Exaggerated—three months’ salary and gaming equipment worth 5,000 yuan? There are eight people here in total, so that’s 40,000 RMB gone. Could it be that Linda Harris is really that confident she can make a profit in the game?

“I’m in!”

Just now, Grace, who was singing a different tune, was the first to raise her hand. Emily Thompson, sitting next to her, exclaimed in surprise, “Are you out of your mind? Do you really believe you can make money just by playing a game?”

Grace laughed, “I don’t believe it, but I’ve already run out of living expenses for this month. If I don’t get these three months’ salary, I’ll have to go sell myself!”

“No shame! Haven’t you always been selling yourself?!” Emily Thompson said resentfully, already forgetting how her own moaning last night kept me from sleeping.

Grace acted indifferent, “Fine, let’s play. Back when I used to play games with my boyfriend, none of you even knew where you were.”

Her boyfriend had already been kept by a rich woman—an open secret among us.

Emily Thompson sat up cross-legged, “I’m not exactly a pro, but when I played CS before, I made it onto the school team. With my hand speed and reflexes, playing an online game shouldn’t be a problem.”

The others also started sharing their gaming experiences, and finally, everyone’s gaze landed on me and Hannah Cooper.

Hannah Cooper looked around at everyone and said softly, “I used to play Popkart. Does that count?”

Everyone burst out laughing.

Grace stroked Hannah Cooper’s fair thigh and giggled, “Xiao Han, you don’t need to mention the games you played as a kid~”

Hannah Cooper’s creamy face turned bright red, and she fell silent.

Everyone’s eyes were now on me. Grace looked me up and down with a mischievous glint and finally said, “Evan Clark is still a virgin, right?”

My jaw and Hannah Cooper’s nearly dropped to the floor. Grace chuckled, wrapped her bathrobe tighter, leaned against me, and said in a sweet voice, “Evan Clark, how about this—big sis will take a loss, you give me twenty and I’ll let you have a go, how about it? Oh, not good enough? Then ten for a night? What, still not enough? Didn’t expect you to be such a bad boy. Fine, how about this, I’ll let you do it for free!”

I just smiled and didn’t say anything.

“No way, are you thinking of sleeping with me and then making me pay you? Forget it, I’m just too kind-hearted! Name your price!”

Linda Harris gave me a deep look and tried to smooth things over, “Enough, stop messing around. There’s no way Evan Clark would have a problem.”

I was a bit surprised, but still smiled faintly and said, “No way, I’m so clumsy, I definitely can’t play games well. Even if I do, I’ll just be a noob.”

“You think you can fool me?” Linda Harris slowly put down her coffee.

“What am I hiding?”

“Evan Clark, age twenty-three, junior at XX University, expelled half a year ago for some reason. In 2014, you and your friend Jack Reed founded the TOT Warcraft team, won third place at the WCG Nanjing stop that year, runner-up at the 2015 CEG Shanghai stop, and in July of the same year, won the WCG Shanghai championship, earning one of the three WCG China slots in 2015. But for some unknown reason, you didn’t participate in the subsequent matches, causing the Chinese team to lose its strongest chance at the championship. A rising WAR3 star, on whom everyone pinned great hopes, vanished in an instant. A month after Evan Clark disappeared, he turned up at the city’s Langhua Foot Massage Center. All of this is true, isn’t it?”

Yeah, is all this true?

I thought I’d already forgotten…

Chapter 3: We Need You

“How did you know?” The fact that Linda Harris had such detailed information about me caught me off guard.

“Hmph, if I didn’t know what kind of person you are, how could I feel safe letting you sleep in my room?”

Hannah Cooper blinked and looked at me, “I know about WCG. You were the Shanghai champion? That must be amazing, right?”

I didn’t say anything, but my heart ached faintly.

Linda Harris then explained to Hannah Cooper, “WCG Shanghai champion—whether it’s reaction speed or hand speed, that’s top level in the whole country. After Evan Clark finished that WCG qualifier, his world ranking was eighth. If he’d kept going, who knows how high he could have climbed.”

“Wow, eighth in the world! What does that even mean?” Hannah Cooper exclaimed, her mouth wide open in surprise.

Grace pressed her chest hard against my arm and laughed, “Good boy, I knew you were more capable than other men!”

I still didn’t say a word. Linda Harris stared straight at me, finally growing a bit impatient, “Evan Clark, if you join us, my dream of getting rich will be that much easier to achieve.”

Linda Harris’s face was flushed with excitement, so beautiful.

“Why should I join?” After a long time, I finally spoke.

Linda Harris was taken aback, facing me, her beautiful eyes almost speaking, “Because for the past half year, we’ve treated you as one of our own, completely letting our guard down, sharing everything with you!”

“So, what’s in it for me?”

Linda Harris sighed softly and said, word by word, “Prove yourself!”

Such a distant topic. All along, hasn’t everything I’ve done been to prove myself?