In the evening, the little boss Li Yuexi and his wife Nan Xu arrived as scheduled. They were both wearing the same basic coat, looking weary and a bit disheveled, lacking a bit of spirit at first glance.

It takes ten hours to fly from Beijing to Berlin. Even a lively young university student like Li Yuexi seemed a bit exhausted, leaning on his boyfriend and yawning.

Upon learning that Old Tan wanted to arrange a big meal for them, Li Yuexi was very touched but declined, saying, “There will be many chances for big meals in the future. For now, you should focus on training. There’s no need to waste time on us.”

When talking to life mentors, Yu Zhaohan had a faint smile on his lips. “Having a meal won’t take much time.”

Li Yuexi said sheepishly: “The main reason is that after taking such a long flight, my brother and I both wanted to take a rest first to adjust for the jet lag.”

Qi Xian asked: “The little boss is staying for a week. Is there no issue with school? Did you take leave?”

“Yes, although I took leave, I still have to submit my final project.” Mentioning this, Li Yuexi seemed to have a lot to complain about. “Before coming, I worked on assignments continuously for a week. My brother even helped me with the writing for the elective course.”

Nan Xu said, “Don’t forget to pay for your brother’s help.”

Li Yuexi scratched his head: “…Oh.”

Shi Du felt the same way and said with disgust: “Great, I’ve started to dislike studying.”

Yu Zhaohan didn’t expect the politeness between the little boss and his wife. Helping each other even came with rewards. He wondered how much money one could get for writing assignments. If Shi Du asked him for help with his assignments in the future, he probably wouldn’t ask for money from Shi Du.

It seemed that even for same-sex couples, the way they approached relationships varied. They couldn’t always compare themselves to mentors.

Qi Xian smiled and said: “The little boss is so busy with his studies that he comes to cheer us up in person. In fact, it’s the same as cheering at home.”

“No, my team made it to the Global Finals. I must be on-site.” Li Yuexi said with a smile, “Lawman’s boss will definitely come too. I’ve seen his photos, and he’s not as young or handsome as me. Rest assured, brothers, I’ll definitely boost your morale on-site, not to mention my brother.”

Cheese couldn’t help but sigh, “Are even sponsors competing like this nowadays? Not only do they compete in strength and wealth, but also in looks. It’s not easy—hopefully, it continues like this. Thank you.”

Li Yuexi said: “Speaking of the sponsor, I heard there’s a local tyrant in Foshan interested in buying Guangzhou ZC. The team might change owners next season.”

Yu Zhaohan was pleased and said calmly, “Good news. Also, there’s another piece of good news you should know.”

Li Yuexi asked expectantly: “What?”

Yu Zhaohan: “Timeless and I are together.”

The big-eyed little boss widened his eyes even more, “Ah?”

Nan Xu: “Congratulations.”

Old Tan almost lost his breath and said angrily: “I said you two, can’t you stop coming out every time you meet someone!”

Guangzhou ZC was also a team delayed by a bad boss. After more than a dozen consecutive defeats, they finally began to shine. ZC’s coach, Alligator, was a coach that Yu Zhaohan particularly admired. If ZC could have a good sugar daddy like the little boss next season, there would definitely be another Chinese team entering the playoffs next year.

The little boss told them to focus on training and not worry about him and his wife. However, as the matches progressed, arranging matches with other teams for training became difficult. Old Tan asked around in the major team diplomacy groups and learned that most of the teams had already started their breaks, with few people in their bases.

Old Tan didn’t hold much hope, thinking of asking the top players from the academy team to fill in the numbers. Unexpectedly, those people all had plans.

Brother Feng, IPL’s manager: “My four kids at home formed a group and went to Hainan for the winter. I told them about R.H inviting them for training matches, and Bi An has taken them to find an internet cafe. They’ll be online within half an hour; you guys wait.”

The coach of DSD said: “Half an hour? Archer and the others are at the base right now and are already online. Training matches can start anytime.”

Brother Feng was very disdainful: “Do they have accelerators at home? Do you know the latency from Berlin to the domestic network?”

Alligator said: “All ZC members are training at the base. If we are needed, we will be on standby at any time.”

After hanging up the phone, Old Tan laughed and sighed, “These one or two, they’ve got me all fired up.”

Yu Zhaohan was also a little touched, “Invite them to dinner when we go back.”

“Sure thing.” Cheese patted his chest and said, “Suddenly, I feel like there are so many people standing behind me.”

Shi Du said: “Haven’t there always been many people behind you? Don’t you know?”

The day before the competition, they arrived in Madrid, Spain. The hotel arranged by the official organizers was considered above average, but the little boss paid to upgrade them to a luxury resort hotel. When Shi Du casually mentioned wanting to eat meat buns, two hours later, the little boss had it delivered, with everyone getting a share.

Money made them very happy.

After arriving at the hotel, resting, training, analyzing, and eating meat buns together with everyone—there was nothing particularly special.

He remembered the last time they played against Lawman. He was under a lot of pressure, nervous to the point of tears, and almost went limp with Shi Du. This time, they were going to play against Lawman in the finals. Win or lose, there was no second chance. Why was he not as nervous as before?

Back in the room at night, Yu Zhaohan and Shi Du talked about this issue.

“It’s strange. Even though I’ll be nervous playing against Lawman this time too, it’s so much less than last time. I feel like I don’t even need to wear my dinosaur pajamas to relieve stress.”

Shi Du said, “Maybe it’s because Qi Xian returned to the team?”

Yu Zhaohan thought for a moment and said, “Perhaps that’s part of the reason. Also, I can’t think of any areas where we’re inferior to Lawman anymore. I feel so confident, but then I think, is being this confident too arrogant…”

Shi Du looked at him for a while and nodded: “Indeed, it’s a bit arrogant.”

Yu Zhaohan frowned: “Arrogance will lead to defeat, it’s better for me to be humble.”

“No, I just like seeing you arrogant.” Shi Du put his hands on both sides of Yu Zhaohan’s shoulders, leaned down, looked into his eyes, and told him, “In the entire league, who can be more arrogant than Yu Zhaohan? Others can be arrogant, why can’t you?”

Yu Zhaohan couldn’t help but lift the corners of his mouth, “Shi Du, you’re good at saying these things.”

Shi Du watched him smile and smiled himself: “I don’t need to comfort my nervous boyfriend tonight, I can have a good sleep.”

Yu Zhaohan was slightly stunned, and quickly added: “Although I’m not particularly nervous and don’t need to wear dinosaur pajamas, I still need you to kiss me, Koala hug me, and touch my head.”

Shi Du’s chest felt hot and his mouth trembled: “But I’m a bit tired today. I can’t move for a koala hug.”

Yu Zhaohan sighed, sounding a bit disappointed, but he didn’t want to force his boyfriend, “Then, a regular hug will do, without bothering you.”

Shi Du smiled and said: “Wait, I’ll give you a regular hug and take you for a shower.”

They had just arrived in Madrid today and went straight to training after putting their luggage in the room. They hadn’t had a chance to tidy up. Shi Du opened the suitcase and asked Yu Zhaohan, “Should we wear bright red underwear for the match tomorrow?”

“Good idea,” Yu Zhaohan said, “but I don’t have bright red underwear.”

At this time, Yu Zhaohan’s phone buzzed, and it was a WeChat message from Nan Xu.

[Nan Xu: Excuse me, we seem to have picked up the wrong suitcase]

[Shine: Wait a minute, let me take a look]

Handsome and cool people always have similar tastes. Shi Du and Nan Xu’s suitcases were exactly the same model, and they were checked in on the same plane. There was a possibility of confusion.

Yu Zhaohan asked: “Shi Du, is that suitcase ours?”

Facing the open suitcase, Shi Du didn’t respond for a long time.

Yu Zhaohan asked again, “Did you pick up the little boss and his wife’s suitcase?”

Shi Du slowly closed the suitcase and gave a low “hmm”.

He undoubtedly peeked into the belongings of Li Yuexi and Nan Xu. It was just that he had recently used a certain item that left a deep impression, so he noticed those things in a pile of clothes and daily necessities.

It’s normal for young couples to bring their own necessities when going out, but what’s the other bottle?

It seemed to be some kind of liquid. It was strange; he wanted to take another look.

Shi Du recalled the label on the bottle.

Wait, he seems to understand.

What?

F*ck!

Yu Zhaohan replied to Nan Xu on WeChat while saying, “Okay, they will come and exchange with us later.”

Shi Du maintained the posture of closing the suitcase, motionless, as if frozen by the Ice Maiden’s skill.

Yu Zhaohan walked over worriedly: “Shi Du?”

Shi Du slowly raised his eyes to look at him.

Yu Zhaohan observed Shi Du’s face and asked worriedly: “What’s going on with that look of realization and regret on your face?”

Shi Du Shi Du moved his lips slowly, with an extremely complicated expression. “We… we…” Taking a deep breath, he smiled, “It’s okay, there’s nothing wrong, let’s talk about everything after the competition.”

Yu Zhaohan was silent for two seconds and said, “But you don’t look like everything is okay right now.”

A knock on the door sounded; it should be the little boss and his wife coming to exchange suitcases. Yu Zhaohan picked up his suitcase and was about to open the door when he was stopped by Shi Du.

Shi Du took the suitcase from him and said, “I’ll do it.”

Shi Du opened the door and saw Li Yuexi and Nan Xu coming together.

Li Yuexi apologized: “It seems that I took the suitcase first at the airport. I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay.” Shi Du smiled and exchanged boxes with Nan Xu, looking polite and respectful, “Good night, teachers.”

Nan Xu: “…”

Li Yuexi: “Huh?”

Yu Zhaohan didn’t quite understand – didn’t Shi Du think it was too exaggerated for him to regard the little boss and his wife as life mentors, so why did he call them teachers first?

Shi Du watched the confused little boss leave, then turned to Yu Zhaohan and said, “Yuyu, we will definitely win tomorrow’s game.”