Chapter 13 (2/2)

When he first saw Ai Qing, back when he was still a commentator, her hair was a short medium length.[2]  After every match, she’d rest her head in the crook of her elbow on the desk next to her keyboard and quietly talk to Solo who sat next to her.

Back then she was only 15.  When the game became especially tense, her cheeks would turn red.  A lot of fans nicknamed her the “Apple Dog.”  Perhaps she didn’t know it, but she rarely smiled in any of the pictures that was taken of her, except in the photos that had Solo in it.

“What’s that?”  She returned the cameras to their respective owners and noticed two girls walking by with some sort of food that looked like bread that had something inside, in short it was strange.

“Cold drink,” Dt said abruptly who had so far been a bystander observing the fun.

Ai Qing took a careful look at the food and said, “The outside is toast isn’t it?”

Dt replied, “Un, the inside is a brick of ice cream.”[3]

“Have you eaten it before?” she turned to look at him.  While doing so, she took her long skirt and tied it into a knot above her knee, turning it into a super mini skirt.

Dt was silent for a bit before nodding in response.

“Does it taste good?”

He remained silent again as Ai Qing stared at him.  In truth she wasn’t very interested in the ice cream sandwich itself, but felt that if she could get him to speak more, then it’d give her a great sense of accomplishment.

Under her intense glare, Dt finally broke his silence and earnestly asked her, “Do you want to eat one?”

Huh?

……

“Then ……. we can try some.”

[1]:  The Chinese used here literally means going onto the sh.o.r.e, but obviously he’s using it as a metaphor for most of the team focusing on their studies rather than continue playing video games professionally.

[2]: He says short medium hair… whatever that means?  I guess medium length hair that’s on the shorter end of the spectrum?

[3]: ED: So basically an ice cream sandwich?  Why would they use the Chinese for “cold drinks”?!  Dt you are a strange guy… or the author doesn’t know what to call it...  Also note that the sound “un” means yes.

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