Translator: Star River from w.a.n.gmamaread
Proofreader: Rhith
It was already 12:30am when Xie Mingzhe went back to his individual s.p.a.ce. He directly got offline, washed his face and went up to the second floor, preparing to go to sleep. However, he found Chen Xiao standing alone on the balcony smoking.
Chen Xiao hadn't turned on the light. By the light of the street lamps, Xie Mingzhe saw a tall figure standing in the smoke. He was extremely tired and lonely. Xie Mingzhe didn't dare to bother him and snuck back into his room, because his intuition told him that Chen Xiao was thinking about his brother again.
In the dormitory, Xiao Pang was eating snacks. He was fond of having snacks and didn't seem to worry about his body shape.
Xie Mingzhe sat opposite him, saying in a low voice, "Brother Yu, Brother Chen once said that this house belongs to his brother. Do you know where his brother is?" At first, Xie Mingzhe hadn't dared to ask this question because Pang Yu was not familiar to him. After they became friends, he found that Pang Yu, who always treated him with enthusiasm, was harmless. He was so curious about this that he couldn't help asking.
Hearing Xie Mingzhe's question, Pang Yu became serious immediately, saying, "People who just came to the studio were curious about where Chen's brother is once they knew this house belongs to Chen's brother. But if you ask him face to face, he will take on a ghastly expression. I asked him once out of curiosity, he just told me his brother has gone. Maybe his brother has pa.s.sed away. Never ask him about his brother."
Thinking about Chen's lonely figure on the balcony, Xie Mingzhe became slightly worried about him.
When he was just reborn in this world, he was driven away by the landlord because he couldn't pay the rent. It was Brother Chen who gave him his first job and introduced Star Card Storm to him. In Star Card Storm, he became aware of his card-making skills and earned hundreds of thousands of crystal coins by selling cards in just a week. If he hadn't met Brother Chen, he might still be looking for a job here and there. He was extremely grateful to Brother Chen for his help.
If Brother Chen needed his help in the future, he would absolutely offer his hand. But if Brother Chen did not say anything, he'd better not interfere with other people's private affairs. Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe sighed, temporarily suppressing his doubts.
The next morning, Xie Mingzhe got up half an hour earlier than the other members in the game studio as usual, and entered the game at 7:00am.
He connected his Inner Spirit to the card-making system to make 10 revised versions of [Lin Daiyu] in succession, and another 10 [Xue Baochai].
It cost a profuse amount of Inner Spirit to do cards. When other members were about to go downstairs, Xie Mingzhe took off the helmet to go offline, and began to prepare breakfast.
But when he had just turned around, he suddenly met a pair of meaningful eyes whose master was staring at him. Xie Mingzhe almost jumped in surprise, “Brother Chen! Why are you standing behind me?”
The man's hair was as messy as a bird's nest, his clothes in disarray and his beard unshaven, which made him look decadent. But at the moment he turned around, Xie Mingzhe believed that he was not mistaken – Chen Xiao's sharp eyes indicated that he knew everything.
However, after meeting Xie Mingzhe's eyes, Chen Xiao laughed and walked up to him, “You are so hardworking that you enter the game earlier than us every day. How's your study on the game going?”
Xie Mingzhe said with a smile, “I studied the characteristics of Five-Element creatures, which is quite complicated.” He responded casually, and just at this time Chi Qing came downstairs, so he went over and said, “Sister Qing, let me help you prepare breakfast.”
Chen Xiao looked at the busy boy in the kitchen and slightly raised the corner of his mouth. Then he looked back at the boy's helmet, saying nothing.
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Xie Mingzhe actively joined the game studio's team to farm instances after breakfast.
In the morning, they farmed five large instances in succession. After brushing, Chen Xiao checked the package and said: “There's enough of all the seven-fragment pieces that the boss wants. A'Qing, you ask if the boss is there? It is best to pay the bill in person. Can avoid the transaction fee of the transaction bank.”
Chi Qing sent a message to her friend and quickly received a reply: “The boss agreed to pay the bill in person, and I directly asked him to come to my individual s.p.a.ce.”
Everyone entered Chi Qing's s.p.a.ce whose decoration was quite different from that of the system's. The sofa was dark blue, and the display case and the bed were replaced by matching blue ones.
Xiao Pang said in wonder, "Sister Qing, your apartment is beautifully decorated."
Jin Yue asked, "A'Qing, you have taken a course in design, haven't you? Your s.p.a.ce is professionally decorated."
Chi Qing replied, "I minored in design in college."
Just then, the doorbell rang. After Chi Qing opened the door, a man with the system's preset no.1 face and the ID of 7456789 walked in, saying with a smile, "h.e.l.lo, you want to trade the materials with me face to face?"
"…" Isn't the man Tang Muzhou?
Xie Mingzhe raised his head and exchanged a look with Tang Muzhou.
The two looked at each other and pretended not to know the other person.
Tang Muzhou checked the materials and paid Brother Chen.
Before he left, he privately messaged Xie Mingzhe, "Uncle Chubby, are you still working as a booster? Don't you think it is a waste of time?"
Xie Mingzhe replied, "I signed a contract with them. I must finish what I started. I'll focus on making cards as of next month."
"Although you have stable income now, the work you do everyday takes you a lot of time. Stop wasting energy on boring instances."
"I know."
"Have you made any new cards? You promised me that you would give me one new card."
Tang Muzhou showed a great interest in Xie Mingzhe's new cards. Xie Mingzhe replied with a smile, "Don't worry, Legend Tang. I'll make a card and send it to your email later. Could you please a.s.sess its value and set its price?"
Tang Muzhou answered readily, "No problem."
A moment later, Tang Muzhou received a card in his mailbox.
Level 1 [Xue Baochai], Additional Skill – Baochai Chasing b.u.t.terflies, IDE against b.u.t.terfly cards, Agility 30.
Tang Muzhou couldn't help but laugh out loud, “Xiao Zhu laughed at me in the chat group yesterday, but it's his turn to cry today.”
Tang Muzhou stopped gloating and replied to Uncle Chubby seriously, “This card can be sold for 300,000 in the auction, but if you sell more than ten of them, a level 1 one-star card should be priced at around 100,000.”
Value comes from shortage – once the card's number increased, its price would naturally drop. Xie Mingzhe understood that, and he did not want to queue up for every card to join the auction. It is better to sell [Lin Daiyu] and [Xue Baochai] together in his card store to bring customers.
As Xie Mingzhe had first estimated, when selling cards in bulk its unit price was around 100,000. It seemed that Tang Muzhou buying [Lin Daiyu] for 660,000 showed that he was “rich and willful”. Xie Mingzhe, who had earned 660,000 gold coins from Tang Muzhou, felt guilty, so he said, “Legend Tang, you spent much higher than the market price when buying [Lin Daiyu] at the auction, so I want to give [Xue Baochai] to you for free. Thank you for your help.”
“Then I will just accept that. Feel free to ask me questions at any time in the future.” The money Tang Muzhou spent was nothing to him, but Uncle Chubby took the initiative to give him a card, so he couldn't find any reasons to refuse Uncle Chubby. Besides, he could take the opportunity to get along with Uncle Chubby and set traps for other players.
Tang Muzhou thought about that while Xie Mingzhe went offline with the other members of the game studio.
Brother Chen said happily, “The task is finally finished. I'll treat you to lunch!”
It was a group activity, so Xie Mingzhe certainly would go. Then he followed Brother Chen with Pang Yu, Jin Yue, and Chi Qing.