Chapter 85: The Visiting Team from Outside the School

“Uh, maybe we should talk somewhere else.”

Sensing the eyes around them, Xiao Yu, who had been about to speak, hesitated.

Quite a few people nearby were watching them. Considering what he needed to say next, he had no choice but to be careful.

He led Yang Hao and the others to the esports club’s inner office and poured each of them a glass of water before saying, “Please wait a moment, seniors. Our club president will be here soon.”

Yang Hao found this all rather exasperating. What sort of matter needed to be made so mysterious?

Why couldn’t they just say it plainly?

Could this be some kind of pyramid scheme?

The thought crossed Yang Hao’s mind before he exchanged a glance with Yao Cheng, who seemed to understand what he meant.

“Xiao Xiao, who’s your current club president?” Yao Cheng asked, setting his cup back on the table and suddenly draping an arm around Xiao Yu’s shoulder.

Caught off guard by Yao Cheng’s sudden familiarity, Xiao Yu looked visibly uncomfortable.

Glancing at Yao Cheng, Zhu Ziyuan said, “If I remember correctly, their president this year should be Jiang Weitao.”

“Yes!”

Xiao Yu gave a firm answer.

Jiang Weitao?

The familiar name made Yang Hao and the others pause, though they quickly returned to normal.

They did not know him well, but they could at least be considered acquainted. Still, they had not had much interaction.

“Kid, are you hiding some unspeakable secret from us?” Yao Cheng asked, his expression turning oddly meaningful as he tightened his grip and pulled Xiao Yu’s shoulder in again.

Feeling Yao Cheng’s movement and seeing that expression, Xiao Yu seemed to think of something. His face gradually stiffened.

Could Senior Yao Cheng be gay?

Otherwise, why was he acting so strangely just now?

It almost looked like he was deliberately putting the moves on him.

At the thought, Xiao Yu was alarmed and immediately wanted to flee.

If Yao Cheng knew what he was thinking, he would probably grab the keyboard beside him and smash it into his face.

Gay my ass!

I’m straight, all right?

Can young people please come up with something a little better? Think normally for once, can you?

Just then, the office door opened.

The young man who walked in first saw Yao Cheng and Xiao Yu locked in such an intimate embrace, and a strange look instantly appeared on his face. He then gave an awkward laugh.

“Sorry, wrong room! My bad!”

After saying that, he backed out, closed the door, and left.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu felt utterly chilled to the bone, while Yao Cheng’s face darkened completely.

In contrast, Yang Hao and Zhang Tian burst out laughing.

Wild laughter.

Laughing without restraint.

Even Zhu Ziyuan, who usually spoke the least, was now looking thoroughly delighted.

Damn it!

Seeing the three of them like that, Yao Cheng was utterly speechless.

What sort of people were these?

He let go of Xiao Yu, brushed down his clothes, and then said with obvious distaste, “Go call them in.”

Noticing Yao Cheng’s disgust, Xiao Yu was close to collapse.

He had not done anything at all, had he?

Shouldn’t he be the one who felt disgusted?

Why did it seem like he was the one with the problem?

Xiao Yu was almost in tears.

Watching Xiao Yu leave looking like a wronged wife, Yang Hao and the others laughed all over again.

“Damn it, laugh, laugh, laugh. Laugh your ass off!”

Xiao Yu had just stepped outside, and Yang Hao and the others were still acting that way, so Yao Cheng shot them a few exasperated glares.

Outside the door.

The moment Xiao Yu closed the door, he found a group of people staring up at the ceiling, and for some reason he was suddenly full of frustration.

He wanted to explain, but then decided there was no need.

Explain what?

It had clearly been nothing. If he explained, it would sound like something after all.

“It’s done?”

Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Weitao lowered his gaze from the ceiling and asked tentatively.

Hearing Jiang Weitao’s voice, Xiao Yu nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Done?

Done what?

There had been nothing to do in the first place!

“Old Xiao, didn’t expect you to have this kind of hobby.”

“You and Senior Yao…”

“Though I don’t really approve, I think your choice should still be respected.”

“Sigh, I won’t say anything else.”

The seemingly casual remarks drifted over, and Xiao Yu looked at the group of people with no good intentions, nearly furious enough for his lungs to explode.

Damn it, could they still have a proper conversation?

With a dark face, Xiao Yu said with contempt, “Nothing happened. Put away those filthy thoughts of yours. If you have the nerve, repeat what you just said in there.”

Hearing Xiao Yu’s words, those who had spoken a moment ago all shrank back a little.

Joking was one thing, but if they really made the people inside unhappy, then they would have been courting death today.

“Come on, let’s go in.”

Hearing Jiang Weitao speak, Xiao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As Jiang Weitao and the others appeared, Yang Hao and the rest gradually forced back their laughter.

In front of outsiders, as seniors, they naturally had to maintain a certain “image.”

Mischievous when it was time to be mischievous, serious when it was time to be serious—that was the bearing expected of a refined… ahem, exemplary senior.

The people who had arrived were all core members of the esports club and had dealt with Yang Hao and the others before, so the atmosphere was not too awkward at the start.

After a bit of polite small talk, Jiang Weitao, as the club president, did not waste words and got straight to the point.

“Actually, the reason we asked you seniors here this time is mainly to ask for your help.”

“Help?”

“That’s right.”

Jiang Weitao nodded and then said, “You seniors may not know this yet, but in this Chicken Dinner tournament, two of the teams are from outside the university.”

“From outside the university?”

Yang Hao and the others were taken aback.

“That’s right. Originally, this campus Chicken Dinner tournament was only held within Tianhai University, but in order to broaden its influence, we allowed registered teams, in principle, to bring in outside reinforcements.” At this point, Xiao Yu explained.

“I know that!”

Yang Hao nodded. Otherwise, they would not have met the competition requirements for this event.

“Although there are more or less some external experts on the teams taking part this time, they are still teams made up of students from our own school. But before the competition even started, the esports clubs of Tianhai University of Science and Technology and Tianhai Normal University approached our school’s leadership and said they also wanted to participate. No one knows what those people were thinking, but in the end they actually agreed.” Speaking of this, Xiao Yu was very speechless, and somewhat helpless as well.

“They’re strong?” Yang Hao asked.

After hearing Jiang Weitao and Xiao Yu, Yang Hao had already guessed part of the situation.

Nothing more than two outside teams stirring up trouble, and they were strong enough that Jiang Weitao and the others could not quite handle them.

So, they wanted to ask Yang Hao and the others to step in.