Vol 1 Chapter 24 (2/2)

It was so unexpected that he would show up here.

“Go change.  I’ll take you to see some old friends.”  All patted her shoulder.  “If I didn’t see Grunt by chance, I really can’t believe that you happen to be in Chengdu.”

“How are you?  Have you graduated from college?  What are you doing now?”  Ai Qing belatedly asked him.

“Very well.”  All rubbed his bald head.  “Ever since I was abandoned by you and Solo, I had no choice but to study hard.  I graduated last year. But I just can’t let it go, so I formed a team.  We are here for the Beat It challenge.  Xiaomi, who used to be on our team, is with me now.”

“That’s great.”  She couldn’t help but sigh.  “That’s great……”

They deviated but hadn’t given up after all.

“Come, come.  We will have plenty of time to talk about the past.”  All hinted for her to go change quickly. “I haven’t told them about you just yet.  Let’s go surprise them.”  “En, wait for me for a few minutes.”  She said and was about to closed the door, when she suddenly remembered what Grunt had told her.  “The old friends you mentioned…...does it include Solo?”

“He’s here.  He’s here for the star invitational, actually it’s an exhibition game.”  All could tell she was hesitating and added quickly.  “Don’t tell me you two can’t stand each other now?  Wasn’t it just a break up?  I didn’t even resent you two for the disbandment of our team because of what happened between the two of you ……”  She shook her head and wanted to explain that a lot of other things had happened afterwards, but she just smiled.  “It’s nothing.  It’s just that I haven’t seen him for quite some time now.  It feels awkward.”

All took her to a quieter bar.

It wasn’t noisy but it was not empty, rather it’s almost a full house.

When she walked in, she already saw her old friends sitting to the right side of the main stage.  Under the dim lights, it seemed that Solo hadn’t changed at all.  “Extreme skill”, “G.o.dlike focus”, all praises belonged only to the Solo in compet.i.tions and not the Solo who’s sitting here reminiscing with old friends.

There were people getting up, people leaving, and people sitting down.

Some people found out about him and were quietly discussing with excitement.

With ups and downs for the past 7, 8 years, he had already gotten used to all the attention.  He didn’t react at all and continued to chat happily with old friends.  All took her to the booth, with an arm around her shoulder and announced loudly, “Look who’s here?”

All of those old acquaintances raised their heads to look, greeted her with surprise, and stood up.

Solo sat in the innermost position and was the last one to stand up.  Their sight was blocked by 3 or 4 people in between and they couldn’t see each other’s face clearly.

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