【Zhou Xiang】The Tropic

1.

The Monday after the end of the first month is the bidding meeting for the qualifications of the honor contractor.According to the regulations of the General Administration of Sports, the bidding process is not open to the public.But those who are familiar with the industry know that Sun Xiang, as one of the bosses of the team, will definitely be invited as an auditing expert.Therefore, many reporters with a keen sense of smell set up cameras at the door early in the morning, waiting eagerly for the gossip hero to show up.

Unexpectedly, before Sun Xiang waited, they waited for an unexpected person first——

"Zhou, Zhou Zekai?!"

"Who!?...Damn it, I read it right!"

The reporter of "E-Sports Times" had the best position. Through the gap in the railing, he and his companions saw Zhou Zekai walking out of the parking lot together with several other people carrying bidding documents.The two couldn't hold back their surprise and shouted.

Zhou Zekai obviously heard it.He didn't slow down, cast a glance from a distance, and then turned back to talk to the people around him.

The reporters were so excited that they turned the camera, but unfortunately the target soon entered a building and couldn't take more photos.

"Today's guaranteed news is here!" The old reporters didn't show any regrets, because the only purpose of that building this morning was to hold a bidding meeting!

Doesn't this prove that Zhou Zekai has something to do with Glory? !

2.

They were excited for a while, and soon regained their nervousness - because at the corner, the SUV with the familiar number plate drove over!

"It's Sun Xiang! Sun Xiang is here!" "Who is the co-pilot?" "Fang Minghua!" "Hurry up!"

The reporters excitedly moved towards today's original goal.Long guns and short cannons crowded together, directly blocking Sun Xiang's way to enter the Competition General Bureau.

In order to grab the news, some reporters simply patted the window of the car very impolitely: "Sun Xiang! Reveal the identity of your girlfriend!" "You not only live together, but also engaged?!" person?"

They quarreled and blocked for a long time, but Sun Xiang didn't even surrender.What was even more frustrating was that this friend would not be able to move for a while, so he took out his phone without hesitation and started playing games.

The reporters in the front row couldn't help but understand that this round will definitely return in vain.

Sure enough, in less than a minute, the security guard who had reported to the top rushed over to chase away the people, and pulled out a warning line at the door.

Sun Xiang was so happy, he lowered the window, greeted his "old friends" happily and proudly, and then drove unhurriedly into the courtyard of the General Administration.

After turning off the flame, Fang Minghua complained, "Do you know what you looked like just now?"

Sun Xiang adjusted his hair in the rearview mirror: "What, handsome? Zhou Zekai did praise me before going out."

Fang Minghua hehe: "It's a draw!"

Sun Xiang pressed the key to lock the car: "They sell my traffic for money, and give me a share? And don't they still have Zhou Zekai's manuscript to write? Anyway, before the dust settles, let them scratch their heads!"

3.

Zhou Zekai arrived earlier than Sun Xiang, and after entering the conference hall, he sat on the side close to the bidding company.Even though he has been out of the industry for six years, his face full of anger is so recognizable that it didn't take long for the bidders next door to try to talk to him and exchange business cards.

Zhou Zekai did not refuse, and the business etiquette was perfect.The signal of the bidding site is shielded, but it does not prevent the transmission of gossip among the crowd.Soon, basically more than half of the people present learned his true identity and the purpose of coming here.

Just as Sun Xiang took his seat, the manager of another team in the adjacent seat quickly poked him on the arm: "Boss Sun, Boss Sun."

"Old Li? What's the matter?"

Manager Li lowered his voice and pretended to be mysterious: "Did you know? The company that is most likely to get the bid this time seems to be invested by your former teammate!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his chin in the direction where Zhou Zekai was, and waited expectantly for Sun Xiang's reaction.

"What ex-teammate... what the hell!" Sun Xiang's surprised expression did not seem to be fake, "That is Zhou Zekai?! Have you talked to him yet?"

Manager Li was a little confused: "...not yet?"

Sun Xiang patted him on the shoulder: "I understand, I understand, do you want to sign or gossip? Leave it to me! I will help you with the formula later when you are resting!"

Manager Li, who wanted to get a cliché from Sun Xiang: ...

He thought about it, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with Sun Xiang's words, but he always felt that something was wrong.

4.

During the fifteen-hour break, Sun Xiang did what he said, and went to "talk" to Zhou Zekai.

But it happened that Yu Wenzhou was also there, so the three of them met after a "long absence" and shook hands enthusiastically. In the eyes of outsiders, it was a normal reunion of old friends.

In fact, Yu Wenzhou's first sentence to Sun Xiang was: "Xiao Zhou's dressing style today... seems unusual."

Sun Xiang: "That is, it doesn't matter who chooses."

Yu Wenzhou smiled warmly at Zhou Zekai again: "Sun Xiang said that the two of you are going to treat me to a meal. I thought about it for a long time before I figured out what to order. As a result, you showed up so early, in order to avoid suspicion, I guess it will be a while. You two are poor."

Sun Xiang snorted: "Yu Wenzhou, don't even think about it, even if you invite us to dinner, we will strictly follow the eight rules."

Zhou Zekai laughed helplessly, just as he was about to say something, someone called his name from behind, and he turned to deal with it.

Yu Wenzhou took the opportunity to lower his voice and frowned: "Sun Xiang, what are you doing? Zhou Zekai told me a few days ago that he has no plans to appear in the same frame for the time being?"

Sun Xiang: "I have more experience in this area, and I have persuaded him to change his mind."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend to be Chairman Yu, you still don't understand, isn't it just doing the opposite? Let the media be surprised once, and get familiar with it the second time. It's best to see that we are not used to it if we don't show up together, so when we really make it public to minimize the impact.”

"Hehe." Yu Wenzhou was noncommittal, "So are you ready for the long-term harassment from the media?"

"What are you afraid of?" Sun Xiang said, "The more they cover up, the more curious they become. I just want to face it head-on."

5.

Having said that, in fact, most of Sun Xiang's thoughts were on Zhou Zekai's bidding results, and he had no time to answer the media interviews that flocked to him afterwards.

Zhou Zekai's team performed very well that day, and the on-site scores were much higher. However, it still took 2 weeks from the bidding to the final bid opening, and any situation could happen.He even violated the regulations and tried to find out about Yu Wenzhou - of course, Yu Wenzhou couldn't tell him.On the phone, the other party comforted him in a friendly way: "Don't worry, I'll find out soon."

Sun Xiang was silent for a while: "Is my anxiety so obvious?"

Yu Wenzhou smiled: "Probably? You weren't in such a hurry when you waited for the team registration results a few years ago."

Sun Xiang thought for a while and said, "Because it's different."

Yes, it's different.

When the team registered, he knew everything about it, and he had a rough idea of ​​whether it would be successful or not.But Zhou Zekai's years of preparation, how many joints have been opened up in the middle, he has never participated in. He feels like a parent waiting for the results of the college entrance examination-except for anxiety, hiding anxiety, and companionship, there is nothing else to do.

They seldom go to the end at night recently, most of the time they just simply hug each other and sleep.

There were times when Sun Xiang woke up in the middle of the night somehow, and found that Zhou Zekai hadn't fallen asleep.What made his heart ache even more was that Zhou Zekai, who was usually very sensitive to his movements, couldn't immediately realize that he had woken up, but continued to quietly stare at the figures in the cabinet like a dream.

Also from that player era, he can fully understand Zhou Zekai's thoughts without being involved.

Six years is not too long or short for ordinary people, but for an e-sports player whose golden age is fleeting, for Zhou Zekai...it is too long.

His love and obsession are all here.Whenever there is a glimmer of hope, he is willing to do his best to grab it.Therefore, before the results were announced, no matter how calm Zhou Zekai was usually, he would soon be unable to hold back the anxiety.

Finally, one time, Sun Xiang observed Zhou Zekai silently for a while, and couldn't help but make enough noise to call the other party's gaze to him.

Zhou Zekai was like a big kid who did something wrong, he froze for a moment before slowly turning his side, facing Sun Xiang: "Why didn't you sleep?"

"Because someone did too."

Zhou Zekai remained silent.

"Run on the treadmill if you don't sleep, and sleepy when you're tired." Sun Xiang said, "When you were in reincarnation, do you remember? Jiang Botao likes to say this very much."

"Well, after losing the game." Zhou Zekai smiled in the dark, "To you and Du Ming."

"I kindly remind you, are you the one who exposed the shortcoming like this?" Sun Xiang pretended to be angry, "So are you going to run a ten-kilometer next door now?"

Zhou Zekai didn't speak, leaned towards him, then shook the quilt, wrapping the two of them tighter.Body temperature pressed against body temperature, Sun Xiang seemed to be able to feel that the layer of anxiety lingering on Zhou Zekai's body finally dissipated a little.

In the sound of steady breathing, he slowly clenched the other's hand and fell asleep.

6.

On the other side of the netizens, there is another kind of anxiety - caused by excitement.

As Yu Wenzhou expected, the news that Zhou Zekai's team participated in the bidding spread throughout the Glory circle that morning.As a former legend, any news about him is enough to blow up the forum server.

Among them was an operation and maintenance programmer. He posted a post in the re-maintained forum: I scolded Zhou Zekai while maintaining it, and halfway through the scolding, I suddenly remembered that my goddammit seems to be his fan!The kind of diehard fans who record every game video!Damn, I started laughing wildly, laughing and crying!I was almost regarded as a neuropathy by my colleagues!do not care!Shame on you!Team Zhou, you must return to glory! !I know that you are not willing to leave at all!

As soon as the post was posted, it was immediately turned into a tall building by the old fans of Samsara who were deeply moved.Crying, cursing, and spamming were all there, but after turning ten pages, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious—every floor was maintaining formation and praying that Zhou Zekai's team would win the bid.

More than 80.00% of the registered users of the Glory Forum are men, while Weibo and Old Ford, where female players are more active, have another style of painting.

Ever since Aite, the joker from Zhou Xiang's family, made a comic book and posted a "nose-picking" emoticon, CP fans are almost as happy as the Chinese New Year.

Although they knew in their hearts that the two rightful owners would at most appear in the same bidding event at the same time, and they didn't even have a group photo, but it didn't matter!Without photos, they can make up for it reasonably!

——What if they sit next to each other!

——What if we chat!

——What if I hug you!

——What if we shake hands!

——In case they meet in the bathroom and do something a little more extreme...Stop!

After all, it's sugar!How do you understand it, everyone is free to play!

The manga hand is really speechless.She had already made up her mind to withdraw from the social world, but she heard from a friend who still kowtowed at CP that the few Weibo posts she did not delete were all kinds of comments, and some people even forwarded her as a koi of.She held back for a long time, and couldn't hold it back anymore. She looked at the single photo of Zhou Zekai and Sun Xiang that the reporter took that day.

Facing the phone screen, her expression was particularly complicated.

——I don't want to admit it, but I have to admit that even today, she will still be knocked unconscious by these two faces.

What's more damning... Even though these two people didn't appear in the same scene, she just felt that they seemed to be tied with an invisible thread!There is a special magnetic field!It is the kind of thing that will be cultivated after getting along for a long time!

The painter took a deep breath, she felt like she was going crazy again.

She logged on to Weibo, which she had already decided to abandon, and posted a paragraph.

"I have been in CP for so many years and I didn't know that I have a koi physique! If this is the case, I might as well give it another go - please Mr. Zhou successfully won the bid, and I will share the news picture with your partner. If successful, my sister will immediately go back to the pit painting It's 100 to [-] P!"

……

On the morning of the bid opening day, she updated Weibo.

only one word -

"Grass!"

TBC