Playing Fish Trapped in the Secret Room
Book 2: You’re Beautiful
Chapter 23
The round of sixteen went through smoothly .
Dt and Inin both won their games in the morning .
After a short break, the quarterfinals began .
The round of sixteen still had some players from other countries, but the quarterfinals was a battleground for the Koreans . Except for Dt and Inin belonging to Chinese clubs, only one player from America was still competing .
“I finally know how it feels for foreigners to compete in Ping-Pong and diving with Chinese athletes . ” Ai Qing unscrewed a bottle of water and passed it to
Inin with a smile . “Are you under a lot of pressure?”
Inin had a worried frown . He drank a few mouthfuls of water: “Yes . ”
“What’s there to be pressured about . ” Ai Qing laughed . She brought the ice cold mineral water bottle to his forehead . “It is just a competition . Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose . We aren’t here representing a country . We belong to clubs . No need to put pressure on yourself . ”
Apparently, their talk had little effect .
Before Inin walked out to the stage, Ai Qing
Qing pulled his arm and dragged him into a big hug . She switched to a different method to motivate him . “Inin, me, your jiejie’s bonus for the next half year all depends on you now . ”
The fifteen years old young boy was as tall as her . His face turned instantly red with the hug .
He kept hastily nodding: “I definitely will win! Definitely!”
The onlookers, Gun and Grunt, couldn’t help raising their eyebrows after they saw this scene . It was so scary . Why was SP’s manager behaving like a nanny now, having to act like an understanding elder sister
elder sister to counsel others .
Dt took his club’s black jacket and wore it over his long sleeves T shirt . The lights on stage began to dim as he put it on .
As Dt walked pass Ai Qing, he glanced at Inin . The young boy abruptly came out from Ai Qing’s hug . His expression begged for mercy: I was forced to do it, I absolutely didn’t take your girl . He then waddled with a flushed face onto the stage .
The eight pairs of computers were set back to back with empty chairs in front of each computer .
Except the .
Except the one American arriving from the rest area on the opposite side, the others all came from the Chinese and Korean rest areas .
The Korean players all looked quite relaxed . Players from several clubs walked together like how they practiced back home . This was… . . . the atmosphere of the strongest country of StarCraft . Perhaps, when players were playing with their own people in the competition, they didn’t feel nervous at all .
She sighed and prayed silently .
She hoped that