“You can see me if you climb to the window,” Ye Xiu said with a smile.

“Ah?” Su Mucheng was indeed still in bed at the moment. She immediately wrapped herself in the quilt and lay down on the windowsill, trying her best to look around outside. Although the building was a bit high, and the people on the street looked small, it was always easy to recognize the figures of familiar people. But Su Mucheng looked around and didn’t see anything. “I don’t see you…”

“Across the street diagonally, there’s an Happy Internet Cafe,” Ye Xiu said.

“Oh, I know that internet cafe,” Su Mucheng said. After all, she lived in this area, and although she hadn’t been to the internet cafe, she knew where it was. She immediately turned her gaze towards the internet cafe, but still didn’t see anyone.

“Yeah, I’m in this internet cafe!”

“You stayed up all night again?” Su Mucheng knew Ye Xiu well.

“It’s work,” Ye Xiu said seriously.

“Work?”

“Yeah, I’m working at the internet cafe now,” Ye Xiu said.

“Oh, that suits you very well!” Although Su Mucheng was smiling as she said this, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart. Anyone would find such a huge change difficult to adapt to in the blink of an eye, right? Ye Xiu’s tone sounded nonchalant, as if he was even a little proud, but this person… was always a hypocrite, and even she, who was very familiar with him, sometimes had no idea what he was thinking.

“Yeah, I work the night shift every day now, and my life is as regular as clockwork,” Ye Xiu said.

“Where are you living?” Su Mucheng asked.

“The internet cafe, they provide food and lodging. I’m telling you, the boss of this internet cafe is your super fan. One of these days, get me an autograph, and I can get a raise if I give it to her,” Ye Xiu said.

“Really? Then should I come visit you?” Su Mucheng said.

“Well… are you coming to see me, or do you want to be mobbed?” Ye Xiu said.

Su Mucheng was helpless. How could she not know? For professional players like them, internet cafes were forbidden territory. Going there would definitely cause chaos. Su Mucheng’s technical level in the Glory circle wasn’t the best, but her popularity definitely didn’t lose out to anyone. This was the beauty effect. With her looks, she was very popular with advertisers. Chen Guo probably thought Su Mucheng was the strongest female player because of this promotional effect.

Like Zhou Zekai, who had been trending as Glory’s number one player in recent years, his technical skill might not be stronger than top experts like Huang Shaotian and Han Wenqing, but he was handsome and stylish. He appealed to all ages and genders, and the media and advertisers loved him. In terms of commercial value, Zhou Zekai was undoubtedly number one in Glory. Coupled with his strong technical skill, all that was missing was a league championship, or he would have already secured the throne of number one player.

“Then we’ll talk about it when we get the chance!” Su Mucheng wasn’t in a hurry. Knowing that Ye Xiu hadn’t left too far away, and was even nearby, she suddenly felt very at ease.

“I watched your match last night. You played well!” Ye Xiu said.

“Sun Xiang is annoying, but… he really is quite strong,” Su Mucheng said.

“But he’s still a bit green,” Ye Xiu said with a sigh.

“Yeah…”

“Are you busy these days?”

“Do you even need to ask?” They had known each other for so many years, and they knew each other’s lifestyles and schedules very well.

“Come to the new server and help me set a dungeon record.”

“You’re playing in the new server?” Su Mucheng was taken aback.

“Yeah!”

“You…”

“I transferred Lord Grim over,” Ye Xiu said.

Su Mucheng was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone. Clearly, she also knew a lot about this account.

“You’re planning to level up this account?” Su Mucheng asked.

“Yeah.”

“Compared to leveling, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella is more troublesome, right?”

“Yeah! But a year is enough time,” Ye Xiu said.

“What about after a year?”

“I’m coming back. I said that a long time ago,” Ye Xiu said.

“Yeah…” Su Mucheng suddenly felt like crying.

“What dungeon record are you planning to break?” Su Mucheng suddenly felt that there was something wrong with this. If Ye Xiu wanted to break a record in the new server, why would he need to find her for help?

Ye Xiu then explained it like this, and Su Mucheng understood after listening. “So you’re planning to gather materials in this way. No wonder you chose the new server. If things go smoothly, maybe it won’t even take a year.”

“The key is how to level up from level 50 to level 70. I still need to explore that,” Ye Xiu said.

“I will definitely help you.”

“Yeah, so hurry up and level an account to level 25, and keep leveling up in the future. Be ready to be called at any time,” Ye Xiu ordered.

“Yes…” Su Mucheng replied with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, Su Mucheng’s mood became extremely good. Actually, she didn’t have much interest in Glory. She started playing this game purely as a side role. Who knew that one would play for so many years, to this day. Many people envied her stage, but in Su Mucheng’s heart, she only wanted to be that side role.

When Ye Xiu was forced to retire, she felt that her side role career should also end. But Ye Xiu said that he would come back, so she decided to continue to persevere.

A year! She originally thought it would take so long, but she didn’t expect that in just a few days, Ye Xiu had already returned.

That’s right, Ye Xiu hadn’t returned to the professional league yet, but the return that Su Mucheng was thinking of was never this. She just wanted to be a side role, whether it was in the professional league or in the game, it didn’t matter.

In a great mood, Su Mucheng hummed a song and got out of bed. Just as she was washing up, her phone rang again. She quickly ran over to take a look and answered the phone.

“Hello.”

“Mucheng… about you wanting to transfer, it’s not easy! I know Ye Qiu’s retirement was a big blow to you, but you know, Excellent Era can’t easily let you go…”

“It’s okay, Sister Yang, I was just asking,” Su Mucheng said with a smile.

“Ah? Just asking?” The person on the other end of the phone was a little confused. When she mentioned this matter at the time, it didn’t seem like she was just asking, but like she was willing to leave here at all costs.

“Yeah, I’m fine like this. Do you have anything else?” Su Mucheng asked.

“No… nothing else.”

“Then I’ll hang up! Bye-bye.”

Su Mucheng had indeed had the thought of transferring, at the same time that Ye Xiu left. But now that she knew Ye Xiu was still here, it didn’t matter where she was to her.

After tidying up, Su Mucheng left the house wrapped up tightly. When public figures went out, it was necessary to dress up. The club definitely had new server account cards, but Su Mucheng felt that it was more appropriate to buy one herself.

At a newsstand across from Happy Internet Cafe, Su Mucheng bought a new card for the tenth server. Holding the new card, Su Mucheng stared blankly at the internet cafe across the street, wanting to go over and take a look.

She was covered up so tightly, no one should be able to recognize her, right? Su Mucheng was thinking to herself when she saw a person staggering out of the internet cafe, with a cigarette in his mouth, not even using his hand to hold it. Both hands were stuck tightly in his coat pockets. He looked around left and right after coming out, then seemed to say something back inside, and then walked out.

Why is this person always like this? Su Mucheng watched from afar across the street, and didn’t know why she wanted to laugh. As a result, she saw that after the person took a few steps, he actually waved at her.

Ah! He can recognize her even like this? Su Mucheng was surprised, and quickly and carefully looked around again to see if anyone was paying attention to her. Excellent Era Club wasn’t some military secret base, and the fans in the city knew that the club was in this location. There were quite a few crazy fans who would sometimes wait outside the club, hoping to get an autograph or take a photo with their idol. Especially since there was also the extremely mysterious Ye Qiu, and sometimes paparazzi would also be lurking.

Su Mucheng looked around and didn’t notice anything unusual, but still felt that it was better not to go forward, so she hurriedly returned with the account card. She returned to her room like a thief, locked the door, and immediately went to log in to the game.

She searched for Lord Grim and saw that he was online. “Eh, he went back pretty fast,” Su Mucheng muttered to herself. She had seen Ye Xiu go in the direction of breakfast earlier.

So she sent a friend request, which was quickly accepted.

“I’m here!” Su Mucheng sent a message.

The reply came after a long time: “Uh? Are you his friend? Please wait a moment, he went out and isn’t here.”

Su Mucheng was shocked. This account had the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella! Was it okay to just leave it there so casually?

“Who are you?” Su Mucheng asked.

“I’m his colleague. He went to buy breakfast and will be back in a while.” Tang Rou was of course using Lord Grim.

“Oh, thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

This was already Tang Rou’s last dungeon run for practice today, and she finished it in no time. Ye Xiu also bought breakfast and came back.

“Someone’s looking for you.” Tang Rou took the breakfast and gave the computer to Ye Xiu.

“Oh?” Ye Xiu came over and took a look. A level 1 newbie, he guessed who it was. But when he saw the name, he was dizzy! Why did it also have “Yan” (smoke) in it? Did women these days have a preference for this word?

“What kind of name is this again?” Ye Xiu sent a message.

“Fēng Shū Yān Mù! (Wind Combing Smoke Shore) From a Song Dynasty poem, it’s from a Song Dynasty poem!” Su Mucheng replied.

“You always like to pick names from poetry, Lord Grim and all that, all your masterpieces,” Ye Xiu replied.

“It makes me seem cultured!” Su Mucheng replied.

“Then what’s with my One Autumn Leaf? A typo, lady!! It should be One Autumn Knows, right, I’m saying?” Ye Xiu said.

“An accident, that was an accident,” Su Mucheng replied.

“Alright, hurry up and level up! The faster the better,” Ye Xiu said.

“Who was using your account just now?” Su Mucheng asked.

“Oh, a girl at the internet cafe, her mechanics are amazing, but she’s a newbie to the game. She has a lot of potential!” Ye Xiu said.

“How can a game newbie have amazing mechanics?” Su Mucheng was puzzled.

“Fast hand speed,” Ye Xiu said.

“How can her hand speed be fast?”

“How would I know! Stop gossiping, okay? Hurry up and level up for me!” Ye Xiu said.

“Yes!” Su Mucheng happily went to level up her new character. Professional champion? Personal glory? These were all good too. But what she wanted most was just to play a side role like this.

Chapter 100! Such a stylish chapter number, are there monthly votes? Are there recommendations? Are there any? Any? Any? (To be continued, please log in for more chapters and support the author for legitimate reading!)