After about five or six seconds of silence, Ke Lei finally realized that something was wrong.

He looked at Luo Wechuan and Yun Xingze standing at the door of the room with some confusion, and felt that there was an awkward atmosphere around them.

Did he say something wrong? Ke Lei couldn’t help thinking.

In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Ke Lei cleared his throat and said humorously: “That “I’m so weak” is probably scared. If he knew that ‘L’ was Dachuan, how would he dare accept the PK request? Right? Haha. ”

Yun Xingze: “…”

Yun Xingze glanced at Ke Lei calmly. Very complicated emotions flashed in his eyes.

Ke Lei continued: “It’s also possible that the guy is using a plug-in, and his strength is not that strong at all. Dachuan, why did you send me to test him? You aren’t interested in him, right? Haha.”

Luo Wenchuan: “…”

Ke Lei: “I’m just joking with you, haha. The one you like is…”

“I think a mouse ran into your room.” Luo Wenchuan suddenly turned his head and pointed to Ke Lei’s door. “Aren’t you going to take a look?”

“What?!” What Ke Lei hated most was mice, and he quickly returned to his room.

Yun Xingze and Luo Wenchuan stared at each other.

When Ke Lei was present just now, Luo Wenchuan didn’t make it clear.

But there was some sort of tacit understanding in both their eyes.

After Ke Lei left, Luo Wenchuan walked into Yun Xingze’s room.

Yun Xingze took a step back, and with a soft click, the door closed.

Yun Xingze couldn’t help swallowing when the two of them finally stood face to face.

“Aren’t you going to explain?” Luo Wenchuan raised his eyebrows, revealing long, narrow eyes with a bit of inquiry.

Even after racking his brains, Yun Xingze didn’t know how to answer, so he simply reversed the question: “What about you, what did Ke Lei mean by ‘testing’, Senior Luo?”

Luo Wenchuan looked at Yun Xingze calmly. After a while he said: “Intuition tells me that the account called “I am so weak” belongs to you.”

Yun Xingze whispered: “Your intuition is too scary…”

Luo Wenchuan stared straight into his eyes and asked, “Why did you hide it from me when I asked you at the time?”

“Actually…” Recalling his various bad behaviors in the game, Yun Xingze suddenly had an idea and thought of a good explanation. “I did cheat. It’s all done by cheaters, and has nothing to do with me.”

Luo Wenchuan made another “oh” sound and asked slowly: “What cheats? They can even provoke people?”

Yun Xingze fell silent for a while, struggling to come up with an explanation. Finally, under Luo Wenchuan’s sharp eyes, he gave up the struggle, broke the jar and said: “Okay, I did it. But I was definitely not malicious.”

Luo Wenchuan looked at him silently, waiting for him to continue.

“I was just afraid that ‘L’ would not PK with me, and I wasn’t sure that ‘L’ was you.” Yun Xingze said sincerely. “You won’t be angry, will you?”

“No.” Luo Wenchuan said succinctly. “Then how did you confirm it later?”

“The next day when I saw that you looked very bad, I confirmed it.” Yun Xingze said.

Luo Wenchuan: “…”

After a moment of silence, Luo Wenchuan asked again: “Then why did you run away after the fight?”

“I’m afraid you will be sad.” Yun Xingze looked at Luo Wenchuan seriously. “I hate crying alphas the most. I did it because I care and want to protect you.”

Luo Wenchuan sneered. “You care about and protect a lot of people. You even ‘cared’ about the other three school teams in the group stage.”

Yun Xingze pretended he didn’t hear Luo Wenchuan’s words.

Yun Xingze’s behavior of running after winning really stimulated many people, and Luo Wenchuan was also very angry at that time.

However, when the culprit stood in front of Luo Wenchuan, there was no anger in his heart.

On the contrary, he felt a little uneasy.

Luo Wenchuan saw the guilt in Yun Xingze’s eyes, so he didn’t continue his line of questioning. Softening, his tone, he asked: “Playing so late at night?”

Yun Xingze was stunned for a while. He never expected Luo Wenchuan to let the matter go so easily.

He thought that an employee who provokes their boss will definitely be fired.

“Mr. Richard said that I don’t have a competitive spirit.” Yun Xingze replied truthfully. “So I want to try PK with you.”

Luo Wenchuan lowered his eyes slightly after hearing the words. A few seconds later, he asked: “When we PK… are you so eager to win.”

Yun Xingze nodded, and with a slightly serious tone, said: “Yes, I really want to defeat you.”

After speaking, he felt that saying so might not be so good, so he scratched his head and added, “I just want to win the PK, Senior Luo. Don’t take it to heart.”

Luo Wenchuan’s eyes stayed on Yun Xingze’s face for a long moment. Duddenly the corner of his lower lip hooked upwards: “What’s the matter. Next time you want to fight, just come find me directly.”

Yun Xingze looked at Luo Wenchuan in a daze, and immediately smiled. “Will do!”

Suddenly, Yun Xingze remembered something else. He looked at Luo Wenchuan and asked, “But there’s something I don’t quite understand. Is the desire to win or lose that important?”

Luo Wenchuan replied without hesitation, “Of course it matters.”

Yun Xingze couldn’t help but ask again, “Then… the state of human-machine integration. Do you have to have a strong competitive spirit to achieve it?”

“That’s right.” Luo Wenchuan replied.

A flash of disappointment flashed in Yun Xingze’s eyes, and he frowned slightly. “But winning or losing the game isn’t that important to me.”

Luo Wenchuan looked at him and lowered his voice: “Don’t you want to win?”

“I just think that,” Yun Xingze’s voice involuntarily softened, “If the opponent is not you, it doesn’t seem interesting to win.”

Luo Wenchuan was stunned.

Yun Xingze’s words surprised him.

However, when he recalled the image of him and Yun Xingze PK-ing in the game, he did have a sense of mutual understanding between masters.

His lips involuntarily twitched.

Yun Xingze raised his eyes, saw Luo Wenchuan smiling, and was stunned.

“It’s an honor to be treated as the only worthy enemy by the notorious “I’m so weak”,” Luo Wenchuan said half-jokingly and half-seriously. “After hearing you speak, I will definitely not lose to you in our next PK.”

Yun Xingze finally reacted. Amused by those words, he couldn’t help refute them. “I’m not at the point of notoriety yet though.”

After a minute, Luo Wenchuan suppressed his smile and his tone became serious. “However, having said that, you must understand one thing. Mechas are weapons for war, and we are soldiers who will use these weapons in the future. If soldiers don’t have the determination to win, how can they maximize the lethality of their weapons?”

Luo Wenchuan rarely spoke such long sentences.

Yun Xingze was stunned when he heard the words. It was a long time before he recovered.

Luo Wenchuan’s words pointed out a crucial fact that Yun Xingze had been ignoring.

He lived in a medical cabin in his last life and had never experienced war. Although he was keen on designing mechas, which improved the survivability of human beings to a certain extent, in the end, mechas are still used in warfare.

No warrior fights a war relying on their love of weapons.

“Of course, we are only participating in a contest now.” Luo Wenchuan paused for a moment before continuing, “Even if you can’t have firm conviction belonging on the battlefield, as long as you have the necessary skills, you can still win.”

Yun Xingze knew that Luo Wenchuan was comforting him and nodded.

But he could see from Luo Wenchuan’s eyes that Luo Wenchuan did not agree with the concept of “relying on love1love of mecha to fight.”

Even if it’s not a battlefield, the cadet arena is equivalent to simulating war.

“As for the state of human-machine integration…” Luo Wenchuan thought about it and said, “I haven’t studied it. It’s just that when you understand the importance of a battle to oneself, you will give everything to your mecha, and that feeling will make you stronger.”

Yun Xingze took a deep breath, feeling that he still had a long way to go.

“Thank you, Senior Dachuan, I understand.” Yun Xingze said.

The two stood at the door for a long time, and Luo Wenchuan told him so much. Yun Xingze felt a little embarrassed, and ran to the freezer to get him a can of drinks and let him sit for a while.

Luo Wenchuan sat on the leather sofa, his eyes fell on the vase on the freezer.

After taking the drink that Yun Xingze took, he opened the can with one hand and casually asked, “Who gave you that bouquet?”

Yun Xingze followed Luo Wenchuan’s line of sight and replied: “Ah, the bouquet was sent by a spectator. I originally forgot it in the waiting room, and Oriel helped bring it back… He said he specially came to watch me fight, so I found a vase to keep it.”

“Really.” Luo Wenchuan took a sip of his drink before standing up and walking to the flowers. His throat rolled. “You shouldn’t accept flowers from strangers.”

“I found someone to look at them. They said that this kind of flower is called Noah flower, and it is a specialty of Noah Star.” Yun Xingze took a can of Coke out for himself. “It should be alright?”

Luo Wenchuan looked at the vase of flowers seriously. After confirming it, he said: “En, it’s an ordinary flower.”

The Noah flower’s fragrance is very light. Drifting in the room, it gave people a sense of relaxation and joy.

“It’s getting late. Next time you want to PK, remember to find me directly.” Luo Wenchuan returned to the sofa. Bending down gently, he reached out and tapped his can to the can in Yun Xingze’s hand, making a soft sound. “I’m leaving.”

After Luo Wenchuan finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the door, his back looking tall and straight.

Yun Xingze was unable to respond for a while, and then he couldn’t help drinking a few sips.

The coke that was touched…

Seems to be sweeter?

 

Gotta love Ke Lei. I think the side characters in this are sometimes more interesting than the main ones. Lu Ranxu with his crow’s mouth and strange upsidedown drinking habits. Kaleb, who reminds me of those fierce looking, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted anime characters. Ashley, the fujioshi, shipping our MC/ML. And then the ugly cat.

And, of course, there’s our beloved bear child, Yun Xingze.

 

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