Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 1637 - 893: Gifted Experts

Guo Kunnan was envious.

He sighed, "Didn’t expect you’d come to the internet cafe to go online."

He remembered that Jiang Ning had a pretty high-end computer setup.

Jiang Ning chuckled, "I’m just bringing them out to broaden their horizons."

Chen Siyu glanced at the foxy internet cafe attendant, the kind of person she disliked the most, always holding the power, dragging things out, and teasing her appetite.

Chen Siyu immediately whipped out a hundred yuan, flicked it for show, blew on it, and then asked, "How much for an overnight stay, sister?"

For some reason, the internet cafe attendant actually felt a sort of greasy vibe from this girl.

The attendant said, "Fifteen."

Chen Siyu: "Then we’ll book for all three of us for the night."

The internet cafe attendant was momentarily speechless, but she picked up her professionalism and replied, "Overnight is possible, but it starts at ten o’clock. It’s not even 8 p.m. yet, and it’s five yuan an hour right now."

Chen Siyu: "Ah, then let’s just go by the hour, and later we’ll do the whole package."

This female customer is too sleazy!

The internet cafe attendant, who was quite familiar with her work, opened an account for her, as Yucai Internet Cafe was an underground cafe, so they could open accounts freely.

Guo Kunnan, seeing her effortlessly handle another group of customers, praised, "Xiao Yu, you’re both beautiful and professional; being an internet cafe attendant really doesn’t do you justice!"

Hearing this, the internet cafe attendant, Xiao Yu, lifted her face and looked at Guo Kunnan, "Well, according to you, what should I be doing then?"

Guo Kunnan, with his limited knowledge, thought for a moment and offered an answer, "Be a receptionist!"

Mentioning receptionist made Xiao Yu’s eyes fill with longing. Images of high-rise commercial office buildings flashed through her mind, with people dressed in suits and speaking elegantly, and her in a delicate uniform, smiling and greeting business professionals as if she had reached the pinnacle of life!

Chen Siyu looked at the two and blurted out, "Are you stupid? An internet cafe attendant is basically the receptionist!"

Xiao Yu: ...

...

Chen Siyu left and walked with Jiang Ning to the computer stations.

Before Jiang Ning sat down, he used a wave of spiritual power to clean off all the dust and grease on the chair, desk, keyboard, and mouse, making it all spotless.

After seeing him sit down, Chen Siyu’s eyes flashed slyly again, just like when she used to tease Bai Yuxia, she started to apply her craft, "Jiang Ning, this place is pretty remote. I want to sit with you!"

Jiang Ning: "No worries, I brought a box."

Chen Siyu was momentarily stunned. Ah, no, that doesn’t seem right?

She hesitated and quickly retracted, luring him deeper, "I want to be good friends with you."

Jiang Ning pulled out a box of chocolates: "Here, eat."

Two minutes later, with a sullen face, Chen Siyu was eating the chocolates, and to be honest, they were pretty good.

It was the New Year period, so business at the internet cafe was booming. By Jiang Ning’s estimation, Boss Wei’s new Yucai Internet Cafe was indeed a success, unexpected from his previous life’s anticipations.

Because of Evergreen Liquid’s rise in this life, Fourth Middle School expanded its enrollment, leading to an influx of people. The Yucai Supermarket made too much money, prompting Boss Wei to invest in a big internet cafe.

Apart from the internet cafe attendant, there was also a manager responsible for organizing events, with the large screen above broadcasting a 5v5 match within the cafe.

The manager occasionally did commentary, making the scene very harmonious.

Chen Siyu, who was busy with a bot match, yearned for that, to say the least, she was extremely interested in eSports. Plainly speaking, she loved the game despite not being very good at it.

"Let’s join the internet cafe tournament later!" Chen Siyu exclaimed enthusiastically.

Jiang Ning: "Sure."

After getting confirmation, Chen Siyu continued with her bot match, while imagining herself being a pro at the internet cafe.

Jiang Ning was planning to accompany her in the dull bot match, but as soon as they got online, Tongtong, who was on patrol, caught him.

He told Tongtong he was playing LoL on his phone, and Tongtong paired up with him for duo queue.

After being defeated by bots, Chen Siyu noticed Jiang Ning was still duo-queuing with Tongtong.

At this point, the cheerfulness in the internet cafe reached a new level, as the investor Boss Wei arrived on the scene, also bringing Yuzhou Fourth Middle School’s most famous eSports expert—Nie Ze!

Guo Kunnan looked at the handsome youth bathed in the glow of the big screen light, tightly gripping his mouse he told Cui Yu beside him, "Holy crap, Nie Ze, I’ve heard back in our first year, he made a lot of money through account boosting, effortlessly reaching King level in Area One, even dominating the Korean server!"

Hearing Guo Kunnan introducing someone else’s glorious deeds made Cui Yu a bit disgruntled, his one-handed Spider dominated globally, so why not praise Anan?

Cui Yu continued gaming, "Heh, such experts seem impressive to you, but in reality..."

Wang Longlong: "In reality, not even as good as our Brother Cui!"

Cui Yu was pleased and bought Wang Longlong a crunchy sausage.

Hearing Boss Wei announce Nie Ze would participate in the random matchmaking in the cafe, Guo Kunnan secretly prepared to join the matchup.

To prevent anyone from deliberately ruining Nie Ze’s performance, affecting the program outcome, Boss Wei announced another great news, that anyone winning a match would earn 66 yuan in credits immediately, sent the atmosphere skyrocketing.

The mighty Jiang Ning was playing ranked matches with Tongtong for fun, while the weaker Chen Siyu was already gearing up for hunt mode in the internet cafe.

As the foot traffic increased, the once-remote corner was no longer so.

A few guys aged twenty-seven or twenty-eight sat down chatting, complaining about the busyness of work.

"I couldn’t even rest after resigning, leaving to return to Nan City the day after tomorrow; today’s my last night!"

"Yeah, who isn’t, we only get three days off for New Year, and I’ve swapped shifts with someone."

"My colleague too, took time out to get married." A few men’s words dripped with bitterness.

"Hope my job-hop goes smoothly this time," said a glasses-wearing man in a down jacket.

"Workhorse lives."

"Indeed, or else it wouldn’t be called job-hopping, would it?"

"Hahahaha!" They laughed, somehow feeling better from the banter with old friends.

Suddenly a muttered comment came from the corner, "Even the farm cows only work four hours a day."

The men’s smiles froze abruptly. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Chen Siyu quickly covered her mouth, realizing she shouldn’t have said that!

Luckily, these working folks had robust self-healing power, participating eagerly in the café’s game events upon seeing them.

Chen Siyu wasn’t lucky enough, not getting selected for the first round.

The tired working guys next door, surprisingly, got selected for the match, but were brutally beaten by an opponent with the ID ’NZ’ several times.

One teammate opened his mic and shouted, "What, are you guys just bots?"

...

Jiang Ning continued duo-queuing with Tongtong; Guo Kunnan and Cui Yu couldn’t secure a spot in the matchup, watching helplessly as Nie Ze dominated and crushed his foes.

The pretty internet cafe attendant brought Nie Ze, the gaming expert, a warm can of coffee.

Guo Kunnan was insanely jealous, yelling, "Brother Yu, Brother Yu, take him down!"

Cui Yu: "Screw it!"

But still, they couldn’t secure a spot.

While bored, Guo Kunnan noticed Chen Siyu was online and messaged her privately, "Are you two playing? Let’s queue up for a five-man stack."

Chen Siyu: "Sure, but I’m really bad."

Guo Kunnan patted his chest and assured, "With my Zhao Xin, Brother Yu’s Spider, and Longlong’s Blitzcrank, we can’t lose and will crush them!"

Cui Yu said indifferently, "Alright then, since we can’t face Nie Ze, might as well play a match for fun now."

Guo Kunnan: "I’ll teach you to spawn camp."

As the game began, one was eager and spirited, while the other was a lonely expert, frequently chatting in voice chat, even conversing about mundane things.

Ten, fifteen minutes into the game, the two became increasingly silent, gradually closing their mics.

Twenty minutes into the game, Cui Yu and Guo Kunnan were chatting about their families.

Twenty-five minutes into the game, as the crystal exploded, they both fell silent again.