Chapter Twenty-One: Banquet

  Xu Lin was the first to rush out of the room, with a bright red face. When everyone arrived, she finally announced something big: "I just hit an 8-level green mage with a leg protector and added 3 intelligence!"

  Lu Xuehan smiled: "But this morning, Lin Fan hit a staff that increased intelligence by 7 points ~"

  Xu Lin looked at me with a surprised expression and said: "Xiao Lin, is it really true?"

  After I nodded, Xu Lin immediately said with a generous wave of her hand: "Come on, let's go have a big meal. Don't be polite, everyone, whatever we spend will be on me!"

  "Really? I haven't eaten abalone for a long time, and it's as big as a bowl!" Xinyu rubbed her small hands together, with a flushed face.

  After locking the door, Xu Lin took the lead and walked ahead. At 5 pm, there weren't many customers in Huo Guo Cheng. Our group chose a private room and ordered a lot of dishes, including a beef hot pot, and even the wine was 88 yuan per bottle. It seems that Xu Lin really wanted to splurge today, my 600 yuan seemed insignificant compared to this grand feast.

  After handing the menu to the waiter, Xu Lin immediately turned back and asked me: "What level are you now? I'm already at level 10. That staff only needs level 8, so why don't we trade it with that wristband that increases blood gas together? When I get back, I'll go report to Stormwind City."

  I nodded in agreement and said: "Now I'm already level 15, Lu Xuehan is also level 13, everyone must work harder!"

  "What? Already level 15?! That's too fast...!" Li Qing was extremely surprised, and then said: "Shouldn't we already be the world's number one?"

  "P!" Xinyu crudely said a foul word, glanced at me and continued: "The highest level player right now is a Chinese player, already at level 18. The second place is also a Chinese player, at level 17."

  "Damn it, so perverted!" I muttered.

  Xin Yu smiled, carrying a stool to run to my side and sit down, sticking to my ear and saying: "Actually, it doesn't matter, those people may have been upgraded so quickly under the premise of someone's help, but you are chopping out by yourself."

  Xu Lin nodded and said, "En, the highest level player is called 'Trade Husband for Candy', it seems to be a female player. I heard that she was originally the captain of a Starcraft club in Beijing, and the people who played with her were all strongly supporting her upgrade, so she leveled up so quickly. The second place is called 'Ye Luo Zhi Qiu', this person's identity is not very clear."

  Do you know autumn by fallen leaves? Isn't it that kid Ye Qiu?

  I immediately picked up the phone and dialed Ye Qiu's number:

  "Hello, is this Ye Qiu? I'm Lin Fan!"

  "Ah!! Lin Fan, where have you been running for so long? We were worried sick about you!"

  "I want to ask you something, is the person called 'Ye Luo Zhi Qiu' in 'Moon Constant' you?"

  Ye Qiu exclaimed, "Huh? You also play 'Moonlight', I'm not called Ye Luoxiaoqiu, my ID is 'Little Ant on the Leaf', hey, don't hang up, what's your name, let's team up!"

  ……

  "Slap!"

  I put away my phone, I don't want to let Ye Qiu recognize me again in "Moonlight", but since he's also playing this game, then it's definitely not going to be a mediocre hand later on, and we'll probably meet sooner or later.

  After I hung up the phone, Xu Lin continued to say: "At 12 o'clock tonight, the server will be maintained for two hours. It is said that a network cash purchase equipment function will be opened, allowing Alipay to participate in the game directly. The currency of the bank card account and the equipment in the game can be traded directly, which also saves us a lot of trouble. When selling equipment, we don't have to worry too much either. Everyone can take their extra equipment to the auction house in the city for consignment. Each game account's transaction record will be recorded online, which is also very convenient for us to count the commission. I think that at the end of each month, we should settle the commission on buying and selling equipment. Does anyone have any other opinions?"

  Xu Lin said it was reasonable, and of course everyone had no opinion. At this time, the dishes started to come up one after another, and the big hot pot emitted a burst of steam.

  Lu Xuehan, who was sitting on my left, blinked and said, "Can we eat now?"

  Xu Lin couldn't help but laugh: "Hehe, of course, let's get started!"

  Xin Yu immediately stood up, holding the wine bottle to refill everyone's glasses, then quickly ran to my side and said: "Why don't we have a drink first?"

  "What's the reason? Give me a reasonable explanation first!"

  Xin Yu puffed out her full chest and smiled: "Because I like you, sister, is that reasonable?"

  “……”

  I was speechless and downed the cup in one gulp.

  Lu Xuehan couldn't handle the wine, insisting on not touching her glass. Xu Lin tried to persuade her but had no choice and turned to drink with others instead. Xu Lin's drinking capacity was quite good, managing to keep up with 6 people, each having 4 cups before giving up, then continuing to drink alone.

  Xin Yu was also quite unusual, pouring cup after cup as if venting something. Her beautiful face quickly turned bright red, and in the dim light, she looked irresistibly cute. Who would have thought that she was actually a prostitute...

  It wasn't until around 8 pm that everyone had drunk enough, and Xu Lin supported Li Qing who was stumbling to go pay the bill. Lu Xuehan and Guozi respectively supported two other female colleagues who had also drunk too much.

  One strange night, Liu Yun, who was usually taciturn and cold as a glacier, also got drunk, muttering something in his mouth before being supported back by Guo Zi. Xin Yu didn't drink less wine than Xu Lin, but she remained sober, pulling my arm and saying goodbye to Lu Xuehan before leaving.

  I turned back to see Lu Xuehan's worried gaze and could only respond with a bitter smile, following Xin Yu out the door.

  ……

  The moon is cold and the stars are sparse, the late-returning pedestrians hurry by my side, Xin Yu didn't say a word, she just quietly held my arm and walked on the street, because she was drunk, so I also didn't bother to care about too many things.

  "Brother, want to buy flowers?"

  A little girl blocked my way, her face was blown purple by the cold wind, and her small hands holding flowers kept trembling.

  "Buy one and give it to your sister."

  I turned around and pulled Xinyu away from the little girl's side, silently saying: "Young people's stuff..."

  Xin Yu smiled faintly, her beautiful face with an inexplicably complex expression.

  We continued walking like this, and we went up the only big bridge nearby. The cold wind became even colder, and Xin Yu's beautiful long hair floated gently on her small shoulders. She still didn't say a word, silently leaning against the railing and gazing up at the starry sky.

  "Xin Yu, it's too cold, let's go back?" I said softly.

  Originally, she had her face buried in my shoulder, but Xinyu lifted her head and looked at me for a moment before slowly turning around and throwing herself into my arms. Under the starlight, a pair of beautiful eyes shone with moving radiance...