361 Chicken Dinners and a Newcomer ? (2/2)
”I heard Lu Ban has been weakened?” Zhao Yao mentioned casually.
That was the trigger that got Matcha to finally speak.
”How could they do that?! Don't they not know that all the top players use Lu Ban? And they weakened him? Have they gone mad?”
Zhao Yao tried to console the livid cat. Rice Cake, whom was already immersed in a match of PUBG, spoke up.
”Matcha, why don't you play PlayerUnknown Battleground with me?” she suggested.
”PlayerUnknown Battleground?” Matcha asked.
”Yeah. Aren't you already the number one in King's Glory? You'll get the hang of PUBG in no time,” she responded, ”Plus, I found cheats we can use. We'll be unbeatable together.”
”Number one?” Matcha was momentarily stunned, but he regained composure quickly, ”Yeah, we'll be unbeatable.”
”Cheats?” Zhao Yao was stunned as well, ”Yeah, you guys will make an unbeatable team.”
It seemed like Rice Cake was really taking the game seriously.
”Exactly. We'll be great. You should play with me. PUBG is the hottest thing right now. We can even live stream our matches. One day, we'll climb right to the top and be one of those top streamers that earns millions a year,” she concluded.
”Millions a year?” Elizabeth piped in.
She had been agonizing over her complete lack of popularity on Weibo.
So far, she had received a grand total of one like. She had 12 followers, of which two were her own secondary accounts and the remaining 10 belonged to promoters that were trying to sell her stuff.
It was miserable.
Elizabeth got onto her feet.
”How do I play PUBG?” she asked.
Rice Cake was more than happy to teach her. The two cats wasted no time to begin a discussion on the game.
Matcha did not join in.
He rubbed his face, then let out a yawn.
”Count me out. I still prefer King's Glory. Also, I don't have a laptop. I can't play,” he said simply.
His true reason for deferring was more complicated than that.
”I can't play! What if I lose to Rice Cake? She'll never believe that I'm number one at anything!” he thought.
Elizabeth turned to Zhao Yao.
”We got quite a bit of money from Chuan Xiao, didn't we? Can't we use some of that to buy new laptops?”
Matcha laughed to himself.
”How naive, my dear Elizabeth. No one is stingier than Zhao Yao. He would never buy you a laptop,” he mused.
”Sure!” Zhao Yao agreed instantly.
There were millions' worth of cold, hard cash lying in a bag somewhere in the belly. Buying a few laptops would not put a dent to it.
”I'll buy five. It's time for me to get a new one anyway.”
Matcha gawked at Zhao Yao, then clamped his jaw down onto his owner's arm.
”Imposter!”
For the next few days, Zhao Yao resumed his usual lifestyle. The one difference he had made was to cater time to watch the Sphynx train.
The atmosphere in the house had changed. At night, the vicious smacking of keyboards echoed through the halls, coupled with feverish meows and yelps.
Rice Cake, Elizabeth, Matcha, and an unwitting Roly Poly, had formed a clan and embarked on their PUBG journey together.
*
Two weeks later, at Jiangmen City International Airport.
A handsome, young man made his way down the steps of an airport. He had on samurai armor.
He looked up at the sky, then let out a derisive snort.
”Well, China, I hope you do not disappoint.”