Although Yu Mo was a veteran in the e-sports industry, leading the team to compete in world championships, in reality, he was only in his twenties and not that laid-back.
He was genuinely provoked by Lin Meng.
Lin Siting had caught a ride on his car and couldn’t contain her joy. Initially, she tried to sit in the front passenger seat, but Yu Mo said, "The seat belt is broken," and forced her to the back seat. Undeterred, she tried to strike up a conversation with him, but Yu Mo completely ignored her.
As he approached the nearest crossroads to Lin's home, Lin Siting said, "My home is in the community ahead."
Yu Mo's eyes sparkled, and he asked, "Does Lin Meng live with you?"
This was the first time Yu Mo had initiated a conversation since getting in the car. Lin Siting didn't dare to be disrespectful and quickly replied, "Yes." Realizing this was a rare opportunity for communication, she added, "Lin Meng is an orphan, and she's supported by my parents. Before they took care of her, she lived completely wild."
Yu Mo asked, "When did your parents start supporting her?"
"About two years ago," she replied.
Two years ago?
Exactly when Lin Meng was expelled.
"What happened to her parents?" Yu Mo's voice contained a barely perceptible hoarse quality.
"Oh, her parents were in a plane crash," Lin Siting said casually. "You know? Her parents had returned from studying abroad, deeply influenced by Western ideas. They liked living a child-free life, and when she was conceived it was an accident. By the time they discovered the pregnancy, it was too late, and they felt like she was unnecessary. So, when her parents were alive, they didn't really take care of her. Otherwise, how could she have lived so freely?"
Yu Mo grew increasingly restless.
"The car ahead isn't good for turning," he said. "You can get off here."
"What?" Lin Siting seemed a bit reluctant but refrained from saying anything more and got off the car.
As the door closed, Yu Mo decisively turned the steering wheel.
The Porsche sped away.
Yu Mo's brow furrowed and the shadows gathered on his face.
It seems that Lin Meng is not doing well.
Before she started her career, and even more so after starting it.
Her own cousin doesn't treat her like family at all, and it seems the whole Lin family is the same.
But even so, she is unwilling to pursue a career, why? What reasons make her so resistant?
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Yu Mo opened the door and Ji Yan actually ran out with bright eyes to greet him.
He, slightly weary, changed into slippers and entered, while Ji Yan was standing at the door looking outside.
"What are you looking at?" Yu Mo was puzzled.
"Where's that little girl?" Ji Yan said, "Didn't she go out with you?"
Yu Mo made a sound from his nose, walked to the refrigerator, and took out a bottle of yogurt.
"Answer my question." Ji Yan said with her arms crossed, "Don't drink cold drinks in the middle of the night, leave it out for a while before drinking it."
Yu Mo helplessly put down what he had in his hand, still silent.
Ji Yan said, "Do you care about sending but not picking up? A girl outside alone at this time is very dangerous, and she is so pretty. What if she gets abducted by human traffickers! Oh my! How can I have a son like you without gentlemanly manners!"
Yu Mo lifted his eyelids, "Yefeng from the SN team is with her, you don't need to worry about it."
Ji Yan widened her eyes, "Why did the girl you took out run off with another team?"
Yu Mo replied, "How would I know." He sneered, "Maybe she thinks Yefeng is a nice person."
"A nice person?"
Yu Mo forcefully unscrewed the yogurt lid, "Good-looking, kind, and younger than me."
Ji Yan said, "Someone's jealous."
Yu Mo said, "No."
Ji Yan said, "Yes, you are." She waved the embroidered edge of her coat and said with a lot of charm, "A woman's intuition."
Yu Mo looked at her for two seconds, then finished the nearly warm yogurt in one gulp, "Have you been watching too many TV dramas?"
After saying this, he turned and went back to the bedroom.
Ji Yan leaned on the table and watched him return to the room, grunting softly, "Defensive when embarrassed."
Yu Mo took a shower and sat on the edge of the bed, hesitating whether to message Yefeng to ask if Lin Meng had returned. When he opened his phone, he found a message:
DDDoc: 【Nothing lasts forever!】
E_Silence: 【?】
E_Silence: 【Duet time?】
DDDoc: 【...】
DDDoc: 【Get lost!】
DDDoc: 【I want to tell you! Don't think your halo can permanently blind the eyes of a young girl!】
E_Silence: 【Are you crazy】
E_Silence: 【Can't understand what you're saying, going to sleep.】
Throwing Doctor, this noisy second-year high school student, into the blacklist, Yu Mo fell asleep, but only after a few hours, he had a dream.
In the dream, Lin Meng tightly grasped his arm, calling him "Captain" with a whiny voice.
The stubborn appearance of a girl who seemed to want to cry made him soft-hearted, and at the same time, a strange feeling was also brewing and growing.
He tried his best to restrain himself in the dream, his breathing became rapid, as if he was caught between two extremes of ice and fire, at the critical point where he felt he couldn't control what he wanted to do to the girl, a deafening noise came from outside the door.
Ji Yan's scream echoed throughout the mansion: "Son! Yu Mo! The toaster exploded!! What do we do?! Ahh!"
Yu Mo was awakened, sitting up in the bed like a corpse, his heart beating wildly like a drum. He glanced at the clock, it was a quarter past six in the morning.
In the kitchen, Mrs. Ji took a basin to receive water from the kettle, ready to pour it onto the toaster, but Yu Mo stopped her in time.
"Be careful of electric shock!"
"But it's sparking!" Mrs. Ji, lacking common sense, whined.
Yu Mo preemptively turned off the main switch and, fortunately, the power was already cut off in the house. He quickly went over to check the charred toaster and then went to the storeroom to get a toolbox.
"You step aside." He waved his hand to Ji Yan, "I'll handle it."
Ji Yan trembled and sat down at the table, stroking her chest, "Just be careful!"
The tool collided with a "clang" sound, and Ji Yan watched her son repair the electrical circuit from a distance, always looking so handsome.
"My son is so considerate, how could he not win over a girl?" she whispered, then shouted, "Yu Mo!"
Yu Mo: "Hmm?"
"Don't be self-deprecating! You can do it! Lad!" Ji Yan said.
Yu Mo: "......"
Feeling drunk.
His mother was like a legendary princess, doted on by her husband when she was young, and now doted on by both her husband and son as she aged. That's why even at her age, she still had the heart of a young girl, quite capricious. After changing the fuse, Yu Mo stood up straight and washed his hands by the pool as he said, "Why are you fussing so early in the morning?"
"I thought of making yogurt toast for you because you seemed in a bad mood," Ji Yan said, biting her fingernail, "but it doesn't seem like the tutorial."
"...I'm not in a bad mood," Yu Mo said.
After washing his hands, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly returned to the bedroom, locking the door and lifting the covers.
"Ah, really..."
Looking at some indescribable stains on the bed, he frustratedly scratched his head, then took off the sheets to wash in the bathroom.
In the middle of it, he received a call from Ye Feng.
"What exactly is your relationship with LEMON?" Ye Feng asked straight away.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Mo responded truthfully: "She was my substitute in Kars."
Ye Feng had a good relationship with Yu Mo, and he pretty much knew about Yu Mo's experiences in Kars. He had also heard rumors about this substitute, but he didn't expect it to be Lin Meng.
"No wonder," Ye Feng mumbled, "no wonder..."
"No wonder what?"
"She didn't agree to join SN," Ye Feng said, "and even told me not to tell you. It's like stabbing me in the heart twice."
Yu Mo pondered, "May I ask what the second stab is?"
Ye Feng grimly said, "Are you asking seriously?"
Yu Mo: "Seriously seeking advice."
After a moment of silence, Ye Feng marveled at Yu Mo's reflexes, "You didn't realize she likes you?"
Yu Mo accompanied Mrs. Ji for lunch and then drove back to the base. While waiting at the traffic lights, he remembered Ye Feng's soul-stirring question.
"You didn’t realize she likes you?"
Combining Doctor's and Mrs. Ji's reactions from yesterday, it seemed like the whole world, except for Yu Mo himself, had discovered this earth-shattering secret.
Yu Mo tapped the steering wheel with his finger, utterly confused.
Three years ago, he found Lin Meng at a certain dark internet cafe.
At that time, Lin Meng was sixteen, with a short cherry-like hairstyle and wearing camouflage pants. She was so capable and cool that she was easily beating a row of high school boys in the internet cafe at the match.
Yu Mo was sitting at the next table, listening to the bickering teenagers on both sides about the outcome of the game. Suddenly, Lin Meng's sarcastic remark enraged the other side, and the high school students, several years her senior, immediately rushed over with bottles.
The young girl didn't show a hint of fear. With a swift move, she jumped out of the internet cafe, like a nimble rabbit. Yu Mo couldn't help but marvel at the ways of society he was so aware of. He thought that this little girl must have been roaming the streets for a long time, honing her skills, which was why she...
Then Lin Meng performed a perfectly standard flat fall on the opposite side of the road, landing flat on the ground.
This sudden turn left Yu Mo dumbfounded. His first reaction was that it was a trick, but seeing the girl lying there without getting up for a while, he realized that it was a genuine fall and a pretty bad one at that.
Seeing Lin Meng about to be attacked, Yu Mo had to step in to save her. He had to work hard to settle the situation for her until he walked across the street to help her up. She remained quite calm throughout, other than a sigh of relief, and she even shamelessly asked him if he could lend her money to buy a bottle of milk...
After joining Kars, Lin Meng did indeed stick to him a lot. Yet, Yu Mo always thought that Lin Meng saw him as an idol or even a goal to pursue, because she would come to him every day with a bunch of questions about BOD, and they were all quite profound.
At that time, Yu Mo was solely focused on conquering the world championship battlefield. He was both pleased and pitying toward Lin Meng, and he never thought in any other direction.
Likings?
What does a 16-year-old kid know about liking?
Yu Mo stopped the car on the side of the road, slightly widening his eyes.
Could it be that Lin Meng's grudge wasn't because she was expelled?
Then what could it be?
Why didn't you calculate in your heart? →→
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