Chapter 116 Origin of the Name

Chen Guo, who was originally struggling with what identity and tone to use to speak to Ye Xiu, was provoked by Ye Xiu's nonchalant attitude. She took advantage of the situation and adopted the burning state she had been most accustomed to since knowing Ye Xiu.

"Mm." Ye Xiu was as calm and composed as ever, nodding and asking, "What do you need me to explain?"

"You..." Chen Guo looked like she might pounce on him and scratch him at any moment. Tang Rou quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, pushing the two of them into the house together, saying, "Let's go inside and sit down to talk!"

"Sit wherever you like, sit wherever you like." Ye Xiu led the two in, acting like the owner of the house.

"What exactly is going on with you?" Chen Guo asked after sitting down, her tone obviously much calmer, but from the fluctuations in her voice, one could still hear obvious restraint. Ye Qiu's identity had become Ye Xiu's greatest protection, otherwise no one could imagine what would have happened.

"I am Ye Qiu. Didn't I tell you that a long time ago?" Ye Xiu finally spoke.

"Does that even count?!" Chen Guo was angry.

"Then how would it count?" Ye Xiu asked.

Chen Guo was immediately speechless. Yes! How could he say it so that she would immediately believe him? Chen Guo couldn't help but reflect on it, but as she thought about it, she suddenly remembered: why was she so sure that she didn't believe it? Wasn't it because she had just happened to see his ID card at the time?

"You're Ye Qiu, so what's the deal with Ye Xiu?" Chen Guo immediately questioned.

"Ye Xiu, that's also me!" Ye Xiu said.

"Why have two names?" Chen Guo immediately asked.

"That's a profound question." Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo sat up straight, preparing to listen attentively to the origin of the two names. As a result, she had barely gotten into position, and Ye Xiu's words had already ended there. Then he also struck a pose, as if waiting for Chen Guo to say something next.

Chen Guo's expression slowly began to stiffen again, and Tang Rou silently turned her head to the window. The origin of the two names was a question that anyone would be curious about, but Ye Xiu had clearly stated that this question was inconvenient to answer, and he obviously didn't plan to change his mind in less than three hours.

From the reflection on the window, Tang Rou clearly saw Chen Guo clenching her fist as she opened her mouth and asked, "Why do you have two names?" Chen Guo asked after all, although she didn't believe that Ye Xiu didn't know that this was the question he should explain the most.

"I still can't tell you that." Ye Xiu said.

"Why?"

"Because... it's a secret." Ye Xiu said helplessly.

A meaningless conversation hid the biggest gossip. Chen Guo wanted to know more, but she couldn't force him to speak. She took two deep breaths to ease her emotions before asking again, "Then which one is your real name?"

"Why don't you guess?" Ye Xiu kicked the question back to her again.

Deep breaths, deep breaths!

Chen Guo tried hard to take deep breaths, then slowly stood up, walked back and forth in the room a few times, and finally stopped by the window, actually guessing in all seriousness.

"I've seen your documents. Although I can't tell if they're genuine, registering at this hotel means that the hotel is connected to the public security system. There weren't any problems with your documents, so they don't seem fake," Chen Guo said.

"But you also come from the professional league. As far as I know, player registration in the professional alliance definitely requires documents. I don't know if the alliance allows players to register and then use another name, and not many people care about such things, so it's hard to tell."

"You've played in the professional league for more than seven years and have never been exposed to the public. If you like to be mysterious, you wouldn't have told me you were Ye Qiu when we first met, so that boring reason probably doesn't hold up. You don't want to be exposed, so there must be another reason, so the name Ye Qiu is probably fake, and it's also a cover for your identity. Therefore, Ye Xiu is your real name, right?"

Chen Guo said her guess in one breath, which was quite logical and reasonable. After she finished speaking, she looked at Ye Xiu, waiting for his answer.

Ye Xiu was silent for a moment before nodding and saying, "It seems pretty easy to guess?"

"What do you mean, easy to guess! Are you questioning my ability to analyze problems?" Chen Guo said angrily.

"Your analysis is brilliant." Ye Xiu clapped his hands quickly.

"So you admit it?" Chen Guo said.

"Can I not comment?" Ye Xiu said.

"Are you deliberately trying to keep me from sleeping well!" Chen Guo gritted her teeth.

"Okay, I admit it. You're right. Ye Xiu, I am Ye Xiu." Ye Xiu nodded.

"Why use a fake name, why are you afraid to show your face, what are you avoiding?" Chen Guo immediately started gossiping in depth.

Ye Xiu stood up and walked to the window, looking outside. Tang Rou, who was sitting next to him, looked at his face and unexpectedly saw some hesitation. This kind of hesitant look was something she had never seen on Ye Xiu's face before.

Chen Guo silently sat back down in her seat. She had raised the question in her heart, and if Ye Xiu didn't answer, she would never continue to press him. At this time, she just sat quietly to the side, not saying a word.

"Uh..." Ye Xiu turned around, but his face was replaced with a mocking smile: "The reason, well, it's actually quite embarrassing."

"Oh?" The two girls perked up their ears. Was this guy finally willing to talk about it?

"Because I ran away from home." Ye Xiu said.

"Ran away... from home?" Chen Guo repeated blankly, while Tang Rou looked at Ye Xiu with a strange expression that disappeared in an instant.

"Ran away from home, for what?" Chen Guo asked.

Ye Xiu didn't answer, with a "you know" look on his face.

Chen Guo immediately understood and looked surprised: "It wouldn't be to play games, would it?"

Ye Xiu smiled wryly and helplessly.

Chen Guo and Tang Rou looked at each other. Even Chen Guo, who was super fond of Glory, couldn't understand this. To run away from home for the sake of gaming, so obsessed, it must be a disease, right?

The room was silent for a while, the atmosphere awkward and strange, and no one knew how to continue the topic. Ye Xiu also sat back in his seat, his expression continuing to be as calm as ever. But when Chen Guo looked at this guy again at this time, she suddenly felt that in addition to being a top大神 (dàshén) (a legendary figure), an annoying smoker of an internet cafe manager, he also had a new face: an extremely naive child.

"When... when did you run away from home?" Chen Guo finally broke the silence.

"About ten years ago!" Ye Xiu said.

"When Glory first came out?" Chen Guo asked.

"About the same time."

"You ran away just to play Glory?"

"Not really, I played a few other games before that." Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo didn't ask any further, because it wasn't important. In short, it seemed that this guy had run away from home in order to play games to his heart's content, and then he stumbled upon the release of Glory, and from then on he devoted himself to Glory, then entered the professional circle and became a legendary figure.

This ending was quite glorious, and Chen Guo hoped that this guy had some tragic reason that led him to leave home, so that coupled with this glorious achievement, it could be considered worthy of praise.

But unfortunately, Ye Xiu had personally said that he left home for the sake of gaming, and he also admitted that it was an embarrassing thing. Even if he had achieved success now, it couldn't be denied that the initial decision to leave home was: childish, ridiculous, embarrassing, selfish, and irresponsible...

Ye Xiu himself was very clear about this. He was just lucky that he happened to have a talent for gaming, and then he caught up with the arrival of the Glory era, otherwise, it would be difficult to say how this farce of running away from home for the sake of gaming would end.

"What about now? Have you never gone home to see them?" Chen Guo asked.

"I've gone back." Ye Xiu said.

"Oh?"

"It didn't end well." Ye Xiu said.

"How so?"

"Because playing games is always seen as a waste of time in their eyes." Ye Xiu said calmly.

Chen Guo was silent. As a game fan, she was well aware of this social phenomenon. Although the Glory Professional Alliance was thriving now, and the professional players were all glamorous, with considerable income and a huge fan base, there were still serious problems: the need to give up studies early to invest in it, the very short professional career, and the lack of a sufficient system to stabilize and guarantee survival after retirement.

In addition, the success rate of professional players was so low. Only about two hundred people could stand in the professional circle.

No parent would encourage their child to embark on such a path. Every professional player in the alliance has a painful history to some extent behind them. And Ye Xiu just seemed a little more absurd.

Running away from home for the sake of gaming. Even Chen Guo, and even Ye Xiu immediately felt that this was a bit too much. It was conceivable how outrageous such behavior was in the eyes of those who regarded games as a scourge.

"At least, you succeeded!" Chen Guo suddenly said. Because she suddenly felt that the contempt she had felt because of this was a bit wrong. Games, for some people, are a scourge, electronic heroin; for players like Chen Guo, they are a pastime; but for Ye Xiu, for so many professional players?

Ye Xiu's running away from home was not just for the sake of momentary enjoyment. Chen Guo felt that it was a bit harsh to treat this behavior with most people's understanding of games.

Ye Xiu also left for what he loved, for his ideals, and for his pursuits.

If a teenager with a dream of music runs away from home, would he be subjected to so much criticism?

If a teenager with a pursuit of science runs away from home, wouldn't everyone think he was ambitious?

There are many, many like this. And gaming is just not accepted by too many people.

But for Ye Xiu, the colors of dreams and pursuits will not change at all.

"I won't get tired of playing for another ten years!"

Chen Guo suddenly remembered these words spoken with a smile by Ye Xiu, and suddenly felt an urge to cry.