As a Captain, You Must Be Cold

At the end of the game, the four packed up their equipment and stepped down. Lu Youshan whispered into Yu Zhaohan’s ear as if he was alive after a catastrophe, “Your move with Black Swan was both cunning and risky. Luckily, DSD let their guard down and you managed to take down the support hero. If it hadn’t succeeded, it would have been a disastrous play…”

Yu Zhaohan pretended to be coercive: “There’s no if, I don’t do things that I’m not sure about.”

“That’s right! That’s exactly it!” Lu Youshan exclaimed excitedly, waving his fist. “As long as we can win, we’ll do whatever sneaky tactics it takes!”

At that moment, the official photographer unexpectedly pointed the camera at Yu Zhaohan, forcing Lu Youshan to be in the frame. Old Tan reminded in a low voice, “Old Lu!”

Lu Youshan straightened his chest: “We will definitely win every game with dignity.”

“Coach, you’re saying that,” Qi Xian sighed helplessly, “but we’ve always been winning with dignity.”

He went to the restroom to wash his hands and happened to run into Archer, the long-range player from DSD. The two were no more than acquaintances, so Yu Zhaohan nodded to him.

Archer watched the whole game on the bench today, and complimented politely: “Captain Yu’s shot was truly impressive.”

Yu Zhaohan suppressed the urge to let his mouth curl up in satisfaction. “You’re exaggerating.”

Archer smiled wryly: “I’m afraid I won’t be able to get on the field with this version. DSD doesn’t need a good long-range player when they have a double short-range setup. But I didn’t expect you to be willing to play Virus. In these five matches, the damage gold medal was always with Timeless.”

The skill mechanics of Virus were too strong, so it was only natural for the developers to weaken her damage output. It was considered good to secure a silver damage medal, and there were even two matches where Yu Zhaohan’s damage was lower than Qi Xian’s.

The aloof Captain, who has been exporting gold damage all year, had a slight feeling of unhappiness, but it was only slight.

Yu Zhaohan said: “Want to know? Go and review it yourself.”

Archer choked for a moment and asked again, “So, are you planning to stick with short-range weapons? Are you giving up on long-range?”

“Why can’t I have it all?” Yu Zhaohan replied nonchalantly. “Is it really that difficult to cover all positions and excel with all heroes?”

Archer: “…As expected of Captain Yu.”

After the game, R.H. took the bus back to Shanghai. Cheese took advantage of having just hugged Yu Zhaohan and managed to grab a seat next to him. “Captain, let’s sit together,” Cheese said.

Sitting with Cheese meant several hours of the journey where he couldn’t freely browse his phone. Yu Zhaohan was reluctant, but Cheese had a hopeful look on his face, and he couldn’t bring himself to refuse.

When Shi Du got into the bus, he saw someone already sitting next to Yu Zhaohan. Yu Zhaohan used his eyes to communicate with Shi Du: Help me!

Shi Du looked back at him: Wait.

Shi Du walked towards the two of them: “Cheese, go and sit with Brother Xian.”

Cheese was dissatisfied: “Why?”

Yu Zhaohan looked at his phone nonchalantly, as if he didn’t care who was sitting with him.

Because he is my personally appointed imperial consort, while you are just a consort.

Shi Du said, “I have something to say to the captain.”

Cheese protested, “I have something to say too!”

Shi Du was getting a little annoyed. Not pursuing Cheese’s hug was already him being generous, and now Cheese was trying to take advantage of it too much.

Suddenly, Shi Du smiled and propped up the backrest of the chair, looking down at Cheese. “I really have something to discuss with the captain. Can you do me a favor, Cheese gege?”

Cheese: “…”

Cheese paused. He didn’t want to give up his seat, but the handsome younger brother called him “gege” (older brother).

Cheese muttered, “Fine, you can do whatever you want because you’re handsome,” and swiftly moved to sit next to Qi Xian. He even sighed to Qi Xian, “The angle I just had, it was like a girlfriend’s perspective, right? Damn, Timeless looks so damn handsome from that angle…”

Shi Du sat down beside Yu Zhaohan, and Yu Zhaohan couldn’t stop himself from saying, “We won, so you won’t be scolded by haters.”

Shi Du didn’t expect Yu Zhaohan’s first sentence to be this, and was a little moved: “Did Yuyu fight so hard for me?”

“Of course not, what are you thinking.” Yu Zhaohan said strangely, “I fight like this every game.”

Shi Du showed a smile on his face: “Talking to you is really like a fucking dream. You got hugged by Cheese again today, are you happy?”

“I’m happy, but I prefer it when you hug me,” Yu Zhaohan glanced at Lu Youshan and Jiang Di sitting in the same row as them, making sure their attention wasn’t on them. He tilted his head slightly and leaned briefly on Shi Du’s shoulder, just a fleeting touch. “So next time, you have to be faster than Cheese.”

Shi Du was very happy in his heart, but he said: “How can I be faster than Cheese, he’s so fast.”

Yu Zhaohan encouraged him: “Then you can work hard to become faster?”

Shi Du’s leg lightly bumped against Yu Zhaohan’s side: “Or you can take the initiative to hug me?”

“No, that doesn’t fit Shine’s personality.”

Shi Du then compromised: “Then you can take the initiative in private and treat it as making up for me.”

Yu Zhaohan didn’t even realize he was being played, and he responded expressionlessly, “I can do that.”

Back at the base, the four starters slept like logs. Lu Youshan originally wanted to wake them up for a review session, but Old Tan insisted on giving them a day off, claiming it was at the request of the little boss. Lu Youshan couldn’t let go of his enthusiasm, so he went to “bother” the Academy team and the trainees next door.

Old Tan waited until dinner time to wake up the boys. After dinner, Cheese suggested going out to watch a movie.

“I’m not going.” Shi Du said lazily, “I have the disease of being recognized and photographed every time I go out, so I don’t want the hassle.”

Qi Xian suggested: “Then let’s watch it at the base?”

The base had a big screen, and with the curtains drawn and the lights off, it wasn’t much different from a cinema. There were cola and popcorn in the refrigerator, and Shi Du said he would make his own popcorn. Everyone loved watching the handsome younger brother cook. Yu Zhaohan joined in the fun in the kitchen under the guise of making coffee. He watched as the corn kernels popped under the lid of the pot, the sound providing an unusual sense of relaxation.

After the popcorn was ready, Cheese took it to the living room, and the poorly made coffee was also ready. Yu Zhaohan carried the coffee and walked to the kitchen door, then suddenly stopped.

Shi Du, who was following behind him, asked, “What’s wrong?”

“My shoelace is loose,” Yu Zhaohan still had the coffee in his hand and couldn’t tie his shoelace with just one hand. He looked at Shi Du, signaling him to help.

Shi Du hesitated.

This favor can be done in two ways. First, he can help Yu Zhaohan hold the coffee cup and let him tie it himself; as for the second…

Shi Du was shocked that he would think of the second way, disgusted with himself, and he decisively took the coffee cup from Yu Zhaohan’s hand.

Qi Xian gave a meaningful look and said, “If it were me, I would choose to help Captain tie his shoelaces.”

Shi Du insisted: “You do it, do it now, I’ll take commemorative photos for you.”

Qi Xian calmly said, “Sure, since you said it.”

After speaking, Qi Xian bent down in front of Yu Zhaohan.

Shi Du gritted his teeth and seethed, “You fucker…”

However, Yu Zhaohan didn’t give Qi Xian a chance to act so graciously. It would be more peculiar for a guy to tie another guy’s shoelaces than for a guy to sit on another guy’s lap. He took a step back, distancing himself from Qi Xian, and said, “No need, I’ll do it myself.”

Shi Du secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Everything was set, and the five of them sat in a row on the sofa to watch the movie. Little Kneeling was also let out, running around the living room and finally squatting on Jiang Di’s legs, making the usually aloof team captain jealous.

Cheese selected the movie, a romantic comedy that left everyone in a cheerful mood, the kind that made you want to fall in love. Cheese laughed so hard that he leaned from Qi Xian’s body to Jiang Di’s, but Jiang Di just gave him a gentle glance, and he obediently leaned back onto Qi Xian.

Jiang Di silently watched Cheese, then suddenly leaned towards him, startling Cheese, who frantically moved backward, hiding behind Qi Xian, and exclaimed, “Don’t come near me! Don’t you know your own weight? I can’t handle it! Ahhhh!”

Yu Zhaohan had excellent control over his ability to hold back laughter. Under normal circumstances, he would never laugh in front of his teammates unless he couldn’t help it.

A few seconds later, Shi Du’s phone vibrated.

[Shine: Hahahahahahaha]

[Timeless: .]

Qi Xian was caught between the team’s biggest and smallest members, and he was in a dilemma., “Okay, okay, don’t you guys want to watch the kiss scenes of the female and male leads?”

Only then did Yu Zhaohan notice that the movie had reached its climax. The male and female leads sat on the bed facing each other, the female protagonist closed her eyes shyly, and the male protagonist fixed the back of her head, closing his eyes as he leaned in.

The camera gradually zoomed in, giving a close-up shot of their lips.

The atmosphere in the living room instantly became strange.

Cheese sat up straight and kept stuffing popcorn into his mouth; Yu Zhaohan drank his coffee with eyes downcast, his long eyelashes trembling slightly; Shi Du lowered his head to play with his mobile phone with a calm face; Little kneeling ears covered its eyes.

“What’s wrong with all of you? Why are you all so stiff?” Qi Xian suddenly realized what was going on and grinned, “Oh, oh, are our innocent little virgins feeling embarrassed?”

The virgins: “…”

Qi Xian watched with great interest, even transforming into a film critic, making an important remark about the kissing technique of the main characters, “The male lead’s kissing technique is a bit average. The angle of tilting his head is too large, which isn’t good for the neck. Remember not to do this in the future, not only will you exhaust yourselves, but it’s also uncomfortable for the girl.”

The virgins were doing their own things tacitly, and no one said a word. Yu Zhaohan didn’t understand all this, but he didn’t want Qi Xian to appear more mature than him. He might not know how to evaluate a kiss, but as long as he applied the principles of pretending to be coercive, nothing would be a problem.

So, Yu Zhaohan said: “Qi Xian is right.”

His teammates all looked at him.

“This kiss is gentle and delicate at first glance, but it has a rough and irritating side when you look closely.” Yu Zhaohan said calmly, “In short, there is still room for improvement.”

Cheese was so surprised that he dropped the popcorn in his hand: “Captain, you understand so well!”

Shi Du: “.”

He didn’t know shit.

Qi Xian smiled and asked, “Captain, in your opinion, where can it be improved?”

Yu Zhaohan replied, “We can preserve the delicate aspect while subtly expressing the rough side of that foundation.”

Shi Du: “Yeah, yeah.”

The male and female leads kissed for a full minute before finally separating. The boys regained their focus and looked at the screen again, but they didn’t expect the next scene to show the male lead pinning the female lead to the bed and attempting to undo her clothes with one hand.

Everyone: …That’s enough, let’s leave.

By the time Old Tan walked in with a delivery, they were already in the training room, starting their practice.

“The movie finished so quickly?”

Cheese avoided eye contact, saying, “Training is more fun than watching a movie.”

“If Old Lu heard you say that, he’d be moved to tears,” Old Tan used brute force to open the delivery box, “Shine, come over and take a look at this.”

“What.”

“Your chibi standee.”

Yu Zhaohan was slightly startled: “My…”

As soon as Old Tan finished speaking, four big men appeared behind him.

Qi Xian said, “Let me see it quickly.”

Cheese exclaimed, “Holy shit, it’s the captain in the pink team uniform, holding a golden sniper rifle!”

Jiang Di: “…”

Shi Du: “Name your price, quickly.”

The group crowded together, leaving the real Yu Zhaohan excluded, his exquisitely weary face concealing confusion and bewilderment.

“Don’t touch it! It’s a limited edition, there are only a few of them!” Old Tan carefully held the standee as if holding a treasure, “It’s the latest creative merchandise from the operations team, prepared as a fan gift to be given out on Shine’s birthday.”

Cheese’s eyes lit up: “How can I get it!”

“The current plan set by the operations team is as follows: Go to any game venue, find an empty space, shout the R.H slogan ‘Rebirth from the ashes, Immortal Heroes’ three times, record it, post it on Weibo and tag the official R.H account. By doing so, you’ll receive one limited edition Shine chibi standee. Quantities are limited, first come, first served!”

Cheese:”…”

Jiang Di: “…”

Qi Xian: “…”

Shi Du: “…”