Chapter 21 - Teasing

"Today's game was great. I even see myself as a hero.

"It is teamwork. We are all heroes"

"Where are we going to celebrate our Victory?"

"Immortal restaurant." Wen Ning suggested

"That's one of the good restaurants, luckily, we can afford to eat there." Bao Lei agree

Hezekiah's body suddenly froze when he heard the name of the restaurant.

"Zhou Jiang helped us make a lot of money today. We'll make it up to you at the celebration" Bai Lan said

"I'm not going." Hezekiah answer almost immediately

"Huh? You cannot escape, you must come." Bai Lan insisted

"Jiang, come and have fun, okay?" Su Pang tries to persuade him

"I'll really love to, but I have something important to do," Hezekiah said grumpily as if he saw pleading with them.

Seeing this, Chen Guozhi frowned; "Since Zhou Jiang has something to do, we'll go with him another time."

Hezekiah turned to Chen Guozhi and muttered "Thank you."

In less than a minute, a car came and picked him up.

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The next few days, the Proficient tennis team did not have any special actions. They came to school every day as usual and continued normal practice.

As time passed day by day, Hezekiah and Chen Guozhi's relationship improved quite a bit. But, the affability got stuck at 70, as Chen Guozhi couldn't figure out his feelings for Zhou Jiang.

A lot of things happen just in a week. Li Corroboration, one of the powerful nine companies that rank fifth place in S City was broken down to dust and couldn't be counted as a top company anymore. First, they went bank robbery, and then, they usher most of their materials at 40% off the original price to keep the company going, who would have thought that the more they try the worse the situation becomes. Just like a video game, while the hero is trying his best to save the princess, the bad guy there is also trying his best to make things difficult.

The Li Corroboration accused the Golden Age of being responsible, which was hard to believe, because Golden Age was a new company that started four years ago, even though their business is doing well, they can't be counted among the top nine companies. The Golden Age didn't like to get into business politics so their strengths are unknown. No one has ever seen the boss behind it.

But …

The Li Corroboration said that the only Company they offended these few days is The Golden Age Company. Thus, a lot of people begin to pay attention to the Golden Age. 

Zhou Jiang Dad Zhou Junjie known as CEO Zhou will be coming home today, and his brother that he does not know will also be back today. Even the original owner hadn't seen this brother before. 

According to the information he got, the person who is coming is his older brother. 

It's after school, Hezekiah is practicing alone, thinking about his family situation, suddenly, a voice comes from behind him.

"Who are you playing against?" 

Startled, he almost dropped the racket and the tennis ball hit him in the stomach. He quickly turned off the tennis tutor ball machine. Looking up, he saw a young man around his age, maybe two or three years older.

The boy was still looking at him with such a piercing set of jade eyes. 

'Chen Guozhi. He's finally here.' His mind helpfully supplied 

"You haven't answered yet." Chen Guozhi said

Although Hezekiah is glad that the Male lead is talking to him, he decided not to make it too obvious. 

"Well?" Chen Guozhi prompted. 

Hezekiah glanced at the other side of the net and back at Chen Guozhi again. "Captain, I'm just ~ practicing."

"Can I play then?" Chen Guozhi asked

Hezekiah hesitated, then gave a blinding smile. "If the captain doesn't mind."

Chen Guozhi put his bag down on the side and took out his racket before moving to the other side of the net.

"Show me what you got.  Hope I won't be disappointed. " Chen Guozhi sneered. 

"I'll try my best to entertain the captain," Hezekiah assure

"That's more like it."

… 

"Why are you practicing at this time? Do you plan on going home early today?" Chen Guozhi asked as he hit the ball

"That's right, my Dad and brother will be home today. It's kind of a reunion."

"Ho."

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"Oh no, I almost forgot, I can't go like this." Chen Guozhi just remember that he has somewhere important to go 

"Huh? You need to be somewhere?" Hezekiah asked

"Yea, really quick. And I also need a bath."  Given the fact that he just from practicing, he can't leave like that

"Let's go to my dorm room, you can shower there. Did you bring clothes with you?"

"Yes,"

"That's good."

Hezekiah was in a good mood. 

He was just too happy today, he felt giddy and excited. He couldn't restrain the corner of his mouth from curling. 

… 

Hezekiah sat on the bed as he waited for Chen Guozhi to come out so he could shower. His mom keeps texting him to go.

Not long later, Chen Guozhi came from the bathroom and was still warping his hair. 

Hezekiah turned around and he suddenly froze. 

Wow!

He's so handsome!

I mean, he was good-looking before, but now... wow.

"So ~ any particular reason you were staring at me all shirtless?" Chen Guozhi saw notice Hezekiah stare and tease 

"Oh, I'm sorry." Hezekiah apologized awakened 

"Were you checking me out, Zhou Jiang?" Chen Guozhi continues to ask 

"What? No! Of course not. I  was just daydreaming. " Hezekiah was shocked and immediately denied. 

But Chen Guozhi didn't plan to let him go so easily. "About what?"

"Some new tricks I wanna show Su Pang and Xu Delun tomorrow." Hezekiah lies between his teeth, but his red ear betrays him. 

Seeing Hezekiah being embarrassed, Chen Guozhi wanted to continue teasing him, but given the fact that he has somewhere to go, he decided to let Hezekiah off.