Chapter 371: Pre-season

After a formal handshake with the defeated Frenzy Lamb, the crowd in the viewing pool dispersed, although they hadn't had enough of the spectacle.

In the crowd, Hearts, sitting lazily in the viewing pool, propped up with one hand on her jaw, looks at Bai Liu's face as he communicates with the gods, and then falls back to Spades, who is staring at Bai Liu's side without moving, her curled eyelashes falling, her red lips suddenly curling.

"I know what Spades' weakness is."

Qi Yifang, who had gotten up next to her and was about to leave, jerked her face up, "What is it?"

Hearts did not reply to Qi Yifang's words, but her eyes fell lovingly on the side of Bai Liu's face, who seemed to notice Hearts' gaze, turned to her and smiled as she politely raised her hand in a curtsy of thanks to Hearts.

It seems that they should have known about the tens of millions of points that Hearts dropped on themselves earlier.

Hearts stood up gracefully, lowering the brim of his hat and waving a hand back at Bai Liu before turning away, a smirk becoming apparent on his face, "Adjust our tactics for the Slayer sequence, I'll be targeting Spades next time we face off."

Qi Yifang looked more and more confused, "But Empress, haven't your skills always been useless against Spades? He seems to be able to see through all your disguises, and the tactics developed for this confrontation were specifically designed to allow you to avoid facing Spades alone."

"That's how it was." Hearts strode on high heels towards the empty ornamental pool, her shapely figure shifting, her shoulders widening, her long skirt becoming suit trousers and a white shirt, the shirt tucked into her waist, tightening it out, shortening her height slightly, her curly red wavy hair becoming a Little Ma tail tied casually at the back of her head, sweeping back and forth across her pale neck.

Hearts turned into Bai Liu within minutes, and she, or he, smiled and looked sideways at Qi Yifang with a leather-gloved, clenched white bone whip: "But Spades is in love with someone."

"Those who possess lust are invisible to me." Hearts, or Hearts with Bai Liu's face, smiled a dazzling smile, raised his eyes to Qi Yifang's face and whispered in his ear, "Including you, my team member."

Qi Yifang was so stunned by Hearts' on-the-spot transformation that he became dumbfounded, staring dumbly at the [Bai Liu], who had become even more lustful, and felt his heart pounding at that smile, stuttering, "Emperor, Empress!"

Hearts reached out and gently patted Qi Yifang's face, smiling lightly as he stepped forward, "A friendly suggestion, best not to look at [Bai Liu] like that in front of Spades."

Qi Yifang slapped his face dizzily and clenched his fist three times [I'm not gay] before following Hearts.

He had just been so taken by [Bai Liu's] smile that he hadn't yet reacted to who Hearts had said Spades liked, and was still foolishly and nervously asking after him, "Emperor, Empress, it doesn't hurt you that Spades has someone he likes, does it?"

Hearts gave him a sidelong glance, a smile on his lips, "Why should I be sad?"

Qi Yifang was stunned, almost confused by the logic of the rhetorical question.

You like Spades, Spades likes someone else, shouldn't you be sad?

Seeming to see the confusion on Qi Yifang's face, Hearts withdrew his gaze and smiled, "What a gullible little boy, you don't think I really like any man just because I say I like him, do you?"

Qi Yifang was dumbfounded and stuttered back, "I'm, I'm almost twenty-six, I'm not some little boy anymore ......"

"Oh, is that so? " Hearts nodded understandingly, reaching up to undo the two buttons on her chest as she spoke, smoothing out the ponytail at the back of her head, ruffling it and then tossing it from side to side.

Beneath his long, half-wet, scattered hair, Bai Liu's always handsome, calm face was hidden, a large area of his white chest was visible beneath his shirt, as if someone had just stripped it.

Qi Yifang's mind went blank for a moment.

Hearts eyes sagged for a second before lifting again as she straightened her body and stepped forward, her voice laced with Buming's obvious teasing, "Get your reaction under control before you come in front of me and say you're not a schoolboy."

Qi Yifang's face turned red from the base of her neck, and she stood still in a state of shock.

If anyone had passed by Qi Yifang at this time, they would have heard the King's Guild's powerful rookie player muttering to himself with his eyes glazed over.

"I'm not gay am I, am I gay or not ......"

" Bai Liu is so pretty ......"

Bai Liu, still unaware that someone was deliriously complimenting himself on his good looks, politely shook hands with the crowd of the killer sequence to say goodbye, but this handshake goodbye interlude went on halfway through and went nowhere.

Bai Liu looked down at Spades, who had a firm grip on his hand and no emotion on his face.

The Reverse God next to him coughed loudly with his fists clenched: "I've come out to watch Bai Liu's match today, and after such a long delay, it's almost time to go back!"

Bai Yi darted in to join the fake coughing party: "There's still a lot of training left to do, don't you think so, Spades!"

Bai Jiamu puts his hands in his pockets and looks away, pretending he's not on the same team as the Spades who are clutching at Captain Fang's tactician.

Liao Ke looked on with tears and laughter at the group and apologised helplessly to Bai Liu as an elder: "Please take it easy on President Bai, our team's Spades is a bit of a stickler sometimes and we can't figure out what he wants to do."

After all the red faces and white faces had been played, none of them came forward to separate Bai Liu and Spades, as if they hadn't seen them.

Muke and Mu Sicheng both frowned at the sight.

What was the point of this killer sequence, to let Spades provoke them by holding Bai Liu's hand so hard?

Yes, that's right, Mu Sicheng and Muke, who had never seen Bai Liu and Spades together, had no hesitation in considering such a firm handshake as a provocation.

And Tang Erda and Liu Jiayi, who know something about it ......

Liu Jiayi removes his goggles and, without expression, begins to pretend to be blind.

And Tang Erda looked at the two men who had held hands for so long, raising them countless times to speak.

What about separating it ...... feels like something is wrong, but what about not separating it ...... feels like something is still not right.

Captain Tang, who has never been so torn in his life, empathises with Bai Liu and Spades as they are caught in a whirlwind of emotional choices.

Bai Liu lifted his eyes and spoke calmly, "Let go and then we'll talk about what you want to talk to me about."

Spades paused for a moment and let go of his hand.

"You guys go back first." Bai Liu turned his head and greeted Wang Shun and the others, " Wang Shun, prepare the debriefing report for the next league game, first with Liu Jiayi and the others, I'll be back later."

Wang Shun nodded, "Yes President."

Muke and Mu Sicheng didn't really want to go but were dragged away by Tang Erda and Liu Jiayi.

Seeing Bai Liu's relief, the Reverse God finally breathed a long sigh of relief and bowed to Bai Liu with folded hands, "Greatly compassionate President Bai, please have a good chat with us about Spades, on behalf of all the members of the assassin sequence, I am grateful for your great kindness."

After saying this, the gods dragged Bai Yi, who had his neck stretched out to read the gossip, out of the scene as quickly as possible.

Spades and Bai Liu were the only two people left in the empty ornamental pool.

Spades stares straight at Bai Liu: "Why are you avoiding me?"

"So why do you mind so much if I avoid you?" Bai Liu shot the question back at Spades with an understatement.

Bai Liu looked straight at Spades, his eyes calm and cold, as if he had never been moved by the man in front of him, "We've only met twice in the game pool, is it weird that I'm hiding from a stranger who's been chasing me?"

Spades fell silent, his back straightened, his hand clenched on the whip at his side, and his voice was low as he asked.

"Would ...... strangers grab someone's hand on their first meeting?"

"I can feel it, you don't hate me."

Bai Liu was quiet for a moment, and he spoke slowly, "I do find it hard to hate your face."

Bai Yi, who had been dragged out of the viewing pool, finally reluctantly withdrew his gossipy gaze and looked back at the Reverse God next to him, elbowing him, "Eh, is it okay for you to just dump Spades on Bai Liu like that?"

" Spades is a complete blank sheet of paper when it comes to relationships, and no matter how you look at it, he's the one that Bai Liu is playing around with."

Bai Yi reminisces and shakes his head, "You see, at the edge of the forest Spades was so charmed by Bai Liu that he couldn't tell the difference between four and five, but in the end Bai Liu just used him, and after he got out he was still so nostalgic."

Bai Yi sighs as he strokes his face sadly: "What is the world coming to, when good boys like me and Spades are being cheated by bad men and women who don't know how to appreciate them?"

Bai Jiamu was beside himself with goosebumps of disgust: "How big of a face do you have to have to compare Spades to you."

"I do think Bai Yi has a good point." The Reverse God looked calmly in the direction of the ornamental pool, "If Bai Liu had calmed down and looked at his thoughts rationally, I do wonder if he would have cherished Spades."

"It's not Spades he wants."

Bai Jiamu and Bai Yi were both stunned.

Bai Yi was a bit flustered: "Hey, what does it mean if you don't want Spades? Bai Liu looked a bit attached to Spades in the forest, it can't be ......"

The Reverse God looked calmly at Bai Yi: "Well, it's what you think."

"Shit!" Bai Yi jumped up and down in disbelief, "Spades know what?! You just threw Spades at Bai Liu like that ?!"

The Reverse God retracted his gaze betting on the viewing pool, "...... By now Spades should know."

Bai Liu slowly looked straight at Spades as he spoke in one word, "Because the person I liked a long time ago looked exactly like you."

"He's dead, so it's hard for me to hate someone who looks just like him and is still getting close to me."

Bai Liu stepped forward, his hand raised to caress Spades' face, but his eyes were devoid of emotion: "Because I'll be hard pressed to find such a nice souvenir."