condition, and was surprised and clearly found that she was standing stupidly holding a magazine, with an expression on her face that was so happy that she was about to faint.

"How did I answer it just now?" The instigator seemed to have finally remembered himself as a bystander at this moment, and asked about his feelings very proudly.

"Needless to say, he's so handsome!" Zhao Yaoyao nodded his head "sincerely" and "moved", and even applauded.

In exchange for this move, Sun Xiang put his shoulders in satisfaction, turned his face to the side and smiled brightly: "Sister Yao is really an honest person!"

His smile was a perfect fusion of the maturity of a man and the innocence of a child begging for praise, which attracted many passers-by to turn their heads.

Zhao Yaoyao had a bitter face: "Brother Xiang, first of all, don't call me sister Yao. Second..."

"Secondly what?" Sun Xiang was curious.

"Secondly, don't discharge it to me, a 24K pure rough guy. Save yourself and leave it to your sister-in-law."

"Sister-in-law?" Sun Xiang frowned, "What's wrong with you, I'm single!"

"Hehe," Zhao Yaoyao thought he hit the nail on the head, "That bowl of noodles that someone posted on Instagram at midnight, the pattern on the table below is not my home."

"Cough, cough cough!" Sun Xiang was almost choked to death by the saliva, the roots of his ears were red all the way to his neck, he didn't know whether it was due to the cough or some other reason, "Nonsense! That's the table in the hotel!"

"Oh, really?" Zhao Yaoyao gave him an expression of "I don't believe it", dragged the box and made a sudden turn, "I'll go to the bathroom first! Brother Xiang, remember it slowly."

The opponent ran too fast, Sun Xiang stared blankly in place, not knowing how angry and ashamed he looked, it was like the reaction of being poked in the heart.

3.

It took nearly an hour to take a taxi from Huanghua International Airport to He Xi's home. Sun Xiang got in the car and continued to sleep. When he woke up, Zhao Yaoyao was looking at him helplessly.

"Brother Xiang," Zhao Yaoyao said, "you didn't log in to the game last night, did you? What are you doing and what time did you go to bed?"

Sun Xiang touched his nose and lied more and more smoothly: "I accidentally stayed in the bathroom for a long time."

Zhao Yaoyao misunderstood that Sun Xiang was too tired to fall asleep in the bathtub due to too much work pressure, and felt sympathetic: "Don't worry too much, the team's affairs are not all developing in a good direction?"

As soon as he mentioned the team, Sun Xiang suddenly thought of something: "If He Xi is confirmed to join the team, Qian Yiqian, what do you plan to do?"

"There's no need to deal with it. He offered to terminate the contract." Zhao Yaoyao said, "I don't know if this guy is guilty or arrogant. Anyway, he came up yesterday and said that he has found another house. After half a year, he will go for a winter transfer. He also emphasized that if we don't Finding a good substitute requires his cooperation, and he will perform according to the situation and mood. Ugh.”

After Zhao Yaoyao finished speaking, he rolled his eyes fiercely.

"Stupid." Sun Xiang dismissively said, "Without Wu Yue's cooperation, it's just him with half a bottle of water, who will carry the palanquin for him when he goes out to fight alone."

"That's right." Zhao Yaoyao said with emotion, "So Brother Xiang, you are really timely. If there is no child He Xi, maybe we will really have to be led by the nose by him, and we will be frustrated for half a season."

Sun Xiang asked again: "Wu Yue's side? Have you had the vaccination?"

Wu Yue also planned to change jobs before, and was finally appeased by Sun Xiang, but adolescent boys' minds fluctuate greatly. If the partner leaves, it is not clear what will happen next, whether Wu Yue's position will be shaken, Sun Xiang is really a little worried.

"Yes." Zhao Yaoyao reported earnestly, "He came to me once last night and followed Qian Yiqian. It is estimated that most of the team members have heard about it."

"Well, I definitely can't hide it." Sun Xiang nodded, "What did he tell you?"

"Actually, he wanted to find you. I said he had to wait until you came back from a business trip." Zhao Yaoyao confessed honestly, "Besides, he and Qian Yiqian had a bad relationship in private. He said he had no relationship, so he just left. I heard you Maybe I have to find a new partner for him, I am looking forward to it, and express my trust in your vision."

A stone fell to Sun Xiang's heart, and he said with emotion: "The fate between people is really strange."

"You mean the two partners in our team?"

"Part of it." Sun Xiang looked out the window with nostalgia in his gaze, "I had been with Zhou Zekai for less than half a year, and someone told me in private that he was the mastermind behind forcing Zhang Yiwei to leave, so I should be more careful. Instead, I I didn't even doubt Zhou Zekai, and was very angry, so I told him to shut up. What I thought was, no matter how poor Zhou Zekai's character is, I just need to agree with him in honor. If you look at Wu Yue's matter without emotion, even if Qian Yiqian's reputation is ruined, people Pin Zhatou, but the two of them usually cooperate better than most of the players, how can he be so relaxed and calm?"

"Brother Xiang, you are the boss." Zhao Yaoyao stuck out his tongue, "Although it sounds fine, you are too objective."

"Haha, chatting, chatting." Sun Xiang shrugged.

"Well, if you're chatting, then I'll speak from my heart." Zhao Yaoyao glanced at Sun Xiang, "I don't agree with you comparing Wu Qian with you and Zhou Zekai."

"What?"

"I can't say. In short, of course you are different. Even if it is Cloud Piercer and One Autumn Leaf, it is different. You can ask the fans who came from that era, they must all think the same as me, cough, in the world How many double ones can there be?"

"How many double ones can there be in the world?" Sun Xiang read Zhao Yaoyao's words again, and suddenly laughed out loud to tickle Zhao Yaoyao, "These words don't sound like ordinary arrogance, that's how you supported Brother Xiang back then! "

Zhao Yaoyao reacted briefly, realized that his words were suspected of selling corruption, and begged for mercy while dodging: "Xiang, Brother Xiang, I was wrong! Ha, haha, I was wrong!"

But he soon discovered that there was no sign of anger on Sun Xiang's face, instead he was smiling happily.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Tired of playing, Sun Xiang stopped his hands and looked at the traffic with his head propped up. "I really want to go back to that time, play games, win championships, and have the strongest teammates... E-sports is too cruel, Time is not forgiving."

Zhao Yaoyao opened his mouth in bewilderment, unable to say words of comfort.He stared at Sun Xiang's lips that were still slightly raised, but felt that he seemed to be simply expressing emotion, not as sad as he had imagined.

4.

The driver braked steadily, Zhao Yaoyao paid and got the invoice, Sun Xiang jumped out of the car first, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"They are all single-family buildings." Zhao Yaoyao couldn't help but confirm the address in the memo, "Little friend He's home is fine...what's the matter?"

He noticed that Sun Xiang had a strange expression on his face.

"People in this neighborhood seem to like to raise big dogs?" Sun Xiang pretended to be calm and moved to make way for an Alaska, "I'll go, don't lick it!"

"Brother Xiang, are you afraid of dogs?" Zhao Yaoyao followed with a smile.

While speaking, a dog barked suddenly at the corner.Sun Xiang paused involuntarily: "That's not the case!"

Zhao Yaoyao couldn't hold back his laughter, and teased, "Could He Xi's family also have a dog? Then his parents got upset and loosened the dog's leash, so we..."

Sun Xiang was silent, turned his head, and glared at Zhao Yaoyao.The latter quickly swallowed the word "finished".

Five minutes later, Zhao Yaoyao stood in front of He's courtyard, feeling that his ability to set a flag was extraordinary.

...His boss and idol is slowly backing away with a livid face.

The reason...

"Wow, woof! woof woof!"

Facing Sun Xiang, who met for the first time, the two adult Samoyeds rushed and rubbed each other, greeting Sun Xiang enthusiastically.The scene was extremely jubilant for a while.

"Zhao Yaoyao!" Sun Xiang complained angrily, "You don't want to watch the fun, help me pull the dog away! Where's the He family! Didn't you call?"

"Qiuqiu! Yunyun!" Almost at the same time, a child's voice sounded, and Sun Xiang was rescued.

Sun Xiang raised his head with lingering fear, followed by Wei Wei's eyes widening: "Aren't you... that elementary school student who hugged each lesson and practiced?!"

A thin boy who is not tall and has soft hair, of course he is a middle school student now, nodded obediently, his eyes glowed with joy: "Brother Xiang, you still remember me!"

Sun Xiang straightened his tie, put the jacket that had just been wrinkled by the Samoyed on his hand, put on a mature and stable adult posture, and smiled teasingly: "Such an awesome pick-up fan, it's no wonder I forget it!"

5.

It turned out that when Sun Xiang retired from the military, he helped up an elementary school student who was knocked down by the crowd at the airport.

That was exactly He Xi herself who was genuine.

He doesn't look tall now, but he was even shorter three years ago, wearing a baggy school uniform, like a stubborn little radish, thrown into hundreds of adult fans, he was instantly overwhelmed.He was not reconciled, so he continued to drill forward, but he was hit hard by someone's backpack and fell. It was a blessing in disguise, but successfully attracted Sun Xiang's attention.

After Sun Xiang helped him up, he noticed the school name on his chest for the first time, and immediately frowned, wanting to say something.

He Xi's mind was spinning fast, and before Sun Xiang could speak, he took out one lesson and one practice from his backpack, and showed Sun Xiang the neatly packed exercise book like a treasure.

"Brother Xiang, I came here to see you after I finished my summer homework seriously!"

After explaining clearly, He Xi immediately turned around and pointed to the crowd with his feet: "The man wearing the Manchester United jersey is my cousin! He's an adult! I came with my guardian! It's safe."

Cousin wiped his sweat and squeezed over: "Sorry, sorry...my brother ran too fast."

"Study hard!" Sun Xiang laughed, and rubbed He Xi's hair, "I wish you to be admitted to a key middle school!"

Later, Sun Xiang lamented to his teammates at the time that this kid was meticulous in thinking, flexible in mind, and super strong in execution. The high-level 985 material must not delay others.

Unexpectedly, fate is so wonderful, going round and round, fans who have admired idols for many years, and fans who have admired and favored idols, will meet again under such circumstances.

6.

Sun Xiang was very happy, but he didn't know that this was just the beginning of today's good luck.

Maybe there is such a kind of maverick son as there are such kind of open-minded parents, because the two dogs like Sun Xiang very much, and the He family's parents naturally expressed their welcome to Sun Xiang and Zhao Yaoyao.

In Mother He's words: "My dog ​​has the sharpest nose, and can distinguish between good and bad people. If that's the case, I'll entrust Xizai to you with confidence!"

It sounded a bit strange... Sun Xiang smiled politely, and murmured in his heart.

In the harmonious and strange atmosphere, Zhao Yaoyao, who was the most nervous, spoke first, and said frankly: "Uncle and aunt are joking with us. How can we be so hasty? It is related to He Xi's career plan for the next few years. Let's make the terms of the contract detailed." Go through it again?"

"Contract?" Father He was taken aback, "Oh, oh, haven't you seen that before..."

He Xi grabbed his father's sleeve violently, and mouthed out of Sun Xiang's sight: "Shhh!"

"Hahaha," Father He hurriedly changed the words, "I made a mistake, I made a mistake, and I treated the draft as a formal contract, so let's read it together now!"

Sun Xiang glanced at Zhao Yaoyao with approval in his eyes: "Okay, you boy, the contract was issued first without saying a word, and there is progress."

Zhao Yaoyao chuckled, pretending to be stupid, and wondered when I issued the contract, don't let the boss confuse it.

7.

This little episode is over in an instant.

In the next two hours, Sun Xiang and Zhao Yaoyao introduced the Glory League, the Mercury Club, and the entire e-sports environment to He's parents in detail, and showed the training plan and salary reward plan for He Xi.

Their sincere, serious and rigorous attitude and way of doing things won the unanimous approval of He's parents.

"No kidding." This time, Mother He looked serious, "We are willing to let He Xi hang out with you."

For dinner, the He family treated guests to a private restaurant near the community.Sun Xiang is from Chongqing, Zhao Yaoyao is from Xi'an, plus three Changsha natives, they have no scruples in ordering food.

Sun Xiang waved goodbye to He Xi's family, and agreed that Zhao Yaoyao would stay with He Xi to handle some formalities, while Sun Xiang had to rush back early tomorrow morning because the investor held an audit meeting temporarily.

"Brother Xiang, wait!" He Xi walked to her car and got into it. Somehow, she jumped out of the car and ran back to Sun Xiang.

"What's the matter?" Sun Xiang rubbed his head.He Xi's hair was soft and felt really good. When he looked at him with his big eyes open, he looked like some kind of small animal, and Sun Xiang couldn't help but feel the urge to rub his hair.

"I almost forgot, I planned to talk about it tomorrow, but you are going back to Shanghai, so I will talk about it now." He Xi said seriously.

"Huh?" Sun Xiang looked at him with interest.

Then the kid began to talk about his drop-out arrangement with great interest, how he went to Shanghai to make appointments with private tutors to make up cultural lessons online, and emphasized that he was ready to deal with unfamiliar interpersonal environments and questions from the media. An adult can't speak at all, it's not like what an ordinary middle school student can think about.

"He Xi," Sun Xiang interrupted him, facing the excited gaze of the other party, and sighed, "There is a point that I don't agree with."

Of course he knew that pouring cold water on it was extremely risky.Facing a genius boy like He Xi, there are many more tactful and safe ways, such as some warm encouragement, empathetic care and expectation, etc... But Sun Xiang can't, he can't accept full-mouthed words. Himself with false lines.

Looking at the young man in front of him, he felt infinite emotion, rubbed his head again, and said, "Promise me, at the press conference, don't mention your double-one fan status."

8.

He Xi was stunned.

Zhao Yaoyao at the side was also stunned.

To be honest, he didn't think there was anything wrong with He Xi's media response plan at all. On the contrary, he secretly admired He Xi's plan to actively provide topics, enhance the personality and the sense of legend - he was very sure that the public relations department must be in harmony with himself Is the same opinion.

"Why?" He Xi asked after a while.

Asked Zhao Yaoyao's heartfelt feelings.

Sun Xiang: "The reason is very simple. Your road to glory has just begun, and I don't want the outside world to define you too early."

Facing He Xi's eyes that suddenly froze, he told his younger brother earnestly like a big brother: "Of course, if possible, I hope you don't ask yourself with this kind of thinking."

"...you don't want me and Wu Yue to become the second double?" He Xi asked confusedly, half understanding.

"That's right." Sun Xiang nodded solemnly, "You can't become Zhou Zekai, and Wu Yue can't become me either." He raised his hand to stop He Xi from speaking further, "I don't mean to look down on you guys."

"I know, but..." He Xi said eagerly.

"Only the one who is uniquely suitable can be called a partner." Sun Xiang interrupted him, "You think Wu Yue is suitable for you, you judge it purely from tactics, from the perspective of numbers and probability, and from a particularly rational perspective, right? But, people are not. AI."

The confusion in He Xi's eyes dissipated a lot.He looked at Sun Xiang quietly, without speaking.

Sun Xiang glanced at him approvingly: "Have you realized it? Is Wu Yue suitable for you, what problems will arise in your actual team formation, the most perfect and most comfortable communication mode, the degree of concession... These must be determined by the two of you." Find out for yourself."

He Xi pursed her lips and nodded, her eyes were bright.

Sun Xiang's eyes were exactly the same as his:

"In short, the future is yours. Don't take anyone else lightly. It is a unique and glorious experience that belongs to you, you and your partner, and you don't need to be affected by any shadows or colors."

"Brother Xiang, I understand. But I have a new question," He Xi blinked, "What if I don't talk about it, but others just take their seats? After all, you are my boss."

Sun Xiang raised his eyebrows: "Then let them talk. The keyboard is in their hands, and the account number is in yours. No one can affect anyone! Think back when Brother Xiang just got One Autumn Leaf..."

"That's right, Brother Xiang was so handsome back then!" He Xi snapped, his face full of excitement and admiration.

Sun Xiang choked, and suddenly realized that He Xi was no longer serious about asking questions, but was enjoying the joy of "molesting idols", and was speechless at once: "Damn, you boy, take Brother Xiang's words!"

"I, I was wrong!" He Xi clutched her disheveled hair, and ran away quickly, "Thank you, brother Xiang, the most handsome man in the universe, brother Xiang, have a good dream tonight!"

9.

"This kid He Xi is too good." Sun Xiang shook his head, and Zhao Yaoyao looked at each other helplessly, and then both of them couldn't help laughing.

At this point, this important event finally came to an end. The two were filled with emotions for a while, and did not talk immediately, but walked slowly along the sidewalk outside the hotel.

After a while, Zhao Yaoyao stopped because the phone rang.

"My wife." He mouthed to Sun Xiang.

Sun Xiang unceremoniously made a disgusted expression, in exchange for Zhao Yaoyao's wry smile.

Then the friend immediately switched to the mode of Xi'an dialect, happily chatting about private content with the other end of the radio wave.

Sun Xiang listened to a passage, and even though he didn't quite understand it, the overflowing joy could be shared without any translation.

Sun Xiang couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, the orange street light fell on his head, very much like the corridor lights after the reincarnation evening training back then.As soon as he thought about it, a special emotion appeared in his heart - the tired and loose one.It is constantly expanding in the chest, with rich and secret hints, urgently needing to find an exit.

Sun Xiang stopped in his tracks, took out his phone, and his gaze stayed on the latest page of call records.

He suddenly realized that he really wanted to call someone.

Even just say: Hey, I got it.

TBC