THE KISSING PHOTOGRAPH

The hotel room was so quiet tonight. It was enveloped by pitch blackness after the only human in the room turned off the lights.

It was already midnight, but instead of the sound of regular breathing, a series of heavy sighs could be heard in the room.

Aside from that sound, there was also a sound of the person kept turning over on the bed just like a worm got hit by the scorching sun.

Lin Zhu couldn't sleep at all. There would be a training tomorrow before the match started the day after tomorrow. He was supposed to rest both his body and his mind after a long tiring day, but he couldn't go to dreamland after lying his body down on the soft bed.

His mind wandered wildly like wildfire. It burned his rationality and made him feel crazy.

That bastard Ye Quan was truly a reincarnation of a demon! What evil spell did he use on Lin Zhu to make the latter couldn't stop thinking about the previous event?

Lin Zhu knew that Ye Quan was just teasing him, but the tease kept haunting him even after several hours had passed.

His mind still wandered to that ominous moment, but his small body flinched a little when his ear caught a loud vibration coming from his phone that previously idled on the nightstand. The vibration sounded so loud that it broke the silence of the night.

Lin Zhu groaned before bringing his body to get up and stretching his hand to turn on the desk lamp.

The yellowish light brightened up the room, and he grabbed his phone immediately. He should have turned off the phone before going to bed!

His thin fingers danced on the phone screen, and he lamented again after realizing that the notification was coming from his social media account. If it was from his social media account, then it was probably just a mention from his fans.

Lin Zhu was about to turn off the phone, but then he realized something. He noticed that he received a message from a fan, but he had never received any messages from his fans before. At most, he would only receive mentions from them, but not a message.

Lin Zhu's curiosity perked up at the realization. He couldn't help but want to know what his fans had sent him.

He brought his thumb to open the message, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"What the hell is it?" His lips automatically muttered a curse upon seeing the message.

His eyes scanned the screen and found a long series of words:

["Hello, Lin Zhu! I'm your fanatic supporter, and I've followed you to Korea to support you in Korea Open! I even followed you to your hotel and was about to take some pictures of you, but I accidentally captured this photo. I'm so excited to see this photo, but I wonder if it's okay for me to post it on my account? You're also in the photo, so I want to ask for your opinion first. Please reply to my message~ If you don't reply to this message by tomorrow, then I'll just post this photo on my account!"]

Lin Zhu's hand trembled after he finished reading the message. He was glad that he had such a considerate supporter who asked for his opinion before posting a photo, but the photo that was attached by the supporter made his heart thump loudly.

It was a photo of him in the hotel lobby, but he wasn't the only one in the photo. In that full-colored digital photo, he was staring at two people who were kissing each other hungrily! Those two people were Ye Quan and Zhao Jia!

Lin Zhu had expected that something like this would happen. Even though they were kissing in a relatively deserted and hidden part of the hotel lobby, but that was still a public place, for a God's sake! Of course, it was possible if a person captured that scene!

Lin Zhu's mind was turbulent. He was contemplating what he should do next. Ye Quan had done a lot of bad deeds, and he deserved punishment, right?

Lin Zhu had two options in his heart:

The first option was to let the fan post the photo on her account to ruin Ye Quan's reputation, and the second option was to report this matter to the coach so that the coach could punish the ugly toad.

He was thinking hard that his brows furrowed deeply, but then he realized that the first option was too risky. They were partners now, and what would happen to Ye Quan might affect him as well.

That was why he decided to go with the second option.

He grabbed his phone even tighter before nodding his head. He didn't want to slander his partner, but his partner indeed needed punishment for what he had done.

Lin Zhu assured himself that he wasn't the villain here. He was a mere citizen who would report a crime to the one who had the authority to punish the criminal.

With a resolute decision, the brown-haired athlete jumped down from the bed and walked toward the door. He didn't even remember to wear his sandals!

Lin Zhu was a bit reckless when he opened the door and stepped out of the room, causing the door to lock itself automatically.

He didn't care about that and was about to leave the door, but he then realized something.

He forgot to bring the room card!

The door was locked automatically, he was outside the door, and the room card was inside the room! How did he suppose to open the door then?

Lin Zhu gulped his saliva nervously. If Ye Quan found out that he accidentally left the room card inside the room, that annoying athlete surely would snap at him!

Lin Zhu panicked, and he jumped in surprise when he felt a light tap on his shoulder.

He turned to the side and found Ye Quan was the one who just tapped his shoulder.