Forced to Date 3 Alphas in a Comic: Chapter 17

Forced to Date 3 Alphas in a Comic: Chapter 17: Our Goal Is the Championship

“Congratulations!”

“Amazing, Chao Xun, playing the full 60 minutes.”

“You’re teammates now!”

A group of people rushed up, surrounding Chao Xun. Arms draped around his neck, several hands reached out to ruffle his hair. Among the basketball team where everyone averaged 185cm, he looked incredibly small and helpless.

Mi Yu, after three seconds of internal struggle, finally decided to reluctantly accept the outstretched hand. But before he could, the person in front of him was already dragged away by the enthusiastic team members.

“Thank you, thank you.”

Chao Xun’s eyes crinkled into two slits as he smiled amidst the crowd.

Damn, I’m being stupid again.

Mi Yu retracted his hand without a trace and stuffed it into his pocket, silently reciting the resolution he’d made not long ago to “return to the starting point” three times.

The group of teenagers laughed and joked around. Even “middle-aged uncle” Xie Qianyi was rarely infected by the atmosphere, standing nearby with arms crossed, smiling as he watched this scene.

Zhuang Xu stood outside the crowd, asking Mi Yu beside him: “The team group chat says we’re having a dinner party later, Chao Xun’s treating. Are you going?”

Mi Yu looked at the lively atmosphere over there, his expression cold: “No.”

But moments later, the teenager who had just been at the center of the crowd walked over, smiling at him: “Classmate Mi Yu, the teammates want to go to a dinner party. Are you coming?”

His bright, sparkling eyes clearly said: Go, go, you should come too.

Don’t think one compliment means we’re reconciled. Really pushing his luck.

Mi Yu replied coldly: “No time.”

Unless you beg me.

Chao Xun’s disappointment was visible, but he still didn’t give up: “Please, please. I know I did wrong before, but I’ve really turned over a new leaf! We’re teammates now, we’ll need to spend a lot of time working together. Just give me a chance to treat you and apologize, okay? I’m begging you.”

Mi Yu looked at him incredulously, as if seeing him for the first time.

Damn, can this guy read minds?

Chao Xun stood at a socially appropriate distance from him, as if drawing a line that couldn’t be crossed.

Bullshit. Mi Yu hadn’t forgotten on the first day, he’d even said he was a pursuer.

This was definitely a new trick, treating him like a fool.

Mi Yu mocked him inwardly for overestimating himself, but showed an impatient expression: “Remember what you said.”

Chao Xun knew this was his roundabout way of agreeing to dinner, and immediately beamed with joy: “I will!”

Then he took out his phone to book a restaurant: “How about Korean BBQ? I know a good place, not far from school!”

Seeing his excited appearance, Mi Yu somewhat regretted how he’d been bewitched into agreeing just now.

He quickly recited his resolution three more times in his heart.

After Chao Xun sent the location in the group chat, the group set off in high spirits. Following the principle of maximizing contact while maintaining a non-annoying pursuer distance, Chao Xun arranged things so that he, Mi Yu, and Zhuang Xu ended up in the same car.

Mi Yu sat in the back seat, scrolling through his phone with a calm expression. Chao Xun sat in the front passenger seat, stealing glances at his expression through the rearview mirror. Seeing that his mood seemed decent, he struck while the iron was hot: “Classmate Mi Yu, look, we’re teammates now. We’ll need to communicate during training and such. Could you unblock me from your blacklist?”

He made his third guarantee: “I really won’t harass you anymore. Otherwise, we’ll communicate via message in a bottle!”

Mi Yu didn’t look up: “Are you going to ask if we can date after dinner?”

Chao Xun froze. Huh? I wasn’t, we haven’t reached that step yet.

Seeing him not respond, Mi Yu sneered coldly: “What can’t be said in the group chat? Don’t push your luck.”

Chao Xun continued to carefully probe at the edge of his anger: “Alright then, I understand. Let me show you through my actions first.”

Mi Yu ignored him, thinking: Who wants to see your performance? Are you planning to score points with me now?

At most, from negative points to zero.

From now on, besides basketball, he wouldn’t say another word to him, Mi Yu thought.

A group of lively teenagers arriving at a BBQ restaurant naturally attracted many eyes, especially one tall, slender teenager whose face and figure looked like he’d walked straight out of a comic.

The owner welcomed them with delight, arranging the largest private room for them.

As a veteran worker and assistant to the owner, Chao Xun was quite experienced at arranging group dinners. He said something to the owner, and soon, appetizers and drinks were brought out.

“Eh—why no alcohol?” someone asked.

“Damn, there are minors here. What alcohol?”

“Minors don’t have to drink. But BBQ without beer has no flavor.”

After this comment, many agreed. The crowd automatically divided into minor and adult groups, settling on opposite sides of the private room.

Chao Xun was one of the minors his 18th birthday was in mid-July. But looking at the minor side, which was filled with unfamiliar first-year faces, he hesitated.

Mi Yu and Zhuang Xu both sat with the adults. Someone offered Mi Yu a beer, which he refused.

Chao Xun went to the counter, grabbed a bottle of drink, quietly placed it on Mi Yu’s table, then sat down diagonally in front of him.

Mi Yu was talking with someone beside him and didn’t notice the extra bottle of drink to his left. Zhuang Xu, sitting on his other side, saw it clearly.

This was the grapefruit tea that Mi Yu often drank, different from what everyone else had. And this kind of drink almost never appeared in BBQ restaurants.

Had Chao Xun specifically called to request this?

Zhuang Xu watched as Mi Yu picked up the drink without noticing, unscrewed the cap, took two sips, then naturally closed it and set it back beside him.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Mi Yu noticed Zhuang Xu’s expression and frowned in confusion.

Zhuang Xu wanted to speak but stopped, stopped but wanted to speak again. In the end, he said nothing.

Forget it, let’s eat first.

Ji Yongning’s gossip cravings reached their peak when he learned that Mi Yu and Chao Xun were eating at the same table.

He’d been taken by his parents to an event today, so his plan to come watch was ruined. Now sitting in the banquet hall filled with toasts and mingling, he maintained an elegant, distant smile on his face, his fingers fiddling with his phone in a desultory manner. Anyone who saw him in this state would never imagine he was pestering his friend for gossip.

Ji Yongning: Do you know how bored I am?

Ji Yongning: Old Zhuang, hurry up, take a photo for me to see.

Zhuang Xu risked his life to take a photo of Chao Xun sitting across from him.

Ji Yongning: Thought he’d be sitting next to Bro Mi

Ji Yongning: Old Zhuang why didn’t you call me

Ji Yongning: Sigh, is it too late for me to come now

Zhuang Xu: This is a basketball team dinner. What are you joining in for

Ji Yongning: What do you mean, am I not your family?

Ji Yongning: The more I look, the more I think Chao Xun looks pretty good

Ji Yongning: With those two big guys beside him, he looks like a little white flower

Zhuang Xu: He was always good-looking

Seeing Zhuang Xu’s such straightforward comment, Ji Yongning couldn’t help but chuckle softly. A young man sitting on the same long sofa saw his alluring smile under the dim lights and couldn’t resist leaning in.

“Young Master Ji, what are you looking at, smiling so happily?”

Ji Yongning glanced at the approaching man. The other had lip gloss on, with shimmery eyeshadow around his eyes, making his gaze appear hazy and his lips alluring.

The man had a very faint scent not pheromones, but high-end perfume that simulated pheromones.

In the past, Ji Yongning would accept anyone who came his way, playing around with those who offered themselves.

But today, he wasn’t in the mood.

“None of your business.” Ji Yongning put away his smile, his voice cold.

The other tactfully retreated, but the faint fragrance lingered in the air.

Ji Yongning opened the photo in the chat again, unable to help wondering: If Chao Xun were an Omega, what would he smell like?

What a pity…

—

Mi Yu opened his phone and saw the two people in the small group chat were at it again. He’d just opened it when he saw the message Ji Yongning sent, and reflexively looked up.

He saw Chao Xun’s fair face with two faint red patches, smiling very gently.

Wei Tong had somehow sat down to his right, holding up a beer to clink glasses with him. Another guy to his left blocked it, taking his own glass to clink instead.

Chao Xun was squeezed in the middle, seeming to want to avoid but having nowhere to go.

Mi Yu couldn’t help but frown.

The teenager was very sensitive to gazes and immediately looked over

Mi Yu lowered his head with the reaction speed of a basketball dribble past a defender, before their eyes could meet.

Damn, why did I lower my head.

What don’t I dare to look at? He dares to sit across from me.

Mi Yu replied: @Ji Yongning Come here now

Ji Yongning: No, you’ll just feed me fists

Mi Yu: Then why are you courting death?

Ji Yongning stopped messaging.

Mi Yu scrolled up to see the photo Zhuang Xu had taken.

In the photo, Chao Xun’s skin was very fair, and wearing a light gray T-shirt, compared to the wheat-colored athletes around him, he really was…

A little white flower.

Damn Ji dog, Mi Yu drank water irritably. Tomorrow he definitely had to beat him up.

The “little white flower” Chao Xun pretended to chat with those around him, but was actually keeping an eye on Mi Yu across the table. Seeing that the eating and drinking atmosphere had reached its peak, he stood up holding a glass of drink.

People nearby started heckling: “What’s this, new member making a toast?”

Chao Xun ignored the teasing, smiled good-naturedly, then said: “It’s like this. I know many people here have heard about what I did before…”

His tone was very sincere: “I was very foolish before, did many wrong things, and caused trouble for everyone on the basketball team.”

He paused, looking at Mi Yu: “Especially Classmate Mi Yu. Not beating me to death counts as my good fortune.”

He really has self-awareness, Mi Yu thought disdainfully while listening to his “speech.”

The surroundings gradually quieted down, only Chao Xun’s voice could be heard.

“I was too self-righteous before, doing annoying things based on my own wishful thinking. It wasn’t until my gender was exposed and hung on the forum that I realized what true liking is.”

Mi Yu suddenly felt something was wrong. Is it coming?

“Liking should be about standing in the other person’s perspective, should make the other person feel comfortable and happy, not be a burden to them.

“So I reflected deeply and decided to put down my past self, temporarily put away this feeling.

“As a beta, as a teammate, to share the responsibility of the school team with everyone, train hard together, and participate in this year’s provincial competition together.”

Chao Xun raised his glass and finally said in a louder voice:

“Our goal is the championship!”

With that, he drank the beverage in his glass.

“Well said! Our goal is the championship!” Someone with a loud voice chimed in, and soon everyone was shouting, the chant becoming more and more unified.

“Championship!”

“Championship!”

“Championship!”

“Championship!”

…

The atmosphere reached its absolute peak. The teenagers’ passionate chants almost lifted the roof. People downstairs couldn’t help but look up, wondering what was happening upstairs to be so lively.

Mi Yu sat in his original spot, neither joining in nor eating.

He found Chao Xun terrifying two sentences and he’d glossed over the harassment issue, not only emphasizing that he liked him but also elevating his feelings to the same level as the school team’s responsibility.

While also mentioning this year’s goal, triggering everyone’s resonance.

But amidst these shouts, he couldn’t help but feel a shiver run through him, as if electric current was passing through his body, making his blood heat up along with it.

He wanted to use drinking water to cover it up, but when he looked up, he met Chao Xun’s smiling, expectant eyes exactly.