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My Soulmate is a Libero - Chapter 124

Published at 3rd of August 2023 02:16:06 PM


Chapter 124

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Bottle Mouth [I can’t stand it anymore. Although I know we ship Dong and Chun together, you know, right? Lately, the main lead keeps dropping hints, and there are so many details that make it seem like they match Yomi’s wife’s fanfiction!]

Prospecting [I agree! Like in “Guide to Watching Games,” it mentioned that Chun had known 

Dong, the passionate fan, since early spring. Also, in “Young Spokesperson,” when Chun was endorsing, Winter went to get his autograph, and Spring actually gave it.]

Bottle Mouth [No, no, no! These are all well-known things. Yomi’s wife can only be said to have a prophetic gift. But because she predicted so accurately in her writing, she got attacked by those two’s extreme fans. After the bone tumor incident was exposed, radical fans even questioned if she was faking the illness… Anyway, leaving these distressing matters aside, haven’t you noticed that they have never actually spoken?]

Green and Oily [What do you mean? They obviously have a lot of interactions. How could they never have spoken?]

Bottle Mouth [They really haven’t! I watched a video of Zhe Yue’s charity event for orphanages. The host led Dong to Chun for an autograph, and Chun gave it, but they didn’t say a word. Dong clearly presented himself as a big fan of Chun, and he’s known for his politeness. Normally, in this situation, wouldn’t he say thank you after receiving the autograph? But did he say it?]

Prospecting [Damn! I need to review the video.]

Addicted to WinterSpring [It’s true! Given Dong’s personality, this is abnormal! And I remember when Chun was asked for an autograph by other fans, he would thank them for their support. But when Dong got his autograph, not a single word was spoken, just a smile.]

Green and Oily [Wait, I remember now! When Dong gave Chun insoles, it seems Chun didn’t say anything either, just gave him a bottle of water. He didn’t say thank you!]

Plum Blossom Seven [And have you all noticed, after a match, when Chun had leg cramps, it was Liu Yuelou who carried him out of the venue, and later, Dong rushed over, picked him up, and personally drove them back. There’s a fan video of it, but they didn’t say a word to each other throughout the entire process.]

Prospecting [I watched the video! They really haven’t spoken. Every time they were together on screen, there was no conversation! At least that’s how it appeared in the video. What does this mean?]

Crimson [It reminds me of Yomi’s wife’s most classic fanfiction.]

Bright Red [Agreed +1]

Small Yellow Face [Agreed +2]

I’m not sure [Agreed +3]

Pipi [My Soulmate Is a Libero, the masterpiece of Winter and Spring’s fanfiction! It’s also Yomi’s wife’s only fanfiction that exceeds 500,000 words, but unfortunately, she quit the fandom before finishing it.]

Bottle Mouth [Shh! Everyone, these are just our speculations. Maybe Dong and Chun have private communication. In any case, real-life relationships are delicate matters, and we shouldn’t spread rumors. Let’s just enjoy ourselves within the fandom circle, okay?]

Mysterious Small Group Leader [It’s frustrating. Ever since reading Yomi’s wife’s fanfiction, I can’t help but think that maybe while we’re secretly enjoying this ship, those two people involved might be texting each other too.]

Pipi [Right, isn’t Chun already on his way to Brazil?]

Bright Red [Yes, the VNL schedule is tight. Chun played against Argentina until he was exhausted, and now he has to travel to the other side of the earth. It’s not easy.]

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A day before June 1st, Children’s Day. On this beautiful day, Qin Chunxiao should have been at home, enjoying a good sleep and looking forward to the love from his parents, while also receiving caring messages from his sister on his phone.

As the youngest son in the family, he was indeed fortunate, as he used to receive Children’s Day gifts every year before turning 20.

However, due to the VNL (Volleyball Nations League) schedule, he had to immediately board a plane with his teammates after the Ningbo stop, arriving early in Goiânia, Brazil, where he could only spend Children’s Day.

In this Portuguese-speaking place, Qin Chunxiao’s home turf came into play. To prevent this group of national men’s volleyball team members from getting lost in a foreign country, the Volleyball Association specifically contacted the Macau men’s volleyball team and arranged for a Portuguese translator. However, Qin Chunxiao’s spoken Portuguese was even more fluent than the translator’s.

From the moment they landed, he proficiently led his teammates through the airport, took the bus, and checked into the hotel. He took care of the usual tasks of the coaching staff, team captain, and vice-captain as well.

Newton was quite surprised, “Have you been to Brazil before, kid?”

Qin Chunxiao didn’t even look back, “No, not in this lifetime, at least.”

Newton asked, “Were you here in your past life?”

Qin Chunxiao teased, “Coach, you are a Party member, please don’t indulge in feudal superstition.”

Newton retorted, “But you brought up the topic of past lives first!”

Everyone laughed and joked, taking out the schedule and discussing it happily.

Their three opponents in the Brazil stop were Japan, South Korea, and Brazil.

Chang Xiaole couldn’t hide his joy, “We already have two guaranteed victories. Our luck is pretty good this time.”

The match against Brazil on the third day wouldn’t be easy, but starting with weaker teams and facing stronger ones later was advantageous for managing their energy. If they were to start with a tough match against Argentina, leading to several key players being exhausted, they’d have a hard time against a stronger team like the United States, and that would be really unfortunate.

Yes, the Japanese and South Korean teams were considered weaker opponents for the Chinese team, as they were beaten by them at the Asian Championships last year.

However, Jiang Xiaohai reminded them, “Never be complacent against any opponent. Don’t forget, in this world, there are plenty of strong teams that have been overturned by weaker ones. Do you remember how many strong teams you’ve beaten yourselves?”

This group of young men, who had been facing adversity since the Youth World Championships, started counting on their fingers and concluded that they had beaten many teams widely recognized as stronger than the Chinese team. There were so many that they couldn’t even remember them all.

Li Ling went wherever Qin Chunxiao went, and as soon as they put down their luggage, they squatted in the hotel restaurant and devoured the food with relish.

Among the delicacies, Qin Chunxiao was inquiring if there were any açai bowls. This was a fruit bowl based on açaí berries, with a light and refreshing taste, known for its beauty and weight loss effects. It had once gone viral on Instagram. Qin Chunxiao simply treated it as a low-calorie snack and would often crave it when he couldn’t have it. However, athletes couldn’t easily eat outside, so Qin Chunxiao waited until the Brazilian leg of the VNL to find it in restaurants. In addition to that, they also had “mei dou hui fan” (mung bean rice) and grilled meat skewers. The Brazilian version of meat skewers was coated in cassava flour, giving it a unique texture.

Li Ling felt a bit guilty, “Eating like this won’t make us gain weight, will it?”

Although they could use the extra energy to build muscle, volleyball was a jumping sport, and getting too muscular wouldn’t be ideal. According to the advice of their strength coach Wang Chuntian, Li Ling’s weight gain goal for this year was around 90 kilograms, as anything more could have an impact on his body.

Qin Chunxiao looked at the food on his plate, “Don’t worry, we eat less meat. It’s the Fu Xiaoji that should be concerned about this issue.”

As they were enjoying their meal, Fu Biyang, who was greedily devouring a large plate of Brazilian barbecue nearby, mumbled a few sentences, but neither Qin Chunxiao nor Li Ling understood.

At that moment, a group of tall Brazilian male volleyball players walked in, wearing their national team jerseys, chatting and laughing. Leading the team at the front was a very short and thin old man, with grayish-white hair and eyebrows.

Volleyball is a sport where taller players have an advantage, so many retired coaches are also tall. For example, Lao Niu was 1.95 meters tall. However, this old man was just a little over 1.7 meters tall, even shorter than Qin Chunxiao, and he was thin, but full of energy. His face was three-dimensional, with particularly large eyes, and he was dressed in a three-piece suit, somewhat resembling a slimmer version of Al Pacino.

He was the current head coach of the Brazilian men’s national volleyball team, 65-year-old Mars.

Qin Chunxiao remembered that after the Tokyo Olympics, this old man retired and returned to his hometown of Campinas, where he coached a club that was not considered top-tier in the Brazilian league.

When Qin Chunxiao tried sending resumes to various clubs around the world, Campinas was the only one that responded to him. The person who made the decision was Mars.

There were two acquaintances of Qin Chunxiao in the team, one was his former teammate at Campinas, the quasi-god-level spiker Joshua. It was Joshua who taught Qin Chunxiao how to serve and hit diagonal shots.

The other person was Brazil’s libero, Billy Apton, who was Qin Chunxiao’s competitor in the Brazilian league. When he saw them, Qin Chunxiao’s chewing slowed down, and the banana slices in his açai bowl carried a strong fruit fragrance, taking him back to that most confused summer.

At that time, he had almost lost everything as an athlete. His health deteriorated, and under Zhao Youde’s sabotage, his ankle suffered a serious injury. As a spiker with a height of only 1.8 meters, it became impossible for him to continue flying at the net against the giants after his jumping ability was affected by the injury. Moreover, he failed to enter the national team throughout the entire Tokyo Olympics cycle.

Meng Yuqing, who had already retired at that time, helped him send resumes all over the world, but Qin Chunxiao also considered that if he couldn’t succeed abroad either, it would be better to return to university and pursue his studies.

He went to Brazil with that kind of mentality and then Joshua picked him up in a jeep, took him to eat açai bowls and cassava pancakes, while Mars suggested that he develop his defensive potential, making him realize that he had the ability to step onto the world’s top competition stage.

The scorching sun of Brazil, the sea breeze by the beach, the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor, enthusiastic teammates, the suburban fields of Campinas, and the song “Garota de Ipanema” that every Brazilian girl could sing—all of these transformed Qin Chunxiao into a completely new person.

Mars noticed Qin Chunxiao’s gaze and nudged Billy Apton, saying, “Hey, look, if you want to win the title of the best libero in major competitions for the next few years, your competitors, apart from Italy’s Piatt and Dario, include that boy.”

Billy looked at the blue-eyed Chinese boy and grinned, “Wow, he looks so young. Do all Asians look this young?”

He waved friendly towards Qin Chunxiao and was pulled away by his teammates.

Joshua put his arm around Qin Chunxiao’s shoulder, “Hey, let’s eat. You can greet them during the match.”

Then they left.

Qin Chunxiao withdrew his gaze, his expression becoming subtle.

Li Ling asked in confusion, “Xiao Zai, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong with those Brazilian players?”

Fu Biyang muttered in between bites, “Ah ah wu wu %¥#*&…”

Qin Chunxiao said, “Xiao Ji, focus on eating. Don’t choke. Er Lang, I’m fine, don’t worry about me.”

He was just feeling a bit uncomfortable. Back when Mars saw him, he would always come over very amiably to pat him on the back, he couldn’t reach his shoulders and head. Joshua was like a warm fire in winter, often inviting him to go clubbing together and being rejected, and then taking him to see bonfires instead. He even tried to introduce Qin Chunxiao to his model cousin as a girlfriend, and when that was rejected, he attempted to introduce his model cousin instead. Brazil, a place abundant with mixed-race people, had many outstanding models.

Later on, Qin Chunxiao came to know that Joshua really liked his face, which was why he wanted to become relatives with Qin Chunxiao. However, after thinking about it for a long time, Qin Chunxiao still couldn’t understand Joshua’s way of thinking and eventually gave up.

As for Billy Apton, ever since Qin Chunxiao surpassed him in defensive statistics during his first year playing as a libero, Billy had never given him a friendly look again. Whenever Qin Chunxiao saw Billy smiling at him, he couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Due to the 11-hour time difference between Brazil and China, Qin Chunxiao couldn’t sleep when it was 9 PM in Brazil, so he lay on his bed and messaged people on the other side of the world.

Little Qin: “Xuan Dong, what if I meet players I really admire, give it my all in a match against them, win the game, and then ask for their contact information to be friends? Do you think they’ll find me annoying?”

Xuan Dong: “If you don’t play seriously, your opponents will be angry, right?”

Little Qin: “You’re right! Brazil is currently ranked first in the world this year. If we can beat them in this station, it’ll feel like a huge accomplishment.”

Xuan Dong: “Just don’t get as exhausted as you did when playing against Argentina.”

Little Qin: “No way, that won’t happen!”

After a while, Qin Chunxiao asked another question.

Little Qin: “I heard from Yuqing sister that you know Yu Ling sister?”

Xuan Dong: “I asked her to make my beast outfit. Later, when I wanted to buy a house for Xiang Nan, I coincidentally bought the one next door to their place. Xiang Nan received a lot of help from them, and I owe them a lot of favors.”

Little Qin: “Is Yu Ling sister doing well?”

Xuan Dong: “I’m going to visit her tomorrow. Do you want to video call with them?”

Little Qin: “If we video call, our secret will be exposed.”

Xuan Dong: “I think they probably already guessed.”

With the sharpness of the Meng sisters and their innate identity as hidden soulmates, they might have already figured out the relationship between him and Chunxiao.





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