Falling into your smile Fanfiction

Revelation

Hi guys! I apologize once again for the delay. I was genuinely busy with interviews. I know it’s been a while since my last update, so here’s a quick summary of the previous part."

A short summary of the previous part :
On the day of the championship, Tong Yao reflects on the team's determination and their emotions surrounding Lu Sicheng's impending retirement. Despite winning the first round, they lose the second, and the mood turns tense when fake medical photos of Tong Yao surface online, revealing her battle with cancer. The team tries to comfort her, but Lu Sicheng, feeling betrayed that she kept this secret, confronts her angrily. Tong Yao admits that the pictures are hers, leaving every member in the room shocked.

---------------
Continuation:

"I... I knew it." Those were the only words that escaped Lu Sicheng's lips when he heard Tong Yao confirm that the pictures circulating on the internet were indeed of her.

"No... I don't want to hear any more," he thought desperately, the walls of his composure beginning to crumble. "I don't have the strength to listen to what she was doing alone in that cancer hospital. This can't be true. It can't be true that my Shorty has been facing this chaos all by herself for the past month... with no one by her side." His thoughts spiraled uncontrollably, and tears began to blur his vision.

Reality crashed over him as Tong Yao's voice shattered his inner chaos. "Lu Sicheng, I promise I'll explain everything after the final round. But please, we have to go to the stage now, or we’ll be disqualified."

"So what?" Lu Sicheng's anger flared at her words, disbelief and pain clawing at his heart. How could she be thinking about the game at a time like this? And how could she have hidden something so monumental from me?

"Lu Sicheng... Rui will be in a huge mess if we don't..." Tong Yao's voice trembled as she tried to make him understand, but he cut her off, unable to contain his emotions.

"Are you serious?" His voice was a harsh shout, laced with raw pain. "How can you even think about the game when you're going through something like this? Don't you realize how serious this is?" His voice shook with frustration. "What were you even doing at that hospital? Am I nothing in your life? Not once, not even once did you think that maybe you should talk to me about this? How could you keep something this big from me?"

"Cheng, don't jump to conclusions," Lu Yue intervened, trying to calm his brother. "We don't know the whole situation yet. How can you blame Tong Yao without knowing the full story? Maybe she was there for another reason,  these can never be her reports. You know how your fans always try to stir up trouble for her. Please, stop yelling at her when you don't even know the truth."

"Then whose signature is this on the reports?" Lu Sicheng, barely holding back his fury, threw his phone to the floor, the screen shattering with the force of his frustration. He turned back to Tong Yao, his eyes burning with hurt and anger. "Now don't you dare tell me that these signatures aren't yours."

"Fine... they are mine." Tong Yao's voice cracked, and the dam of her emotions broke. "The signatures and the reports... they're mine." Tears streamed down her face as she looked at the ground, her hands covering her mouth in a vain attempt to stifle her sobs.

"Jie... Jie, what are you saying?" Chubby asked, his voice strained with worry, while the others stood in stunned silence.

Lu Sicheng said nothing, the truth searing into him like a blade. He had known deep down that the signatures were hers, but a part of him had clung desperately to the hope that there might be another explanation.

Tong Yao's tears flowed freely now, her voice trembling as she tried to explain. “I... I was scared,” she whispered, her voice barely audible through her sobs. “I didn’t want to distract you. I was afraid of what might happen if you knew. I thought it would be better if you focused on the business.”