After the game, the athletes began to pack up their equipment. Qin Chunxiao sat cross-legged on the ground, took off his sports shoes, and felt the shoe soles. He then pulled out the insoles and examined them closely.
Beside him, Gao Depi was doing some stretching exercises. Seeing Qin Chunxiao’s expression, he asked with concern, “Are the shoes damaged?”
Qin Chunxiao shook his head, “The shoes are fine. I got new ones after coming to Ningbo, but the insoles are worn out.”
As athletes, they all knew that these custom-made insoles were more expensive than the shoes themselves. Gao Depi got up and pinched the insoles, sighing, “They are pretty worn out.”
Qin Chunxiao’s running style on the court during the game could easily wear out even the best insoles. He brought two pairs of insoles with him before joining the training camp, thinking it would be enough. However, after the first VNL match, one pair was already worn out.
Qiao Mingming also asked, “Do you have spare insoles?”
Qin Chunxiao replied, “I’ll ask when I go back. If not, I’ll just make do with this pair for another match.”
His shoe size had not changed in a long time, and Zhe Yue made his insoles based on the original measurements.
Then they went to the coach to collect their phones. To avoid distractions during the matches, they handed in all their electronic devices. Qin Chunxiao had the most gadgets, he had two mobile phones, a tablet, a Nintendo Switch, a sports camera, and even a drone.
Lately, Qin Chunxiao had been practicing photography, particularly enjoying taking pictures of living things, both humans and animals. He seemed to be transforming into a wildlife documentary photographer, especially after getting a suggestion from Lu Xuandong that he should practice photography in advance if he planned to go to Antarctica, so he could capture more memories.
Coach Newton was worried about damaging these expensive electronic devices, so he bought a bag to wrap each player’s belongings, writing their names on them with a marker. It was a very convenient way to keep things organized.
Qin Chunxiao’s bag, with the MiSha logo, looked like an environmentally friendly shopping bag his mother would use for groceries. Since cooperating with Yi Wu, the quality of products from the MiSha Club had greatly improved. Recently, they even opened an online store that specialized in hamster-themed dolls, schoolbags, and stationery. Even parents who didn’t know about volleyball would buy these items. Now, it was hard to tell who was promoting whom—whether the merchandise boosted the players’ popularity or the players boosted the merchandise.
As a player who was influenced by Fly Wolf and had seen how good they were at promoting, Qin Chunxiao deeply admired their marketing ability.
Taking the MiSha bag, Qin Chunxiao grinned at the coach, and Newton sighed, “I already charged the power bank inside.”
Qin Chunxiao thanked him, saying, “Thanks, Coach. You’re really nice.”
Chang Xiaole cleared his throat, pointing at himself to indicate that he was the one who charged Qin Chunxiao’s devices. Qin Chunxiao quickly corrected himself, “Thanks, Brother Le.”
As he walked away with the bag, Newton, Chang Xiaole, and Jiang Xiaohai sighed, “You see, I’m always worrying about these boys like their fathers. No wonder my hair has turned white recently, as mentioned during the meeting by the higher-ups.”
On the way back to the hotel, Qin Chunxiao sent a message to Zhe Yue, informing him that he would need new insoles and hoped the brand could replenish them quickly. The reply came quickly, saying, “They will be delivered right away.”
Regardless of whether Zhe Yue could deliver the goods to Qin Chunxiao quickly or not, his attitude alone was reassuring. Qin Chunxiao remembered that Zhe Yue used to be not so efficient, but recently, this company seemed to have evolved.
As a simple onlooker, Qin Chunxiao decided to use his intuition to give credit to his good friend Lu Xuandong for this improvement.
When the shuttle bus arrived at the hotel, Qin Chunxiao hopped off and heard some commotion. He turned to see William jumping into the fountain, waving his arms at his captain, Caddy.
“Caddy, come on! It’s so refreshing!”
But Caddy’s exhaustion was clearly visible even from afar.
If it were someone else suddenly jumping into the fountain and shouting like that, Qin Chunxiao might have thought the person was crazy. But William was different. He had a diagnosed, pathological, and genuine ADHD. He played volleyball to release his surplus energy. So, whatever he did, everyone was used to it and at most they would feel sorry for his teammates.
From this, one can tell that even Fu Biyang didn’t think of asking William for compensation for the Wenchang chicken and coconuts.
Caddy remained silent for a few seconds, then waved for William to come up. He put a towel over his head, and William shook his head in place while holding Caddy’s hand, shouting, “Let’s go change clothes!”
Caddy didn’t react in time and was dragged to the ground, pulled along by William for a distance of two to three meters.
Well, this was a big mess now.
As William realized that something was off, he saw Caddy’s misery. The Chinese team quickly rushed over, Newton crouched down and asked about Caddy’s condition in English, while the team doctor, Wang Yan, put the medical kit on the ground, preparing to treat him.
Caddy stammered, “I’m fine, just scraped my knee, the joints are fine.”
He rolled up his pants, revealing a piece of flesh scraped off his right knee, which was bleeding profusely. At first glance, it looked quite scary.
Wang Yan said, “I have some sterile medicine here. Do you mind if I help clean and dress the wound? If not, we can help you sit on the steps and call your coach to pick you up.”
Caddy generously replied, “Sure, please help me with the wound.”
Qin Chunxiao pulled William over and said, “Don’t bother, our team doctor will take care of Caddy.”
William stared blankly at him, looking at a loss. His hands were twisting and fidgeting. Despite being over 30 centimeters taller than Qin Chunxiao, at the moment he seemed like a helpless child.
According to rumors in future circles, William wasn’t very intelligent, his IQ barely passed the minimum requirement. However, when playing volleyball he possessed a nearly wild and instinctive strength. Coupled with his dedicated training and obedience to the coach and his mother in important matters, never going to nightclubs or indulging in alcohol or smoking, he surprisingly belonged to the category of well-disciplined American athletes and was recognized by fans as one of the legendary-level players.
More than one person who had interacted with William believed that he was quite clumsy in matters outside of volleyball, and he was good at messing things up. Unless someone was very familiar with him, they would find this careless guy quite annoying and would hardly show any tolerance or friendly attitude towards him.
Qin Chunxiao thought that William’s story was inspirational. If he truly had a low IQ and had ADHD1 but managed to achieve the current results in volleyball, then William must have experienced an extremely challenging and difficult path before stepping onto the current stage.
Qin Chunxiao reminded him, “You should apologize to Caddy and let him decide how to handle you.”
William lightly exhaled and walked up to Caddy, squatting down in front of him like a wronged big dog. “Caddy, I’m sorry. I couldn’t control my strength when interacting with friends. You can hit me. I’m sorry.”
Caddy smiled wryly, “What nonsense are you talking about? Who hasn’t been careless before? I’ve accidentally broken my dad’s favorite ashtray before. He didn’t hit me for that, and I won’t hit you for this.”
Clearly, Caddy was the kind of close friend who would give unlimited tolerance to William. From his character, temperament, and integrity, he was more than qualified to be the team leader.
Wang Yan’s hands were quick, and since Caddy had only suffered superficial skin injuries, it had nothing to do with serious injuries for an athlete. He treated the wound in no time.
Caddy politely thanked him and hesitated for a moment, wanting to bow to them. William followed suit, but Newton and Wang Yan quickly stepped back.
“No need for such a big gesture!” In their hometown, this gesture was used for the dead!
Caddy shuddered, “What? But the Japanese like this. I thought everyone in Asia liked it? I’m sorry, I didn’t know your customs.”
Newton quickly replied, “No worries.”
Caddy scratched his head, feeling embarrassed to bring William back to the hotel. William needed to change his clothes. Before leaving, he decided to make another effort to show goodwill and said to the Chinese team, “Actually, William’s excitement today is because of you guys. The match between you and Bulgaria was so exciting. This guy loves volleyball the most. As soon as he knew he was going to play against you, he happily ran around the house. So, I had to bring him out for a walk to release his energy.”
“But before you face us, you have to deal with Argentina. They are the second-strongest team in South America after Brazil.”
Caddy made a cheering gesture, “Your previous world ranking was 18th, right? You’ll have to put in more effort. Winning against Brazil in the Youth Games doesn’t mean it’ll be as easy in the adult games.”
The captain of the third-ranked U.S. team showed an encouraging smile to the 18th-ranked Chinese team.
Chinese team: …
Sorry, our world ranking was only 18th. We were really far behind, but believe us, we would crush you bastards on the court!
Ding Rong clenched his fist, making a loud sound. “In the Chinese stop, we’ll give Argentina and the United States a good show.”
Everyone: “Absolutely!”
Sometimes, a player’s fighting spirit and the rivalry between teams could arise unintentionally.
It seemed that Caddy’s attempt to release goodwill didn’t go well.
Newton and Jiang Xiaohai exchanged a glance. Jiang Xiaohai frowned and said softly, “Our original goal was to make it to the top five, but now it seems like they really want to beat the USA.”
Chang Xiaole said calmly, “It’s just the USA. I beat them before. Stay calm. As long as our guys keep playing, we’ll eventually have a showdown with the USA.”
Newton and Jiang Xiaohai didn’t want to pay attention to the beach volleyball’ hot guy favorite of girls. Though Chang Xiaole’s performance during his service might not have been outstanding, that only meant he didn’t win an Olympic medal. It didn’t mean he hadn’t beaten strong teams before in major competitions.
As everyone knew, there were many strong teams outside the podium.
To prepare for tomorrow’s strong opponent, the Chinese team rested early today. Qin Chunxiao went to bed at 9 o’clock sharp.
The next day, the boys got up early and had a good breakfast. They did some light training in the morning. At 3:30 PM, they arrived at the venue for warm-up exercises.
By this time, the spectators had started to enter the venue.
Qin Chunxiao stuffed his torn insoles back into his shoes. He realized that it might not be easy for Zhe Yue to send the insoles from Guangzhou to Ningbo from such a distance, so he didn’t expect them today. He would have to make do with the torn insoles for one more game.
Sigh, if he had known his equipment consumption rate would be so high, he should have asked for a few spare pairs back then.
At this moment, a commotion erupted in the stands, accompanied by bursts of girls’ screams. The players turned their heads to see what was happening.
Then Qin Chunxiao saw Lu Xuandong running over in a hurry. He carried a bulging backpack, crossed the barrier, jumped onto the court, and placed the backpack in front of Qin Chunxiao before opening it.
Inside, the backpack was filled with insoles!
Qin Chunxiao stared at Lu Xuandong with his mouth wide open. Lu Xuandong opened his mouth, wanting to say something but couldn’t find the words. He couldn’t communicate with Qin Chunxiao using hand signs and a cellphone in such a public.
At this moment, the water in the region of Er Leng’s brain related to emotional intelligence suddenly receded, metaphorically termed as “ebb tide.”
He rushed to Lu Xuandong, taking big strides, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously, saying, “Dongzai, long time no see. I didn’t expect you to be the one sending the insoles to me!”
Lu Xuandong, panting, said, “Huff… Huff… Lengzai, Xiaozai, I was going to Ningbo before to discuss the glutinous rice ball business. When I heard Xiaozai needed insoles, I brought them from Guangzhou. Try… cough, cough, let him try them!”
Li Ling thought that having a hidden soulmate was troublesome. Even saying “try them” to Xiaozai, Lu Xuandong was getting tongue-tied. But as a good friend of both of them, he made an effort to cooperate with Lu Xuandong.
“Alright, alright, Xiaozai, come and try the insoles that Dongzi flew over for you.”
Qin Chunxiao picked up a bottle of unopened mineral water, walked over handed it to Lu Xuandong, then picked up the insoles, smoothly inserted them into his shoes, put them on, jumped in place then nodded, and made an “ok” gesture.
Only then did Lu Xuandong breathe a sigh of relief and sat down next to Newton, drinking water first.
To deliver the insoles before the game, he broke traffic rules and rushed over. He sprinted from the parking lot to the stadium all the way.
Newton was stunned for a moment before politely greeting, “You are… Zhe Yue’s young master, right? Thank you for taking care of Xiaozai.”
Lu Xuandong repeatedly shook his hand and said, “It’s my pleasure. I should thank you for taking care of Xiaozai all this time.”
Hearing this, Newton furrowed his brow slightly, wondering why this guy seemed to be even closer to Xiaozai than he, Lao Niu, was.
He maintained his politeness and said, “Hi, taking care of Xiaozai is the least I can do. I’m his coach after all.”
Lu Xuandong, being emotionally intelligent, immediately sensed something and changed his expression. He started pulling Newton’s arm and praised the athletes under him, saying they were all good men with a good image. He wished all the athletes success in this VNL, so that Zhe Yue could sign more endorsements in the volleyball field.
Qin Chunxiao’s Fly Wolf brand sold well, so now Zhe Yue was quite optimistic about finding more players for endorsements.
Lao Niu was a caring person. Praising his athletes, especially the good ones, worked faster than praising himself. In a short while, Lu Xuandong coaxed him to show a sincere smile.
Only Chang Xiaole was sizing up Lu Xuandong and then glancing at Qin Chunxiao, with a doubt emerging in his mind.
Have these two not said a single word to each other since they met?
After the game, the athletes began to pack up their equipment. Qin Chunxiao sat cross-legged on the ground, took off his sports shoes, and felt the shoe soles. He then pulled out the insoles and examined them closely.
Beside him, Gao Depi was doing some stretching exercises. Seeing Qin Chunxiao’s expression, he asked with concern, “Are the shoes damaged?”
Qin Chunxiao shook his head, “The shoes are fine. I got new ones after coming to Ningbo, but the insoles are worn out.”
As athletes, they all knew that these custom-made insoles were more expensive than the shoes themselves. Gao Depi got up and pinched the insoles, sighing, “They are pretty worn out.”
Qin Chunxiao’s running style on the court during the game could easily wear out even the best insoles. He brought two pairs of insoles with him before joining the training camp, thinking it would be enough. However, after the first VNL match, one pair was already worn out.
Qiao Mingming also asked, “Do you have spare insoles?”
Qin Chunxiao replied, “I’ll ask when I go back. If not, I’ll just make do with this pair for another match.”
His shoe size had not changed in a long time, and Zhe Yue made his insoles based on the original measurements.
Then they went to the coach to collect their phones. To avoid distractions during the matches, they handed in all their electronic devices. Qin Chunxiao had the most gadgets, he had two mobile phones, a tablet, a Nintendo Switch, a sports camera, and even a drone.
Lately, Qin Chunxiao had been practicing photography, particularly enjoying taking pictures of living things, both humans and animals. He seemed to be transforming into a wildlife documentary photographer, especially after getting a suggestion from Lu Xuandong that he should practice photography in advance if he planned to go to Antarctica, so he could capture more memories.
Coach Newton was worried about damaging these expensive electronic devices, so he bought a bag to wrap each player’s belongings, writing their names on them with a marker. It was a very convenient way to keep things organized.
Qin Chunxiao’s bag, with the MiSha logo, looked like an environmentally friendly shopping bag his mother would use for groceries. Since cooperating with Yi Wu, the quality of products from the MiSha Club had greatly improved. Recently, they even opened an online store that specialized in hamster-themed dolls, schoolbags, and stationery. Even parents who didn’t know about volleyball would buy these items. Now, it was hard to tell who was promoting whom—whether the merchandise boosted the players’ popularity or the players boosted the merchandise.
As a player who was influenced by Fly Wolf and had seen how good they were at promoting, Qin Chunxiao deeply admired their marketing ability.
Taking the MiSha bag, Qin Chunxiao grinned at the coach, and Newton sighed, “I already charged the power bank inside.”
Qin Chunxiao thanked him, saying, “Thanks, Coach. You’re really nice.”
Chang Xiaole cleared his throat, pointing at himself to indicate that he was the one who charged Qin Chunxiao’s devices. Qin Chunxiao quickly corrected himself, “Thanks, Brother Le.”
As he walked away with the bag, Newton, Chang Xiaole, and Jiang Xiaohai sighed, “You see, I’m always worrying about these boys like their fathers. No wonder my hair has turned white recently, as mentioned during the meeting by the higher-ups.”
On the way back to the hotel, Qin Chunxiao sent a message to Zhe Yue, informing him that he would need new insoles and hoped the brand could replenish them quickly. The reply came quickly, saying, “They will be delivered right away.”
Regardless of whether Zhe Yue could deliver the goods to Qin Chunxiao quickly or not, his attitude alone was reassuring. Qin Chunxiao remembered that Zhe Yue used to be not so efficient, but recently, this company seemed to have evolved.
As a simple onlooker, Qin Chunxiao decided to use his intuition to give credit to his good friend Lu Xuandong for this improvement.
When the shuttle bus arrived at the hotel, Qin Chunxiao hopped off and heard some commotion. He turned to see William jumping into the fountain, waving his arms at his captain, Caddy.
“Caddy, come on! It’s so refreshing!”
But Caddy’s exhaustion was clearly visible even from afar.
If it were someone else suddenly jumping into the fountain and shouting like that, Qin Chunxiao might have thought the person was crazy. But William was different. He had a diagnosed, pathological, and genuine ADHD. He played volleyball to release his surplus energy. So, whatever he did, everyone was used to it and at most they would feel sorry for his teammates.
From this, one can tell that even Fu Biyang didn’t think of asking William for compensation for the Wenchang chicken and coconuts.
Caddy remained silent for a few seconds, then waved for William to come up. He put a towel over his head, and William shook his head in place while holding Caddy’s hand, shouting, “Let’s go change clothes!”
Caddy didn’t react in time and was dragged to the ground, pulled along by William for a distance of two to three meters.
Well, this was a big mess now.
As William realized that something was off, he saw Caddy’s misery. The Chinese team quickly rushed over, Newton crouched down and asked about Caddy’s condition in English, while the team doctor, Wang Yan, put the medical kit on the ground, preparing to treat him.
Caddy stammered, “I’m fine, just scraped my knee, the joints are fine.”
He rolled up his pants, revealing a piece of flesh scraped off his right knee, which was bleeding profusely. At first glance, it looked quite scary.
Wang Yan said, “I have some sterile medicine here. Do you mind if I help clean and dress the wound? If not, we can help you sit on the steps and call your coach to pick you up.”
Caddy generously replied, “Sure, please help me with the wound.”
Qin Chunxiao pulled William over and said, “Don’t bother, our team doctor will take care of Caddy.”
William stared blankly at him, looking at a loss. His hands were twisting and fidgeting. Despite being over 30 centimeters taller than Qin Chunxiao, at the moment he seemed like a helpless child.
According to rumors in future circles, William wasn’t very intelligent, his IQ barely passed the minimum requirement. However, when playing volleyball he possessed a nearly wild and instinctive strength. Coupled with his dedicated training and obedience to the coach and his mother in important matters, never going to nightclubs or indulging in alcohol or smoking, he surprisingly belonged to the category of well-disciplined American athletes and was recognized by fans as one of the legendary-level players.
More than one person who had interacted with William believed that he was quite clumsy in matters outside of volleyball, and he was good at messing things up. Unless someone was very familiar with him, they would find this careless guy quite annoying and would hardly show any tolerance or friendly attitude towards him.
Qin Chunxiao thought that William’s story was inspirational. If he truly had a low IQ and had ADHD1 but managed to achieve the current results in volleyball, then William must have experienced an extremely challenging and difficult path before stepping onto the current stage.
Qin Chunxiao reminded him, “You should apologize to Caddy and let him decide how to handle you.”
William lightly exhaled and walked up to Caddy, squatting down in front of him like a wronged big dog. “Caddy, I’m sorry. I couldn’t control my strength when interacting with friends. You can hit me. I’m sorry.”
Caddy smiled wryly, “What nonsense are you talking about? Who hasn’t been careless before? I’ve accidentally broken my dad’s favorite ashtray before. He didn’t hit me for that, and I won’t hit you for this.”
Clearly, Caddy was the kind of close friend who would give unlimited tolerance to William. From his character, temperament, and integrity, he was more than qualified to be the team leader.
Wang Yan’s hands were quick, and since Caddy had only suffered superficial skin injuries, it had nothing to do with serious injuries for an athlete. He treated the wound in no time.
Caddy politely thanked him and hesitated for a moment, wanting to bow to them. William followed suit, but Newton and Wang Yan quickly stepped back.
“No need for such a big gesture!” In their hometown, this gesture was used for the dead!
Caddy shuddered, “What? But the Japanese like this. I thought everyone in Asia liked it? I’m sorry, I didn’t know your customs.”
Newton quickly replied, “No worries.”
Caddy scratched his head, feeling embarrassed to bring William back to the hotel. William needed to change his clothes. Before leaving, he decided to make another effort to show goodwill and said to the Chinese team, “Actually, William’s excitement today is because of you guys. The match between you and Bulgaria was so exciting. This guy loves volleyball the most. As soon as he knew he was going to play against you, he happily ran around the house. So, I had to bring him out for a walk to release his energy.”
“But before you face us, you have to deal with Argentina. They are the second-strongest team in South America after Brazil.”
Caddy made a cheering gesture, “Your previous world ranking was 18th, right? You’ll have to put in more effort. Winning against Brazil in the Youth Games doesn’t mean it’ll be as easy in the adult games.”
The captain of the third-ranked U.S. team showed an encouraging smile to the 18th-ranked Chinese team.
Chinese team: …
Sorry, our world ranking was only 18th. We were really far behind, but believe us, we would crush you bastards on the court!
Ding Rong clenched his fist, making a loud sound. “In the Chinese stop, we’ll give Argentina and the United States a good show.”
Everyone: “Absolutely!”
Sometimes, a player’s fighting spirit and the rivalry between teams could arise unintentionally.
It seemed that Caddy’s attempt to release goodwill didn’t go well.
Newton and Jiang Xiaohai exchanged a glance. Jiang Xiaohai frowned and said softly, “Our original goal was to make it to the top five, but now it seems like they really want to beat the USA.”
Chang Xiaole said calmly, “It’s just the USA. I beat them before. Stay calm. As long as our guys keep playing, we’ll eventually have a showdown with the USA.”
Newton and Jiang Xiaohai didn’t want to pay attention to the beach volleyball’ hot guy favorite of girls. Though Chang Xiaole’s performance during his service might not have been outstanding, that only meant he didn’t win an Olympic medal. It didn’t mean he hadn’t beaten strong teams before in major competitions.
As everyone knew, there were many strong teams outside the podium.
To prepare for tomorrow’s strong opponent, the Chinese team rested early today. Qin Chunxiao went to bed at 9 o’clock sharp.
The next day, the boys got up early and had a good breakfast. They did some light training in the morning. At 3:30 PM, they arrived at the venue for warm-up exercises.
By this time, the spectators had started to enter the venue.
Qin Chunxiao stuffed his torn insoles back into his shoes. He realized that it might not be easy for Zhe Yue to send the insoles from Guangzhou to Ningbo from such a distance, so he didn’t expect them today. He would have to make do with the torn insoles for one more game.
Sigh, if he had known his equipment consumption rate would be so high, he should have asked for a few spare pairs back then.
At this moment, a commotion erupted in the stands, accompanied by bursts of girls’ screams. The players turned their heads to see what was happening.
Then Qin Chunxiao saw Lu Xuandong running over in a hurry. He carried a bulging backpack, crossed the barrier, jumped onto the court, and placed the backpack in front of Qin Chunxiao before opening it.
Inside, the backpack was filled with insoles!
Qin Chunxiao stared at Lu Xuandong with his mouth wide open. Lu Xuandong opened his mouth, wanting to say something but couldn’t find the words. He couldn’t communicate with Qin Chunxiao using hand signs and a cellphone in such a public.
At this moment, the water in the region of Er Leng’s brain related to emotional intelligence suddenly receded, metaphorically termed as “ebb tide.”
He rushed to Lu Xuandong, taking big strides, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously, saying, “Dongzai, long time no see. I didn’t expect you to be the one sending the insoles to me!”
Lu Xuandong, panting, said, “Huff… Huff… Lengzai, Xiaozai, I was going to Ningbo before to discuss the glutinous rice ball business. When I heard Xiaozai needed insoles, I brought them from Guangzhou. Try… cough, cough, let him try them!”
Li Ling thought that having a hidden soulmate was troublesome. Even saying “try them” to Xiaozai, Lu Xuandong was getting tongue-tied. But as a good friend of both of them, he made an effort to cooperate with Lu Xuandong.
“Alright, alright, Xiaozai, come and try the insoles that Dongzi flew over for you.”
Qin Chunxiao picked up a bottle of unopened mineral water, walked over handed it to Lu Xuandong, then picked up the insoles, smoothly inserted them into his shoes, put them on, jumped in place then nodded, and made an “ok” gesture.
Only then did Lu Xuandong breathe a sigh of relief and sat down next to Newton, drinking water first.
To deliver the insoles before the game, he broke traffic rules and rushed over. He sprinted from the parking lot to the stadium all the way.
Newton was stunned for a moment before politely greeting, “You are… Zhe Yue’s young master, right? Thank you for taking care of Xiaozai.”
Lu Xuandong repeatedly shook his hand and said, “It’s my pleasure. I should thank you for taking care of Xiaozai all this time.”
Hearing this, Newton furrowed his brow slightly, wondering why this guy seemed to be even closer to Xiaozai than he, Lao Niu, was.
He maintained his politeness and said, “Hi, taking care of Xiaozai is the least I can do. I’m his coach after all.”
Lu Xuandong, being emotionally intelligent, immediately sensed something and changed his expression. He started pulling Newton’s arm and praised the athletes under him, saying they were all good men with a good image. He wished all the athletes success in this VNL, so that Zhe Yue could sign more endorsements in the volleyball field.
Qin Chunxiao’s Fly Wolf brand sold well, so now Zhe Yue was quite optimistic about finding more players for endorsements.
Lao Niu was a caring person. Praising his athletes, especially the good ones, worked faster than praising himself. In a short while, Lu Xuandong coaxed him to show a sincere smile.
Only Chang Xiaole was sizing up Lu Xuandong and then glancing at Qin Chunxiao, with a doubt emerging in his mind.
Have these two not said a single word to each other since they met?
