Gamers Are Fierce

Yin City, East of the City, Restaurant.

Wang Congshan sat at the window seat, glanced at the city streetscape, then raised her head to look at the clock on the wall of the western restaurant, picked up her phone, and typed in the QQ chat interface: "I'm here, where are you?"

A few seconds later, the phone vibrated,

Li Ang: Turn around.

Wang Congshan turned around, only to see a server holding a plate in the aisle of the restaurant seats,

Li Ang: Didn't see me?

Wang Congshan: Nope.

Li Ang: That's right, I haven't left home yet.

???

Wang Congshan sent a panda holding a knife emoticon and typed: If you ditch me, I'll cut you.

"Wow, savage."

Li Ang's voice came from behind the partition of Wang Congshan's seat. He poked his head out from the partition and greeted with a smile, "Yo."

"Yo your head, come and order." Wang Congshan rolled her eyes and threw the menu opposite her,

Li Ang came into her booth, sat in the opposite seat, and yawned.

"What's up, did you stay up late?"

Wang Congshan raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Yeah."

Li Ang casually said while looking at the dishes on the menu, "The seniors are going to have their college entrance exam in a few days, I made a test paper prediction for one or two students I've been tutoring."

"Oh?"

Wang Congshan was stunned at the words, "You still tutor high school seniors?"

"It's quite normal, from first grade elementary to senior high, as long as the knowledge is there, it can be tutored, right?"

Li Ang naturally said, "Though I currently don't have any students from the elderly university looking for me,

I believe as time goes on, and public perception shifts, I can develop business in that area."

"...Alright then."

Wang Congshan nodded, "Have you finished ordering?"

"Yeah, the usual."

Li Ang spun the menu and handed it to Wang Congshan,

This shop has cheap dishes with good taste, not many people, no need to queue for long,

They occasionally come here for a meal, splitting the bill.

"Then I'll have this..."

Wang Congshan scanned the menu back and forth, made her decision on the food.

Li Ang leaned back, casually said, "By the way, at the end of this semester I don't plan to do tutoring anymore."

"Huh? Why?"

"For lots of reasons."

Li Ang replied, "First, I've made quite a bit of money this year, enough to cover college funds.

Secondly, some families have already got the qualification to move into the city building, tutoring would mean a lot of back and forth, quite tiring—although those parents are willing to buy me a car or hire a driver for pick and drop, it's still tiring.

As for the third...

Service industry is quite annoying."

Wang Congshan raised her eyebrows, "What's so annoying about it, your Pavlov...ahem, your tutoring methods are quite effective, aren't they?"

"Gotta teach according to the material, don't I?"

Li Ang rolled his eyes, "I'm very professional, you get what you pay for.

The more you earn, the better the work should be done.

Those parents pay me by the minute, I've got to tutor well.

But once you have a highly dedicated mindset, the job turns into a torment.

Especially when facing oddball students.

There was a parent who came to me before, his son was only eight years old, after watching certain videos shot by famous players on Bilibili, documenting the resolution of abnormal events,

he trained his shooting skills every day on battlefields,

saying he wants to be a henchman for the streamers when he grows up, refusing to listen no matter what.

The parent was in tears, his kid's just eight, how's life gonna be?

Wang Congshan asked, "...Then what did you say?"

"What could I say, of course, I praised the kid's limitless potential, he's material for a great henchman,

a rising sun, a soaring eagle."

Li Ang nonchalantly said, "Of course, after noticing the parent's expression, I changed my tune,

directly suggested a remake,

encouraged embracing the second-child policy, practice on a new account."

Wang Congshan twitched at the corner of her eye, "...Didn't he beat you to death?"

"He was still in his grieving emotions, didn't hear it."

Li Ang said, "Students like this, wanting to teach them to adjust—to adjust them to the level of normalcy recognized by their parents,

it takes extra time and energy beyond the standard line,

in short, it's both tiring and bothersome..."

Li Ang shook his head, took a sip of the iced Coke brought by the server, casually said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this.

Got any plans today?"

"No."

Wang Congshan pouted, "Then if you're not doing tutoring work anymore, are you still coming for the internship registration at the Special Affairs Bureau?"

"We'll see, let me recover a bit from the negative impact of oddball students first."

Li Ang stretched, "After eating, shall we go shopping or watch a movie?"

"There's not much to watch in movies recently."

Wang Congshan checked her phone app, "Why not watch this sci-fi film."

"What is it?"

Li Ang took a glance at the movie poster on Wang Congshan's phone, shook his head, "In such Hollywood films where the main and supporting roles stand left and right in a V-shape, the plot, I can imagine just by thinking about it.

The protagonist is a standard middle-aged white male, due to some pain like causing teammates' deaths, family dying, framed and abandoned,

he's hiding in remote places like Southeast Asia as a farmer, a fisherman, or doing nothing serious, just drinking and partying,

until one day a United States military helicopter or armored car arrives at his door,

a big shot comes down from the helicopter—usually the protagonist's former boss, old friend, or a stunning beauty,

invites the protagonist to come out and save the United States or the world.

At first, the protagonist refuses, but at the last moment agrees,

goes to a base to form a team—every team must have a nerd good at hacker technology (likely a thin East Asian guy or an Indian),

a hefty and strong black guy,

a pretty vase,

a chatterbox responsible for comedy.

A group of people operate chaotically, eventually, the black guy dies saving the protagonist, the protagonist successfully resolves the earth's issues, and gets the girl.

Oh, right, if it's a monster movie, there must be a pair of young lovers dying under the monster's feet."

"You're quite knowledgeable."

Wang Congshan rolled a big eye, "Either watch this 'Man-eating Five-headed Shark Versus Flying Octopus Monster',

or go see the domestic urban romance 'Breakup 3: Love of The Century'."

"...Why do the names of these two films sound so quirky."

Li Ang commented, "And just the naming aesthetic for the latter film, how did it manage to shoot a third part, are investors blind?"

Wang Congshan said coldly, "Watching or not."

Li Ang covered his forehead, rubbed his brows, "...Any other options?"

Wang Congshan swiped her phone, "'Paw Patrol Making a Great Contribution: Super Rescue'."

"...If there's a 'Team Cat is in Jail' in the same series, maybe I'd still be interested."

Li Ang sighed, "Then let's go for 'Man-eating Five-headed Shark'."