ATIBEC Chapter 6

[Boss-Lemon: A total of seven games, MVP in all seven games, plus the last one, a total of five hundred and sixty.]
[Boss-Lemon: I transferred 560 yuan to you.]

Shen Er stretched his hands behind his neck, cracked his neck, and after receiving the transfer, he transferred back four hundred and nine.
[Owl: Five hundred for a single game is not worth it. Just double the initial MVP reward.]

“Yan Sheng, he said you’re not worth five hundred yuan.” Yan Man looked at the incoming transfer from the other side, covering her lips, extremely pleased.

Yan Sheng couldn’t be bothered: “His WeChat, remember to give it to me.”

“Tsk tsk.” Yan Man shook her head, “Tomorrow, take me to get the new console first, hand over the console with one hand and his WeChat with the other.”

With that said, Yan Man pushed Yan Sheng off the gaming chair and kept shoving him out, “Go back to your own room, don’t stubbornly stay in mine.”

Yan Sheng looked at the closed door in front of him and Fu Gui lying at his feet. For a moment, he wondered if he should knock on his parents’ door and ask if he really needed this troublesome little sister.

However, thinking about the performance of the companion tonight…
Yan Sheng generously forgave his rude and unlucky sister, patted Fu Gui’s head, and returned to his room.

Yan Man, in a great mood, settled the accounts with the other three companion, turned off the computer, and lay down on the bed. She opened Owl’s WeChat and transferred the four hundred and nine back again.

[Boss-Lemon: Take it, as promised.]
[Boss-Lemon: Five hundred to slap my brother’s face isn’t too expensive.]

Shen Er looked at the message she sent, sighing at the close relationship between the siblings.

But he still didn’t accept the money. For him, a game of less than twenty minutes was not worth five hundred yuan.

Yan Man, seeing his indifferent attitude, fell silent for a moment.

[Boss-Lemon: How about this, consider this four hundred and nine as a deposit with you. You can deduct how many games you’ve played later, and if you increase the price, it will be calculated based on your new price, okay?

Shen Er pursed his lips.
[Owl: Alright, I’ll keep track of it for each game.]

[Boss-Lemon: By the way, my brother asked me for your WeChat. He probably wants to play with you. If you don’t mind, I’ll pass it over to him.]
[Owl: Okay.]

After replying to the message, Shen Er logged off and walked home with Wang Chenyu.

“How much did you earn tonight?” Wang Chenyu blinked and asked.

“Five hundred and sixty.” Shen Er said, “I didn’t take the five hundred, the Boss turned it into a deposit.”

“Why didn’t you take it?” Wang Chenyu was puzzled, “She offered it herself, and the MVP is yours, so the money should be yours.”

Shen Er smiled without explaining, “Are you hungry? Let me treat you to supper.”

The two of them walked to a stall supported by a shed and ordered two servings of fried noodles.

Wang Chenyu was still fretting over the five hundred yuan. After it turned into a deposit, it meant that Shen Er had to play another fifty games with this girl. Fifty games! That’s several days without income!

As Wang Chenyu kept calculating and chatting, Shen Er spoke up, “If it weren’t for this deposit, today’s earnings would have been seventy. I just received the money in advance that I would have earned in the next few days. Five hundred yuan for playing a game with someone is really unreasonable.”

“Well, alright…” Wang Chenyu sighed.

Just then, two steaming plates of fried noodles were placed in front of them.
Shen Er grabbed a pair of disposable chopsticks, wiped off the wood shavings, and started eating.

Back at home, Shen Er raised his arm and sniffed the smell on his sleeve.
“I’ll take a shower first. The smell of smoke all over me is a bit uncomfortable.” Shen Er said, taking the change of clothes and heading into the bathroom.

A small bathroom has its advantages, as the heat quickly spread throughout the room, steam rising.

Shen Er tilted his head back, hot water cascading from above, tracing down his exquisite facial contours and dripping onto his slender shoulder blades.

Coming out after drying his hair, Shen Er patted Wang Chenyu, who was busy playing on his phone, “Go take a shower and sleep early. We have work tomorrow morning.”

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Yan Sheng, half asleep, always felt a strange gaze on him.

He frowned and let out a big yawn, reluctantly opening his eyes.

There seemed to be someone at the foot of his bed…
Yan Sheng jolted awake instantly, widening his eyes as he looked at her.

Underneath the loose short down jacket was a light pink sweater dress, with waist-length hair tied into two braids, appearing cute and playful.
Unfortunately, it was Yan Man’s face.

“What are you doing? Going out for a date?” Yan Sheng straightened his wrinkled clothes, sitting up and running his hands through his hair. His voice still carried the hoarseness of just waking up, “What are you doing in my room? What benefit do you get from scaring me to death?”

“It’s already half-past twelve, Yan Sheng. Mom called you to eat downstairs, you didn’t respond to her call or message, so I came upstairs to see if you were still alive.” Yan Man said, “Hurry up, after dinner, take me to get a new computer.”

Yan Sheng clicked his tongue irritably, “Got it, now get out.”

Yan Man considerately closed the door behind her.

Leaning against the head of the bed for a while, Yan Sheng calmed his heart, which was pounding from being startled by Yan Man, then lifted the blanket and got out of bed, heading into the bathroom to freshen up.

He put on a simple black T-shirt and randomly grabbed a down jacket from the closet before thumping down the stairs.

“Sheng Sheng, what time did you come back last night?” Ge Ziyan peeked from the dining table and asked.

“Past two, I think.” Yan Sheng walked to the table, glanced at the food, served himself a bowl of rice, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

“Oh, how many days can you stay at home?” Ge Ziyan asked again.

“I’m going back on the twelfth.” Yan Sheng said, “Oh, Mom, Fu Gui broke Yan Man’s computer and she grabbed mine instead. When I tried to take it back, she kicked me. After eating, I’ll take Yan Man out and find a good spot to bury the body.”

“Snap!” A wad of paper hit Yan Sheng right in the forehead.

“Can’t you say something auspicious during the New Year?” Yan Sheng’s father, Yan Lijun, said impatiently.

Yan Man chimed in, “Yeah, yeah, Yan Sheng, if you can’t say anything nice, just keep quiet.”

“You have a mouth, you can speak, say a few more words.”

“Can you eat faster? At this rate, you’ll be eating from evening until the next morning on New Year’s Eve.”

The siblings bickered incessantly at the dining table, with Ge Ziyan and Yan Lijun watching them with black lines all over their faces.

“Done eating. Let’s go out,” Yan Sheng wiped his mouth with two pieces of tissue, stood up, and went to Yan Man’s side to tug at her braid, “Put some powder on your red cheeks, you look like you’ve been punched.”

“It’s blush!” Yan Man clenched her fists, sulking as she followed behind him.

Yan Sheng took the jacket and car keys, and the two of them walked into the underground garage.

The car slowly drove out of the estate and headed towards the largest shopping district.

After parking the car in the garage, Yan Sheng turned to Yan Man, “Get me a mask from the glove compartment in front of you.”

“Who do you think you are? Why wear a mask?” Yan Man rolled her eyes but still fetched a mask for him, “I get it, you’re afraid of getting beaten up by fans after losing so badly in the Spring Split regular season, right?”

Yan Sheng couldn’t be bothered to respond, leading her straight to the computer store upstairs.
“You pick.”

Yan Man happily browsed around the store, also asking the salesperson for advice.

“Brother,” Yan Man blinked and walked to Yan Sheng’s side with small steps, “The salesperson said they don’t have an all-pink desktop computer, so I’ll have to buy the components separately and assemble them. But the person who usually does the assembly called in sick today…”

“And then?” Yan Sheng asked, puzzled.

Yan Man held onto his arm, blinking rapidly.

“So, you want me to foot the bill and do the work for you, right?” Yan Sheng sighed, “Go online, find a tutorial, there are plenty of them. Practice some DIY skills yourself, don’t make me doubt your brain development, okay?”

Yan Man abruptly let go of his arm, expressionless as she took out her phone from her pocket, “I’ll delete that guy’s WeChat right now.”

“…Fine, you buy it, and I’ll assemble it for you when you bring it back,” Yan Sheng gritted his teeth, “Give me his WeChat.”

“Deal!” Yan Man took out her phone and handed Owl’s WeChat to Yan Sheng, “Your attitude doesn’t seem like you’re asking for a gaming buddy’s WeChat, more like you’re asking for my future sister-in-law’s WeChat.”

“Go pick your components,” Yan Sheng said helplessly.

He took out his phone and opened the chat with Yan Man.
“Owl…” Yan Sheng looked at this WeChat name, “Hey Yan Man, forgot to ask, is this person a guy or a girl?”

“I don’t know, when we were playing, he said he was in the internet cafe and it would be too noisy to use the mic, so he never did.” Yan Man said, “But he seems like a guy, right? Which pretty girl would use Owl as her WeChat name?”

Oh, right, Owl.
That word wasn’t used often, and Yan Sheng initially thought it was a cute emoji.

He clicked on the profile and added the friend.

Until Yan Man finished buying all the components, this WeChat remained silent.

He carried all the boxes of various sizes into the parking lot and stuffed them into the back seat of the car.

“I want bubble tea,” Yan Man stood by the car and said.

“Go get it, I’ll wait here for you. Get me one too, pearl milk tea, full sugar, extra ice. Thanks.” Yan Sheng opened the car door and was about to sit in, but Yan Man pulled him down.
“What are you waiting for? Come with me.”

“Hello, one fresh fruit tea, no ice, no sugar, and one pearl milk tea, extra ice, full sugar.”

The bubble tea shop didn’t have a lunch break. After all, mealtime peak hours were also peak hours for bubble tea shops. It couldn’t be empty, with a few people taking turns to eat.

“Shen Er, I’m done eating. You can go eat now.” Another staff member took off the apron hanging on the wall and walked into the kitchen.

Shen Er responded with a “Okay,” washed his hands, and subconsciously took out his phone.

The reminder of a new friend on WeChat was 40 minutes ago.

[Y requested to add you as a friend]

Shen Er tilted his head and thought, it’s probably the brother of the girl from yesterday, right?
He pressed the agree button, and just as he was about to put his phone back in his pocket, it vibrated in his hand.

Opening WeChat, it was the person who had just added him sending him a sticker.
A dog’s head holding a rose, with a row of big characters below: Hello, beautiful lady.

Shen Er looked at the sticker in silence for a while.
[Owl: …?]

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