We offered you a summer job, but you went and became a mercenary?

Lin Ye slowly walked out of the stadium with the red, white, and blue snakeskin bag full of Gatling guns.

He took out his phone and glanced at the time; it was almost 1:30 PM.

The sweet and sour pork ribs at the third canteen must have been completely devoured, with not even a drop of broth left.

Suddenly, I heard light footsteps behind me.

Xia Wanqiu jogged up to catch up.

She had changed out of her sharp black tactical uniform and was wearing a simple white fitted T-shirt and light blue jeans.

She was holding two bottles of iced cola that she had just bought, and handed one to Lin Ye.

"How about I treat you to dinner?" Xia Wanqiu said sincerely. "Take whatever you want to eat, it's on me."

Lin Ye took the cola, pulled the tab with one hand, tilted his head back, and took a big gulp.

"Pick whatever you like?" Lin Ye asked, looking at her.

Xia Wanqiu nodded.

She figured that with Lin Ye's current net worth, he could easily spend billions of US dollars, and since he usually drove a seven-ton armored vehicle, the places he chose would definitely be the top Michelin-starred restaurants in Jiangcheng, or some kind of members-only private club.

She even had her credit card ready.

"Let's go." Lin Ye crushed the Coke can and casually tossed it into a roadside trash can. "I know a place where there won't be any seats if we go too late."

Twenty minutes later.

The back gate of Jiangcheng College of Arts and Sciences, the Degenerate Street.

The seven-ton Knight XVI armored vehicle squeezed through the curb and into the narrow, dilapidated alley, stopping in front of a fly restaurant whose signboard was blackened by cooking fumes.

"Boss, a big bowl of mala tang, five servings of gluten, and extra chili!"

Lin Ye tossed the red, white, and blue snakeskin bag onto the greasy plastic stool and skillfully rinsed the disposable bowls and chopsticks with boiling water.

The boss was a burly man with his shirt off and a towel draped around his neck.

He glanced at the extremely exaggerated armored vehicle outside the door, and was so startled that he dropped the strainer into the soup.

"Okay...okay! I'll cook it for you right away!" The boss's voice trembled.

Why would someone who drives this kind of car come to this shabby restaurant to eat 20 yuan worth of spicy hot pot?

Xia Wanqiu sat opposite, staring dumbfounded at the thick layer of patina on the table.

She glanced at the armored vehicle outside the door, then at the man in front of her who had casually scared an S-class superhuman to the point of wetting his pants.

"Is this all you usually eat?" Xia Wanqiu finally asked after holding back for a long time.

"What's wrong with this? Twenty yuan for a big bowl, plus two bottles of soy milk." Lin Ye handed over the hot chopsticks. "It's not easy for working people to earn money, so we should save where we can and spend where we can. The chili peppers here are homemade by the owner, they're really good."

A large bowl of spicy hot pot with bubbling red oil was served.

Lin Ye picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Xia Wanqiu gritted her teeth and stuffed a piece of gluten into her mouth.

The spiciness hits you right in the head.

Xia Wanqiu's eyes welled up with tears from the spiciness, and she kept fanning her mouth with her hand. She drank half a bottle of iced soy milk before she could recover.

Seeing her disheveled appearance, Lin Ye shook his head with extreme disgust.

"You should have said you couldn't eat spicy food earlier." Lin Ye pushed the plate of clear soup meatballs without any chili in front of her. "What a waste of food."

Xia Wanqiu wiped away her tears while watching Lin Ye eat noodles heartily.

There was no airs or condescending pressure.

Sitting in this hole-in-the-wall restaurant eating spicy hot pot actually made her feel unusually relaxed.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Ye wiped his mouth with a tissue.

"Boss, check please."

Lin Ye turned to look at Xia Wanqiu and tapped on the table.

"That'll be thirty-eight yuan and fifty cents in total. Scan the code or pay in cash?" Lin Ye pointed to the QR code on the wall.

Xia Wanqiu was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out her phone to scan the QR code to pay.

The two walked out of the alley.

"What are the plans for this afternoon?" Xia Wanqiu asked, following behind Lin Ye.

"Back to the dorm to help the girls rank up." Lin Ye opened the car door. "Do you play support? We need a support character."

Xia Wanqiu nodded without hesitation.

Instead of going to an internet cafe outside the school, Lin Ye drove directly back to the top floor of the Cloud Emperor's View Mansion.

In the 1,200-square-meter house, there is a specially built top-of-the-line e-sports room.

Lin Ye skillfully turned on the computer and logged in.

Xia Wanqiu sat on the gaming chair next to her and logged into her alternate account.

As soon as the game started, the enemy jungler with the V10 VIP badge began to taunt them relentlessly in the public chat.

"Is the enemy support a girl? What future is there following such a poor jungler? Add me on WeChat, and I'll give you a whole set of skins."

Xia Wanqiu frowned slightly, preparing to type a rebuttal.

Lin Ye didn't say a word.

He had a lollipop in his mouth, and his hands were typing away on the keyboard, leaving a blur of images.

The sound of mouse clicks blended together.

Five minutes later, Lin Ye's assassin bypassed two defensive towers and solo-killed the V10 jungler on the enemy's high ground.

Ten minutes later.

That nouveau riche was cornered in the spring by Lin Ye and killed fifteen times, never even making it out of the high ground tower.

The public chat was filled with furious curses from wealthy players: "You're cheating! I'm reporting you!"

Lin Ye was too lazy to type, so he simply pushed down the crystal in one fell swoop.

"Awesome." Lin Ye looked at the notification on the screen that the rich player had quit the game in despair, and then bit his lollipop into pieces.

They played for more than two hours straight.

10 PM.

Lin Ye turned off the computer and stretched out a big yawn.

"It's getting late, let's go back to school and sleep." Lin Ye stood up.

Xia Wanqiu looked puzzled.

"You live in such a luxurious house, why did you go back to school and squeeze into a dormitory?"

"Experience life." Lin Ye said in a serious tone, "Only in the simple and austere dormitory can we college students temper our minds."

Actually, it's because the mattress in this new house is too soft. He slept on it yesterday and his back hurt. He hasn't had time to ask the cleaning staff to replace it with a firm mattress yet.

The two drove back to Jiangcheng College of Arts and Sciences.

Xia Wanqiu returned to the girls' dormitory.

Lin Ye carried the red, white, and blue snakeskin bag in one hand and strolled into the 302 boys' dormitory.

Push open the door.

The dormitory was bustling with activity; the three roommates were playing cards shirtless.

Seeing Lin Ye walk in.

The playing cards in Fatty Wang's hand fell directly to the ground.

He scrambled over, fell to his knees in front of Lin Ye with a thud, and grabbed Lin Ye's leg.

"Godfather!" Fatty Wang cried out in a hoarse, heart-wrenching voice, "You're finally back!"

The other two roommates quickly threw down their cards and rushed over.

"Brother Ye! I wiped your bed three times with a hot towel today, and I even sprayed Six God Floral Water on the mat!"

"Brother Ye, are you thirsty? I just bought some chilled Red Bull!"

Lin Ye stuffed the snakeskin bag under the bed, thoroughly enjoying the treatment.

"Get off me, stop clinging to my leg." Lin Ye kicked Wang Pangzi away, took the Red Bull handed to him by his roommate, pulled the tab, and took a sip.

Fatty Wang came over, his face full of admiration.

"Brother Ye, those moves you did at the gym today were so cool! The school's online forum is flooded with your pictures now; you've been number one on the school's heartthrob list for a second straight time!"

Fatty Wang gestured wildly, indicating his name.

"Several sophomores just came downstairs at our dorm to ask for your WeChat ID!"

"Ignore them." Lin Ye rolled his eyes. "Instead of wasting time on this, you should take on more power leveling jobs."