If the previous championship was a carnival for all netizens to welcome the new king’s ascent, then the subsequent press conference undoubtedly turned into a scene of mourning for the journalists.
Although the absence of certain two individuals was vaguely anticipated during the award ceremony, it wasn’t until all the Seven Silver Coins players took their seats for the interview that the expressions of the holographic media journalists on-site remained captivating, one after another.
Someone, unwilling to give up, posed a question: “May I ask where Poisoned Milk and Yu Weize have gone? After winning the championship in the finals, they disappeared, and it seems a bit inappropriate, doesn’t it?”
As the spokesperson for Seven Silver Coins today, Island Forest’s response, as always, didn’t disappoint: “Dear, regarding this situation, we feel very sorry as well, but we hope you can understand the reality. The general process is like this: Poisoned Milk and Yu Weize were playing together in an internet café. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, they suddenly lost the connection, and unfortunately, they couldn’t attend the award ceremony and the press conference. I have already contacted them, and they expressed their regret. As their representative, I extend sincere greetings to everyone present. So, we hope dear can understand. Mm-hmm!”
Journalists on-site: “…”
Never mind the nonsense about the internet café’s connection; just the timing of the disconnection happening exactly when the game ended – are you kidding us?
Viewers watching the interview live: “!”
God Milk and God Yu are truly deeply in love, inseparable even during the finals. This is a level of intimacy where they go to an internet café together for gaming! Achieved, indeed!
The live broadcast images were transmitted to Jiang Shi through the lens.
Around him was a white-walled room, maintaining the usual quiet and peaceful atmosphere of a hospital.
This environment formed a sharp contrast with the lively atmosphere in the interview conveyed through the wireless earphones. The clamor entered Jiang Shi’s ears, and he couldn’t help but burst into laughter, “Absolutely can’t let others know where we were gaming. Otherwise, once the excuse of the internet café disconnection gets out, Boss Bi Binghuo will definitely come over to find me.”
Jiang Shi wore only one earphone on his right ear, and the other was inserted into Han Yuze’s left ear.
Hearing this, the latter chuckled slowly, “Then you tell the president and the others it was a network disconnection.”
“Otherwise?” Jiang Shi felt this person was taking advantage and acting smug, “Or should I send them a few messages right now, correcting that it was because someone pulled out the network cable?”
Han Yuze fell silent for a moment, imagining the possibility of being hunted down by teammates for skipping an interview due to his deliberate actions. Without any psychological burden, he took over the conversation, “The network disconnection actually fits quite well with reality.”
Jiang Shi mercilessly sneered.
An alert for report extraction interrupted their conversation.
Han Yuze got up to retrieve it, and when he returned from the machine, he had a stack of examination reports in his hands.
“How is it?” Jiang Shi asked.
Han Yuze scanned through the reports, handed them over, and said, “Everything is stable.”
Jiang Shi took them without looking, “So, satisfied now?”
Han Yuze did feel a lot more relieved. However, upon hearing Jiang Shi’s words, he couldn’t help but find it funny, “Don’t tell me you came for the checkup so actively just to show it to me?”
Jiang Shi smiled slightly, “Otherwise?”
This kind of gaze made Han Yuze’s expression slightly more relaxed. He glanced at the examination report in Jiang Shi’s hand, opened his backpack for him to put it in, then directly reached out to hold the other person and walked out, “Thank you for Professor Jiang’s thoughtfulness. But after the checkup, we still need to take a good rest for a while.”
Being led by him, Jiang Shi asked casually, “How to rest?”
Han Yuze thought for a moment, and a meaningful arc suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth, “How about considering a little private time for us two?”
Jiang Shi, as if not understanding the meaning behind the words, naturally agreed, “Sure.”
Although the holographic world would never get tiresome for him, the continuous competitions during this period did make him feel excessively fatigued.
Anyway, everything he wanted had been obtained. Considering the issue of sustainable development, he indeed needed some time to relax. As for what to do during this period of rest, the suggestion made by Han Yuze, a little private time, sounded quite nice.
After all, from a certain perspective, a boyfriend is actually more fun than a game in many ways.
Unconsciously, a week had passed since the Century Cup finals.
On the Continent of Genesis, countless enmities and grievances were still unfolding. The most significant change occurred in a certain leisure and retirement guild, which rapidly expanded.
Being the champion guild of the Century Cup, everyone expected Seven Silver Coins to officially join the ranks of professional guilds. However, when all players were preparing for the screening process of guild applications, they found that all applications were approved in an instant.
Instant approval implied direct activation of the automatic admission mode, causing the chat channel of Seven Silver Coins, just upgraded to the highest guild level, to be flooded with messages until it reached full capacity.
Players who couldn’t make it into the guild were quite regretful, and those who successfully squeezed in were utterly bewildered.
But when they finally recovered, they remembered President Island Forest’s statement during the press conference: “Dear, it’s like this. We originally came together as a group of friends to participate in the competition just for fun, without considering the future. However, judging by the current situation, preparing for a professional guild requires too much work. Such troublesome matters aren’t suitable for someone like me to be involved in. So, in the future, we will continue to maintain the original guild style. Consider it sticking to our roots!”
At that time, such an answer made many media reporters scoff, and the reports of that day frequently mentioned it, mostly considering it as a smoke bomb released by Seven Silver Coins to confuse the public.
Because they didn’t take this answer seriously, it wasn’t until now that the gamers who had been closely following Seven Silver Coins’ actions were thoroughly dumbfounded.
What does this mean? Just participating in the competition for fun, and really planning to continue the route of a leisure and retirement guild?
Although it’s said not to forget the original intention, there’s no need to preserve that original intention so completely, right?
The first entertainment guild to win the Century Cup championship.
Thinking about this title, not only the gamers but also the management of other prestigious guilds felt quite uneasy.
However, evidently, the Seven Silver Coins members didn’t care about how others perceived them.
These days, having finally escaped the torture of training, they were thoroughly enjoying life.
It was at this time that they finally saw the two individuals who had been offline for a week appear online again.
The first to notice was Serious Young Man, who immediately found the others and eagerly informed them.
Han Yuze had obviously spent a very pleasant week. In a good mood upon logging in, he wanted to invite others to run a dungeon together. However, after sending a message in the group, he received not a single reply.
He frowned in confusion “This is weird. Look, they are all online, so what are they all busy with?”
“I don’t know,” Jiang Shi seemed uninterested in what others were doing. He suggested, “It’s been a long time since I logged in. Shall I take you somewhere?”
After saying this, he extended his hand, raising an eyebrow as an indication.
Han Yuze obediently placed his hand in the other’s palm, “Sure, lead the way.”
Jiang Shi was amused, holding the person’s hand and heading to the nearest teleportation point.
Only when they arrived did Han Yuze realize that Jiang Shi had brought him to San Santangpo.
It happened to be nighttime, and the starlight on the slope sprinkled down, covering the two of them in a serene silver halo.
Looking from the slope towards the distance, one could see the faint lights in the village.
In the calm wind, everything appeared beautiful.
The two of them stood there for a while, silently enjoying the scenery.
Then, Han Yuze felt Jiang Shi move slightly. Lowering his gaze, he saw Jiang Shi looking at his device, typing a message to someone.
After a pause, he asked, “Are you ready to go run a dungeon?”
Jiang Shi looked at him with a smile, “Is running a dungeon the only thing on your mind?”
“Isn’t this to prevent you from getting bored?” Han Yuze turned around, gazing directly at Jiang Shi, “Or, even though it’s online, I don’t mind doing something else.”
“Something else, haven’t you done enough of that in this past week?” Jiang Shi sarcastically gave Han Yuze a kick. Seeing him dodge, Jiang Shi suddenly looked up at the sky, whispering, “It should be enough.”
Han Yuze originally wanted to ask “enough for what,” but suddenly, fireworks blooming from all directions completely shattered the surrounding noise.
This rare sight left him stunned for a moment. He looked at the colorful night sky that had fallen into brilliance and finally understood something.
Figures emerged from the surrounding bushes, each holding a fireworks stick that was quite incongruent with their appearance. They looked comical yet carried a touch of inexplicable sentiment.
Serious Young Man, Gentleman Fan, Deep Well Ice Player, Scavenger, Muchuan Pants, Island Forest, What Pen Carries Fragrance… all of them were playing dead in the group, pretending not to speak. There was even a little disciple, a green fanatic, who seemed to have already “defected” to the enemy.
Feeling Han Yuze’s gaze, Green Fanatic silently shrank his neck, “Master, I didn’t deliberately keep it from you. It’s Master’s wife; Master’s wife insisted that I must keep it a secret!”
When Han Yuze turned back, all that remained was Jiang Shi’s smiling gaze.
One after another, fireworks illuminated his already excessively handsome face, and in that instant, his entire heartbeat seemed to blend into the rhythm of the fireworks unfolding one after another.
Jiang Shi just looked at him directly, smiling gently, “I thought, since you’ve worked so hard to prepare fireworks for me twice, I should find a time to repay you.”
He directly grabbed the hem of Han Yuze’s clothes, pulled him to a close position, and their gazes entangled in silence, “There’s nothing else to say, just this: let’s keep playing together like this forever.”
Other people around joined in cheering.
Clearly, it was a very noisy environment, but in this instant, the atmosphere was undoubtedly quite thorough.
Amidst the attention of the public, Han Yuze reached out, encircling Jiang Shi’s waist, and with a forceful pull, he bent down, deeply kissing him.
A wave of screams mixed with whistles.
After a long time, as if it was about to suffocate, he finally let go, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t be restrained anymore, “Hmm, let’s play together for a lifetime.”
———————【The End】———————
ry’s note:
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