After a five-minute summary, the coach allowed the players to rest.
When he got up, Rudo pulled Edward and quietly said near his ear, “Your little girlfriend told me the first detail.”
After that, Edward looked up at Susan who was sitting on the sofa.
Susan slightly trembled all over and met the soft smile of Edward.
After such a long time, she still couldn’t look straight at him.
Having been strong for hundreds of days, she almost surrendered just for one glance.
At the moment of trance, they sat in the sofa next to Leo.
Then Leo stood up while whistling wittily, leaving the sofa for the two of them.
“When did you arrive in Shanghai?” Edward said first.
“Yesterday.” Susan lowered her head and looked at her clenched hands. “The company wanted me to interview the All-Stars.”
“What do you want to interview?” He asked patiently, as if asking her what she would like to eat in the evening.
“I haven’t figured it out yet. It’s best to get an interview with the players from the company.” But Susan didn’t have any ideas. Even if she could interview the players, because she hadn’t paid attention to the game for a long time, she didn’t know what to ask.
“Is it OK to interview me?”
Her clenched hands suddenly relaxed. Susan turned her head, only to find that Edward was so close to her.
For a moment, she even forgot to breathe.
“There will be a SOLO game in a while, wait for me, and let’s have dinner together in the evening.” Edward did not forget to inform Leo who was secretly observing in the corner.
“OK?” Edward asked Leo.
Leo said, “Yes, you can entertain your girl… friend.”
“I’m not his girlfriend.” Susan raised her head and smiled at Leo. She wanted to reject Edward, but she couldn’t help herself. Maybe it’s good to have dinner together, so that they could talk about something.
“Which hero do you want me to play?” It seemed that Edward didn’t hear what Susan said, he said something again to make the manager annoy.
Leo said, “Hey, you can’t do that. This is an international SOLO competition. Do you want me to deduct your wages again?”
“Okay, can I play your favorite one in the past?” Edward just looked at Susan favorably, regarding the manager Leo as air.
“No.” Susan didn’t dare to look at Edward. She turned her head away, “Just choose the hero you can win.”
“Fine.”
The SOLO games were even shorter. The winner could be produced within two or three minutes for some faster ones, and about ten minutes for longer ones.
Edward’s were not easy in the first two rounds, but fortunately, he entered the next round with good reaction and consciousness.
The final eight and final of the SOLO battle were focused on the next day and the third day. The first day’s game had ended early.
Edward came here by car with his teammates. After a while he borrowed Leo’s car and took Susan out for dinner.
The car stopped at a quiet music restaurant. Edward walked up the stairs, turned around and smiled at Susan, “Come here.”
Susan was startled slightly.
Under the tree beside the green lake on the university campus, he stretched out his hand to her and smiled.
Downstairs in the crowded dormitory, he stretched out one hand to her and smiled, with another hand in his trouser pocket.
The memories in her mind overlapped. Edward would stretch out his hand gracefully and invite her like now for many times.
“Thank you.” Susan suddenly lowered her head, and tried to cover the expression in her eyes.
She bypassed Edward’s hand sideways and walked straight upstairs.
She didn’t see that behind her, Edward slowly lowered his hand and smiled bitterly.