Finally, after tossing and turning around the whole night, it was Ye Muchen's birthday. He quickly brushed his teeth and had the fastest bath he ever had in his life.
On the ground floor, footsteps were heard coming up from the basement stairwell. The door suddenly opens and Muchen sees Li Huan. He quickly rushes over to her and asks excitedly, "Do you know what it is today?"
"Friday?" Replied Li Huan normally. Ye Muchen's smiled dropped faster than the speed of light. He nodded his head and went towards the reception. He asks Mei na, "Do you know what day it is today?" Mei na took a deep breath and said, "There is a reason why the date and time are written on our phones."
Ye Muchen was feeling confused and thought nobody remembered his birthday. "Oh well, I knew I should have just slept instead of being excited for today." Ye Muchen said to himself.
"Hey boss, happy birthday." Said Huang Ming as he was jumping around the minute he entered the internet cafe's doors. "You remembered! I love you." Said Ye Muchen with sweet, yet childish smile. "Y-you l-lo-love me?" Questioned Huang Ming.
Ye Muchen was shocked and said while stuttering, "No! I mean- nevermind. Thanks for remembering."
Huang Ming nodded with his hands in his pocket. "So, uh... I heard you bought the fourth floor, so I checked it out. It looks the same as before, haven't you done something?" Asked Ming. "Not yet, I will arrange my schedule to clean up that floor and I am still saving money to buy things and stuff." Replied Muchen.
Ming replied, "Oh, I can help you clean up that place. When I was little my parents used to clean houses for a few bucks and I helped them, so I know how to clean things properly." Muchen smiled softly and nodded. "I will text you when we have to clean." He said.
Ye Muchen went to the reception and sat beside Mei na to ask her something. "So, what do you think of teaching me the basics of engineering. You can ask one of yours to help me." Mei na looked at him and moved a little farther away from Muchen along with her chair.
"I am not giving you more money. I gave this job to you because you needed money. Are you trying to take advantage or something?" Said Mei na. "No." He replied.
Ye Muchen turned around and had noticed that Li Huan was sitting on a chair staring at him, so he continued doing his work uncomfortably.
Ye Muchen was checking in some customers for a while because of the Friday Rush Hour. Meanwhile, Li Huan came down from the table she was sitting on and she went towards the vending machine. "I feel a bit hungry, what should I eat? Wait, they have orange juice, I can have that!" She said to herself.
She bent down a little to see the cost of orange juice. It was six yuan and she only had three yuan. "You want some orange juice, don't you?" Said a deep voice from behind Li Huan. "What the-" She said as she could hear her heart thumping in her ears.
"Hey! What's wrong with you?" Li Huan asked with her hand on her chest.
The man was dressed in a black suit along with dark brown hair, a red tie and shiny black shoes. He had a mustache and and beard and he seemed to be in his 40's or 50's. It seemed he was a foreigner or some creep who likes girls who are not even half the age of him.
"Oh sorry, I must have startled you. My name is Chris, Chris Liu." Said the man. "Who asked? No thank you, I do not need your help." Said Li Huan.
She felt somewhat uncomfortable with the aura that man was giving. "Ugh, these weirdos need to find new interest and not targeting people like us." Li Huan thought to herself. Ye Muchen, who was sitting behind the counter had seen everything and clenched his fist angrily, as if he was going to get up and punch that guy.
He decided to let go of his anger and continued working, but there weren't any customers today. This place would usually be packed with people.
Odd, it seemed...
"Boss, I am going to play some games. I am not sitting here for nobody." Said Ye Muchen tiredly. Mei na did not care and she continued signing some papers and scrolling on her computer. As for Ye Muchen, he went on the second floor, sitting in his usual spot in the corner and logged in.
He received the rewards of the daily check-in and clicked on "Match". After a few seconds, the character selection began. Muchen chose Flora as his hero. By this time, the people in his team saw that 'Swan Lord' was in their team. They filled the chat with messages asking if he was really the great anonymous[1] player.
The only thing Ye Muchen typed in the chat was "I'm the Support." and all of his teammates who typed in the chat that they "worshipped" him agreed with him being the Support.
The game eventually started and Muchen waited 11 seconds before going to the bottom lane.
Flora had swiftly reached the center of the bottom lane where both the minions of red and blue team meet. Flora hid in the bushes and as soon as the enemy was seen he came out and casted Take Root. The other flowers which caused damage, were hitting their nearest enemies, the minions.
The players under Ye Muchen's attack were trying to run away but unfortunately for them, Flora had leveled up and casted Grasping Vines which took a hold of the player and pulled them back to Flora. Just like that, the server announced "FIRST BLOOD" .
He continued ahead, helping the minions destroy the enemies turret in a matter of seconds. The enemy team, the red team, were too scared to approach Muchen as all of them knew that he was unbeatable. Just after three minutes into the game, Ye Muchen's character, Flora had leveled up to level 8.
The emerald dragon spawned and was again killed by Flora by a few hits, winning a buff for the entire team. He continued on his spree of destroying turrets in the bottom lane and soon came to help the Mid as all players were there. The turrets in the Middle lane of the enemy, which stood upright were destroyed in a few seconds by Flora's powers.
Muchen's team reached the crystal and destroyed it with a few five hits and the Blue team's screens announced "VICTORY" Where as the red team's screen announced "DEFEAT".
Comparing the both teams kills, deaths and assists, Ye Muchen again had won in every category including First Blood.
*Ding*
Ye Muchen's phone got a message. He turned on his phone and saw Li Huan saying,
"Oi, come downstairs and turn off the computer. Don't ask why."
Ye Muchen found this suspicious but he did as he was told. He removed his headphones, turned off his computer and came downstairs. The lights were off for some reason. "Hello? Li Hu? You told me to come downstairs but the lights are off."
Nobody answered and Muchen was feeling a little scared.
"SURPRISE!" Shouted many people and the lights were turned on. "AAHHHHHHH!!!!" Shouted Ye Muchen, terrified as he fell on the floor and tried to escape. His legs moved like Jerry escaping from Tom.
"Calm down, it is just us." Said Huang Ming.
Ye Muchen looked behind and saw that they were only his friends and not kidnappers or murderers.
"Li Huan! You know I do not like surprises like such, yet you still did it." Said Ye Muchen while gasping for air.
Li Huan laughed at Ye Muchen's silliness and said, "Get off the floor. You have to blow out the candles and I have to eat the cake because it is my favourite flavour." Ye Muchen was wondering how it was Li Huan's favourite flavour and not his since it is, afterall, his birthday.
After the atmosphere calmed down a bit, the celebration started.
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[1]anonymous- Unknown