"With the overwhelming result of 3-1, DT beats INF and becomes our 20xx World Champion!"
The caster loudly shouted at the top of his lungs while the crowd was cheering in the background.
The sound was so deafening that the stadium seemed to be heated up by their excitement.
Fu Yue unblinkingly watched as the screen captured DT's players expressing their joy and happiness as they lifted the trophy before switching to show the defeated looks of INF's players who were his teammates.
The aching pain in his left wrist was like a cruel reminder to Fu Yue and the netizen's words were like a seal to the deal of his ruined career.
"I told you to switch out 404 since the beginning of the year or else INF might have a chance to win! See? Now he can't even play because of his so-called injury!"
"If you know that you can no longer play then quit why to bother dragging the team down!"
"Retire!"
"Retire!"
"Retire!"
Fu Yue's right fist clenched the moment his eyes landed on the word 'Retire'.
He knew that this day would come sooner or later and yet… He was still unwilling.
While Fu Yue was feeling frustrated, a call was seen coming through and immediately snapped him back to his sense.
Upon seeing who the caller was, Fu Yue briefly paused before picking up the call after reigning his emotions in.
As he hasn't spoken in a long time his voice became slightly hoarse and dry.
" Coach…"
The person who was referred to as a coach tiredly spoke," We are going back tomorrow early in the morning so why are you telling Xiao Wu to come back from the hospital without you?"
Fu Yue's eyelids slightly lowered as he responded," I want to be alone for a while."
The coach went quiet for a bit before giving a light sigh," Don't listen to those people on the internet, it's not your fault."
Fu Yue issued a faint Mm but was not sure whether he heeded the coach's words or not.
" I will go back to the hotel soon, don't worry."
Done saying this, Fu Yue proceeded to hang up the call before putting his phone away into his coat's pocket.
Knowing that being depressed would not do anything good to him, Fu Yue tiredly pinched the space between his eyebrows as he unconsciously let out a light sigh.
Okay, let's take a short walk and then go back to the hotel.
Done reorganizing his thoughts, Fu Yue began to look around at his surroundings.
For the final, they came to compete in a foreign country. Up until a while ago, Fu Yue was walking aimlessly as he stared at his phone so at this moment, Fu Yue felt a bit lost looking at the huge crowd beside him.
Wanting to go somewhere quieter, Fu Yue walked to the edge of the sidewalk as he silently looked up at the traffic light waiting for the color to change.
However, just as the color remained unchanged Fu Yue suddenly got pushed from behind causing him to stumble forward and ultimately fell onto the road.
Before Fu Yue could even prop himself up from the ground, his eyes were instantly blinded by the headlights as his ears buzzed due to the harsh sound of honking.
The next thing Fu Yue knew was that there was pain all over his body as he flew some distance away from his original spot and it was not long before his consciousness succumbed to darkness amid the crowd's panicked voices.
Fu Yue's eyes sprung open as he took several deep breaths as if he has just forgotten to breathe not long ago. His heart was beating fiercely as if it would jump out of his chest at any given second.
The feeling of being hit by a car was still vivid that it took another few moments for Fu Yue to realize that he was currently lying on a comfortable bed with no pain whatsoever.
Figuring that it might have just been a lucid dream, Fu Yue heaved a sigh in relief.
Thank God, it was just a dream.
His left hand unconsciously went to cover his eyes before freezing mid-way.
Wait— Why doesn't his hand hurt anymore?
At the thought of this, Fu Yue instantly snapped his head to stare at his left hand in amazement. It only then did he notice something was wrong.
These were not his hands…
Fu Yue was practically paralyzed at this discovery. Not to mention his hand's injury which happened some years ago, this pair of hands were a bit smaller and whiter than his.
Realizing something ridiculous, Fu Yue sat up in a panic which caused his long strand of silver hair to slide over his shoulders onto his chest once again causing Fu Yue's eyes to widen in size to be almost the same size as a pigeon egg.
Fu Yue hastily grabbed a handful of those hairs and strongly tugged them thinking that it was a wig but the pain to the scalp shot right through his brain which caused him to be frozen stiff.
Finally, Fu Yue lost his calm and couldn't help but swear out loud,'' What the hell is this?! ''
At his loud voice, the door suddenly opened revealing an unknown man wearing a three-piece suit walking in with a fruit basket in his right hand.
The man was tall and had dark brown hair with unusual red eyes. His appearance was impeccable, everything from head to toe looked incredibly neat and tidy to the point that Fu Yue thought the man was a model walking straight out of the magazine cover.
Due to this unexpected visitor, Fu Yue dumbly stared at the man only to be awoken by his taunting voice.
The man arched an eyebrow at Fu Yue's dumb face as he walked in his direction to put down the fruit basket on the table while commenting,'' Did you become a fool from hitting your head?''
Meanwhile, Fu Yue who finally snapped back to reality immediately looked left and right to see the surroundings.
Only at this did he realize that he was actually in a luxury hospital ward and no one except him and the man were in this room.
In other words, the man was speaking to him.
Fu Yue of course has never seen him before so he confusingly asked,'' Who are you?''
At his question, the man's actions abruptly paused. He quickly turned to look at Fu Yue with a deep frown, '' Stop joking around.''
Hearing this, Fu Yue calmly raised an eyebrow,'' Do you think that I am currently in a mood to make a joke?''
Fu Yue felt like he did not speak anything harshly but after the man heard his words, his calm facade seemed to finally crack which was then replaced by anxiety.
Seeing that his state was really bad, Fu Yue was about to ask out of concern when all of a sudden, the man quickly took out his phone and called someone.
" Dad, come here. Something is wrong with Ah Yue!"
While listening on the sideline, Fu Yue was stunned silly by his operation of calling his father to check on him, a stranger.
Fu Yue asked in bafflement,'' Wait for a second, why are you calling your father?"
At his question, the man's expression became even worse, and after going silent for a while he finally opened his mouth to answer him.
'' I am your big brother.''
His words made Fu Yue became flabbergasted. He was the only child and his parents passed away a long time ago so just as he was about to retort he abruptly realized something.
At the thought of this, Fu Yue hurriedly scurried off the bed as he dashed toward the bathroom.
His sudden action greatly startled the tall man as the latter quickly hurried after him intending to catch him back.
'' You just had IV fluids! Be careful!''
Of course, Fu Yue was nimble and fast so he successfully got into the bathroom and then immediately locked the door.
He hastily turned around and was astonished by the reflection that appeared in the mirror.
The face was 8 points similar to his own but it looked more delicate with a head full of long silver hair falling over his shoulders.
In addition, his eyes were a light violet which made the entire appearance look unreal,l, especially to Fu Yue who was just an Asian with black hair and eyes.
Fu Yue's mouth opened agape but no words came out of his mouth.
H, He got into another person's body?!
'' Ah Yue! Open the door!''
At rapid knockings and urging voices, Fu Yue's reasoning was temporarily brought back to forcibly calm himself down and dealt with the matter at hand.
Quickly finding an excuse, Fu Yue shouted back,'' I suddenly need to go to the toilet, I will be done soon!''
Due to his reply, the knocking abruptly stopped followed by the man's doubtful voice,'' …Really?''
Hearing his voice full of doubts, Fu Yue continued, to bluff, "Otherwise?''
Half believe half worried, the other person reminded,'' Don't run on the slippery tiles in case you trip and fall again, you hear me?!''
Fu Yue first thought that the other person was a strict man but his actions after figuring that there was a problem with him entirely subverted his impression of this self-proclaimed big brother.
Therefore, Fu Yue reassured by speaking in a gentler tone,'' Got it.''
Done dealing with the man, Fu Yue couldn't help but take another closer look at his current appearance.
Looking left and right he couldn't help but muttered,'' I never know that one day, I would comment on myself that I look alluring.''
Fu Yue was not a narcissist but his current looks indeed fit this word.
Was the original a cosplayer?
Done admiring his face, Fu Yue began to think of his current predicament.
Fu Yue was the only child in his family and his parents passed away when he was in middle school, therefore, he already forgot how it felt to have a family.
Since that man was his big brother which meant his father would be coming soon too…
At the thought of this, Fu Yue suddenly became nervous since he did not know how to behave in front of him.
Nevertheless, it was useless to remain here any longer so Fu Yue took a deep breath and prepared himself to go out after he flushed down the toilet.
Fu Yue had just exited the bathroom and was about to say something to his big brother when almost immediately his words got stuck in his throat when he saw that there were three more strangers in the room.
His eyes automatically locked onto two handsome uncles who were worriedly staring back at him.
The taller one had dark brown hair and violet eyes while the shorter one had silver hair and red eyes.
Fu Yue squinted his eyes as he felt like he just grasped something unbelievable but before his thoughts could take form, the silver-haired uncle immediately rushed to him as he quickly scanned him all over.
'' Your big brother said that something is wrong with you, tell Daddy, where are you uncomfortable?''
With this overwhelming concern, Fu Yue's response was a bit slow but he still managed to reply as he retreated backward trying to widen their distance,'' … I am fine.''
The silver-haired man was stunned by his avoidant behavior, his pretty eyes were full of worry as he looked at his son, '' Ah Yue, what's wrong? Why are you avoiding Daddy?''
At this inquiry, Fu Yue was frozen stiff.
Even though he found out that this man was his father, he was still a stranger to him so he instinctively backed away but how could he say this out loud?
Fortunately, the brown-haired uncle who has been silently observing the situation for all this time finally spoke up breaking this awkward situation.
'' Ah Yue, perhaps you don't remember us?''
Fu Yue had already known that the only way for him to go through this weird situation was to pretend to have amnesia so he immediately nodded his head in return.
The brown-haired uncle then proceeded to furrow his brows which in turn reminded Fu Yue of his big brother.
These two seemed to be father and son…
His mind quickly spun, Fu Yue linked all the clues and came to a realization that caused his eyes to light up arousing the rest of the people's attention.
The silver-haired man happily exclaimed,'' Ah Yue, do you remember something?''
Fu Yue with an enlightened face proudly said, '' So you two remarried. Me and him are step brothers!''
Everyone,''...''
The moment his words were blurted out, the room immediately fell into silence to the point that you could hear a pin drop.
Even Fu Yue, himself, timely realized that something was wrong with his words to make these people wear a gobsmack expression like this.
In the end, it was still the brown-haired uncle who was the first to break the ice,'' Ah Yue, we are a pair and only have each other, never having another person.''
After the explanation was given, everyone soon witnessed the young man's change of expression.
Fu Yue who suddenly became utterly confused dumbly voiced out his honest thoughts while scratching the back of his head.
'' Am I adopted then?''
Everyone: "...''