Liu Hao was also stunned, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing. After a long while, he reacted and suddenly grinned, "What a coincidence, it's actually Brother Ye. What are you doing here… as a net administrator?" Liu Hao's voice was three parts surprised and seven parts exaggerated.

"Yeah!" Ye Xiu smiled.

"Oh, oh, how is it? Is it hard work? How much do you get paid a month?" Liu Hao asked, pretending to be very concerned.

"One thousand eight, I guess!" Ye Xiu said. Chen Guo's internet cafe's ordinary employees' salary was mostly 1,500 including room and board, which was quite good for a temporary worker like him. Ye Xiu was full-time at night, so he got an extra 300 yuan allowance, making it 1,800.

"Aiyo!" Liu Hao acted very worried. "One thousand eight! That's a bit tight, isn't it? How is it, is there enough for cigarettes every month? If not, don't be shy, come find us brothers. Anyway, it's not too far, just across the street, a few steps and you're there, right?" Liu Hao said.

"Sure!" Ye Xiu still said nonchalantly. Tang Rou, however, had long sensed that this wasn't ordinary small talk. There was something wrong with this customer's tone, and she turned to look at Ye Xiu: "Is he your friend?"

Ye Xiu was about to answer, but Liu Hao cut in first: "Hey! I wouldn't dare call him a friend. How could we dare be friends with Brother Ye? To be precise, we're just Brother Ye's... subordinates."

Ye Xiu remained silent, his gaze fixed on Liu Hao.

Liu Hao hurriedly took a step back, exaggerating his horrified expression: "Wow, that look again! That look again! Do you know what that means? Whenever Brother Ye has that look, it means he's about to lecture someone! Bad, bad, bad."

The president of the Jia Dynasty guild, Chen Yehui, immediately chimed in: "Brother Hao, he can't lecture you anymore, right?"

"That's right!" Liu Hao feigned sudden realization. "How could I forget? He's not the captain anymore! Oh dear, what to do? Brother Ye, you must still want to say a few words to me, right? But too bad! You can say it now, but I don't have to listen anymore. Hahahaha."

"Sir, are you drunk?" Tang Rou rarely used such an impolite tone.

"Beauty, you don't need to worry about it. This is a private matter between him and me." Liu Hao had completely lost interest in trying to cozy up to the beauty.

Ye Xiu smiled, took the cigarette butt out of his mouth and put it out, then slowly stood up, looking at Liu Hao and saying, "I used to always talk about you because you did something wrong. If you don't want that, you have to give me a chance, right?"

Tang Rou burst out laughing. Chen Guo was right! This Ye Xiu really had a knack for infuriating people with his words.

Hearing this, Liu Hao really flared up. The pretentious weirdness from before was gone, veins popping out on his forehead as he straightened his neck and faced Ye Xiu: "I won't give you a chance? Or you won't give me a chance? From the first day I joined the team, you've been suppressing me, never giving me a chance to stand out. I know, you're afraid of me, afraid that once I stand out, I'll steal your position. But did you think you could suppress me like that? And now? The one who stayed in the team is me, the one who was kicked out is you! I'm the vice-captain now, and you're a small-time net administrator, making one thousand eight a month, hahahaha. How laughable, so laughable!! Hahahaha."

Ye Xiu quietly looked at him, not saying a word. Liu Hao laughed wildly, Chen Yehui was also smiling obsequiously on the side, while Wang Ze and Fang Fengran, feeling somewhat awkward, hid behind them, not saying a word.

"You two!" Ye Xiu suddenly spoke.

Liu Hao immediately stopped laughing. He wanted to hear what else Ye Xiu would say, but then he saw Ye Xiu waving his hand at him, his gaze falling behind him: "Move aside, I'm not talking about you two."

Liu Hao glanced back. Behind him were Wang Ze and Fang Fengran, but he wouldn't listen to Ye Xiu and actually move aside. But Ye Xiu didn't pay him any attention, and just said to himself: "You two didn't play well today. Wang Ze, you're still too focused on flashiness. There are too many unnecessary maneuvers, which make it easy for your opponent to find an opening. Actually, your opponent today is a good role model for you, simple and practical. If you can do what he does, plus your smooth operational skills and rhythm, you won't lose to anyone in a one-on-one. Fang Fengran, you're too cautious, always worried about gains and losses. You have to know that as a pro player, the difference in reaction and operational speed is sometimes less than a tenth of a second. You always think so much, of course your opponent will always seize the initiative. It's good to use your brain in a match, but you're overdoing it. Sometimes you have to learn to make judgments based on intuition. Intuition isn't as unreliable as you think, it's actually all the accumulation of your experience."

Wang Ze and Fang Fengran listened blankly, unsure how to react after hearing that. Should they respond? Or not respond? In the end, they could only bury their heads deeply.

"Hey!" Liu Hao, who had been listening blankly for half a day, finally snapped back to reality and suddenly jumped out: "What are you doing? You still think you're the captain? What right do you have to still lecture our team members? Huh?"

"And you." Ye Xiu looked at Liu Hao, "When Sun Xiang had that unstoppable one-versus-three momentum in the second round, did you realize anything? When he was completely relying on his personal strength in the team battle, did you remind him of anything? When facing the combination of Yang Cong and Xu Bin, did you have a complete tactical plan in your mind?"

"I…"

"I always talk about you because you do something wrong; I don't let you stand out because you're still far from it. But you're quite capable, actually resorting to such means to climb up. Since that's the case, then do a good job, this position isn't so easy to hold. Strength, you need real strength. Keep it up!"

"Damn, you…"

"Alright, you four, please leave!" Ye Xiu issued the order to leave.

"Why? We're here to use the internet, give us four computers!" Liu Hao shouted.

Ye Xiu held a newspaper rolled into a paper tube and tapped it a few times on something hanging on the wall, but the light here was dim, so it was hard to see clearly.

"Little Tang, turn on the lights here." Ye Xiu said, looking back.

"Okay!" Tang Rou responded, brightening the lights here. Ye Xiu tapped the list of terms and conditions listed above again with the paper tube, then turned back to Liu Hao and said, "See that? This internet cafe refuses service to drunkards. Sorry, you four."

"You!!!" Liu Hao was furious. They had drunk a little wine, that was true, but they were far from drunk, so how could they be called drunkards? This guy was clearly using a chicken feather as an arrow!

Liu Hao was about to argue, but Ye Xiu said lightly, "Don't cause trouble. You guys are public figures too, causing trouble won't look good on you."

After saying that, Ye Xiu quietly took out a cigarette from his pocket, flicked one out, and put it in his mouth.

Liu Hao stared at Ye Xiu with a very vicious gaze, finally gritting his teeth and turning around: "Let's go!!"

"Goodbye." Ye Xiu lit his cigarette and watched the four of them leave, taking a deep breath.

Tang Rou had stopped playing her game and quietly watched the whole scene. She saw that when Ye Xiu exhaled this puff of smoke, his face seemed to show a hint of melancholy, but then he quickly returned to his usual lazy, half-dead look.

"What kind of people are they?" Tang Rou asked anyway.

"Former colleagues." Ye Xiu said faintly.

"From the Glory professional circle?" Tang Rou asked.

"Yeah." Ye Xiu said.

"Are they famous?" Tang Rou said.

"Quite famous. You actually don't recognize them, it makes people lose face, you know?" Ye Xiu smiled.

"No choice." Tang Rou said helplessly, "I only know two Glory players, both of whom Guo Guo always talks about, one is called Su Mucheng, and the other is called Ye Qiu."

"Hehe." Ye Xiu smiled.

"Especially that Su Mucheng, Guo Guo likes her so much! She used to have a Su Mucheng advertisement poster in her room!" Tang Rou said.

"Oh, it doesn't seem to be there anymore?" Ye Xiu recalled.

"You've been in Guo Guo's room?" Tang Rou asked in surprise.

"Once, I helped her get a blanket." Ye Xiu quickly explained, so as not to be misunderstood as someone who likes to sneak into girls' rooms.

"Oh, she fell asleep on the sofa again?" Tang Rou said, sounding experienced.

"Yeah, does she always do that?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Every other day, maybe she's sleeping on the sofa right now…" Tang Rou said.

"Why don't you go check on her?" Ye Xiu said.

"Are you okay?"

"Me? What do you think will happen to me?" Ye Xiu asked in return.

"They…"

"Hehe, it's just a small scene. This big brother has seen all kinds of storms!" Ye Xiu laughed.

"That's good." Tang Rou said and went upstairs. Ye Xiu smiled again as he watched her back. This girl had a good heart, afraid that he was feeling down, so she deliberately chatted with him for a while.

Tang Rou came down not long after and announced, "Guessed it exactly right, she's sleeping on the sofa again."

"Tsk tsk." Ye Xiu sighed, but he was already concentrating on operating the game again.

Tang Rou continued her dungeon run, which she had left in the middle, and after silently playing for a while, she suddenly asked, "Will they come back?"

"No." Ye Xiu said.

"Why? I think if they know you're the net administrator here…" Tang Rou didn't finish her sentence, she knew that Ye Xiu also saw through these people's intentions. Seeing Ye Xiu made them even more eager to use the computers here, so they could take the opportunity to order the net administrator around.

"Because it's inconvenient for them." Ye Xiu said.

"How is it inconvenient?" Tang Rou asked, puzzled.

"Think about it, what would it be like if an NBA basketball star randomly appeared on a basketball court with a bunch of people?" Ye Xiu said.

"Oh…"

"Same thing. Internet cafes are where the most Glory players gather. For someone like him to randomly appear here? Wouldn't that be attracting a crowd? It would be more annoying for him than it would be for me." Ye Xiu said with a smile.

"I understand." Tang Rou immediately remembered that the four guys had one person peek in to see if there was anyone there before they even entered.

"Don't worry about these things, quickly level up." Ye Xiu said.

"I'm level 20." Tang Rou announced.

"Oh?" Ye Xiu turned his head to look, and sure enough, Soft Mist had already leveled up to 20.

"Change classes, then come to Frost Forest." Ye Xiu said.