As a Captain, You Must Be Cold - Chapter 118
On this day, Yu Zhaohan was pulled into a discussion group. In addition to all the members of the national team, there were also Destination staff members. The topic of discussion was the new map for the World Cup.
The team that wins the World Cup can participate in designing a new map based on their own country. Unlike personal FP skins, various opinions had to be considered. Everyone felt that their ideas were amazing, criticizing others’ ideas with numerous flaws, making it difficult to reach a consensus.
[Alligator: The new map must reflect the profound culture of our country, just like the existing Forbidden City.]
[Jiang: Suzhou Gardens?]
[Cheese: No! Absolutely not! There are so many rockeries; you never know where an assassin might be hiding. How can we support our team? I vote for the Inner Mongolian grasslands, without even a single yurt!]
[Bian: Then you’ll be sniped by a sniper, mom won’t recognize you.]
[Archer: The local family strongly recommends the Diaojiaolou in western Hunan. The Diaojiaolou uses traditional Chinese mortise and tenon joinery. Do you understand mortise and tenon? It’s a traditional Chinese construction method, solid black technology.]
[Timeless: By the way, what special delicacies does the Tujia ethnic group have? Are they delicious?]
[Tide: What about Captain Yu? Why don’t you say something? @Shine]
[Shine: Jiuzhaigou.]
[Old Tan: This is good; I agree! The scenery in Jiuzhaigou is truly stunning.]
[Jiang: I agree]
[Cheese: Agree +1]
[Timeless: Listening to the captain]
[Archer: Damn, can you guys from RH have some principles! Cheese, don’t you want your green grasslands anymore?!]
[Cheese: I don’t want it anymore, ha.]
Shi Du found it strange; Yuyu had never mentioned Jiuzhaigou in front of him, so why this sudden idea?
Shi Du asked Yu Zhaohan, “Have you been to Jiuzhaigou?”
Yu Zhaohan nodded, “My parents took me there when I was a child. The scenery was beautiful. Also, Jiuzhaigou is home to fluffy wild pandas.”
Shi Du said, “Got it.”
After the conclusion of the World Cup, the new season’s journey followed. Before diving into intensive training again, Old Tan organized a team-building event, not going far, just to Disneyland.
Old Tan was initially worried that a group of big guys wouldn’t be interested in Disneyland, but surprisingly, none of the guys opposed it. Even Yu Zhaohan agreed without any objections.
Yu Zhaohan’s original words were: “If Cheese wants to go so badly, just go.”
After Old Tan had booked the tickets in advance, the league officials suddenly announced that they would record trash talk for the new season, and the recording time happened to conflict with the team-building event.
The trash talk segment was tailored for Timeless, a young and outspoken member known for his peculiar speech. In terms of being unconventional, Timeless was recognized by RH as their official spokesperson.
Shi Du hesitated, not really wanting to go, “If I’m not there for the team-building, won’t you be left without someone to spoil you?”
Yu Zhaohan said, “I won’t die from not spoiling myself for a day.”
Shi Du said unhappily: “But I will die if I don’t see you acting coquettishly for one day.”
When Yu Zhaohan smiled, sweetness could be seen in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, “You won’t. Shi Du, prioritize the bigger picture. The bigger picture is us having fun, and you can go swear at people.”
Shi Du said, “… Fine.”
On the day of the team-building, all RH members gathered except for Timeless, who went to curse people.
Old Tan looked at Qi Xian’s eye-catching red hair, expressing concern: “With such a big line-up, in case fans recognize us, and considering the park is so crowded, won’t it cause some trouble?”
Qi Xian said, “Fans won’t recognize us.”
Yu Zhaohan indifferently said, “Are you sure about that?”
“Sure.” Qi Xian smiled and said, “Because Timeless isn’t here.”
Yu Zhaohan said, “Timeless now has black hair.”
In the past, Shi Du would be recognized wherever he went, which had a lot to do with his silver hair. Now that he has black hair, the “curse” will definitely be broken.
They have to believe in science.
“Captain!” Cheese, who disappeared as soon as they entered the park, emerged holding a pink balloon in one hand and a hairpin with two Mickey Mouse ears in the other.
Yu Zhaohan’s gaze swept over the balloon and hairpin, enviously and indifferently saying, “What’s the matter.”
It was the first time Cheese had done this, and he felt nervous inside. He looked nervously at Qi Xian, who smiled and nodded before he mustered the courage to ask, “Captain, do you want to wear Mickey ears with me?”
Yu Zhaohan’s eyes widened slightly, surprised and forgetting to [say in a light tone], “What?”
Don’t worry, Xu Lanzhi. Someone who dresses rabbits in skirts cannot possibly refuse this.
Cheese gritted his teeth and handed over the Mickey’s ears, “Th-there are two colors to choose from.”
Yu Zhaohan looked down at the two ears and didn’t react for a long time.
Cheese swallowed hard, and he remembered how Timeless persuaded the captain to keep a Little kneeling in the base.
“I really want to wear this with the captain!” Cheese clasped his hands together, pitifully pleading, “Please, please, please, please, captain! I’m begging you!”
Yu Zhaohan: “.”
At the trash talk recording scene, Shi Du received a photo sent by Yu Zhaohan.
In the photo, Yuyu was expressionless wearing a black Mickey Mouse hair accessory with a big red bow on it. His world-weary face and earlobes that he was proud of were both red, and his little ears looked like they were about to be burned off.
[Wife: Shi Du, I’m finally not just beautiful but cute]
Shi Du laughed alone.
[Timeless: Cute and beautiful. How did you put it on?]
[Wife: Cheese begged me to wear it!]
[Timeless: Damn, is he learning from me?]
Shi Du repeatedly admired his wife’s selfies and couldn’t sit still anymore. He went to the staff and asked, “How long will it take for it to end?”
Time moved slowly for some, and quickly for others.
As soon as Yu Zhaohan put on his hair accessory, the whole world became “weird”. Cheese suddenly became his male best friend, pulling him to cute places.
“Captain, let’s take a photo with the princess — please!”
“Captain, let’s have ice cream — please!”
“Captain, let’s watch The Adventures of Little Bear — please!”
Not only Cheese, but others also seemed a bit strange.
Every time he did something, Stone would take a picture of him, and after taking the picture, he would exclaim regretfully, “Ah, if Timeless were here — Captain, can I send your photo to Timeless? Or should I upload it all to Timeless?”
Yu Zhaohan: “…?”
Why should you send it? I will send it myself.
Old Tan saw Yu Zhaohan’s “interact,” feeling both envious and jealous of Cheese. “Why is Xu Lanzhi clinging to Shine today? The key is that Shine allows him to cling. Unbelievable.” While seeing a replay of a training battle on his phone, Lu Youshan commented, “Not unbelievable. Shine has loved playing with cute things since he was sixteen/seventeen.”
Old Tan stared in disbelief: “Huh?”
Qi Xian exclaimed: “Oh my, oh my, I didn’t expect Coach Lu to be the first to say it.”
Old Tan was dumbfounded: “What do you two mean? Shine, he used to… Why didn’t you two say it earlier?!”
Coach Lu Youshan’s mind was entirely focused on the training match, and he impatiently said, “I’m busy with training. I don’t have time to talk about these things.”
Qi Xian shrugged: “No one ever asked what kind of person our captain used to be.”
Old Tan’s head buzzed. He heard himself asking, “So, does the grown-up Shine still like cute things?”
Qi Xian smiled and said, “I don’t know about that. Why don’t you ask him yourself?”
Old Tan: “…”
After Yu Zhaohan and Cheese finished watching The Adventures of Little Bear, they found that the other team was missing one person. Cheese asked, “Hey Xianxian, where did Old Tan go?”
“He’s a bit shocked and said he wants to find a quiet place to calm down.” Qi Xian said to Yu Zhaohan, “Captain, I sent the coach to line up at the carousel. He’s almost there. Do you want to go play?”
The carousel is one of the most popular attractions at night, with a queue of at least half an hour. Anyway, Lu Youshan was still immersed in tactical research and couldn’t come out for a while. As long as he had his phone, he could stand wherever he wanted.
Yu Zhaohan pursed his lips, looking even more rigid than Stone: “Not interested.”
Qi Xian said, “But the coach is already in line. It’s a pity not to go.”
Stone said, “Then I’ll go. I haven’t been on the carousel yet.”
Qi Xian still smiled, but his eyes slowly opened: “Are you sure?”
Stone almost bit his tongue, stammering, “Th-then, should I not go?”
Stone couldn’t figure out why Qi Xian had to open his eyes wide at this moment. What did he do?
After a training match, Lu Youshan looked up and saw Yu Zhaohan’s team. He urged, “Come over here, Shine, it’s all arranged for you.”
“Go ahead, captain.” Qi Xian said, “The whole world is rushing us to grow up, but here, we can always believe in fairy tales.”
So, with a stiff face and under the gaze of his teammates, Yu Zhaohan sat on the carousel he really wanted to ride.
In the evening, there was a flower car parade. They arrived relatively late, and the prime spots were already occupied by the crowd. They could only stand on the outermost edge, where even the dogs would find it unfavorable, and all they could see were people.
Cheese was so anxious that he jumped up and down: “Can’t see anything, can’t see anything—Captain, can you see anything?”
Yu Zhaohan, with great effort to resist jumping, said: “No.”
A low voice sounded behind the two: “I’ll help you.”
Before Yu Zhaohan could turn around, he inexplicably found himself sitting on a large and solid bicep, slowly rising into the air with Cheese.
It was Jiang Di’s left hand carrying him and his right hand carrying Cheese, lifting them steadily.
Sitting on the muscular arm of the burly man, Yu Zhaohan felt the fresh air at the height. Cheese cheered and expressed his inner thoughts, “Damn, I can see it so clearly!”
Stone, with envy in his eyes, said, “I want to go too!”
Jiang Di said, “Sure, you can go with Brother Xian.”
Qi Xian’s smile stiffened, “I’ll pass.”
One of the most anticipated events in Disney is the fireworks show at night. Before the fireworks show began, the area around the castle was already crowded with people.
Yu Zhaohan stood in the crowd, struggling to type a message to Shi Du on WeChat.
[Shine: Shi Du, I feel like I’ve crossed into a parallel world.]
[Timeless: What do you mean?]
[Shine: Everyone seems a bit strange today.]
Yu Zhaohan lowered his head and typed, telling Shi Du about his magical experience. Behind him, Old Tan searched through Weibo, forums, and Tieba, finally concluding, “It seems like no one recognized us today. There’s not even a whisper online.”
“This is a good thing,” Qi Xian said, “Do you want to be recognized?”
Old Tan scratched his head, “That’s true, but I always feel it’s too easy, unbelievable.”
Yu Zhaohan’s “adventure” had been fairly lengthy, and he had barely typed [Qi Xian forced me to ride the carousel] when the first burst of fireworks rose to the night sky, blooming over the dreamy castle.
Tourists screamed and cheered, and Yu Zhaohan, who was staring up into the night sky, was enthralled as well. The fireworks reflected a dazzling and extinguishing light on his face.
He was mesmerized until a hand pinched his ear on top of his head: “You’ve been wearing it all day and you still can’t bear to take it off?”
When he looked at the boy, Yu Zhaohan’s eyes were brighter than when he looked at the fireworks, “Shi Du.”
Shi Du looked down at him and asked, “You’re having so much fun even without your boyfriend around.”
Yu Zhaohan nodded and smiled: “Yes, but it would be even more fun with my boyfriend around.”
Shi Du also smiled. He looked at Yu Zhaohan for a while, and as if he couldn’t bear it anymore, he took off the baseball cap he was wearing and blocked Yu Zhaohan’s face from the side.
At night, when everyone checked into the hotel, a post quickly exploded in the E-sports community.
[Stimulated the heck out of everyone! I saw Timeless and Shine at Disneyland! The two were holding hands, watching fireworks, and Shine even had a bow on his head! There’s evidence with pictures! They seemed to have kissed too. I didn’t capture it, but I really saw Timeless lowering his head towards Shine, and Timeless, that dog little brother, even pretended to hide his face with a hat! Believe me, believe me, ahhhh!]
Once the post was published, the E-sports community practically shook, and R.H had to do overnight public relations.
This time, the one who stepped forward to save the double Cs was the team mom, Xu Lanzhi.
[Cheese: Had so much fun at Disneyland today, forgot to show off the pics, here they are now! PS: The hair accessory on the captain’s head is something I knelt down and begged him to wear.]
[Ah, yes, yes, you knelt down to ask for everything, including my wife and my little brother holding hands tightly.]
[At that time, Xu Lanzhi knelt in front of Timeless and Shine and said: If you don’t hold this hand, kiss this mouth, and go to this bed today, I will die in front of you]
[Cheese: I didn’t, I didn’t… [Humble]]
[Well, that settles it—spread the word, Shine and Timeless are holding hands!]
[Spread the word, Shine and Timeless kissed!]
[Spread the word, Shine and Timeless got into bed!]
[Spread the word, Shine and Timeless got married!]
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