Chapter 13

Although Yu Sui had his misgivings about Shi Luos family, he never asked Shi Luo anything about them.

Judging from the previous situation, anyone with eyes could see that Shi Luos family relationship was very complicated. Yu Sui wasnt good at helping people work through their issues and he also didnt want to pry into anothers private matters. So by tacit mutual understanding, they shelved that matter. Until one day, when Yu Sui together with Shi Luo had to drive for ten kilometers before they found a wonton shop. Yu Sui, finally couldnt help but ask, Ke Hao was loaded when we were in junior high school. So, why was

Why was your situation so miserable that now, youd even feel uneasy if you dont get to eat breakfast every day?

Captain, among your relatives, do you have one whos Shi Luos tongue was scalded by the hot wonton. He quickly sucked in some air to cool it down. Outrageous? Or relatively outrageous?

After a bit of hesitation, Yu Sui nodded.

Shi Luo said, For everyone in my extended family, my dad was that outrageous relative.

Starting from when he was young, he was already ignorant and incompetent. When he grew up, he began to run amok. All his romantic relationships were a mess. His decision to get married was an impulsive one and after he got married he didnt want to bear any responsibilities. At the post my grandfather arranged for him, he enjoyed all the privileges without doing a stroke of work and he stole funds to invest in get rich quick schemes Shi Luo sneered. Engaged in every kind of evil imaginable, thats him, alright.

Yu Sui frowned slightly.

When he was a teenager, Yu Sui occasionally went to Ke Haos house. That year when he left home, his visits there became more frequent and he would freeload meals off them almost every month.

At that time, Ke Hao lived with his parents in a little family of three. Their house wasnt very big, but a single glance was enough to see that it was a very exquisite home.

Ke Haos father was gentle and refined. Ke Haos mother was gentle and elegant. They treated others with respect. When they found out about Yu Suis profession, they were very understanding. They even often advised Yu Sui to keep in touch with his parents, hoping that they could resolve their conflict as soon as possible. Family was, after all, family.

That year, Ke Haos family was a source of great comfort for the young Yu Sui. So when he found out that Ke Hao had an uncle and cousin, Yu Sui instinctively thought that, given they came from the same clan, even if their situation wasnt as good as Ke Haos, it wouldnt be that different either.

This clearly wasnt the case.

Shi Luo preferred strong and rich tasting foods. When eating wonton, he would put a lot of condiments in his bowl. Soon, he had dumped half a bottle of vinegar into his soup. He continued to add vinegar and asked, Do you think my fathers a lot poorer than my uncle?

Yu Sui said nothing.

Shi Luo, himself, wasnt the least bit concerned. Its nothing that cant be said. He really doesnt have much money. Think about it, if you were my grandfather, would you trust someone like him to hold an important position? Can you trust him to be in-charge of a lot money?

Yu Sui smiled but said nothing.

Maybe, grandfather did give him a lot of money but my fathers great at squandering away a family fortune. He was always throwing money at things I always felt were no good. When he lost big time, it was my grandfather who told me the whole story. My uncle and my aunt dont say anything outwardly, but inwardly Shi Luo laughed at himself, I was always the one who was embarrassed for him. But he didnt feel ashamed. He was always asking money from my grandfather. My grandfather also felt that things couldnt go on like that. It would be very unfair to my uncle. So, my dad was paid a little less than half of the company five years ago. After that, he wasnt to be given any more money.

Shi Luo quickly ate half his bowl of wontons and said, But every month, he could still receive some dividends. All he needed to do was be a bum, do nothing and just spend money. But he was unwilling. He keeps trying to create some big news so that my grandfather would acknowledge him and give him back the family business. As you can guess, my grandfather grew more and more disappointed in him and his share of the dividends was docked.

Something flashed in Yu Suis eyes. His lips moved, but he still didnt speak.

Shi Luo took a sip of soup and raised an eyebrow. So, now, the only thing my dad has thats presentable enough is me. Although my grandfather doesnt like me, I am still his grandson. And my grades are really good, so he needed to give it more consideration. After that my grandpa is already eighty years old this year. Do you understand?

Yu Sui looked quietly at Shi Luo. So you dropped out?

Yes. Shi Luo said indifferently. I wont help my dad to fight for a share of the will. Even if he does manage to get something someday, he wont give it to me anyway. Besides, I dont want any part of it.

Shi Luo held the soup bowl with both hands. So, while its still early, better smash the pot because its cracked. Let my grandfather give up on both father and son altogether. It would be best if he leaves us not even a single penny. I can already support myself. He

He wont go hungry. Hell just have to live the rest of his life depending on my uncles handouts and my aunt rolling her eyes at him.

Shi Luo let his imagination run wild and thought about that scene. He gave his thigh a loud slap. If things really turn out that way, Ill be ecstatic!

Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with a smile on his face and an unlit cigarette between his lips.

Were it someone else, they would have perhaps impatiently or maybe earnestly persuaded Shi Luo to not sabotage himself for the sake of some momentary satisfaction. The future is yours. You mustnt hurt yourself for revenge, let alone against your own father. How can there be intense and deep-seated hatred between father and son?

But the person before him had been Yu Sui.

At that time, Yu Sui simply said, Your choice, your freedom.

His future was his own, his father was his own, and the pain and torment he had suffered since childhood was also his own.

Yu Sui didnt want to interfere with anything. He hadnt suffered the same bitterness as Shi Luo. It wasnt Yu Suis place to forgive anyone for the wrongs Shi Luo had suffered.

However, Yu Sui definitely didnt like Shi Luos suicide-style revenge and attack. At that time, he warned Shi Luo that there wont be another matter like this again.

Yu Sui had just come to his rescue and helped preserve his dignity in front of his father. Shi Luo listened to Yu Suis words and hurriedly nodded his head, agreeing with him.

Before he had promised so earnestly and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed and here was Shi Luo frantically giving Yu Sui ten cups of lemon tea for the price of an entire season of his free service.

In his core, Shi Luo was such a person.

Even at this moment, Shi Luo didnt regret it. His only regret was that he hadnt executed it beautifully enough this time. There wasnt any of that great satisfaction from that year.

After two years, Shi Luo once again sat in this renovated breakfast shop and looked at the same large bowl of wonton. Shi Luo gently sniffed and thought to himself; he hadnt failed because hed been reduced to some weak chicken these past two years or because his own brain had turned wooden and he hadnt prepared thoroughly enough. It was simply because the one who had provided the follow-up blow that year was now standing against him.

That day during that year, as soon as Ke Chunjie stepped out of the training room, Shi Luo hurriedly placed the keycaps on the table. He hurriedly turned to the sole witness of the incident and asked Yu Sui to testify for himself that he had just played with the keycaps; that after playing, there had absolutely been no damage, and he hadnt caused any wear and tear on those keycaps.

Yu Suis game was already in the second half. His stomach hurt from trying to hold back his laughter. He said, Ill testify for you.

Four thousand each, four thousand each Shi Luo looked around blankly. He felt like he understood less and less the prices of these things around him. He looked in awe at the plain takeaway bag on the table, not daring to underestimate it. After studying it for a long while, his attention was gradually attracted by the words on the takeaway bag. He said slowly, Captain, although but, shouldnt a private kitchen as expensive as that have a special food box with dry ice or something? Why are they using

Red Armor

takeaway boxes and takeaway bags?

Yu Sui took a cigarette and lit it. He stared at the screen and said, Because thats take-away crayfish from Red Armor.

Shi Luo was tongue-tied. Just now, you said

I made it up. So what? Yu Sui said without a change in his expression. The private kitchen I mentioned does regularly deliver to us but we happened to order crayfish last night. I didnt make it up from out of nothing. I just pretended a little. So what?

Yu Suis argument seemed to hold up, but Shi Luo couldnt help casting another suspicious look at those keycaps on the table. Then, these little things

Yu Sui said, Those are really four thousand each. If you dont believe me, pick it up and take a look. There should be special serial number inside the keycaps.

Shi Luo didnt want to touch these more than 10,000 yuan things at all, and he shook his head: No need, no, I believe it.

There was a smile in Yu Suis eyes. He took a puff of his cigarette and continued playing.

Very few of what Yu Sui said then were true. He especially loved to tease Shi Luo. But, at the time, Shi Luo was still at that honest young age when hed believe anything. He couldnt distinguish between jokes and serious talk. As long as Yu Sui said it, Shi Luo believed it without the slightest doubt.

Although Yu Sui was very young at that time, he was already a veteran-level figure in the circle. He was also at the pinnacle of all medics and he was their divisions strongest shield. So many haloes had been bestowed upon his person that it was all too easy to be duped by Yu Sui. So, it wasnt until long after that, when Shi Luo had entered NSN and then IAC; after being beaten down several times by reality and having received wages from both teams did he realize, that wages should have been paid by the clubs finance department. They werent paid via direct cash transfer from the team captains

Alipay

account.

It was then that Shi Luo found out that the two months salary he had received from FS that year were all from Yu Suis personal account.

Until now, the former senior executives of FS didnt even know that their club had a parasite of a substitute who had been earning that much of an annual salary.

Those two months high monthly salary was just Yu Suis way of letting Shi Luo maintain his dignity in front of Ke Chunjie.

Shi Luo, who came to understand afterwards, also wanted to question Yu Sui. But Yu Sui had already left for Europe. He thought of returning the hundreds of thousands to Yu Sui. But, of course, these simply remained as thoughts.

The two had long since broken all relations with each other and theyve both said theyd never contact the other again.

At that time, Shi Luo looked at the transfer records from Yu Sui and found it hard to breathe. He suddenly realized why, despite Yu Suis situation, despite hurting so many people with what he did, he still had so many die-hard followers.

Some people were able to treat you so well and also break off things with you so decisively that in the following years, you would hate them to the bone but you would be unable to let go.

For a time, Shi Luo hated Yu Sui so much hed almost gone crazy. He wanted to tell everyone. Dont be fooled by this person. Dont let him treat you well. Otherwise, hell dig a pit for you from which you wont be able to crawl out of and youll regret it to death. But later, Shi Luo gradually found out that the only one who couldnt crawl out of his pit of memories, was only himself.

Shi Luos eyes were reddened by the hot steam coming from the wonton soup. He forced himself to eat all of the wontons and then drink the soup until there wasnt a single drop left.

Shi Luo wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue. He hung his head low as he swiped his QR code to pay. He turned around and headed out of the breakfast shop, walking back to the IAC base.

It was only seven oclock in the morning and the base was silent. Shi Luo dragged his feet towards the stairs. When he passed by the meeting room on the first floor, the door to the meeting room opened.

Shi Luo looked out from the corner of his eyes. It was Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng looked up and down at Shi Luo. Shi Luos eyes, ears and neck were all red, but his lips were slightly pale, and his eyes were slightly ashen. He was obviously in a bad state. Zhao Feng was speechless. You, you are

I drank too much. Have the substitute join the afternoon training matches instead. I need to sleep this off. Shi Luos voice was hoarse, Dont call if theres isnt anything the matter.

Zhao Feng nodded hurriedly.

Shi Luo turned and started climbing the stairs. Zhao Feng hesitantly called out, Evil.

Shi Luo frowned. Is there anything else?

Zhao Feng gulped. I dont want to disturb you, but I wouldnt be able to hide this. Its just that

Shi Luo had a splitting headache, and said irritably, Can you just spit it out?

Zhao Feng said, Whisper will be coming over tonight, should I call you?

Shi Luo froze in place.