But if you skip classes for a long time, you'll get expelled from school, and if you spend all day gaming, your girlfriend will run off with someone else...

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“All right, all right, just join us already! Look how anxious Ms. Harris is!”

Grace nudged me, and only then did I realize that Linda Harris was looking at me, her beautiful eyes full of anticipation.

“Fine, I’ll join!” I looked at the joy on Linda Harris’s face, paused, and added, “I can’t promise what I’ll be able to do, but I’ll do my best in the game to strengthen myself, at the very least I won’t let you guys get bullied!”

Hannah Cooper blinked at me, and even Grace, who was usually never serious, was uncharacteristically quiet, her beautiful eyes staring at me in a daze.

Linda Harris snapped her fingers and said with a smile, “Done! Now we just need to order the gaming equipment and arrange everyone’s accommodation. Do you think we should set up the gaming equipment here, or find another place?”

Hannah Cooper asked doubtfully, “So... will the foot massage parlor still be open in the future?”

“Probably not. We’ll stay in the game for half a year for now. My savings should be enough to support everyone for six months. If it really doesn’t work out, we’ll find another way.” Linda Harris looked confident, then continued:

“I think it’s better to stay in the residential area. Meals and everything here are too troublesome, and the utilities are a bit expensive. I have a four-bedroom apartment in the south of the city. Little Clark gets one room, and the rest of us can squeeze in a bit. It should be enough.”

Grace smiled and said, “Isn’t that a good deal for Little Clark? A whole room to himself. How about this, sis will put up with a little and squeeze in with you, how about it?”

I was at a loss for words. The way Grace touched her chest was just too lewd.

Linda Harris spoke up for me with a straight face: “If Little Clark shares a room with you, isn’t that a good deal for you? Even if you share, it should be Hannah and Little Clark in one room. Look how well they match!”

I didn’t really care, but Hannah Cooper was already blushing.

Linda Harris was as good as her word. She made the order call right away, and after everyone packed up, we moved to the new place.

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In just half a day, these girls, who usually made a huge fuss over everything, had already moved all their stuff to the new place. Before dinner, the game company had delivered eight sets of gaming equipment and manuals, along with a limited edition game guide.

After just a quick glance, I realized that the three internet giants had high hopes for “Yueheng.” They even skipped the open beta entirely. The included game manual was very vague about the game, telling the background story like a fairy tale, and after reading it, I found that there wasn’t a single word about the game’s data!

“So, does it help us with our future gaming at all?” Hannah Cooper asked, blinking her beautiful big eyes.

Hannah Cooper’s background was very mysterious. All I’d heard was that she’d run away from home in a fit of anger. I didn’t know anything else.

“There’s basically nothing useful. All I know is that there are eight main classes in the game: warrior, archer, mage, priest, summoner, beastmaster, rogue, and knight. As for the secondary classes, there are supposedly eight as well, but there’s no detailed introduction. But that’s enough. At least everyone can pick their class before the game starts.”

Linda Harris nodded and said, “A team needs high damage output, but also support classes. Everyone, say what class you want to pick. I want to be a mage—high damage output, essential for any team.”

Grace thought for a moment and said, “Archer. With a figure like mine, it’d be a waste not to pick archer.”

“Careful your chest is too big and throws off your balance. If your aim is off, it’ll be embarrassing!” I joked.

Grace puffed out her chest and looked at me proudly, looking very pleased with herself.

Emily Thompson chose summoner, Ryan Miller chose beastmaster, and the others divided up the remaining classes. In the end, we sadly realized that no one had picked priest...

“Don’t look at me like that. I’m picking rogue. I absolutely refuse to be the healer...” I felt a little creeped out by the looks Linda Harris and Grace were giving me.

Hannah Cooper, who had been silent all along, said softly, “I’ll pick priest.”

Everyone immediately cheered, and the main classes were finally divided up.

Linda Harris looked at the installation instructions for the gaming equipment and smiled, “Little Clark, help everyone set up the equipment now. The game officially opens at midnight the day after tomorrow. Everyone must be on time. Try to get online as soon as possible, create your characters, and aim to raise your world ranking. If our guild has a few more experts, we’ll get more requests for character creation or PK jobs, and the money will come naturally. Killing players for loot can also make money. Anyway, the higher your level, the better your stats, and the stronger you are, the more money you’ll make. Got it?!”

“Got it!”

“Great... Tomorrow we’ll go out together to buy daily necessities. From now on, the seven of us girls will take turns cooking every day of the week. Little Clark, you just focus on leveling up. In the future, you’ll be the face of our guild. But rogues need a lot of potions to level up early on, so if anyone has money, give it all to you.”