Chapter 451: Competing for Jiang Baobao, Which Side Are You Actually On?

Ten minutes later, on the rooftop—

Everyone looked speechlessly at Xiao Ding, who had gathered all the team members here.

"What's going on with you? Why call us here instead of training at a time like this?" Ke Hao asked, his face full of helplessness.

"Yeah, what kind of big deal is it?" Ano also asked, puzzled.

"Shh—!"

Xiao Ding signaled for the others not to be too loud, glanced toward the entrance, and then whispered: "I just discovered a shocking secret! Extremely! Extremely! Explosive!"

"Are you going to say it or not? If not, I'm leaving." Lao K said, his face full of speechlessness.

Xiao Ding immediately grabbed his hand: "Don't go, I'll tell you, I'll tell you... you guys will never guess what I just saw..."

He vividly described the scene he had just witnessed.

After he finished, everyone collectively fell into silence.

It seemed as if none of them had quite processed it yet.

"Tsk, why is no one saying anything? Isn't this explosive? Brother Shen actually has a crush on the Boss! This... they've been like that for so many years..."

Xiao Ding looked incredulous.

"It is indeed very explosive..." Lao K was the first to recover, also looking disbelieving: "Brother Shen has a crush on the Boss, and we didn't notice anything at all?"

"He hid it way too deep..." Ke Hao also reacted, his expression becoming somewhat subtle.

Mumu, as always, said nothing and just listened in silence.

Then, they heard Ano, who had been quiet until now, ask: "So... between Brother Shen and the Gold Master Daddy... who should we support?"

His single question instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Ano immediately stepped back nervously: "No, I'm not trying to stir up trouble, emotionally I naturally support Brother Shen! But isn't the Gold Master Daddy also pursuing the Boss? And the two of them have children together, they must have a past, so we..."

"We... seem to have..." Xiao Ding took over the conversation, suddenly looking somewhat annoyed: "Then every time we tease the Boss and the Gold Master Daddy like that, how must Brother Shen be feeling?"

Everyone collectively fell into silence again, their expressions all somewhat subtle, their thoughts in this moment unexpectedly unified.

The Boss and Brother Shen have been like brothers for so many years; who could have guessed that Brother Shen would actually have a crush on her!

Evening—

Li Beijue picked up the three little ones from kindergarten as usual.

The three little ones had recently formed a habit: after returning, they would first go to Li Beijue's place to play, and when it was time to rest at night, they would return to live at Jiang Baobao's, perfectly solving the problem of both people wanting to see the children.

Jiang Baobao also tacitly approved of the little ones' arrangement; at dinnertime, she received a phone summons from the three little ones.

She originally didn't want to go, but she couldn't resist the little ones' warm invitation and the slight thought in her heart that "actually, it wouldn't hurt to go for a bit," so she finally appeared at the villa across the way.

Li Beijue didn't know how to cook, so he had someone deliver dinner in advance, which also saved Jiang Baobao quite a bit of time.

During dinner, the three little ones started talking about Jiang Baobao's recent competition again.

Yanbao calculated the date and suddenly said with excitement: "Mommy! I remember the final match is next week! It's just in time for the weekend, we can all go cheer for you!"

Jiang Baobao was stunned upon hearing this, only then remembering she hadn't told the little ones yet, and hurriedly explained: "Mommy forgot to tell you, because of the heavy rain a few days ago, there was a problem with the equipment at the competition venue, so all the match times have been pushed back by three days, which happens to be when you are in class..."

"Ah... is that so..."

Yanbao's little face immediately showed some regret.

Mobai, however, suddenly realized something and asked excitedly: "Then does that mean Mommy has three extra days of vacation? Do you have time this weekend to play with us?"

Tiantian, hearing this, also immediately chimed in excitedly: "That's right! Then Mommy has time to be with us this weekend!"

"That won't work." Jiang Baobao shook her head: "Although Mommy has time to be with you, we can only stay within the villa area. If you want to go out and play, we still have to wait until the competition is over."

Jiang Baobao's tone left no room for negotiation.

With the competition approaching, she and Shen Lingfeng would keep an eye on their team members' states at all times.

Even knowing they were carefree, she couldn't let her guard down.

She would also make sure to honestly watch them rest and not secretly add extra training two days before the match, so as to maintain the best state.

Mobai blinked his eyes upon hearing this and suddenly suggested: "Then let's play games at home! Didn't Mommy say before that you were going to teach Daddy how to play games!"

"This..."

Jiang Baobao's expression hesitated for a moment, and just as she was about to refuse, she noticed someone looking at her without blinking.

She immediately thought of what Gu Ruohan had said before: that Li Beijue, in order to add her as a friend, had started playing games in the office and had struggled through it for an entire afternoon.

Jiang Baobao couldn't help but want to laugh at the thought of this.

She thought for two seconds, ultimately dismissed the idea of refusing, and reluctantly nodded: "Alright then, I happen to have time tonight, I can take you all to play together."

"Yay!"

Mobai and Yanbao immediately cheered excitedly.

After dinner—

Jiang Baobao took the three little ones back to her place, then returned to her room, turned on the computer, and started the game.

She first went online to delete some game friends she didn't recognize, changed the settings to require approval for additions, and then sent a message to Li Beijue telling him he could add her.

The next second, a friend request consisting entirely of random numbers popped up.

Jiang Baobao was stunned for a moment, then clicked accept, and took the opportunity to invite them to a team, bringing the three little ones in as well.

"Li Beijue, what is the meaning of this string of random characters?" Jiang Baobao asked in the team voice chat, puzzled.

Outside the room door, Shen Lingfeng's footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

Then he heard Jiang Baobao in the room fall silent for two seconds before complaining: "You just happened to see the code on a file folder? That is... truly impressive."

Not long after, Jiang Baobao heard something else amusing and actually laughed out loud: "Do you see that? Mobai and Yanbao are both much more skilled at playing than you, even Tiantian is better than you!"

Shen Lingfeng's gaze flickered for a moment, and he finally realized something.

Baobao is playing games with Li Beijue and those three little ones?

And... she was having a lot of fun playing, too.

Listening to the constant sound of talking coming from inside the room, Shen Lingfeng ultimately lowered the hand he had intended to use to knock on the door and turned to leave.

He went straight back to his own room, closed the door, and sat alone by the table.

The computer on the table was on, showing Jiang Baobao's game status as online, and her location was in the Novice Village.

Shen Lingfeng stared at it for a few seconds, then simply exited the game.

After a long silence, he checked the date of the competition again.

He did not want to wait any longer.

The final match would end.

He wanted to tell her all the affection and feelings he had held for all these years.