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After the athletes and the team management finished their breakfast, they went back to their respective rooms to grab their necessities before going back down and immediately boarding the bus.

Even though Lin Zhu and Ye Quan had lost in the first round of the competition, it was mandatory for them to support their fellow athletes on the second day of the tournament today.

Lin Zhu was a bit lazy to support his teammates. He was originally arrogant and so full of himself, so he didn't have any friends on the team.

He was the total opposite of the two-faced Ye Quan who looked friendly and easygoing with their teammates. Ye Quan was always acting annoying toward him, but he was such a good person in front of the other athletes.

'Such a two-faced bastard!' He couldn't stop himself from cursing in his heart when he saw how the ugly toad acted in front of other people.

When the bus finally arrived at the sports hall, Ye Quan even greeted some athletes from other countries. The ugly toad's English was better than his, so that man looked so confident when he was talking with those athletes.

Lin Zhu could only roll his eyes to the side, but he didn't say anything. His English was indeed not so good, but that wasn't the sole reason why he didn't want to interact with those athletes. He just thought that it wasn't necessary to make friends with their opponents.

Lin Zhu didn't act cold toward them, though. If they greeted him first, then he would respond to the greet politely. He would also smile at them when they showed respect to him as well.

Lin Zhu was a realistic person, and he believed in the 'take and give' rules.

After finishing greeting some fellow athletes from other countries, Lin Zhu and Ye Quan headed to the spectator seats where they were going to watch the match today. The staff gave them ID cards to show that they were athletes earlier, and the cards were now hanging on their slender necks.

They had to sit side by side, and Lin Zhu sighed heavily after his butt made contact with the hard seat.

"Why are you sighing?" Ye Quan, who was sitting beside him, immediately questioned him.

"Nothing," the shorter boy answered in a careless manner. "I'm just bored sitting in the spectators' seats like this. Ever since I joined the senior team, my fate changed, and I regularly became a spectator instead of an athlete who's playing on the court."

Lin Zhu didn't know why did he tell what was on his mind to Ye Quan, but he just did. He naturally voiced what was on his mind like it was a routine for him.

"It's the first time I'm sitting in the spectators' seats."

Lin Zhu turned his head to the side and frowned upon hearing the other man's statement. "Ever since you recovered from your injury, you never played in the men's singles team, right? You were just pretending as if you couldn't go back to your top performance, and the team management directly sent you to the men's doubles team. Don't you think they're treating you especially?"

Ye Quan didn't turn his head towards Lin Zhu and just smiled calmly as he responded, "It's them who chose to treat me especially. I've never asked them to do that."

Lin Zhu was still frowning at the other man when he said, "Are they treating you so special because of your father?"

Lin Zhu wasn't sure if it was just his imagination or not, but he thought he saw Ye Quan's body tense upon hearing his question.

"What about my father?" Ye Quan asked back instead of answering, and it was Lin Zhu's body that grew tenser after hearing the question.

Ye Quan's voice sounded so cold and distant just now. The black-haired man was indeed annoying and troublesome, but the voice that he heard just now was the coldest voice he ever heard from the other man. Lin Zhu couldn't help but feel more curious about the other man.

"Your father is a―"

"Let's not talk about him," the older athlete hastily cut Lin Zhu's speech. "My girlfriend is about to play, so let's not talk about anything else."

Lin Zhu felt his heart drop for some reason. He wasn't sure if it was caused by Ye Quan's sudden cold attitude towards him or caused by Ye Quan's face that turned brighter as he stared at Zhao Jia in the court.

Lin Zhu turned his head toward Zhao Jia and observed the girl's appearance. Zhao Jia was wearing the red jersey just like yesterday, and nothing was special with the girl.

Lin Zhu questioned himself. He had been having a crush on Zhao Jia for almost two years, but now there were no remaining feelings in his heart. He knew that his previous feelings towards the goddess were just a crush, but he didn't expect that the feelings would vanish this soon.

Lin Zhu wondered in his heart, 'Why did my feelings towards her suddenly turn into hatred?'

Zhao Jia didn't even do anything to him, but he was so biased towards the girl. Lin Zhu couldn't help but feel bad for the girl.

"My girlfriend is so pretty, right?"

Ye Quan's question successfully broke his chains of thoughts. He turned his head towards Ye Quan again and was a bit stunned when he saw the latter smiling brightly as he kept staring at a certain person.

Lin Zhu immediately changed his mind. He no longer felt bad for the girl.