GO BACK TO CHINA

Ye Quan's dearest girlfriend, Zhao Jia, had to admit that her opponent from Malaysia was better than her and her partner yesterday. In the end, the China mixed doubles pair lost the second-round match in a straight game.

That was such an unfortunate outcome, but it wasn't unpredictable. Zhao Jia, despite having the experience to be one of the top athletes in the world, had to start over since her partner retired.

She and her previous partner managed to get into the third rank in the world ranking, but now she had to say goodbye to the high ranking.

It couldn't be said that her new partner was bad, but they were still new and still need more time before they could form a solid team. Her new partner was even a year younger than her, so Zhao Jia had to guide him if she wanted to snatch the high ranking again.

Yesterday, after the match ended, Ye Quan immediately rushed toward the changing room to comfort his girlfriend. Lin Zhu, who was left behind in the spectator's seats, could only sigh heavily. Ye Quan didn't even remember his presence at all. All he cared about was his girlfriend.

Lin Zhu felt a bit of discomfort in his heart, but he brushed his thought away and chose to sneakily go back to the hotel. Yes, sneakily, because the team management wouldn't let him do so if they knew the young athlete's plan.

That was what happened yesterday, and nothing was special last night as well. Ye Quan, with an alibi to comfort his sad girlfriend, told him that he would spend the night in the girl's room.

Lin Zhu didn't have any choice but to let the man leave their room. Ye Quan was not even his friend, so he didn't have the right to control the older man.

In the end, Lin Zhu could have the bed for himself last night. He could sleep freely without needing to build a fortress again, nor he had to be aware of the naked Ye Quan. He finally could sleep peacefully last night.

Today, another fortune came to him when his coach suddenly informed him that the athletes who had lost in the first and second rounds could go back to China first to resume their training.

The team management had booked the plane ticket for them, so all they had to do was just go to the airport this afternoon.

Lin Zhu, while dragging his luggage, walked towards the waiting room in the airport. They had done checking in, and they just needed to wait for their flight schedule.

Coach Cheng didn't come back with them because he was responsible for the men's doubles team. The other two pairs in the men's doubles team made it to the next round, so he had to stay in Korea to assist them.

Lin Zhu sighed when he realized that he and Ye Quan were the only ones who had failed in the men's doubles team. Even the young pair Huang Mo and Yuan Tianyu managed to beat the Indian and Spain pairings in the first two games.

He wasn't sure if he and Ye Quan were just too unlucky or if they indeed played badly in the first round. He comforted himself by thinking that the Indonesian pair was just too strong, and both he and Ye Quan needed to practice more if they wanted to reach that level.

Lin Zhu sighed again as he sat down on the hard bench in the waiting room. Their team management didn't bother to book the VIP waiting room for them, so they ended up waiting in the regular waiting room.

Without Coach Cheng, Lin Zhu didn't know anyone he could talk to. Six athletes would board the plane together today, and they all seemed to be busy with their own activities.

An athlete was seen to be busy with his phone, two athletes were chatting with each other, and the rest two athletes... were flirting like usual.

Lin Zhu unconsciously pouted when he saw how happy Ye Quan was when he was with Zhao Jia. Earlier when they were at the check-in desk, Ye Quan even requested a seat next to Zhao Jia. Again, Lin Zhu didn't have the right to protest and simply accepted the arrangement.

Having nothing to do, the brown-haired athlete finally decided to fish out his cell phone from his pants pocket. He didn't his social media at all during his stay in Korea, and he wanted to do it now.

Before he started his surfing, he inhaled deeply before exhaling slowly. He readied himself for the worst possibility.

Right after he opened one of the sports sites on the internet, he could feel his heart being squeezed strongly.

["The former men's singles athletes, Ye Quan and Lin Zhu couldn't do anything in the Korean Open this year. They played very badly and ended up losing to the Indonesian pair in a straight game."]

Lin Zhu had expected that kind of news, but he didn't think that he and Ye Quan played so badly. Even his coach said that they weren't that bad. Or... did his coach only want to comfort them?

Shaking his head to remove the thoughts, Lin Zhu moved to another article.

["What's the point of uniting Ye Quan and Lin Zhu in a team when they couldn't even be friends with each other?"]

Lin Zhu furrowed his thick eyebrows. Was it too obvious that he and Ye Quan didn't have a good relationship?

He remembered that Ye Quan once told his fans that they were friends, but it seemed that the public was not easy to be fooled. It seemed that they had found out that the two young athletes were in a bad term.

Ah, Ye Quan had told his fans on his social media, right? Lin Zhu suddenly felt curious about Ye Quan's fans' reaction after witnessing their failed debut.

Lin Zhu then decided to check on Ye Quan's social media, and he noticed that they didn't follow each other there. He smirked evilly. Ye Quan was too stupid for telling his fans that they were friends when they didn't even follow each other.

Choosing to ignore that one fact, Lin Zhu continued stalking Ye Quan's account to find his fans' comments.

But, to his dismay, his eyes were attacked by some sweet posts of Ye Quan and Zhao Jia on that account. The two lovebirds even shamelessly flirted on social media.

Lin Zhu grabbed his phone tightly. He should have let his fans ruin Ye Quan's reputation back then.