Alliance: Start Suona, send away the stupid sister Zhou

The moonlight was bright in the night sky. Lin Feng's mood was just like the moonlight, bright and gentle. He knew that something was quietly changing. And he was full of expectations.

However, life always drops a few stones inadvertently, causing ripples.

Just as the RNG players were enjoying their rare vacation and Lin Feng was thinking about how to ask Yu Shuang out naturally again, a message popped up.

It's Rita.

"Brother Fengzi, are you there? Are you free tomorrow? I recently found an awesome trendy brand store and I want to go check it out, but it's a bit boring to go alone. Can you come with me? [wink emoji]"

Rita, as one of the official female hosts of LPL, has a large number of fans for her beautiful appearance and lively personality. She and Yu Shuang are colleagues, but their styles are very different. Yu Shuang is more intellectual and gentle, while Rita is more outgoing and enthusiastic, and her dress is more fashionable and bold.

Lin Feng frowned slightly when he saw the message. He didn't have any special feelings for Rita, just an ordinary colleague. But it didn't seem good to refuse the invitation directly. Thinking of what Yu Shuang said before that his life was monotonous, it would be good to go out more, so he replied: "I should be free tomorrow afternoon. Where?"

"That's great! It's in the Yintai Center in the west of the city, it’s newly opened! I'll be waiting for you at the door at 2pm tomorrow afternoon! Don't stand me up! [blowing kiss emoji]" Rita's reply revealed an enthusiasm that could not be refused.

Lin Feng smiled helplessly and replied "OK".

The next afternoon, Lin Feng packed up simply and arrived at Yintai Center on time.

Rita had been waiting there for a long time. She was dressed very brightly today: a crop top with a full sense of design, paired with high-waisted ripped jeans, showing off her beautiful figure, with delicate makeup on her face and long curly hair casually scattered, full of youthful vitality and fashion sense.

“Brother Fengzi, you’re here!” Rita’s eyes lit up when she saw Lin Feng. She took the initiative to step forward and took Lin Feng’s arm, her movements natural and intimate. “Come on, I’ll take you to see that store. I guarantee you’ll like it!”

Lin Feng felt a little uncomfortable with her sudden intimate behavior and subconsciously wanted to pull his hand back, but Rita held it very tightly and he couldn't be too stiff, so he could only let her pull him forward with a little embarrassment.

"I know the designer of this store, his stuff is super cool!" Rita introduced enthusiastically, pulling Raymond Lam into a trendy brand store with avant-garde decoration. The music in the store was loud, full of young people's hormones.

Rita flitted around the store like a butterfly, picking up a piece of clothing and trying it on Raymond Lam from time to time.

"Brother Fengzi, what do you think of this one? It seems to suit your temperament very well!"

"And these pants, they will definitely look good on you with your long legs!"

Lin Feng was not really interested in these trendy brands, but he didn't want to disappoint Rita, so he could only politely agree. He found that Rita had a good taste, and the clothes she picked were all very stylish.

Just as Rita pulled Lin Feng to let him try on a loose sweater, a familiar voice sounded not far away:

"Huh? Lin Feng?"

Lin Feng turned around when he heard the voice and his body froze instantly.

Yu Shuang was standing not far away, and there was a girl next to her, who seemed to be her friend. Yu Shuang was still dressed simply and elegantly today, a light-colored shirt with a denim skirt, with a faint smile on her face, but when she saw Raymond Lam and Rita holding his arm, the smile froze for a moment, and a trace of surprise and... imperceptible hurt flashed in her eyes.

Rita also saw Yu Shuang. The smile on her face remained unchanged, but the hand that was around Lin Feng's arm tightened subconsciously, and she even leaned closer to Lin Feng, with a subtle hint of provocation.

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze.

"Sister Yu Shuang, what a coincidence." Lin Feng was the first to break the silence, with a hint of panic in his tone that he himself did not even notice, and at the same time, he tried to pull his arm out of Rita's hand without making a sound.

But Rita seemed not to notice it. Instead, she smiled even more brightly and said to Yu Shuang, "Yes, Sister Yu Shuang, what a coincidence! Brother Fengzi and I have made an appointment to go shopping for clothes together!" She deliberately emphasized the words "made an appointment" and "Brother Fengzi" and her eyes moved between Yu Shuang and Lin Feng.

Yu Shuang's friends obviously noticed the subtle atmosphere and quietly touched Yu Shuang's arm.

Yu Shuang took a deep breath and forced a smile on her face again, but it seemed a little forced: "Really? Then you guys take your time walking around. We're just looking around." Her eyes fell on Rita's hand that was holding Lin Feng's arm, stayed there for a moment, and then moved away.

"Sister Yu Shuang, are you here to buy clothes too? Do you want to join us? It will be more lively with more people." Rita invited enthusiastically, but her tone sounded like she was declaring sovereignty.

Lin Feng felt his scalp tingling. This scene looked like... a Shura field?

He quickly said, "Sister Yu Shuang, you guys go about your business, we'll just take a look." He finally succeeded in pulling his arm out of Rita's hand, although his movements were a bit stiff.

Rita seemed a little dissatisfied with Lin Feng's behavior, but she couldn't get angry in front of Yu Shuang, so she just curled her lips slightly.

Yu Shuang glanced back and forth between Lin Feng and Rita, then smiled gently, but that smile made Lin Feng's heart inexplicably tense.

"No, my friend and I have other things to do. I won't disturb your 'date'." Yu Shuang deliberately emphasized the word "date", with a hint of teasing and a hint of loss in her eyes.

After saying that, she nodded to Lin Feng, then turned around and left with her friend without saying another word.

Lin Feng looked at Yu Shuang's departing back, and a sense of inexplicable irritation and... a hint of barely perceptible panic surged in his heart. He opened his mouth, wanting to explain something, but Yu Shuang had already walked away.

"Hmph, why are you pretending to be so noble?" Rita looked at Yu Shuang's back and muttered softly with a hint of disdain in her tone.

Lin Feng frowned and looked at Rita with some displeasure: "What did you say?"

Rita immediately put on a smiling face: "It's nothing! Brother Fengzi, let's continue looking at clothes! Don't let irrelevant people affect your mood!" She wanted to hold Lin Feng's arm again.

This time, Lin Feng took a step back, avoiding her hand, and said in a colder tone, "No, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do at the base, so I'll go back first."

"Hey? Brother Fengzi! You..." Rita didn't expect Lin Feng's expression to change suddenly. She looked at him in surprise.

"Take your time to look at the clothes. I'm leaving first." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he turned around and left the trendy brand store without waiting for Rita's response. He walked hurriedly as if there was some terrible beast behind him.

Only Rita was left standing there, looking at Lin Feng's resolute back. The smile on her face gradually disappeared, replaced by a trace of grievance and unwillingness.

Lin Feng walked out of the shopping mall quickly, feeling confused. He took out his phone and opened the chat box with Yu Shuang, but he didn't know what to say.

Explain? How to explain? Say they were just ordinary friends shopping together? But Rita's intimate behavior just now and Yu Shuang's meaningful eyes made him feel that he had no way to defend himself.

He scratched his hair in annoyance. For the first time, he felt that dealing with this kind of thing was more difficult than playing a BO5 life-and-death game.

Yu Shuang's last look just now clearly showed a misunderstanding, and... she seemed a little angry? Or was she disappointed?

"Damn it!" Lin Feng cursed in a low voice. He knew that he had to do something, otherwise the misunderstanding might get worse.

At the same time, after Yu Shuang and her friend walked a distance away, the smile on her face gradually faded. "Sister Shuang, are you okay?" the friend asked cautiously.

Yu Shuang shook her head and forced a smile: "It's okay, just... a little unexpected."

"That Rita... is she too proactive? She just put her arm around Lin Feng's arm, as if she was afraid that others wouldn't know about their relationship." A friend spoke up for Yu Shuang.

Yu Shuang was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Maybe... they really have a good relationship." But there was a hint of bitterness in her tone that she herself hadn't noticed.

She thought of Lin Feng's somewhat flustered eyes and the way he pulled his arm out of Rita's hand, and a complicated emotion arose in her heart.

Does he care about how he's perceived, or is he simply embarrassed?

Yu Shuang took out her cell phone and looked at the chat history with Lin Feng, especially the pleasant conversation they had when they were shopping at the creative market together a few days ago. Comparing it with the scene just now, she felt mixed emotions.

At this moment, her cell phone vibrated. It was a WeChat message.

Not Raymond Lam.

She sighed in disappointment and put her phone back in her bag.

Lin Feng stood on the side of the road for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to send a message to Yu Shuang:
"Sister Yu Shuang, what happened at the mall just now... was a misunderstanding. Rita and I are just ordinary colleagues. She asked me to go shopping, and I agreed without thinking too much."

After sending the message, he stared at the screen of his mobile phone, waiting for Yu Shuang's reply.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes...

The phone remained silent.

Lin Feng's heart sank a little bit. Was she...really angry? Or did she not care at all?

This feeling of uncertainty tormented him.

He had never thought that things between men and women would be so complicated. The calm and decisive Raymond Lam, who was always in control of the game, was now like a child who had done something wrong, at a loss.

It seems that this "date" initiated by Rita not only failed to bring them closer, but instead created more trouble between him and Yu Shuang.

Lin Feng sighed. It seemed that he would need to work hard to resolve this misunderstanding. What he was more worried about was whether this misunderstanding would affect Yu Shuang's view of him.

Lin Feng sighed. It seemed that he would need to work hard to resolve this misunderstanding. What he was more worried about was whether this misunderstanding would affect Yu Shuang's view of him.

Just when Lin Feng was worrying about how to explain to Yu Shuang, Rita's message came again.

"Brother Fengzi, are you angry? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that just now..." His tone was filled with a hint of grievance.

Lin Feng looked at the message and replied tiredly: "I'm not angry, it's just that something really happened at the base."

"Really?" Rita seemed unconvinced.

After a few seconds of silence, Rita sent another message, the content of which was beyond Raymond Lam's expectations:

"Brother Fengzi, actually... I like you. From the first time I interviewed you backstage, I felt that you were different from other contestants. You are very focused, very strong, and have a special charm. I know it may be a bit sudden to say this now, but I don't want to hide it anymore."

Then, another one:
"I know you are a popular star player now, and there must be many people who like you around you. I don't have any other intentions, I just want you to know my feelings. Can you... give me a chance?"

Looking at the love confession messages Rita sent one after another, Lin Feng was completely stunned.

He never expected that Rita would confess her feelings to him so directly.

To be honest, he was not without feelings for Rita. Rita was pretty, lively, and enthusiastic. When he was with her, the atmosphere was always relaxed and happy. Her initiative and directness really made it easy for boys to be moved. If his feelings for her were just ordinary friends before, then after several contacts, this affection was indeed slowly heating up.

but……

In his mind, Yu Shuang's figure involuntarily emerged. Yu Shuang's gentleness, intelligence, and the tacit understanding between the two of them that did not require much words deeply attracted him. Especially the last time they went to the creative market together, the relaxed and ambiguous feeling was still fresh in his memory.

He knew very well that he was truly attracted to Yu Shuang.

As for Rita, it is more of an admiration and a liking beyond friendship, but it doesn't seem to have reached the level of "liking" yet.

Now, Rita's sudden confession puts him in a dilemma.

"Rita, I..." Lin Feng typed, but he didn't know how to reply. Would it be too hurtful to reject her directly? But if he was vague, he was afraid of giving her false hope.

Just when he was hesitating, Rita called him directly.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and answered the phone.

"Brother Fengzi, have you seen my message?" Rita's voice was filled with a hint of nervousness and anticipation.

"Yeah, I saw it." Lin Feng's voice was a little dry.

"So...what's your answer?" Rita asked.

Lin Feng was silent for a moment, then said carefully: "Rita, you are a very good girl, very beautiful, and with a good personality. I am also very happy when I am with you. But..."

Rita's heart sank when she heard the word "but".

"But, I am... maybe not ready to start a new relationship right now." Lin Feng finally chose a relatively euphemistic statement, "Also, as you know, I am at a critical stage in my career right now, and I want to focus more on the game."

On the other end of the phone, Rita was silent for a few seconds, her voice carrying a hint of disappointment that was barely noticeable: "So... are you rejecting me?"

"That's not what I meant..." Lin Feng had a headache, "I just think that we... maybe we can start as friends and get to know each other better. It's better to let things take their own course when it comes to relationships." (End of this chapter)