Chapter 158 Tomb Sweeping

Although the matches against Baozi and Tang Rou made Wei Chen feel shocked to varying degrees, they ultimately left him in a good mood. Two promising newcomers boosted his confidence in the team. He even discussed with Ye Xiu the question of whether such potential newcomers should be hidden and asked if there were any other hidden talents, as a team of only four was not enough.

This question somewhat disappointed Wei Chen. The other two members currently confirmed for the team, Xiaoshui Bingliang and Mo Guang, obviously couldn't reach the same level of expectation as Baozi and Tang Rou. However, this wasn't enough to worry an old fox like Wei Chen. Like Ye Xiu, he had experienced the earliest stages of the professional alliance. With any comparison, he would always feel that the current situation was quite good. On the other hand, Excellent Era's performance worried Wei Chen. Although burying the glory he once created with his own hands and starting anew sounded exciting, Wei Chen, a seasoned veteran, didn't have much of the passion of young people, but he did hope to avoid Excellent Era and smoothly win the Challenger League.

In the following day, the players were busy with their own things. Chen Guo supervised the renovation, while Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, and Baozi leveled up. Wei Chen switched back to his undercover account in Samsara and continued to work as a hired gun. Due to their different levels in the game, the four were completely unable to intersect for the time being.

A day passed, and the next day Chen Guo got up very early. She entrusted all the renovation matters to Tang Rou today, while she had other things to do.

April 4th was the Qingming Festival of that year, and Chen Guo went to sweep her deceased father's grave every year.

She quietly left the room and went downstairs to the first floor, where Chen Guo was surprised. She didn't expect Ye Xiu to be up even earlier than her, dressed neatly and leisurely sitting at the front desk.

Chen Guo suspiciously turned to the front desk and saw that Ye Xiu was not only neatly dressed, but extremely so.

"Morning," Ye Xiu greeted Chen Guo.

"Are you going out?" Chen Guo guessed, looking at Ye Xiu's attire. It was already April, and the weather was getting warmer, so the indoor and outdoor clothing was basically the same, making it difficult for Chen Guo to judge.

"Yes!" Ye Xiu nodded.

"How rare! Where are you going?" Chen Guo was curious. Ye Xiu had been at Happy Internet Cafe for four months, and his activity range had not left this street except for the All-Star Weekend and the Spring Festival.

"To sweep a grave," Ye Xiu said.

"Ah? Where to sweep?" Chen Guo was stunned, because Ye Xiu's younger brother Ye Qiu had visited, so Chen Guo knew that Ye Xiu was not from H City. To sweep a grave, did he have to go home?

"Nanshan Cemetery," Ye Xiu said.

"Nanshan Cemetery?" Chen Guo was stunned again, because this was exactly where she was going.

"To see a friend," Ye Xiu explained to her, seeing that Chen Guo was a little puzzled.

"Oh, I'm going there too," Chen Guo said.

"Go together?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Sure, are we leaving now?" Chen Guo asked.

"Wait for Mu Cheng," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh, Mu Mu is going too!" Chen Guo responded. Usually, being able to interact with Su Mu Cheng would undoubtedly be something she was happy about. But today, on such a special occasion, it was obviously not appropriate to feel any joy because of this.

Not long after, at 7:30, Su Mu Cheng arrived at Happy Internet Cafe on time, which was obviously the time she had agreed with Ye Xiu. As a highly exposed esports star, especially in H City, Su Mu Cheng's travel was quite inconvenient. However, now that winter was over, it wasn't easy to dress so tightly, so Su Mu Cheng wore a very large pair of sunglasses and a baseball cap, standing neatly at the entrance of the internet cafe.

"Let's go!" Ye Xiu got up, and Chen Guo had already gone to greet Su Mu Cheng, carefully watching to see if she had attracted any attention. Ye Xiu just smiled and watched, and the three of them went out together. After stopping a taxi, they went to Nanshan Cemetery.

Chen Guo was curious about who Ye Xiu and Su Mu Cheng were going to see, but it wasn't convenient to ask. As for her side, although she hadn't mentioned it to Ye Xiu, she estimated that her family affairs were probably already known to everyone in the internet cafe. Ye Xiu had probably heard about it, so she didn't explain it herself.

The atmosphere was a bit depressing. Chen Guo, sitting in the passenger seat, peeked into the rearview mirror and saw that Ye Xiu's expression was as natural as usual. As for Su Mu Cheng, because she was armed, her expression was not easy to confirm, but it didn't seem too sad. Chen Guo hesitated whether to find a topic to chat about, but Ye Xiu in the back opened his mouth first, not to Chen Guo or Su Mu Cheng, but to the taxi driver: "Master, do you play Glory?"

"What?" The driver was suddenly asked a question and was a little dazed.

"Glory, an online game," Ye Xiu said.

"Online games? Isn't that for kids! I don't play that!" the driver said.

The three people in the car suddenly became children. Chen Guo was a little embarrassed, but Ye Xiu was very natural, turning his head to Su Mu Cheng and saying, "You can take them off and rest for a while..."

Su Mu Cheng quickly took off her big sunglasses and breathed a sigh of relief: "They're too heavy."

Chen Guo then realized that Ye Xiu asked the driver this question for this reason. Then she heard Ye Xiu in the back asking, "Still the same pair as before?"

"Yeah!"

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Ye Xiu sighed repeatedly, as if he was glad that he didn't have to suffer this crime.

On this topic, Chen Guo quickly joined in to help brainstorm. Once the topic was opened, the atmosphere was no longer dull. Chen Guo and Su Mu Cheng actively discussed the issue of makeup and disguise, leaving Ye Xiu with basically no chance to interject. In this way, they arrived at Nanshan Cemetery in H City.

Although the three of them arrived early, there were already many people sweeping tombs during the Qingming Festival.

"Do you want to buy something?" Chen Guo asked the two.

"Still buying flowers?" Ye Xiu asked Su Mu Cheng.

"Okay!"

"Then you go pick them?" Ye Xiu said.

"Of course," Su Mu Cheng said, and went to the flower shop next to Chen Guo. After a while, the two came out, each holding a bouquet of flowers. Chen Guo bought the most common yellow chrysanthemums, while Su Mu Cheng had a bouquet that Ye Xiu couldn't name.

"What flower is that?" Ye Xiu asked after coming over.

"Bird of paradise."

"Oh," Ye Xiu simply responded, without making any comments.

The three then entered the cemetery, and no one spoke again, silently walking along the stone road. Chen Guo stopped until: "I'm going this way, what about you?"

"Oh, we're further away, over there," Ye Xiu pointed to the other end of the road.

"Oh, I know, then I'll come find you later?" Chen Guo said.

"Okay, see you later," Ye Xiu said.

"See you later," Chen Guo nodded and said goodbye to the two first. She took her bouquet of flowers and came to her father's grave.

"Dad, I've come to see you." With a smile, Chen Guo gently put down the bouquet.

"I'm fine, the internet cafe is fine too, but there's one thing that's different from before! A strange guy came to the internet cafe, and he said he wanted to be a night shift manager, but then I found out that he's actually an amazing person, an esports professional, and the best one. Haha, other people's dads wouldn't think this is anything amazing, but you're different, you run an internet cafe, you know a lot about online games! Such a big shot actually came to our internet cafe to be a manager, isn't that strange?"

"Later I found out that he had a conflict with his original team and was forced to retire and leave. But he didn't give up at all, and he's preparing to form a team of his own and return to the professional circle to win the championship again. I decided to support him fiercely. This is the second major decision I've made since taking over the internet cafe. I've never had any ideals or dreams, uh, I hope you can come back to life, that's one, but that's a fantasy! If you can achieve it through your own efforts, then that's a dream, right? Now I want to work hard with them. Supporting a team, how about it? Is it amazing? Although it feels a bit difficult, I think we can overcome it. You don't have to worry about losing the internet cafe! Because that guy is sometimes messy, and even some of the guys he finds are messy, but they always feel like reliable people! It feels good to be with them, I think our common goal will be achieved. I will definitely come and tell you then, wait for my good news!"

Standing in front of the tomb, Chen Guo whispered all of this to her deceased father. Although the person is gone, the feeling of mutual concern will never disappear, even time will not destroy it. Chen Guo hoped that her father knew that she was fine and hoped that her father could share her interests and happiness.

"Okay, I'm leaving first, I'll come see you next time, maybe I'll bring good news!" Chen Guo smiled and turned to leave, walking back to the stone road and walking in the direction Ye Xiu pointed.

Chen Guo had been coming to this Nanshan Cemetery for tomb sweeping for many years, and she was familiar with it, so she knew which park Ye Xiu was pointing to. This park had not yet been opened when her father was buried. Chen Guo couldn't remember exactly when it started.

Thinking of this, after a while, Chen Guo had reached one side, walking row by row, and soon found the figures of Ye Xiu and Su Mu Cheng, standing there side by side.

Chen Guo didn't go over, because she knew that many people might have something to say to their relatives and friends when sweeping tombs, and outsiders were sometimes not very convenient.

Chen Guo did not go forward, but at this distance, she could clearly see the name engraved on the tombstone.

Su Muqiu?

Chen Guo was stunned. Judging from the name, this seemed to be Su Mu Cheng's relative.