Chapter 1013: Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick

Those teammates who used to call him brother and had a good relationship with him were all lingering in fear, no one daring to step forward to talk. They just watched him from afar, watching him step into the elevator, watching the elevator door slowly close, swallowing his figure completely.

Shen Xing stood by the window, his gaze following Owen's figure, watching him walk out of the club's main gate, take out his phone to call a car, and stand silently by the roadside waiting.

Before long, a staff member hurried out and took back the club's access card from his hand.

On that floor of the dormitory building, almost all the windows were crowded with players watching the excitement. Everyone whispered to each other until they watched Owen get into the car and the car slowly drive away, truly accepting a fact: Owen, who was once highly expected by the club and only one step away from being a professional player, was really terminated.

The wind blew in from outside the window, carrying a hint of chill. Shen Xing gently withdrew his gaze, his fingertips rubbing the photo of the termination document on his phone screen. There was no expected joy in his heart, only a trace of faint relief—this storm caused by jealousy had finally ended.

Owen had no other place to stay in Longcheng. After leaving the club, he dragged his suitcase to a restaurant and then sent a message to Guo Yu to meet him.

Guo Yu actually came.

The environment of this fly-by-night restaurant made Guo Yu, who grew up in high-end restaurants, feel uncomfortable. He looked at the few dishes on the table that were full of "wok hei" and frowned in disgust.

"I really didn't expect you to have the nerve to find me." Guo Yu leaned on the back of the chair, arms crossed, his tone full of sarcasm, and sneered.

Owen didn't care at all. He picked up his chopsticks, picked up large pieces of twice-cooked pork and tomato scrambled eggs, mixed them with rice, and devoured them in large mouthfuls. A bowl of rice hit the bottom in the blink of an eye. He put down his bowl and chopsticks, unscrewed a bottle of iced cola, gulped down several large mouthfuls, and then let out a loud, sharp burp.

"Burp—"

The sound was rough and harsh. Guo Yu turned his head away in disgust, only to hear Owen say lightly: "I was terminated by the club."

Guo Yu squinted at him, a look of watching a show immediately appearing on his face. The corners of his mouth curled into a mocking smile, and he said indifferently: "Is that so? That's great. I just broke up with a girlfriend, and you lost a contract. We can be considered the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick—the matter wasn't accomplished, but the mess all fell on our own heads."

Owen raised his eyes, looking at the gloating Guo Yu with a heavy gaze, his tone sinking instantly, saying word by word: "You have to take care of me."

"Huh?" Guo Yu's brows knitted tightly, his eyes squinting slightly, as if he hadn't heard clearly, his tone carrying disbelief: "What did you say?"

"I said, you have to take care of me!" Owen repeated, his tone firmer than before, a flash of desperate determination surging in his eyes: "If it weren't for you actively seeking me out, no matter how much I hated Shen Xing, I wouldn't have done such a stupid thing as taking risks. Now that the matter hasn't been accomplished and my professional path has been cut off, you can't just wash your hands of it!"

"I think you're crazy!" Guo Yu finally straightened his posture, the playfulness on his face disappearing completely, replaced by full anger. He slapped the table and scolded Owen, glaring at him: "I sought you out, it's an employment relationship! I spent money, didn't you receive it?"

"Damn it, I planned everything clearly for you, and you still managed to mess it up. It's good enough that I'm not holding you accountable, and you're thinking beautifully, wanting me to take care of you? Take care of your mother!"

After speaking, Guo Yu stood up in anger, grabbed the jacket hanging on the back of the chair, and made a move to turn and leave.

But he didn't expect Owen to be very calm at this moment, because he had considered it all the way here.

Now, he was desperate and had no other path to choose. He had to stay here to have a chance to re-plan his future.

"If you don't take care of me, I will expose the fact that you sought me out to frame Shen Xing."

Guo Yu's footsteps paused abruptly. He turned around slowly, glaring at Owen through gritted teeth, the anger in his eyes almost erupting: "Are you threatening me?"

"Yes." Owen didn't dodge at all, nodding gently, his gaze frank, not fearing Guo Yu's anger at all, "If I had any other choice, I wouldn't come to you. As far as I know, you lead the Longda school team and have already advanced to the finals of the "University League." Do you think that once I expose this, you and your team can afford the consequences?"

"With Shen Xing's current popularity, once the matter blows up, I'm afraid Longda won't turn a blind eye to your actions. If public opinion really ferments, it won't be something you or I can control."

Shen Xing and the club had no evidence, but he did.

In his phone, all the chat records and transfer vouchers with Guo Yu were clear evidence, and Guo Yu knew it well himself.

Guo Yu stared fixedly at Owen. He, who had always been fearless and lawless, actually felt a trace of fear in his eyes at this moment.

He pulled the chair back heavily and sat down again, his knuckles turning white from the force, his tone cold: "Do you know the consequences of threatening me?"

"I don't know." Owen shook his head, his tone calm but carrying a desperate determination, "But I know what the consequences will be if you don't take care of me."

"Don't worry, I'm not here to blackmail you." Owen paused and said slowly, "I consider myself still a bit useful. With my technical level as a quasi-professional player, it wouldn't be a loss for you to hire me as a technical coach for your team. In short, you have to let me stand firm in Longcheng and have a meal."

Guo Yu clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking, wishing he could smash Owen's head on the spot. What he hated most was being threatened, especially by someone he had always looked down upon, even regarded as trash. This was simply a great humiliation.

But he also knew that those pieces of evidence were solid. If they really ended up in a fish-die-net-broken situation, he would only suffer more. Guo Yu was an extreme egoist and would never allow such a thing to happen to himself.

He glanced at Owen's old suitcase in the corner, suppressed the anger and disgust in his heart, and compromised with a stiff tone: "Follow me, I'll take you to the base first."

Owen turned his head and called the waiter to pay the bill.

"It's one point three cents in total, you can buy it with a voucher on the group-buying app."

Owen looked straight at Guo Yu, clearly having no intention of paying.

Guo Yu looked at his matter-of-fact appearance, sighed in disgust, took out his phone impatiently, and showed his payment code. After paying, he couldn't be bothered to look at Owen again and turned to walk out first.

Owen hurriedly pulled his suitcase and followed quickly.

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