CH 40

Not long after Yu Hao and Jiang Min returned to the villa, Boss Ji also followed Lu Huai back.

In the grand package of candlelit dinners, the last group to return surprisingly consisted of Ah Xin and the Fortune team members.

As soon as Yu Hao and Jiang Min returned, they saw the three troublemakers brightly illuminating the villa, huddled on the sofa and trembling in fear.

“What happened to them?” Ah Xin, the official account manager, asked with a friendly attitude towards the club members. After all, she would rely on these players for CP (couple) promotions in the future, so it was better to treat them well.

That way, they would cooperate better in promoting their images!

Gold and Silver Buns and Ji Qianyi were huddled together, watching sketches, attempting to take away their fear with laughter.

“I don’t know. The three of them just came back in a panic, saying something about ‘ghosts’ or something, babbling nonsensically,” Bai Yin, the coach of the WOC branch, expressed embarrassment at the confusing behavior of his players.

Assistant coach Xiao Nan shrugged.

He remembered that when he was with the team, they were still relatively normal, although they often played around.

How did they become so abnormal after he retired and became an assistant coach?

Oh right, Yu Hao and Sugar God were still normal.

It’s just this player in position 135, for some reason, always seemed a bit dim-witted?

“Ghosts? Where did ghosts come from?” Ah Xin was speechless. They were all adults; how could they be scared by baseless things?

As a staunch atheist, Ah Xin patted Gold Bun Wei Yabo’s shoulder.

The latter almost jumped off the sofa. Seeing it was Ah Xin, he sighed with relief, “Sister, next time, can you make some noise when walking? You scared Dad to death!”

Ah Xin helplessly said, “Where did I walk quietly? It’s your fault for wearing headphones and listening to sketches. No wonder you can’t feel my presence!”

Wei Yabo shrank back onto the sofa.

“Hey, later there will be fireworks and a beach party. Are you going?” Ah Xin asked.

“What party?” The nearby Qiuqiu became interested when he heard about entertainment.

“It’s Christmas today! The hotel organized an event. I just heard from the waiter.” Ah Xin said, “How about it? Let’s go together to join in the fun. After all, it’s Christmas!”

“Sure, sure!” Qiuqiu raised both hands in agreement.

“What about the others?” Ah Xin looked around.

“Let’s go. There’s nothing else to do anyway,” Bai Yin said.

Yu Hao embraced Jiang Min. “Shall we go too, Sugar?”

“Sure.”

Others from JW also responded positively.

Only the three troublemakers hesitated.

If they went to the hotel’s event, they would definitely have to pass by the beach.

Passing by the beach…

The ghost story told by Yu Hao echoed in their minds.

The three shivered involuntarily.

Perhaps… staying together in the well-lit villa might be more reassuring for the three of them?

So, Ji Qianyi hesitantly said, “Um… the three of us won’t go, we think…”

“Snap—”

The villa plunged into darkness.

“Ah ah ah!” Ji Qianyi quickly hugged Gold and Silver Buns.

All the usual “beating each other up” and sarcastic remarks were thrown out the window at this moment.

“What’s with the fuss? It’s just a power outage,” Fan Dadi, the leader of the WOC branch, couldn’t stand it anymore. These kids were too neurotic.

The operation department’s girl contacted the villa steward with her phone, indicating that there seemed to be a minor issue causing a temporary power outage in the two villas they were staying in. However, it was expected to be restored soon.

“Oh, it’s good that it will be restored. I was hoping to take a shower after the hotel event,” Ah Xin said.

“Then let’s go to the event together. There’s nothing we can do here without power,” Manager Shen Qi suggested.

“You three, are you sure you don’t want to join us?” Fan Dadi asked the three troublemakers again.

“We’re going, we’re going!” Wei Yafeng jumped up.

Of course! In the dark, the three of them staying here would eventually be scared to death.

Anyway, with everyone together, there’s safety in numbers!

With this in mind, the three troublemakers and other club members went to the hotel event together.

As a resort hotel, they had prepared rich activities for Christmas.

Beach bar dancing was the most basic.

On the beach, with lively music playing, a bar built in a natural style, everyone finally knew who was responsible for the nightclub-style playlist during the team-building activities in the daytime.

Manager Shen Qi, twisting his body, held a bottle of beer and danced enthusiastically in the beach bar’s dance floor.

Everyone:…

Among them, only Jiang Min wasn’t so surprised by the manager’s behavior.

Shen Qi had maliciously acted cute in front of him before. What couldn’t he do?

“Sugar, here you go.” Yu Hao handed a bottle of beer to Jiang Min.

It’s a festival; having a drink to blend into the atmosphere is fine.

“Thank you.” Jiang Min took the beer.

“After having some food for dinner, drinking shouldn’t be a problem, right?” Yu Hao and Jiang Min sat together on chairs under a gazebo facing the sea at the beach bar.

“Yeah, no problem.” Jiang Min said and took a sip of the beer.

He quickly realized something was wrong.

Huh? Why isn’t this beer cold?

Room temperature beer has no soul!

But since it was given by Yu Hao, he didn’t want to complain, so he murmured quietly, “Is there no cold beer left?”

Unexpectedly, Yu Hao said with a serious expression, “Tangtang, if your stomach isn’t good, you shouldn’t insist on having cold drinks.”

Jiang Min had been curious for a long time.

Yu Hao seemed to know his living habits well, knowing where his body often had problems. But in his impression, he had never talked to Yu Hao about these things?

Not understanding, Jiang Min asked, “Xiaoyu, how did you know my stomach isn’t good?”

This matter, even when he was in CC, very few people knew about it.

Despite spending a long time in CC, few people actually knew that Jiang Min had a weak stomach.

The schedules of professional players were irregular, often sleeping until noon before eating, enjoying midnight snacks at night, and sometimes skipping meals due to training matches or being immersed in playing ranked games all day.

Players relied on their young bodies and went all out.

However, some people were not suitable for such an unhealthy lifestyle.

Jiang Min was one of them.

The first two years of his professional career were okay, but from the third year, his body started to have problems slowly.

The most obvious issue was with his stomach.

He had once been hospitalized for gastritis.

However, being stubborn, he insisted on finishing the game with illness and only sought help from Xiang Mian, who took him to the hospital when the pain became unbearable after returning to the base.

Many people in CC still don’t know about the time he stayed in the hospital for a short two days.

Following his request, Xiang Mian announced to the public that he had some personal matters to attend to and had to go home for a while.

Since then, Xiang Mian instructed the team leader to take better care of him in daily life.

After joining JW, Jiang Min, who thought his stomach had been adjusted well enough, didn’t mention his stomach problems to anyone. How did Yu Hao find out?

“Oh, Fan Dadi mentioned it,” Yu Hao replied casually.

He was telling the truth. However, Fan Dadi also recorded Jiang Min’s living habits and precautions at his strong insistence when he went to pick him up that time.

“Fan Dadi seemed to have consulted you about related issues when he went to pick you up.” Yu Hao added.

“Is that so…” Jiang Min nodded thoughtfully.

He didn’t expect Fan Dadi to be such a careful person, actually inquiring about the living conditions and precautions of the new team members with the former club.

Fan Dadi’s favorability in Tang Shen’s heart +1.

“So, in the future, you should eat on time, eat less spicy food, and avoid cold drinks. Don’t learn from those guys in the team who always take things from the refrigerator when there’s nothing to do…” Yu Hao chatted on and on.

“Yeah, I got it.” Jiang Min knew that the other party was concerned about him and agreed one by one.

The atmosphere in the bar became more and more lively. Led by Manager Shen Qi, everyone danced and drank, gradually getting into the party.

Ah Xin also didn’t mind that Qiuqiu failed to take pictures of Yu Hao and Tang Shen. She casually posted a few pictures of the team-building activities during the day on the official account.

It’s Christmas; why bother thinking so much? Just enjoy the moment!

“Xiaoyu, drink less.” Jiang Min, watching Yu Hao and club members playing a drinking game, couldn’t help but worry. Sitting beside him, he whispered.

“It’s okay, Tangtang. It’s Christmas~” Yu Hao smiled.

“Yeah, Christmas is for fun! Sugar, do you want to join us?” The guy from the operations department invited.

“Sugar won’t, but I’ll drink his share of alcohol~” Yu Hao, in high spirits, picked up the glass and drank it all.

Jiang Min had started to consider what to do if Yu Hao got drunk.

“Mr. Ji, care for a drink?” Lu Huai, leaving the crowd, held two cocktails in his hands and handed one to Ji Xiuyan, the former club member at the edge.

As the boss who usually held a high position, Ji Xiuyan didn’t want to force the club members to drink and party.

He also enjoyed the leisure.

However, for some reason, Lu Huai approached him.

Boss Ji recalled the moment when Lu Huai mentioned wanting to call him “Xiao Yan” during dinner.

“Yeah.” Boss Ji took the glass from Lu Huai.

The two sat side by side.

Although they didn’t speak, Ji Xiu Yan could clearly feel that something had changed between him and Lu Huai.

Just when everyone was in high spirits, fireworks lit up the sky.

It was one of the hotel’s arranged programs.

Colorful and dazzling fireworks bloomed in the night sky over H Island.

Everyone looked up to admire.

While drinking, Qian Yi said with a slightly flushed face due to some drunkenness, “It’s rare for everyone to watch fireworks together. Why don’t we make a wish? Maybe it’ll come true?”

“Make a wish?” The twin brothers, Gold and Silver Mantou, embraced each other’s shoulders, “You actually believe in this!”

Even though they were a bit tipsy, they didn’t forget to tease Qian Yi.

“Just going through the motions! What if it comes true!” Qian Yi was immune to any comments from the twins. He stood in front of the crowd, raised a beer bottle, and struck a shameless pose, shouting, “Our wish is to win the championship!”

“More than just the championship, we want to win the world championship!” the twins added.

“Oh, right, world champions!” Qian Yi was in high spirits.

Most of the JW club members, who had had quite a bit to drink, burst into laughter and then raised their glasses one after another, saying, “That’s right, we want to win the world championship!”

Yu Hao looked at Jiang Min, who raised his head to gaze at the splendid fireworks.

He hoped that one day, he could stand at the pinnacle of the world together with the person in front of him.

He firmly believed that day would come.

After the party, the JW group stumbled back to the well-lit villa.

Jiang Min carried Yu Hao’s arm over his shoulder, carrying him back to the room.

Then, he faced a dilemma.

Because, it seemed like Yu Hao was really unconscious from being drunk.

Author’s note: Sugar asks: What do we do if Little Fish gets drunk?

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