After-school Tutoring in a Secret Room

Lin Yichen was the quietest player on the school baseball team. At eighteen, he held an admiration for Coach Shen Moyan that he himself couldn’t quite name. Shen Moyan, thirty-four, was an unquestionable authority on the team. His gaze would always linger a few seconds longer on Lin Yichen than on the others, as if appraising an unfinished piece of work. Everyone said Coach Shen was stern, but only with Lin Yichen would he keep him after practice, correcting his swing posture hand by hand. Lin Yichen took this as special regard, unaware that in Shen Moyan's heart, this "regard" had long since warped into something else. That day after school, Shen Moyan called him over once more, saying he wanted to take him somewhere quieter…