Early the next morning, as soon as they got up, they went straight upstairs to start their discussions. No one even asked about breakfast. So Ji Siyue had to play the roles of both the team leader and a mother. She made them some simple breakfast. While they were discussing new tactics, she took the breakfast upstairs and made sure they all ate.
"How do you feel today?"
"Much better than yesterday. You don't need to record each of our conditions so nervously today. Since we're discussing new tactics that suit us, mistakes are inevitable. We all keep them in mind," Qin Chengyao replied while looking at the computer screen.
"Okay. Then I'll go out. Call me if you need anything. I'll probably be back around noon."
Ji Siyue gave them a few more instructions, then packed her things and left the base.
She took a taxi and headed to the hospital.
Nan Ye had been in the hospital for almost a month and had undergone one chemotherapy session. Afraid of losing all her hair, she shaved it off beforehand. Now, when Ji Siyue saw her, she had a crew cut, which made Ji Siyue feel extremely heart - rending.
Since they had a fight on the phone the day before, Nan Ye still didn't look happy to see Ji Siyue.
Ji Siyue was thick - skinned. She sat down beside Nan Ye and started peeling fruits for her.
"Mom, where's Dad?"
"Do you still remember what I told you on the phone yesterday?"
Ji Siyue's hand paused slightly. Then she sighed and nodded seriously. "I won't break up with Senior."
As soon as she said this, Nan Ye exploded. She slapped the small table in front of her. "Are you stupid? When I first met him, I thought he was a good guy. Who knew he'd only take you to play games? Now that I ask you to re - examine your relationship with him, you're still so infatuated. I'm really worried he's given you some kind of love potion to make you so devoted!"
"It's not about being devoted, Mom. You've been abroad since I was a kid. I almost grew up alone in China. The most important stages of my life were spent with my classmates, not you. I'm a bit introverted, so growing up was really tough for me. You may not know that Senior and I were already together in high school. But then I had a car accident and went abroad. Although I almost forgot about it when I came back to China, I've remembered it recently..."
Ji Siyue couldn't bear to see her mom so angry because of her words. She softened her tone and said, as if trying to console her, "Mom, I'm telling you this not for anything else, but to tell you that I won't break up with him. He's a very important person to me. In some ways, he's even more important than you."
Nan Ye closed her eyes tightly.
This was exactly what she didn't want to hear, but unfortunately, it was the truth for her daughter.
"If we hadn't worked hard abroad, how could you have lived so easily in China? We've never been stingy with money for you, and we've even invited you to the US during festivals!"
"See, you don't know what I really want at all, so you can say such things."
"Then tell me what you want?"
"What I want is to have my family by my side... When I learned that you and Dad were getting divorced, I felt like the sky was falling. I thought I had no family left. But Senior said he could marry me and be my family... How could I let him down with his kind heart? I'm just here to tell you this today because you hung up on me yesterday. If you don't want to see me, I'll leave."
After saying that, Ji Siyue stood up and walked out.
Nan Ye wanted to call her back, but in the end, she held back and let her go.
Ji Siyue couldn't help but shed a tear after walking out of the ward.
When she got back to the base, there was a lot of noise and laughter from the training upstairs.
Ji Siyue stood at the stairs and listened to the laughter. Instead, she felt it was full of the warmth of daily life.
Qin Chengyao was the first to see Ji Siyue.
"Siyue! Come, we've come up with a new idea!"
Ji Siyue watched them demonstrate the new idea and was really surprised.
Xing Xing's weakness was that he was sometimes too cautious, so he sometimes couldn't take care of his teammates.
So the new idea they came up with was to change from focusing on Qin Chengyao at the beginning to focusing on Xing Xing. Qin Chengyao would still be the commander, but the core of the team would be Xing Xing.
They found that if they played like this, it was better than the original lineup. At least as the core, Xing Xing wouldn't die first every time, which improved the team's output ability.
"This lineup works. We can use it as a tactic. If Senior is targeted by the opponent during the game, we can use this as a decoy and counter - attack!"
Everyone was discussing the feasibility of this plan, but Xing Xing remained silent.
Ji Siyue saw that Xing Xing's hand holding the mouse was trembling slightly and knew that he was nervous again.
Just as she was about to call him out to console him, Qin Chengyao called her out first.
"You don't need to console him this time."
"But what if he can't handle the pressure?"
"That's exactly why he needs some pressure. Let him overcome it on his own. Otherwise, if we're always there to console him, he'll never grow up on his own."
Ji Siyue thought it made sense, so she nodded and agreed with Qin Chengyao.
"Where did you go just now?"
"I... went to the hospital to see my parents."
"I'll find time to go to the hospital with you?"
"No need. My mom is well taken care of by my dad. I won't go there for a while."
Her mom disliked Senior so much now. She couldn't let them meet.
Qin Chengyao seemed to have guessed something. The light in his eyes disappeared instantly.
"Does your mom have a prejudice against me?"
Ji Siyue remained silent.
Qin Chengyao added, "Sometimes there should be no secrets between us."
"She doesn't want you to play games all the time. We had a fight because of this."
Qin Chengyao had already vaguely guessed this reason, but he still couldn't help feeling disappointed.