Chapter Forty-One: Making Trouble Again (1/2)

After continuously playing Toxic for the next few days, Xiao Yu would level up on his own when Lin Zhou was offline. Very quickly, Xiao Yu found the knack that he had from his previous life. He even surprisingly found out that the body of a hamster actually made it much easier for him to play the game.

Maybe it was because he didn’t need to utilize all of his fingers and hence had a lower chance of misfiring the wrong (comical) skills?

Regardless, every time Xiao Yu killed off the opponent, an eerie rush would emerge from his heart.

Did any of their opponents know that this flirtatious, strong and supportive handsome mage, who could easily hit five kills, was in fact a hamster? Did they know that a hamster was messing with them?

Ohmygod, the more I think, the more thrilling it gets.

From a certain aspect, Xiao Yu thought that he finally understood why some people out there ended up with gaming addictions.

No matter what identities they held in their real lives – poor or wealthy, unlucky or blessed – the moment they put on that imaginary exterior on the Internet, every person could be the character that they wished to become, without any restrictions, able to express their innermost feelings. It did not matter if they could only become a hero in a game; it would fill their empty souls throughout those endless nights.

As for Xiao Yu, he was no doubt a human in the game. He would have teammates who praised him, and also enemies who vowed for revenge. Yet none of them could see that he was not a human, but only a soul that belonged to one.

Yan Jin had not interacted with Xiao Yu for the past two days, which probably meant that he was very occupied with his work and had no time to spare on him. Nannan had returned from his vacation, claiming that he needed to spend two days on his online shop matters, which Xiao Yu generously granted him.

DIDI. There was yet another new message from Lin Zhou.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: You there?

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Yes, up for a match?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: I’ll invite you.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: I attained the gold rank last night and was able to get into the board rankings. Still on?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Sure.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Not worried that I’ll pull your rank down?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Fret not, I happen to have safeguard against rank dropping now. Plus, I’m capable of leading even in the gold rank battles.

The two with different ulterior motives then proceed to play for a few rounds. There were wins and losses, sarcastic remarks were made when they met lousy players, and whenever either of them took the lead, the other person would generously give their praises.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: That mage is a joke, otherwise we would have won for sure.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Still up for another round?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: It’s almost twelve. Chairman Yan sure is relaxed, don’t you need to work on the Autumn Release Conference?

It’s here! Finally, onto the main topic! After playing for so many days, he’d finally shown his fox tail!

Xiao Yu smiled coldly in his heart – Of course Yan Jin is busy. Where can he find such free time to be gaming, unlike someone who holds a sinecure, plotting schemes every single day?

This time, Xiao Yu didn’t dare to overreact. After all, Yan Jin’s character was a known fact. If he reacted badly, then he would be put under suspicion and the situation would worsen.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: That being said, don’t you also have to be busy with the Autumn Release Conference?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Our main focus was on the original jewelry design competition for this conference. The company arranged for me to enter as an individual participant, so I had it easier than the rest of them.

LIAR!

If this conversation was really between Yan Jin and Lin Zhou, it might really get brushed off by Lin Zhou. But the person behind Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both was Xiao Yu, the chief designer of SI! How could he not know about the strategy that was planned? The company surely would not arrange anyone for the individual competition, otherwise Xiao Yu himself would have given all he had to fight for that quota.

There was a possibility that the company really had given the spot to Lin Zhou. Nevertheless, that possibility was almost impossible. Even if that was the truth, based on his relationship with Lin Zhou, it did not make sense for the human Xiao Yu to have no knowledge about it. Lin Zhou could have hidden the truth on purpose, but what could he gain from doing that?

Xiao Yu really wanted to expose his lie and see Lin Zhou’s repulsive face under the mask. However, he had no choice but to hold back the fury burning within him and play along to get more information out of Lin Zhou.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Is it really alright to tell me SI’s confidential information just like that?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: That doesn’t count as confidential. You can easily find out about it, Chairman Yan.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Plus, I’m sure Chairman Yan knows what I’m thinking.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Still plan on job hopping?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: A talented person chooses a patron of integrity; that’s human nature.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: SI shouldn’t be too different compared to YL, right?

Xiao Yu had wanted to ask this question for a very long time. From the first time he realized that Lin Zhou wanted to job-hop to YL, he had been wanting to ask. Putting aside that both jewelry groups’ capabilities were evenly matched, when Xiao Yu came along and revealed his outstanding talents, SI eventually won over YL by a bigger margin. So why did Lin Zhou think that SI was incomparable to YL?

Xiao Yu still remembered what Lin Zhou mentioned in the email to Yan Jin the other time, that he was outcasted in SI. Afterwards, Xiao Yu had carefully analyzed that sentence and concluded that Lin Zhou lied about it because he wanted Yan Jin to pity him.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Chairman Yan must be joking. A straightforward person does not resort to insinuation. There’s no need to pretend to be naïve. How could SI compare to the Yan family?

Yan family? What Yan family? How does that relate to the Yan family? Yan family would mean the Yan Group, which also means Yan Jin, doesn’t it?

It seemed that the topic could not continue further. After all, the most crucial issue might be Yan Jin himself.

Xiao Yu decided that he would thoroughly investigate who Yan Jin was in a while. But for now, he should change the topic first.