Chapter 73 Part 2 一 The Avengers are definitely eight of them!
“Ruan Yōu.” He suddenly spoke.
“Hmm?”
“When you came here, did that black Volkswagen 94151 behind us follow you all the way?”
Ruan Yōu hesitated and looked back suspiciously through the rearview mirror.
There was indeed a black Volkswagen that seemed to have been following their car.
Cheng Xin changed their destination, deviating from the route to the company and started to follow the rhythm of the traffic lights randomly. Nevertheless, the black Volkswagen continued to tail them.
Ruan Yōu was a bit bewildered.
Was she acting out some corporate drama? Sending someone to follow her?
Cheng Xin had noticed the car behind them simply because of the information exchange he had with Yang Er, where he had learned about Gu Min’s past.
“Ruan Yōu, do you remember Gu Zexi?”
“Yes.”
Cheng Xin continued, “You had Yang Er keep an eye on Gu Min, and he found some information about him. About two years ago, when Gu Min returned to the country, Gu Fuchen intended to hand over Bozhan Entertainment to Gu Zelan, Gu Zexi’s brother. About a week before Gu Zelan was supposed to take over, there was a rumor circulating online with a photo of him entering a hotel with an unfamiliar woman. The next day, he was seen hugging another woman. At the time, paparazzi were convinced that Gu Zelan was two-timing.”
“As far as I know, the truth was that the girl he hugged the next day was his girlfriend, and the unfamiliar woman he entered the hotel with was a business partner from abroad. It was their first time back in the country, and they happened to stay at the same hotel, so they went in together. But I’m sure they had separate rooms.”
Ruan Yōu furrowed her brow.
“They didn’t clarify that at the time?”
Cheng Xin shook his head in helplessness, “A rumor has been shared by over a million people in ten minutes, but when it comes to clarifying it, no one pays attention. Netizens are naturally curious about the Gu family itself, and Gu Zelan is the first member of the Gu family to be exposed. Do you think netizens are more interested in seeing him juggle two relationships or in hearing about his conversations with his business partner?”
At that time, Gu Fuchen had explained, but unfortunately, everyone only wanted to believe what they wanted to see.
Later, Gu Fuchen and Gu Zelan put in a lot of effort to spread the clarifying information across the entire internet. However, once the hype died down, nobody cared anymore. Within the company, this incident caused quite a stir.
Gu Zelan’s “scandal” tarnished the reputation of both the company and the Gu family. At the time, most shareholders, including his uncle, strongly opposed Gu Zelan becoming the CEO of “Bozhan Entertainment” during such a period.
Some shareholders had suggested that Gu Min, also a member of the Gu family, take over. There was a lot of talk about it, but under Gu Fuchen’s strong opposition, the matter was dropped, and later, Gu Min went abroad.
Cheng Xin said, “I suspect that Gu Fuchen had already uncovered the mastermind behind this incident at that time, which is why he vehemently opposed Gu Min taking charge of Bozhan Entertainment.”
In terms of capability, Gu Min’s abilities were not inferior to Gu Zelan’s. In fact, he might even be more talented.
Ruan Yōu had a whole new perspective on things.
Gu Min and Gu Zelan were about the same age, and the fact that he could smear his own cousin was a ruthless move.
Ruan Yōu looked serious and said, “If he could use fabricated stories and scandals to stop Gu Zelan, could it be that he sent someone to follow me to continue fabricating stories?”
Cheng Xin sighed, “Your cousin is indeed quite ruthless.”
Cheng Xin is not at ease. After sending Ruan Yōu home, he stopped another car to go back to the company to get some documents.
Ruan Yōu acted as if nothing had happened and went directly to her room on the 7th floor.
Gu Min hadn’t been tracking Gu Youqian, Ruan Liuyu, or Gu Fuchen. Instead, he focused his attention on her. Ruan Yōu always felt that it wasn’t as simple as just gathering evidence and fabricating stories.
Cheng Xin and Yang Er’s information and intelligence were not as detailed as Wen Juxi’s.
“Is it convenient to talk? There’s something important.”
Wen Juxi left from beside the computer desk, closed the door to the lounge, and replied in the dimness, “Go ahead.”
“I need more information about Gu Min,” Ruan Yōu paused and emphasized, “especially things that happened abroad, like who he’s dating, business partners, and such.”
Wen Juxi showed some interest, sounding lazy, “What do you want to do?”
“He might have someone following me, and I’m not happy about it,” Ruan Yōu admitted.
She had some things to verify, and she needed to go through the information before giving Wen Juxi an accurate response.
Anyway, there won’t be anything good left for Gu Min.
Wen Juxi raised an eyebrow, never expecting to receive this kind of answer.
“Are you sure you don’t want to inform Gu Fuchen?”
Ruan Yōu: “No need.”
She wouldn’t be going out for the next period of time.
This Lunar New Year, she had to deal with Gu Min1 and the annoying Minmin2 Guild in the game that sounded the same as Gu Min’s name.
Wen Juxi was happy to help her.
In the end, the two of them had a common enemy.
“I’ll give it to you in two days at the latest,” Wen Juxi said, but before she could say anything else, Fang Shu suddenly opened the door and asked, “Are you still playing the game…”
The words of the play had not been spoken yet, when Wen Jiexi abruptly hung up the phone.
The next moment, Ruan Yōu received a WeChat message from Wen Juxi.
【Wen Juxi: Sorry, something came up.】
【Fat Cat:】
Whether there was an issue or not, playing games was certain.
. . . . .
Ruan Yōu secretly placed the gift prepared by Gu Fuchen in the corner of the cloakroom.
Gu Fuchen and the others were still gaming on the 6th floor “internet cafe”. Ruan Yōu was a bit tired today and didn’t join the game, going to sleep directly after dinner.
The following day, New Year’s Eve.
The Gu family was bustling with activity.
Ruan Yōu had quite a few things to do today.
In the morning, she updated the games and merged the guild, and in the afternoon, she was going to the kitchen to learn how to cook a dish.
On this New Year’s Eve, the Gu family, Fu family, Jiang family, Qi family, and Lu family, five families, were gathering together.
Father Lu and Mother Lu haven’t seen Lu Jin and Lu Xuan for two days. Tonight, it’s considered a family reunion.
These past few days, Gu Youqian and Ruan Liuyu have been taking turns comforting them. It’s unclear if it has been effective, but Father Lu and Mother Lu seem to have improved in their mindset.
Since the five top wealthy families are gathering together, dinner naturally needs to be sumptuous. Ruan Liuyu instructed each of them to prepare a dish, no matter what, they must participate.
When Ruan Liuyu spoke, no one dared not to listen.
After Ruan Yōu decided on the dishes to be made, she bounced her way to the 6th floor “internet cafe” to play games before entering the kitchen.
She had installed games on the computers in her 7th floor study and bedroom, but playing games alone and playing with a group were completely different experiences.
Playing alone was boring, while playing with a group was exhilarating.
As soon as Ruan Yōu opened the door of the “internet cafe”, seven pairs of eyes glanced over at her.
Great.
The young masters and young ladies were unexpectedly more enthusiastic about playing games than she was.
In the early morning, <A Chinese Ghost Story> had already completed their maintenance ahead of time.
After updating the download package, Ruan Yōu entered the game.
The main page had a series of new activities, which Ruan Yōu immediately closed without looking.
Perhaps because it was early morning and the New Year’s Eve, there weren’t many players in the game, and there were many unfamiliar names on the equipment ranking list.
Yesterday afternoon, she had taken a break from gaming to get some fresh air, and during that time, others had taken the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the game more than she had.
She sat in her gaming chair, preparing to hone her skills in personal PK battles, when Lu Xuan happily approached her, pointing at the game icon she had ignored and enthusiastically introducing the “permanent fashion” gacha event.
As Ruan Yōu listened attentively, she inexplicably felt a strange sensation of “I won’t understand anything if I don’t study.”
Hmm…
Why has even gaming become so competitive?
“Hey, Sister Yōuyōu, your account should have permanent fashion. Let me check if it’s in your inventory.”
Lu Xuan moved closer and, holding Ruan Yōu’s mouse, found the permanent fashion for her, “Here it is.”
Permanent fashion is clothing that can be worn indefinitely from your inventory. In addition to permanent fashion, there are 30-day limited-time monthly fashions that can be purchased with some coins.
Permanent fashions are often designed to be more exquisite and appealing, favored by many players. However, they are usually removed from the store after two months, making it difficult to buy them later.
So, some fashions that initially cost only 300 yuan would later skyrocket to 5,000 to 6,000 yuan once they become rare.
Most high-level players have all the permanent fashions.
During this Lunar New Year festival, the game didn’t forget its nature of milking players and released two new permanent fashion sets, one in black and one in white.
Lu Xuan casually glanced at the appearance of the permanent fashions, they were decent.
What mattered wasn’t whether they looked good or not, she had to own all the permanent fashions.
Permanent fashion isn’t available for a fixed price in the shop, it’s obtained through gacha.
Just like gacha in the game, the lucky ones get permanent fashion boxes in one shot, while the unlucky ones keep pulling and accumulate the small items they get from the draws to exchange for permanent fashion boxes.
It’s another moment that decided whether you are lucky or not.
Lu Xuan drew for the first time and was a bit excited.
Many players around the world are discussing this.
【[World] Mianmian: Spent almost 400 yuan before getting a set, wuu wuu wuu.】
【[World] Curry Little Fish Ball: Ah! I got lucky this time, got the first set on the first ten draws.】
【[World] Peach Milkshake: ! ! Lucky charm, bring on the good luck!】
. . . . .
Lu Xuan roughly understood.
400 yuan for a set is considered unlucky, while getting a set in ten draws is considered lucky.
Okay!
She clicked on the first ten draws.
Huh?
88 items.
350 small items to exchange for one set of outfits, 108 yuan for ten draws.
In this calculation, it feels alright.
Lu Xuan was extremely excited, witnessing the moment of good luck!
But the outcome一
After drawing seven ten draws, she only managed to collect enough items to exchange for a set of black-themed outfits. To get the white ones, she would have to draw more.
While others spent 700 yuan to get two sets, she spent 1,700 yuan.
This isn’t about the money, it’s about dignity! It’s about face! It’s a crucial moment to determine whether it’s a lucky day or not!
Not only is she unlucky, but she’s even unluckier than carbon.
Lu Xuan encouraged Ruan Yōu to test her unluckiness.
Great.
Ruan Yōu spent 1,500 yuan, yay~!
In the end, the other six people present were not spared either.
The most lucky one was Jiāng Huái, spending 800 yuan for two sets.
After exhausting her own account, Lu Xuan was still not satisfied and vigorously drew on the accounts she was boosting.
The outcome一
Hehehe.
When everyone became unlucky, the chat was filled with “Wuwuwu, I’m so happy, I’m so lucky!!”.
Eight people fell into contemplation.
Yesterday, Wei Wen mentioned that some people on cross-district chat, world chat, and even forum disscussion were questioning whether their group of eight were hired by the gaming company, deliberately pretending to be wealthy and buying in-game items at high prices to stimulate hostile spending.
Upon witnessing this scene, Ruan Yōu wanted to retort, “Are you the ones hired by the gaming company? (smiling face)”
It made people with the gambler’s mentality of ‘the next lucky one is me’ when drawing costumes, but in the end, it’s a bunch of unlucky draws.
They shouldn’t be called the “Avengers Guild”, the name “Strongest Unlucky Guild” suits them better.
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but post a message using loudspeaker.
【[Big Loudspeaker] Xiao Qi: Do lucky players really exist? Aren’t you the scammer? I drew a set, two permanent costumes for 1,000 yuan.】
【[Big Loudspeaker] Xiao Qi: After drawing, I looked at these clothes, this texture, this design, and it really doesn’t deserve my money (frustrated.】
【[World] Mian Mian: Hahaha, how much did you guys spend?】
【[World] Liu Liu: Twelve accounts, averaging 1,000 yuan per account.】
【[World] Su Nuannuan: …I used to think I was the unlucky one, I’m sorry, I was mistaken. You guys are the real unlucky one!】
【[World] Giving It to You: I really don’t want to laugh, sorry.】
【[Big Loudspeaker] Mian Mian: Does the dog company see this? The big players are all cursing you, won’t you improve?】
Since yesterday, the “Avengers Guild” gained fame in the game, defeating the “Minmin Guild” under the attention of all players. After the district merge, the “Avengers Guild” gained high popularity.
The news of big players being “milked” quickly spread throughout the entire server.
Laugh to death.
Even the big bosses have their days of getting ripped off.
On Weibo, many players are cursing under the official game account.
【It’s not easy to have a big boss here, don’t disappoint everyone, improve your lousy graphics and art.】
【Did you hear the big bosses’ demands? Be careful, or they might just buy you out in anger.】
【This little lousy game finally attracts the big bosses. You don’t take game development seriously and still rip them off, hilarious.】
【The big bosses who brought 400 million yuan in hand to play games are cursing you on the chat, are you nervous?】