“Ka ka ka, ta ta…”

A pair of nimble hands danced, manipulating the keyboard and mouse, the rhythmic tapping sounding like a cheerful melody. On the screen, a burst of light flashed, and the opponent fell, spraying blood.

"Hehe." Ye Qiu smiled, raising his hand to remove the cigarette butt from his lips. The silvery-white ash had formed a long string, but it hadn't broken off in the slightest as Ye Qiu waved the mouse and tapped the keyboard, executing his maneuvers. The removed cigarette butt was quickly extinguished in a strangely shaped ashtray on the desk. Ye Qiu's hand returned to the keyboard with lightning speed, ready to say something to his opponent, but the door was "bam!" pushed open.

Ye Qiu didn't turn around, as if he had been waiting for this moment, and simply asked, "You're here?"

"I'm here," Su Mucheng's reply was equally simple.

"Then let's go!" Ye Qiu declined the opponent's repeated invitation to battle, gently removed a card from the Glory online game login device, got up and walked to the door, and casually grabbed a coat from the rack next to him.

The night was already late, but the Jiashi Club was still brightly lit. Ye Qiu and Su Mucheng walked out of the room and all the way to the end of the corridor. Here was a very large conference room, and as soon as you entered, you could see an electronic display screen that almost covered the entire wall, displaying the Glory Professional League standings and some technical statistics.

Standings: Jiashi Team ranked nineteenth overall, second from last.

For a once-dominant team that had created a three-peat in the league, this result was particularly glaring, now hanging brightly on the wall as if ruthlessly mocking everyone.

However, the atmosphere in the room was not at all depressing, but rather a little lively. The members of Jiashi were currently surrounding a person like stars surrounding the moon. They ignored Ye Qiu's entry into the conference room. Those who could spare a glance were full of indifference and ridicule.

"Ye Qiu, the club has decided that Sun Xiang, who has recently transferred, will take over your position as captain, and Yi Ye Zhi Qiu will now be controlled by Sun Xiang." The club manager saw Ye Qiu come in and immediately turned around and said. There was no prior communication, no tactful expression, just a cold notification, ruthlessly like throwing away a used piece of tissue paper.

Su Mucheng opened her mouth to speak, but Ye Qiu gently pulled her back, smiled at her, and indicated that he didn't care.

"Brother Ye, I'm sorry, I took your place as soon as I arrived." The first seat on the left side of the conference table - the exclusive seat of the Jiashi team captain, was supposed to belong to Ye Qiu. Sun Xiang sat there casually and said this, but he didn't even glance at Ye Qiu. This was no longer indifference, but ignorance. His gaze was more focused on Su Mucheng, who had entered with Ye Qiu.

To be fair, Su Mucheng was indeed more eye-catching than Ye Qiu. She was known as the number one beauty in the Glory Professional League. Even outside of this circle, if she were thrown into the entertainment industry, which was full of beauties, she would still be a rare and beautiful girl.

Even the teammates of Jiashi who saw Su Mucheng every day couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Su Mucheng enter at this moment. However, they quickly recovered, because at this time they felt that there was a more important focal point worthy of their attention.

"Haha, Brother Xiang, what you said is right, it's right for you to sit in this position." The people who came back to their senses quickly took over the previous words and scrambled for lines.

"That's right, some people are old and outdated!"

"Yi Ye Zhi Qiu should also be controlled by Brother Xiang, so that he can truly exert the strength of the Battle God."

This was the focus of everyone's attention at this time. Sun Xiang, a new generation of genius-level players in the Glory Professional League. He won the Rookie of the Year title in his first year in the league and his individual data was not inferior to that of the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the same year. This season, Sun Xiang led the mediocre Yueyun team to eighth place in the league, with the hope of entering the playoffs, but he transferred midway to the Jiashi Club, whose results were terrible. All because Jiashi, although the record was terrible, had an account character in the Glory online game that was known as the Battle God: the Battle Mage Yi Ye Zhi Qiu.

This young man, who had been in the league for less than two years, was not very old, but the members of Jiashi shamelessly called him "Brother", obviously they had already seen that Sun Xiang would be the future boss of their Jiashi team. Sun Xiang comfortably accepted these flattery, and finally deigned to turn his head and glance at Ye Qiu, his eyes full of disdain.

"Ye Qiu, hand over the account card of Yi Ye Zhi Qiu to Sun Xiang!" the club manager said.

Even if Ye Qiu was more unrestrained, he couldn't help but feel a little stinging in his heart at this time. Ye Qiu, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, you can know the relationship between this account and Ye Qiu just by listening to the name. This was the account he created when he first entered the game world of Glory. Ten years, this account accompanied Ye Qiu for a full ten years. The rookie back then became a great expert known as the textbook level of Glory, and the little Battle Mage back then also became the "Battle God" with a widespread reputation in Glory. However, after entering the professional circle seven years ago and signing a contract with the club, the ownership of Yi Ye Zhi Qiu was transferred to the club. Ye Qiu had long known that there would be a day of separation, and this day had finally come.

Ye Qiu's fingers trembled slightly. For a professional master, stable hands were a must, but now, trembling was happening to Ye Qiu, this old brand master whose psychological quality had become so hard that it could no longer be harder. Su Mucheng turned her head away, she didn't want to see this scene, but she was powerless.

In the gloating eyes of everyone, the silver-white account card of Yi Ye Zhi Qiu was handed to Sun Xiang.

Sun Xiang's eyes flashed with excitement and greed. He was willing to transfer to the Jiashi Club, which had been much worse in the past two years, for the sake of Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, the top account here. Ye Qiu, the original operator of Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, had not been performing well in recent years, and had been constantly breaking out conflicts with the club. Sun Xiang was 100% confident that he could replace him.

"Got it!" The moment he received the account card, Sun Xiang was excited, but he felt a trace of resistance from the card.

Sun Xiang felt Ye Qiu's reluctance, smiled proudly and said, "Let go, Brother Ye. Look at your hands, they're shaking like this. How can such a pair of hands exert the strength of the Battle God? Let me do it! I will make the name of the Battle God resound throughout Glory again. You? Retire!"

As soon as these words were finished, Sun Xiang saw a sharp look suddenly flash in Ye Qiu's eyes, which had always been indifferent, and only showed some reluctance when he handed over Yi Ye Zhi Qiu. He was horrified to find that Ye Qiu's hands, which had been trembling slightly, suddenly stopped steadily.

"Do you like this game?" Ye Qiu suddenly looked directly at Sun Xiang and asked.

"What?" Sun Xiang was stunned.

"If you like it, treat everything as Glory, not showing off."

"What are you talking about? What does this have to do with you?" Sun Xiang suddenly lost his composure. At this moment, he didn't know why, but he felt as if he was shorter than Ye Qiu. He didn't want to lose to the other party in terms of momentum. He came to replace Ye Qiu, and he came to get the Battle God Yi Ye Zhi Qiu.

"Keep it." Just when Sun Xiang wanted to regain his momentum, Ye Qiu had already let go of the account card, said lightly, and turned to leave.

"Ye Qiu!" At this moment, the manager suddenly called out to him.

Ye Qiu stopped and tilted his head slightly. He heard the manager say behind him, "Currently, the club doesn't have a suitable game account for you, so you can be a sparring partner in the team for now!"

Sparring partner... a master who had created a dynasty in the league and won all the personal honors, was now reduced to being a sparring partner.

Sun Xiang was very interested in this arrangement, and immediately took over and laughed: "With Brother Ye's level, there must be no problem with being a sparring partner. You deserve to be the number one sparring partner in the Glory Professional League!"

"Hehe." Even after receiving such an insult, Ye Qiu could still laugh. He turned around and looked at the manager: "Sparring partner? I don't think so, let's terminate the contract!"

"Terminate the contract? Are you going to take the initiative to propose terminating the contract?" The manager's expression looked very intriguing.

"That's right, I request to terminate the contract."

"Don't be impulsive!" Su Mucheng rushed over to stop him. The league had its own regulations. During the contract period, except for special reasons, any party who took the initiative to propose terminating the contract needed to pay liquidated damages. Ye Qiu currently had a year and a half contract with Jiashi. If he forced to request to terminate the contract, the loss would be great. But for Su Mucheng, she was more afraid of Ye Qiu's departure.

"The boss hasn't come yet, let's wait until the boss comes!" Su Mucheng hoped that Ye Qiu could calm down.

Ye Qiu had already caught a glimpse of the sarcasm at the corner of the manager's mouth. He smiled bitterly and shook his head at Su Mucheng: "Mucheng, don't you understand? Asking me to leave, this is the boss's purpose. My existence is no longer of any value to the club, just a salary burden."

"No, how could it be a burden? Your strength is definitely not inferior to anyone," Su Mucheng said.

"This is not just a matter of strength, this is business, and I have never had any commercial value," Ye Qiu said.

"You should have had it, but you chose to give up," the manager suddenly interjected coldly at this time.

"That's right, this is my choice," Ye Qiu said. The Glory Professional League was now in full swing, and all kinds of sponsors were emerging one after another. The star masters in the league were naturally popular roles for receiving advertisements and endorsements. However, Ye Qiu, as the top player, had always refused any advertisements and endorsements, and even refused to participate in various interviews and news conferences. He was like a very old internet user, carefully hiding his true identity in the virtual world.

The club was very dissatisfied with this. They watched as a gold mountain was falling beside them, but they couldn't extract any benefits from him. Fortunately, Ye Qiu was strong and helped the club make a name for itself in the league and earned a lot of honors, which allowed them to tolerate him all the time. But with the current poor performance, everything was no longer as it used to be.

"The commercialization of the league allows us to survive, but now..." Ye Qiu couldn't continue, and he didn't know whether such a development was good or bad. Today's league was full of copper, and the first thing every club owner considered was how to use the team to make profits. With love for the game, and tireless efforts for the sake of honor, Ye Qiu missed the league that had just developed in the past. And now, the pursuit of honor was just to seek greater benefits.

Su Mucheng stopped talking. She had come all the way with Ye Qiu and had witnessed all of this as an old brand master. Her eyes were full of tears. She knew that Ye Qiu was really leaving. Stopping him would only make him more painful.

"Since that's the case, I..."

"No need." Ye Qiu smiled and interrupted Su Mucheng. He knew what she was going to say: "Don't worry, I haven't reached the point of despair. I will be back."

"That's right, you deserve to be the Ye Qiu I know, you are really ambitious, so now let's talk about the issue of liquidated damages! To be honest, you have worked hard for Jiashi for so many years. We won't be so ruthless. Since you want to leave, let's sit down and talk about it and negotiate the termination of the contract, how about that?"

"Just tell me, what are your conditions?" Ye Qiu asked.

"Refreshing, the conditions are simple, as long as you announce your retirement," the manager said.

"Retirement. You still say this condition is not ruthless?" Su Mucheng was very angry. Ye Qiu was 25 years old this year, which was considered old for their e-sports professional players. It was not strange to retire at this age. But Ye Qiu had just stated that he didn't want to give up yet, and the Jiashi manager immediately said that the negotiated condition was retirement, which was clearly targeting him.

Retired players were naturally not qualified to participate in professional competitions. Although there would be comebacks after retirement, the Glory Professional League stipulated that retired players could only come back after a full year. This was to avoid some people retiring today and coming back tomorrow to play on different teams. Ye Qiu was already in his twilight years as a professional, and every day was precious, but now he was going to waste a year in vain. After this year, even if he made a comeback again, it would be questionable whether any team would be willing to take him because of his old age and the lack of a year of high-level competition to maintain his state, relying solely on his former reputation. You must know that Ye Qiu also had a very fatal flaw: he refused to engage in commercial activities.

This seemed like a completely unacceptable negotiation condition, but Ye Qiu nodded very simply: "I agree."

"Are you crazy?" Su Mucheng was shocked.

"I'm tired after so many years, what's wrong with resting for a year?" Ye Qiu smiled.

"You... what exactly are you thinking?" Su Mucheng was puzzled.

"It's nothing." Ye Qiu turned his head, and the manager had already handed over several documents. Ye Qiu took it and looked at it, and smiled. The other party was really prepared! Thinking of this, Ye Qiu quickly signed his name.

He was about to leave... Ye Qiu took one last look at the place where he had stayed for seven years. He didn't say any polite farewells, and silently turned around and prepared to leave.

"I'll send you off." Su Mucheng was the only one who followed him.