"Just got up. How can you sleep?" Tang Rou said.

"Me too," Ye Xiu said.

"What time did you get up?" Tang Rou asked.

"Eight o'clock, I guess!"

The two chatted on as if no one else was there, leaving Chen Guo speechless with anger. At this moment, an uncle came to the entrance of the internet cafe: "Are you guys out of power?"

Ye Xiu and Tang Rou were overjoyed and rushed to greet him, nodding and bowing: "Yes, yes, Uncle, you've finally arrived."

"What's the matter?" The uncle came in with his toolbox.

"You two take care of it!" Chen Guo had lost her temper with these two, and stomped upstairs, only to hear Ye Xiu shout from behind: "Boss, we have to pay, right?"

Chen Guo's foot slipped, and she almost fell head over heels. It took her a long while to recover, and she muttered, "Take it from the cash box." Then she ran back upstairs.

Ye Xiu and Tang Rou became the electrician's little helpers, running errands and serving tea and water. After checking, the electrician uncle found the problem, but his face showed embarrassment. Obviously, the technical difficulty was too great, and he was already thinking of giving up.

"How is it?" Ye Xiu asked.

"It's not easy to fix. It's so late now, I'll come back tomorrow!" The uncle said, and was about to pack up and leave.

Ye Xiu was anxious and quickly offered the uncle a cigarette, hoping to bribe him into staying, but he was immediately rejected with a "don't smoke." At this critical moment, the great beauty Tang made her move, grabbing the uncle and pleading softly. After a few consecutive attacks, she broke through the uncle's defenses, and his IQ and EQ plummeted. With a wave of his hand, as if wiping away saliva, he picked up his toolbox and resolutely turned around: "Watch me!"

Ye Xiu was overjoyed and gave Tang Rou a thumbs up, Tang Rou returned a smile. The two became electrician apprentices, one holding a flashlight and the other handing tools, while listening to the uncle explain the principles of the malfunction. Whether they understood or not was another matter; they used all kinds of interjections like "uh-huh" and "oh."

The electrician uncle was also a decent man. When he said it was difficult to fix, he wasn't making excuses. This repair took a long time. The customers who had been waiting for the power to come back eventually all left. As time passed, Ye Xiu and Tang Rou gradually felt a little guilty. It was already past 11 o'clock, and after two hours of repairs, there was still no sign of progress.

"Let's buy some midnight snacks and take a break!" Tang Rou, who had asked the uncle to stay, felt even more apologetic and thought they should offer a midnight snack as a token of appreciation.

"Okay, I'll go." Ye Xiu nodded, wiped his hands, and asked, "Take the money from the cash box?"

Tang Rou glanced sideways, and Ye Xiu nodded silently. He went to a small restaurant across from the internet cafe and bought some food. He came back and invited the electrician uncle, who was indeed tired and didn't refuse.

"How much?" Tang Rou asked Ye Xiu.

"What?"

"The food," Tang Rou said.

"86. You haven't had dinner yet, right?" Ye Xiu said.

"Um... 86, I owe you 43. I'll owe it to you first!" Tang Rou said.

"No need, right?" Ye Xiu laughed. This girl was really serious and wanted to split the bill with him.

"I wouldn't mind too much if you insist on treating," Tang Rou said with a smile.

"Eat, eat!" Ye Xiu didn't care, and turned to the uncle: "Uncle, you've worked hard. How much longer will it take?"

"Soon. Half an hour, I guess!" the electrician uncle said.

The two breathed a sigh of relief, finally seeing the light.

After the meal, it didn't even take half an hour. Twenty minutes later, everything was repaired, and the internet cafe's power was restored. Filling out the form, paying, etc., were all done with the internet cafe's money.

The uncle left, and the internet cafe was brightly lit, but there were only Ye Xiu and Tang Rou. It was already early in the morning. Ye Xiu didn't have much work experience and asked Tang Rou, "Will anyone else come?"

"I don't know, let's just wait!" Tang Rou went to turn off some unnecessary lights, and Ye Xiu sat down at the front desk, already turning on the computer.

"I'll just sit here!" Tang Rou came over to use the server. The server had to be turned on as long as one computer in the internet cafe needed to be used. Now that the power had just come back on at this hour, it was unknown if there would be any business tonight. Rather than turn on another computer, it was better to just use the server.

"Do you mind if I smoke?" Ye Xiu quickly asked.

"I don't mind," Tang Rou said.

"That's good," Ye Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Want some tea?" Tang Rou took a cup to make tea.

"Thank you," Ye Xiu didn't stand on ceremony.

"Where's your cup?"

"..." Ye Xiu didn't have his own cup. In the end, Tang Rou took a bottle of Master Kong green tea from the cabinet for Ye Xiu: "My treat."

"..." Ye Xiu silently took it.

Most of the lights in the internet cafe were already turned off. Only the light at the front desk illuminated the large space, making it look like a small island. Tang Rou didn't say anything and swiped her card to enter the game, controlling her Soft Mist straight to the Graveyard of Corpses. Ye Xiu opened a web page and went to the official website of the Glory Professional Alliance.

Lost!

Team Excellent Era had indeed lost the third part of the team competition. In the end, they only scored 3 points in this round of the competition, thanks to Su Mucheng's individual competition and the second part's team battle. Team 301 Degrees scored 7 points.

After the 20th round of the league, Team Excellent Era's ranking on the leaderboard didn't change much, remaining in second to last place. However, supporters were ignited with confidence after this match, all because of Sun Xiang and One Autumn Leaf's extraordinary achievement of defeating three opponents in the second part's team battle. As for the team battle loss, everyone accepted the explanation that Sun Xiang was new to the team and needed more time to integrate.

In short, everyone had high expectations for Sun Xiang. Many loyal fans had begun to research the scores needed in past seasons to enter the top eight playoff zone, in order to calculate whether Team Excellent Era still had a chance to climb from second to last place into the playoffs this season. The final result: theoretically, there was a possibility, but the difficulty was too great. The first half was just too bad, and many complaints about the former captain Ye Qiu appeared in the comments.

Ye Xiu silently closed the webpage, then swiped his card to enter the game. As soon as he logged in, he immediately received a polite greeting from Tian Qi. After saying hello, Tian Qi invited him: "Dungeon, pro?"

Ye Xiu looked back at Tang Rou's Soft Mist's level, 18 and almost 19. She would definitely reach level 20 tonight. The number of runs for the Frost Forest dungeon was limited, and Ye Xiu thought it was better to save the runs and bring Tang Rou to familiarize herself with it later. So he replied to Tian Qi's message: "Wait a bit! I'll level up for a while first. I have a friend here, I'll bring him along later."

"Okay," Tian Qi naturally had no objections. "Are we still going to Burial Ground?"

"Yeah. Is it just you tonight?" Shallow Blue and Drifting Clouds were not in the friend list.

"Moonlight Melody is here too!" Tian Qi replied.

"Let's go together then!"

"Is Steamed Bun Invasion with you?" Steamed Bun Invasion was also online in Ye Xiu's friend list.

"No, he's afraid to level up, so he went to the arena to play PK."

Ye Xiu was looking at Tian Qi's reply when Steamed Bun Invasion proactively sent a message: "God! When can we go to the dungeon?"

"Soon, soon. Continue to hone your skills in the arena! How's it going?" Ye Xiu asked.

Steamed Bun Invasion replied with a "hehe" and a silly smile emoji, indicating that his record was not bad. Ye Xiu was not surprised. With Steamed Bun Invasion's basic skills, he was indeed good enough to stand out among the newbies. As for the experts... Blue River? Motorcade? Lord Grim? These experts were so busy leveling up that they didn't have time to run to the arena to play!

After joining Tian Qi and Moonlight Melody at Burial Ground, they began to level up, and there was nothing to talk about. Tang Rou simply soloed the dungeon, so there was even less to say. The internet cafe was quiet, with only the sound of their mice and keyboards. This continued for more than an hour. Suddenly, they heard footsteps, and they both turned their gaze from the computer screens to the entrance of the internet cafe. It was almost two in the morning, but there were still customers.

One person stood at the door and glanced into the internet cafe, then turned around in surprise and called out, "Bro Hao, the internet cafe is actually empty!"

As he spoke, three more people walked to the door and looked into the internet cafe. The first person had already asked the front desk, where there was light, "Are you open?"

If there were customers, then do business! Tang Rou didn't bother to pay attention. She was here purely to play games, not to work the night shift. The night shift was Ye Xiu, and the customers were Ye Xiu's responsibility.

Ye Xiu also immediately put down the game he was playing. He turned on more lights at the front desk and greeted, "Are you guys here to use the computers?"

Looking up at the four people, Ye Xiu was immediately stunned. He knew all four of them.

The one who spoke first was Chen Yehui, who was the guild leader of the Excellent Dynasty guild in the game Glory.

The three who came in behind him, Liu Hao, Wang Ze, and Fang Fengran, were all professional players from Team Excellent Era. The four of them had flushed faces and carried some alcohol. From the angle they entered, they couldn't see Ye Xiu behind the computer. But when they saw Tang Rou playing the computer, their eyes lit up.

The four of them walked forward, and Ye Xiu continued to sit there calmly. Liu Hao walked in front and leaned on the desk at the front desk, stretching his neck to glance at Tang Rou's computer screen. He immediately smiled and said, "Miss, playing Glory?"

Tang Rou turned her head to look at him, smiled, and said "mm," then turned back to continue her game.

"Cough!" Liu Hao coughed for no reason, as if trying to attract attention, then casually said, "Playing well!"

"Thank you," Tang Rou turned her head again, gave him a polite smile, and then ignored him again.

Liu Hao was puzzled, really puzzled! How could a Glory player not recognize him? He was also a famous professional player! He was so close, and the light was good. Was it because his hairstyle was a little different today? While he was wondering, he was tugged at his clothes twice from behind. Liu Hao turned around and saw that the two people behind him looked a little uneasy, and gestured to the side.

Liu Hao turned his head and saw Ye Xiu was watching them with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Are you here to use the computers?" Ye Xiu asked.