As Ruan Miaomiao sat in the back seat, A Cai quickly asked some questions to break the ice.
Ruan Miaomiao: "Oh, don't even mention it. My mom said the project was tight and they were short-handed, so she immediately assigned me to it. She called it 'training me,' but really, she just needed someone to do her work."
A Cai: "Fatty, did your mom say how they'll deal with it?"
Ruan Miaomiao: "She didn't go into detail, but they have some guiding documents. I can't see those, they're for the leadership."
A Cai: "Oh, so which companies are involved?"
Ruan Miaomiao: "Let me think, they put together an internal list. They're all very large domestic organizations. Smaller ones don't even get an interview."
Ou Yunchen: "Fatty, are there any publicly listed organizations on that list?"
Ruan Miaomiao: "Ah, now that you mention it, I remember. There seemed to be some kind of... center..."
Ou Yunchen: "Education center?"
Ruan Miaomiao: "Yes! But then my mom took it off the list."
Ou Yunchen and A Cai exchanged a look. Why would it be removed from the list? Did Xie Youlin get wind of it in advance and use underhanded tactics to protect himself?
Ruan Miaomiao: "I don't know the reason. I don't report for duty until next week."
Ou Yunchen: "Fatty, can you keep an eye on this education center for me?"
Ruan Miaomiao: "No problem. A Cai is my brother, and you're my bro too. But why?"
A Cai: "This education center scammed my brother!"
Ou Yunchen: "No, it's just some personal matters. If it's too much trouble, don't worry about it."
Ruan Miaomiao: "What trouble? It's all minor stuff!"
After driving for a long time, they finally arrived at the real-life CS training base.
A Cai: "Fatty, where are the people you called?"
Fatty: "They're here, they're here."
As A Cai's friends turned around, more cool sports cars pulled into the parking lot. However, the moment the leading car stopped, A Cai's expression turned incredibly grim.
It turned out that all the friends Ruan Miaomiao had called were a group close to Wang Ziran, and Wang Ziran was walking at the forefront.
At this point, someone approached Fatty.
Second Generation Rich: "Why did you call Wang Ziran here!"
Fatty: "What's wrong?"
Second Generation Rich: "Oh, you don't know that A Cai and Young Master Wang had a falling out?"
Fatty: "They're brothers, just a fight. Maybe today's game will clear things up!"
Wang Ziran glanced at A Cai. Just as he was about to greet the long-unseen Fatty, he was taken aback by Ou Yunchen, who stood among them.
However, seeing A Cai's furious expression, he adopted an attitude of magnanimity and greeted his friends cordially.
Fatty: "Since you're here, let's play together."
A Cai: "I'm not on his side."
Wang Ziran: "I'm not on his side either."
Wang Ziran even pointed at Ou Yunchen. Fatty thought Wang Ziran was unwilling to play with strangers.
Fatty: "Alright, we'll split into two teams. You have enough people. It's the usual rule: last person standing wins."
Wang Ziran: "Okay, first, what's the penalty for the losing team?"
A Cai looked at his team. Most of them were with their girlfriends, or it was Fatty and Ou Yunchen. Only a few people on the whole team looked like they could play a game with full concentration...
On Wang Ziran's side, it was clear they knew they were here for real-life CS. Everyone was energized. Setting aside others, despite Wang Ziran's refined appearance, he was actually quite skilled at real-life CS!
A Cai: "We stayed up all night and had some drinks..."
Wang Ziran: "Then just admit defeat now."
Fatty: "What penalty do you want?"
Wang Ziran looked at A Cai's friends, then his gaze fixed on Ou Yunchen.
Wang Ziran: "If you lose, make this person kneel and lick my shoes."
A Cai became agitated and was about to charge at Wang Ziran to hit him, but Ou Yunchen stopped him.
A Cai: "Don't push it too far!"
Wang Ziran: "Then why don't you kneel and lick?"
A Cai: "You!"
Fatty: "That's A Cai's friend, and it's his first time playing with us. Don't be like this..."
Wang Ziran: "A bet is a bet. Or do you want to switch?"
Ou Yunchen: "Fine. And what if you lose?"
A Cai: "Brother, he's doing this on purpose. We have a high probability of losing. Don't try to be tough..."
Ou Yunchen patted A Cai's shoulder as if to comfort him, but A Cai had no confidence at all, convinced they were going to lose.
Wang Ziran: "If we lose, you can punish us however you want."
A Cai: "Then you kneel and lick my brother's shoes!"
Wang Ziran burst into laughter. He had no intention of losing and saw A Cai's ragtag group as easily beatable!
Thus, with the help of the staff, everyone changed into their gear and was fully equipped with ammunition. The two teams, led by A Cai and Wang Ziran respectively, quickly boarded mountain bikes and headed for the venue.
However, before they even reached the arena, some of A Cai's teammates were drunk and drowsy. If their teammates hadn't woken them up, they would have fallen asleep in the car.
A Cai looked at their condition and sighed repeatedly, too embarrassed to tell Ou Yunchen that they were definitely going to lose.
Everyone took their positions. Under the instructions from the arena's broadcast, the game officially began.