E-Sports Boss Wants To Post Messages With New Players Every Day Chapter 80

Extra Story One: Side Couple Alert!! Li Huanbin x Shen Xiao (Complete)

9.

Despite his words, the moment Shen Xiao saw the three dishes and one soup on the table, all of them fragrant and appealing, he couldn’t stay angry.

Li Huanbin pulled out a chair for him, then sat down across from him first, smiling. “Come, sit.”

Shen Xiao sat down as instructed, picked up his chopsticks, and looked at the steaming white rice in the bowl. “I remember there wasn’t a rice cooker in this room.”

“Mhm, I found a supermarket on the way and bought one temporarily, which is why it took a little longer.” Li Huanbin smiled. “Didn’t you want to eat rice? Although you can cook it in other pots, the texture is always a bit off.”

A warmth surged in Shen Xiao’s chest. He was indeed hungry, so he stopped being polite and lowered his head, eating heartily.

Li Huanbin occasionally sent him pictures of the meals he cooked. Shen Xiao could see but not taste them, and he had secretly wondered if they only looked good but tasted bad.

Now that he was actually eating it, he realized it was truly delicious in every way. He had been craving good food for days, and finally getting what he wanted, and something so much to his liking, he buried his head and devoured everything on the table, including the dishes and the soup, in no time.

After finishing his meal and wiping his mouth, Shen Xiao belatedly remembered that Li Huanbin might not have eaten either. He said awkwardly, “Um… are you hungry? How about I treat you to some French cuisine?”

Li Huanbin chuckled. “I ate on the plane. Are you full?”

“I’m full.” The well-fed Shen Xiao was now like a satisfied kitten, losing his usual vigilance and bristliness, becoming docile and cute. He consciously stood up to clear the dishes and quickly washed them.

Li Huanbin sat at the table, showing no intention of helping. He knew his limits; given Shen Xiao’s temper, and the fact that they were both Alphas, being too overly attentive would be counterproductive. This mutual effort—you cook, I wash the dishes—was the best dynamic.

Shen Xiao finished washing the dishes and put everything back in the cabinet. When he turned around, he saw Li Huanbin sitting at the table, resting his chin on his hand and smiling at him. He suddenly realized the man was still wearing a bathrobe and instinctively looked away. “Why haven’t you changed your clothes yet!”

“Why should I change?” Li Huanbin stood up unhurriedly, stating matter-of-factly, “I’m used to wearing this at home.”

Is this your home!

Shen Xiao tilted his head, feeling inexplicably unable to look directly at Li Huanbin. But even though his eyes were averted, his mind was filled with the fleeting glimpse of the man’s chest he had just seen. His head felt hot, and in a daze, he smelled the faint scent of orange in the air again.

Li Huanbin watched with interest as the young man’s ears grew redder. He carefully controlled the spread of his Pheromone in the air, afraid of making Shen Xiao uncomfortable, yet also worried that Shen Xiao wouldn’t notice it.

Like a hunter approaching his prey, he walked closer step by step. Shen Xiao seemed to realize something and instinctively backed away until his back hit the wall, finally ending their little game of advance and retreat.

The situation was strikingly similar to their encounter in the emergency stairwell a while ago.

Shen Xiao inexplicably tensed the muscles in his lower back and swallowed. This time, Li Huanbin didn’t unromantically change the subject. He raised his hand and gently wrapped his arms around the Alpha youth’s waist, pulling him into an embrace.

“Shen Xiao,” Li Huanbin tilted his head, his lips almost touching Shen Xiao’s ear. “Do you know why I came to find you?”

Shen Xiao felt the hot breath by his ear wasn’t just blowing on his auricle, but on his heart. The man’s voice was deliberately lowered, his tone ambiguous and tender, sounding less like a question and more like an enticement for him to speak the answer himself.

Even at this moment, Li Huanbin looked so effortlessly in control.

Damn it!

Shen Xiao’s stubborn temper flared up. With a determined heart, he grabbed Li Huanbin’s collar with both hands, pulled him down, and kissed him straight on the lips.

His movements were rough and he lacked kissing experience. This reckless action was more like a collision than a “kiss.”

Li Huanbin hissed lightly, licked his bruised lip corner, and smiled helplessly. “Can’t you be a little gentler?”

The previous action had used up all of Shen Xiao’s courage. Hearing this, he flushed crimson and retorted angrily, “That was my first kiss! How good could your first kiss have been?”

Li Huanbin narrowed his eyes, a complex emotion flashing in them. “First kiss?”

“Yeah! Why… mmph…”

Before Shen Xiao could flare up, Li Huanbin lowered his head slightly and kissed him again.

Shen Xiao couldn’t refuse, and… didn’t want to refuse.

When Li Huanbin finally released him mercifully, Shen Xiao was red-faced and short of breath.

Li Huanbin was delighted and didn’t hide it, smiling with curved eyes as he looked at Shen Xiao. “How was it? My first kiss wasn’t bad, right?”

Shen Xiao was thoroughly kissed into a daze, but he still managed to be stubborn. “It… it was just okay.”

Li Huanbin let out a muffled laugh, looking at the bright-eyed Alpha youth before him. Unable to resist, he kissed him again.

The two had just confessed their feelings and were each other’s first love. They lingered affectionately in the room for a while before reluctantly separating.

Li Huanbin hadn’t changed out of his bathrobe earlier just to tease Shen Xiao. Now that his goal was achieved, he changed his clothes and went downstairs to the lobby to check into the suite closest to Shen Xiao’s room.

Shen Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He really thought Li Huanbin planned to stay in the same room as him. Although he genuinely liked Li Huanbin, he wasn’t ready for the kind of intimacy between two Alphas.

That evening, as soon as Li Huanbin left with his suitcase, Shen Xiao picked up his phone and started searching.

[How to eliminate Pheromone conflict between Alphas]

[What preparations are needed for A and A relationships]

…

In the World Championship group stage, TWG was in Group A, along with strong teams from other regions like QTG and MYC, all of whom had achieved good results in past World Championships. This group was jokingly called the “Group of Death” online.

There were four groups, with four qualification slots per group, which seemed quite generous. However, as time progressed, the understanding of the World Championship patch evolved. TWG was unfamiliar with the pace of teams from other regions. After two missteps, they managed to scrape through to the knockout stage with a third-place finish.

In the past, Shen Xiao would have been the most impulsive, made the most mistakes, and received the most scolding in such situations. But things were different now; compared to the other positions on the team, his performance was surprisingly the best.

In some cases, his handling of the situation was even better than Xie Wei’s.

Yu Guangzhou was relieved but also suspicious. After praising Shen Xiao’s detailed play during the review, he asked suspiciously, “What’s gotten into you lately? Are you on a power trip?”

Shen Xiao choked, feeling the injustice of an underachiever performing exceptionally well only to be questioned. “…This is my normal skill level!”

“Very good,” Yu Guangzhou nodded. “It would be even better if you maintain this momentum through the knockout stage.”

Shen Xiao was full of confidence. “Does that even need to be said? Of course, I will!”

After becoming lovers with Li Huanbin, the already boundless indulgence became even more unrestrained. Not only were his three meals a day taken care of, but Li Huanbin also provided one-on-one coaching during training. When he was tired, there was a massage service; when he was thirsty, there was water, along with fruits and snacks…

Shen Xiao felt that although he wasn’t in heaven, he wasn’t far from it. If this continued for years, he would definitely be spoiled into a useless person by Li Huanbin.

But for now, it was all about enjoying it. With this kind of treatment, it would be strange if he wasn’t performing well.

Yu Guangzhou didn’t know where this blind confidence came from, but confidence was better than none. He said, “Then we’ll see your performance.”

After the review meeting ended, Shen Xiao hummed a tune and bounced into the elevator.

In the meeting room, Jiang Yuxin was apprehensive. “Tsk, why does Seamy seem so off these past few days?”

Yu Guangzhou was focused on strategizing for the next knockout match and replied casually, “He is certainly more lively.”

Seeing that he couldn’t rely on Yu Guangzhou, Jiang Yuxin looked hopefully at Xie Wei. “Speaking of which, what was the deal with Secret last time? Why did he come looking for Seamy?”

Although Xie Wei knew the truth, he wasn’t inclined to elaborate. He said with a half-smile, “He was probably trying to poach him.”

“Poach him…” Jiang Yuxin stammered. “The Captain personally flew to France to poach someone? That… that’s too sincere.”

He paced back and forth a few times, truly unable to rest assured. After hesitating, he followed Shen Xiao out of the meeting room.

Shen Xiao had just used the elevator, and the floor number was still where he had exited. Jiang Yuxin looked at the number and felt a suspicion rise: Shen Xiao doesn’t live on this floor!

Did he really go to find someone?

His internal alarm bells went off. He quickly pressed the elevator button and went up to that floor.

Coincidentally, when he got off the elevator, Shen Xiao was still in the hallway, holding his phone to his ear, seemingly on a call.

Jiang Yuxin hid in the corner, holding his breath, intently watching the situation.

Before long, the door in front of Shen Xiao opened. Shen Xiao looked up and said something with an expression that seemed both annoyed and angry. However, he quickly smiled again, clearly having been placated by the person inside with a few words.

After he smiled, the person inside reached out an arm, wrapped it around his shoulder, and pulled him inside. Their posture was intimate, clearly indicating a very close relationship.

Thanks to the good angle, Jiang Yuxin managed to catch a glimpse of half the body of the person who opened the door.

He squinted his eyes, and after seeing clearly, he was completely stunned and unable to move. It wasn’t until the door closed again that he finally snapped back to reality.

Was… was he hallucinating?

Otherwise, how could he have seen that the person inside, still wearing pajamas, was Secret?!

Jiang Yuxin returned to the meeting room in a daze, sitting blankly on the sofa, his mind completely shut down.

Yu Guangzhou and Xie Wei finished discussing tactics and stood up. Seeing Jiang Yuxin’s appearance, Yu Guangzhou was puzzled. “What’s wrong with you?”

Jiang Yuxin mumbled, unable to speak for a long time.

Xie Wei, however, noticed the clue and smiled. “By the way, there’s something I wanted to tell you two. It’s about Seamy…”

—

Three months later, in the new season, WOF faced YNG as the opening match team.

In the competition tunnel, Li Huanbin neatly adjusted his team uniform, glanced at the bright lights outside the tunnel, and turned back to the person behind him with a smile. “First time playing as a Main Roster Player for WOF, nervous?”

Shen Xiao rolled his eyes at him. “Nervous my ass, let’s go!”

With that, he quickened his pace, overtook Li Huanbin, and walked to the front.

Li Huanbin was glared at, but the smile on his face deepened.

He hummed in acknowledgment, his gaze fixed on the Alpha youth’s nape as if rooted there.

Although concealed by the collar of the team uniform, with his movement, the faint outline of a still-bloody bite mark on his nape was subtly revealed.

That was his masterpiece from last night.

Seemingly sensing Li Huanbin’s gaze, Shen Xiao cautiously covered his nape and turned back, feigning fierceness. “What are you looking at!”

“Nothing.” Li Huanbin caught up to Shen Xiao’s pace. When no one was looking, he gently tilted his head and whispered in his ear, “I love you.”

Shen Xiao’s face flushed bright red. He glared at Li Huanbin angrily: With so many people and cameras around, what nonsense was this man spouting again!

As the teams were introduced and the players took their seats, just as Li Huanbin pulled out his chair, he felt his wrist lightly grasped from behind. He froze, about to turn around, when he heard a soft, quick whisper in his ear: “Me too.”

Li Huanbin turned his head just in time to see Shen Xiao walking past him, his earlobes red enough to drip blood.

His expression instantly softened.

Li Huanbin had never told Shen Xiao that he had indeed intentionally lured away his former Omega crush.

However, his goal had never been the Omega; it had been Shen Xiao himself, all along.

Heaven knew how jealous and envious Li Huanbin had been when Shen Xiao told him he had someone he liked.

Fortunately, no matter what means he used, he had managed to keep the person by his side.

From now on, they would never be separated again.