Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

"Not many yet. What about you? You were mistaken for a chef before, but now? Have you been mistaken for a network administrator?" Qiu Fei laughed. After all, his first meeting with Ye Xiu was in the computer room near the testing site, where he saw Ye Xiu playing Glory with a group of chefs and other staff. He was quite amazed when he saw Ye Xiu use the Shadow Step.

At that moment, he thought to himself, "No wonder they're a team that's won three consecutive games. Even the staff can pull off moves like Shadow Step."

Back then, he made a bold promise to Ye Xiu, saying that as long as Ye Xiu taught him the Shadow Step, he would protect him after he joined Team Excellent Era as captain. Now, recalling the past, Qiu Fei couldn't help but tease him.

"Uh... well, he doesn't really need to be considered one. After all, Old Ye came here to apply for a network administrator position, so he really is a network administrator." Xiao Nai added mercilessly. Although his hands were also a bit tired, he was still much better off than the old man Ye Xiu.

"So that's how it is. No wonder you're the captain. You were a chef before, and now you're the internet cafe manager. You're still true to your original aspirations," Qiu Fei said.

"The network administrator didn't misunderstand this time. Come on, let me introduce you all. This is the player I had the highest hopes for during the Excellent Era training camp—Qiu Fei," Ye Xiu said, introducing Qiu Fei to everyone.

"Hey, hey, don't say that so quickly. You know Qiu Fei is an official player for our Excellent Era now, the kind who'll be reporting to the team tomorrow," Tao Xuan said, then glanced at Ye Xiu with an expression that said, "Let's see how you try to poach my player this time."

However, Tao Xuan had to admit that the reason he was so eager to bring Qiu Fei into the team was because he was worried that Ye Xiu would take him away. But this time, Tao Xuan was overthinking it. After all, their team already had enough members, and they already had a Battle Mage. Under these circumstances, bringing in another Battle Mage would not be appropriate.

Now that Xiao Nai and Ye Xiu's match was over, it was time for lunch. Everyone was planning to go out to eat, but Qiu Fei was curious about what the regular meals were like for the Happy team members, so he wanted to try the team members' meal.

Chen Guo couldn't persuade him otherwise, so she simply followed the procedure of ordering food for everyone and let Qiu Fei choose his favorite dishes.

It turns out that kids Qiu Fei's age really have a good appetite. The members of Happy usually just order boxed lunches, and sometimes they'll sit together and share their food. But Xiao Nai and the others are usually quite full after one boxed lunch. But Qiu Fei, on the other hand, orders three or more at a time. It's like he didn't come back from abroad, but from a famine...

Happy's sports area.

This is a separate fitness area on one floor, where Chen Guo has purchased a lot of sports equipment.

Of course, there are also areas for sports such as billiards and table tennis.

Every day, the members of Team Happy have physical training tasks, but aside from their daily training, they rarely come up here. After all, everyone feels they don't have enough time for training, so where would they find the time to come up and play? It can be said that except for Xiao Nai and Ye Xiu's mandatory rest tasks, they don't come up here.

Today, Ye Xiu, Qiu Fei, and Tao Xuan arrived at this floor.

Ye Xiu led Qiu Fei around the area and then brought him to the pool table. As Ye Xiu arranged the pool balls, he said, "Xiao Nai and the others don't play pool. Since you've come all this way, shall we play a game?"

"You guys go ahead and do it, I'm so full right now. Boss Chen ordered the boxed lunches from there, they're so hearty." Tao Xuan lay on the sofa next to him, not wanting to move.

Ye Xiu looked at Qiu Fei, but Qiu Fei, who had eaten the most, didn't seem full at all. He had an eager expression on his face. However, since his boss was next to him, Qiu Fei looked at Tao Xuan and then at Ye Xiu. Was it really okay for the other party to be like this?
"It's alright, ignore him. Come on, Qiu Fei, let's have a match," Ye Xiu said, patting Qiu Fei on the shoulder.

"Okay, I happen to need to talk to you." Qiu Fei naturally wouldn't refuse, after all, he still had a debt to collect from Ye Xiu.

Of course, he also had many questions he wanted to ask Ye Xiu, and he took this opportunity to ask them all at once. Soon, the match between Ye Xiu and Qiu Fei began, and Tao Xuan, who was lounging around like Ge You, became the referee and commentator. However, he soon decided to resign from the refereeing job because just now, Ye Xiu had hit the ball directly towards him.

He felt that Ye Xiu did it on purpose, but he had no proof...

Qiu Fei, who could go toe-to-toe with Ye Xiu last year, has naturally lost his former prowess in billiards. In Tao Xuan's words, you never know which hole they'll sink next.

A ball that clearly wouldn't go in bounced and ended up in the opposite hole. That was utterly unbelievable.

But if you think the two are very strong, you are very wrong, because both of them failed three times at the beginning of the game.

This seemingly inept contest has surprisingly created a very difficult situation: Ye Xiu's ball is outside the pocket, and there's another ball between Ye Xiu's cue ball and that ball. Clearly, Ye Xiu's skill level isn't high enough to pot it directly.

"Given your skill level, it's hard to say," said referee Tao Xuan, who was acting as a guest commentator.

“Indeed, if it’s a ball of the same color, I can just hit the ball in front of me to bump into it,” Ye Xiu said, but he wasn’t bothered by the ball. Instead, his tone was somewhat suggestive.

"But the current situation is that neither ball is on the same side, so if you want to score, you have to find your own way," Ye Xiu continued.

Hearing Ye Xiu's tone, Tao Xuan knew perfectly well that Ye Xiu was about to start lecturing, so he simply kept quiet and turned his attention to Qiu Fei, wanting to see Qiu Fei's answer to the question.

"What's the big deal? I'm too lazy to even play a simple straight push. I'll play my own style of play," Qiu Fei said confidently. Of course, this confidence had to ignore his abysmal skills...

However, Tao Xuan and Ye Xiu were very satisfied with Qiu Fei's answer, because it showed that Qiu Fei was still the same Qiu Fei. He wanted to rely on himself to get what he wanted. Tao Xuan finally understood why Ye Xiu liked this kid so much before. His arrogant manner was exactly the same as Ye Qiu back then.

Ye Xiu glanced at Qiu Fei's probing attack route and said, "Are you planning to attack this way?" Ye Xiu pointed to Qiu Fei's target.

Qiu Fei didn't say much, because that was indeed the position he was planning to attack.

Seeing that he had guessed correctly, Ye Xiu gestured for Qiu Fei to step aside and took Qiu Fei's place, saying, "Prepare for a powerful attack?"

As he spoke, Ye Xiu struck down with his club, scattering both balls.

"Hmm, it's a good thing that we parted ways and went our separate ways," Qiu Fei said, thinking he had guessed what Ye Xiu was going to say.

"Don't rush to conclusions. Sometimes you need to broaden your perspective; you might see a completely new path." Ye Xiu said, placing the ball he had just hit back into its original position. (End of Chapter)