Chapter 782 Truth

"So the truth is that most of the people we see here, you've only just met today?" Ye Xiu looked at Lou Guan Ning.

"Hehehe... Actually, my social life is mostly in Glory, you know that," Lou Guan Ning said.

Ye Xiu was speechless. He understood this all too well. In other words, despite Lou Guan Ning's seemingly effortless interaction with people like a social butterfly, he was actually a hardcore gamer addicted to online games. It's just that his background was different, so he integrated into this kind of scene especially smoothly.

"I see you're quite familiar with this place?" Ye Xiu said. They didn't even need an invitation; Lou Guan Ning's word was enough for them to enter this private club freely. Clearly, he had a close relationship with this place.

"Of course, we're always here playing Glory!" Lou Guan Ning said.

"Impressive..." Ye Xiu gave Lou Guan Ning a thumbs-up. The annual membership fee for this kind of private club could be hundreds of thousands, even millions. Playing Glory here was on a completely different level from playing it in an internet cafe.

While the two were chatting, Chen Guo had already rushed up to the young man, disregarding everything else.

"What did you say!" Although Chen Guo knew that those who could come here were probably all wealthy and powerful, and this young man, judging by his presence, was no ordinary character, she still couldn't tolerate being mocked face-to-face.

"Making such a fuss. You must use voice chat too much," the young man glanced at Chen Guo, completely unmoved by the fact that she was a beauty. He continued to mock her carelessly, "All you know is playing games. Senseless, uneducated. Do you even have any value?"

Chen Guo was even angrier. But she had to admit that the young man's last words were indeed a mainstream view in society. Even though the Glory Professional Alliance was thriving, there were still many people who didn't consider being good at games as a talent. Chen Guo had clearly felt this while interacting with these people, that Glory was just one of the many projects they could use to make a profit. Talking to them about the commercial prospects of Glory was much more useful than telling them how fun or classic the game was.

They didn't care what game it was or how interesting it was; they only cared about whether it could bring them profit. Professional players? In their eyes, they were just money-making tools. They wouldn't understand the passion they poured into the game.

"I have nothing to say to someone like you..." Chen Guo wasn't a particularly eloquent person. She had a lot of thoughts but couldn't express them in words. In the end, she could only weakly say this.

"Haha, uneducated, of course you can't say anything. As for someone like me, I'm definitely not comparable to you people."

"That's not necessarily true!" Ye Xiu finally walked over. "There are many talented Glory players. Games are just a little pastime, a hobby, no different from you coming to a club for a drink or a game of cards."

"Sorry, I'm not talking about those who casually play games for fun. I'm talking about you, those so-called professional players who only know how to play games."

"We don't necessarily only know how to play games!" Ye Xiu said.

"Is that so?" The young man looked around the room and finally fixed his gaze on a corner. He smiled and said, "Then I wonder what talent you can show us? Piano, or some other instrument, to give us a little entertainment?"

In the corner where the young man's eyes fell, there was a piano. It could be for decoration, or someone could be hired to play it, or a guest could spontaneously play a piece. After saying this, he looked at Ye Xiu with a mocking expression, as if he was sure that the other party would make a fool of himself here.

"Instruments?" Ye Xiu was stunned. "Talent doesn't necessarily have to be an instrument, right?"

"Hehe, then what can you do, drink a thousand cups without getting drunk? Hahaha." The young man laughed exaggeratedly and looked around, as if expecting someone to laugh with him. Some people did laugh along, but they were more subtle. No one laughed out loud like him.

"Sorry, I'm even worse at drinking. As you said, then how about a song?" Ye Xiu said.

"What did you say?" The man's eyes widened in disbelief.

Ye Xiu ignored him and, amidst the surprised gazes of many people, including Chen Guo and Lou Guan Ning, walked to the piano.

"I said," Ye Xiu suddenly asked, "If I play this, can you play it?"

"Of course." The man still looked unconvinced but answered confidently.

"That's good..." Ye Xiu reached out and randomly pressed a key on the piano, then said, "I'll play one now. You don't need to play it better, just play it the same way..."

"Hahaha." The man laughed again before Ye Xiu could finish. "You're just going to play randomly, right? Trying to be clever like that, don't you think it's too boring?"

Ye Xiu smiled slightly, not explaining at all, and placed his hands on the keys.

"God, you're hiding your talent!" Lou Guan Ning was already amazed.

"This is indeed a bit deep..." Chen Guo, who had returned, also said blankly.

As they spoke, Ye Xiu began to play. Like a sudden storm, it came without warning. A chaotic pile of notes seemed to explode, suddenly drilling into everyone's ears.

"What's this?" Chen Guo was surprised, Lou Guan Ning was dazed, but Tang Rou laughed after a few notes, laughing very happily.

"What is it?" Chen Guo asked quickly. As far as she could tell, Ye Xiu seemed to be playing randomly, right?

"Flight of the Bumblebee," Tang Rou said.

"What?" Chen Guo was at a loss.

"This piece is called Flight of the Bumblebee. It's a very fast-paced piece, usually used to show off one's hand speed," Tang Rou said.

"Hand speed?" Chen Guo was stunned for a moment, then finally understood the meaning of Tang Rou's smile.

"Too despicable, it's simply bullying people!" Chen Guo said with a smile.

"Yes, too bullying..." Tang Rou nodded.

"That guy definitely can't play it, right?" Chen Guo looked gloatingly at the young man, who now had a look of shock on his face and was a little at a loss.

"Not just him, perhaps no one in this world can play it so fast," Tang Rou said.

"Is it that exaggerated?" Chen Guo was surprised.

"At least no one I know can..." Tang Rou seemed to think she was exaggerating a bit and quickly moderated her statement.

In just a few words, Ye Xiu finished playing. Because he played so fast, the piece was finished in just a few tens of seconds. The scene was silent, and everyone looked at Ye Xiu in astonishment. The people present were probably not completely ignorant of music, so they were deeply shocked at this moment.

"Should we applaud?" Chen Guo whispered to Tang Rou.

"Let's not!" Tang Rou said.

"Why?"

"Actually, other than being fast and not making mistakes, it's worthless," Tang Rou said.

"He probably only learned it to practice his hand speed!" Chen Guo guessed.

"I think so..." Tang Rou said.

Those in the audience with some musical talent all had the same thought as Tang Rou. Such a fast performance deserved applause. But this guy's playing was just focused on speed. Every piece has content and emotion, but his performance had basically zero expression in this regard. It could even be said that his performance had no rhythm, just fast, fast, fast, as fast as possible. Other than that, he didn't play any wrong notes. Give applause to such a performance? Everyone felt that it was disrespectful to art.

Ye Xiu obviously didn't care about this. He got up after playing and signaled to the challenger, "Repeat it once?"

"You... you..." The guy panicked a bit, but fortunately, he was indeed capable. "Your playing is just fast, you don't understand music at all!"

"How can you say I don't understand? You can only say that my skill is not high enough. But at least I accurately played a song, right? It's your turn now," Ye Xiu said with a smile.

The man's face turned red, and he couldn't say a word.

"It seems you can't play it, what a pity, then..."

"I didn't promise anything!" This person was obviously afraid that the other party would come up with a difficult problem to embarrass him in front of everyone. Fortunately, he interrupted when Ye Xiu tried to make an agreement before, and then the other party never mentioned it again. At this time, he couldn't care about his image and used this as a life-saving straw, trying to get rid of it shamelessly.

"I didn't intend for you to agree to anything. But you really can't play it, right?" Ye Xiu said.

"Playing it like that is meaningless!" The person still quibbled.

"Since you can't play it, then I have no choice but to call you senseless and uneducated," Ye Xiu said.

"You..." The young man was furious, but someone next to him pulled him. Turning his head, he saw that it was someone from the club.

"Young Master Lü, you're drunk..." The club staff, having learned about the incident, rushed over. They only saw the young master being humiliated. On the way over, they had already learned about what happened and knew that this guy had made a blunder.

Lou Guan Ning and the others usually stayed in the club playing Glory, and rarely appeared at such social occasions, so not many people knew them. This young man obviously didn't know this, so he didn't know the background of the owner of the party. After seeing the Glory professional players being introduced with great fanfare, he decided to mock them out of spite. If he really knew the details of the party's owner, even if he disliked them, he wouldn't have undermined them like this, unless he had some kind of grudge.

The club staff came to smooth things over. They couldn't afford to offend any of the guests, nor could they favor any side. So mentioning their identities at this time was unnecessary, as it would force one of the parties to give in, offending both sides. So the club staff opened their eyes and said something nonsense, just to create a way out of the situation. If both sides could turn a blind eye, the matter might just pass.

Unfortunately, Young Master Lü, who was in a fit of anger, made this a luxury.

"I'm not drunk!" The one called Young Master Lü was aggressive, as if he wouldn't give up.