Chapter 162: Hanting Express (1/2)

Gui Guzi bowed his head but kept sneaking glances at the black Lamborghini. “Wow, the driver’s a girl! Tsk tsk~~”

Du Thirteen snorted disdainfully. “Tch! A woman who drives a brand car like that has to be a rich kid or the mistress of some rich bastard!”

Mamate suggested. “You guys wanna show her what we think after she drives past us?”

“Yeah!”

…...

Unfortunately, the car slowed to a stop in front of them and foiled Gui Guzi and Du Thirteen’s plans, but that was just the beginning. They were shocked when Murong Mingyue climbed out of the driver’s seat. Their shock turned to disbelief when He Yi appeared from the passenger’s seat and refreshed their view of women. Finally, when I exited the car after He Yi, the duo turned to stone completely.

A while later, Gui Guzi finally muttered, “Fuck! The woman isn’t the mistress, our boss is…”

I walked up to him and slapped him across the head. “What the fuck are you talking about!?”

Murong Mingyue and He Yi chuckled together.

Beiming Xue blinked once at the new arrivals before smiling. “Boss, can you introduce them to us?”

I gave her a nod and pointed at He Yi. “She’s the leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and our future boss. Her ID is ‘From Water’, and her real name is He Yi. You can also call her by her pen name, Eve, if you want to.”

He Yi nodded and gave everyone a refreshing smile. “Good day, everyone!”

Everyone nodded back in unison. Mamate and Du Thirteen especially looked like their breath had been stolen away from their lungs.

Next, I pointed at Murong Mingyue. “She’s the vice leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Murong Mingyue. Her real name is the same as her in-game ID.”

Everyone nodded again, but this time their reaction was a bit reserved. One didn’t need to see to know that the owner of a Lamborghini was anything but ordinary, especially when they were as beautiful as Murong Mingyue and He Yi. Gui Guzi and Yamete were shut-ins, so naturally they had never met a woman like that in their lives. Du Thirteen had a fair bit of experience, but none of his female friends could be classified as successful women. As for Beiming Xue, she was just a girl, and there was a world separating her and women like He Yi or Murong Mingyue.

“Do you want to come up and talk?” I suggested.

Still holding onto my arm, He Yi nodded. “Mn!”

…...

We all went up. It was a good thing we bought two new sofas for the workshop recently, because there were barely enough seats to accommodate all of us. However, no one knew how to begin the conversation as we clustered around our tiny table.

In the end, it was Beiming Xue who broke the ice and smiled. “Sister He Yi, how did you come to know our boss?”

“What happened after that?” Beiming Xue asked curiously.

Murong Mingyue replied expressionlessly, “We got on Candlelight Shadow’s kill list and got hunted all over the world too.”

“...”

He Yi straightened her skirt before suddenly rising to her feet. She stared at each and everyone of us seriously before saying, “Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls has rented an office slash hostel building at the New District, and we’re planning to hire 100 professional players as our core. If you don’t mind, I’d like to invite you all to join us!”

Dazed and startled by the passionate offer, everyone in Bloody Mercenaries looked at me and waited for my decision. I was the backbone of our workshop, and clearly they had made up their mind to follow my lead no matter what my decision was.

Murong Mingyue asked me, “What do you think, Lu Chen?”

I mulled over the offer for a moment before answering, “We can join Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, but I don’t want to disband Bloody Mercenaries. Gui Guzi and Beiming Xue and I will join Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, while Du Thirteen will stay behind in Bloody Mercenaries and keep the guild together. Does that sound like a reliable plan to you?”

“It is!” He Yi nodded with a smile on her face. “So, when are you guys planning to move over?”

“Move over?”

“That’s right~~” He Yi said. “I paid a ten-year rent up-front for that building and created a private IT company. If Bloody Mercenaries are moving to the company hostel, then Mingyue and I will be there as well.”

Murong Mingyue smirked meaningfully at me. “It’s your chance to live together with beautiful women! Plus, Eve and I are planning to hire more pretty and professional female players in the near future…”

Du Thirteen’s eyes lit up like a pair of light bulbs. “Lu Chen, this isn’t the time to pretend to be a saint. Just accept the offer already…”

I let out a cough before replying, “Cool your jets, brother. From what I know, there is a serious lack of beautiful and professional female players in this landscape. Even if such players do exist, they’re almost certainly lacking in looks, body shape or both.”

Murong Mingyue immediately jumped to her feet and patted He Yi on the shoulder. “Are you implying that Eve and I aren’t beautiful?”

I nodded. “Of course not. But to call you two pros would be a travesty...”

“Fuck!”

Murong Mingyue shot me a look before saying, “Anyway, this shouldn’t even be a choice, right? Just pack your things and I’ll send someone to drive you all to the company tomorrow. The company has a private cafeteria, a private recreational area, and more. It’s much better than what you have here at least…”

I fell into deep thought again before I finally said what was really stopping me from accepting the offer right away. “I know you mean well, but… I’m worried about the Ego workshop.”

He Yi raised her eyebrows at this. “The Ego workshop? Those people, hmph!”

Murong Mingyue said, “Even if we pretend Bloody Mercenaries didn’t win first place in the ‘Who Will Fight Me’ tournament, you just wiped out Mad Dragon yesterday. If even you aren’t qualified to join us, then who is? Don’t worry, Eve and I will personally vouch for Bloody Mercenaries. Worse comes to worst, we’ll kick the Ego workshop out of our doorstep!”

He Yi nodded. “Yes. We hired the Ego workshop to work for us, but that is the extent of our relationship. Unlike them, you’re one of us…”

The last of my worries solved, I finally nodded. “Alright, we’ll officially join Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and head to your company hostel tomorrow. Boss, you and I should make a joint announcement tonight and declare that Bloody Mercenaries is a sub-guild of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls from now on!”