Reborn to Make Games: My Girlfriend is a Game Streamer

Article 100: The Discovery of Knowledge and Action

"Rongfu Restaurant does have a good reputation and taste; it's one of the better restaurants in Zhang'an and quite representative," Chen Bainian said after thinking for a moment. "Moreover, it seems to incorporate other cuisines, so the overall flavor is quite diverse. However, it's probably difficult to make a reservation at the last minute."

He didn't care about the price. Although Rong Mansion was expensive, he had already arranged a travel budget of 5,000 yuan per person, so a celebration banquet at Rong Mansion was nothing.

Their conversation caught the attention of several colleagues nearby, who all turned their gazes toward them.

Chen Bainian took the opportunity to say a few more words, briefly introducing a few of Rongfu's signature dishes and their approximate prices.

"Then why don't we try going to the Rong Mansion?" Cheng Zhixing suddenly became interested.

However, it wasn't because he heard about the average price per person; it was just that, as a native of Oujiang, he was curious about the difference between the Zhang'an restaurant next door and his own: "Even if we can't book now, we can do it later. We're not going to disband anytime soon anyway—"

"Pah! Watch your mouth, Cheng Zhixing! What do you mean by disbanding? We're going to become the strongest domestic single-player game team!" A colleague from Guangdong immediately jumped out and interrupted him with a laugh.

"Oh, oh, I misspoke!" Cheng Zhixing quickly admitted his mistake with a smile.

A relaxed laugh filled the office, radiating the joy and ease that came with a successful start to the project.

During lunch break.

Cheng Zhixing sat down in the rest area with his lunchbox, put on his headphones, and saw the live stream of "Twelfth Floor" on his phone screen.

Jiang Yiting was engrossed in her game when the black cat stood up, seemingly wanting to approach the keyboard. She gently stopped it, coaxing, "Big brother, be good."

The moment Cheng Zhixing uttered the word "Big Brother," he was pretty sure that this was the cat that his boss, Chen Bainian, used to bring to the company.

Blue-eyed black cats are rare to begin with, and this one has such an outrageous name as "Big Brother," and they also look quite similar in size.

When Cheng Zhixing watched the "12th Floor" live stream before, he knew that she knew his boss Chen Bainian offline and they were probably good friends.

But—if you share a cat, is the relationship really just that of ordinary friends?

Cheng Zhixing stared at the black cat on the screen, whose head had been gently patted by Jiang Yiting and which had obediently retracted its paws. He immediately felt as if he had been scratched by those cat paws.

He seems to have discovered a tremendous secret!

Cheng Zhixing subconsciously turned his head and looked at Chen Bainian, who was eating and watching a live stream at his workstation.

The leader looked focused, occasionally tapping his fingers on the keyboard, probably sending comments to interact with the audience.

Li Langxing from the programming team appeared beside him at some point and gently patted his shoulder: "What are you looking at?"

"Huh!" Cheng Zhixing seemed startled and turned his head sharply to look at Li Langxing, who had somehow appeared next to him. He almost dropped his phone.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you acting like you've done something wrong?" Li Langxing looked at him with a puzzled expression, then glanced at his lit phone screen. "It's just lunch break, watching a live stream, it shouldn't have scared you like this, right?"

"Brother Xing." Cheng Zhixing opened his mouth, but couldn't continue speaking.

Discovering a major piece of gossip and wanting to share it is naturally exciting.

However, discussing your boss's private life in the workplace is a major taboo.

The feeling of discovering a huge secret but being unable to tell anyone is incredibly painful.

Just then, "Twelfth Floor's" cheerful voice came through the earpiece: "Wow, thank you Mr. Chen for ordering takeout for the milk tea! The boss is so generous!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhixing seemed to have made up his mind.

He looked at Li Langxing with a determined gaze, but he also seemed to have a guilty conscience.

He lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Xing, can I trust you?"

"What's there to believe or not believe?" Li Langxing was even more curious by his mysterious demeanor.

He subconsciously followed suit, lowering his voice as well: "Spit it out, you're giving me the creeps."

Cheng Zhixing glanced furtively back at Chen Bainian's direction, making sure his boss was still focused on the computer and not paying attention to them, before turning his phone screen towards Li Langxing.

Cheng Zhixing pointed to the black cat in the corner of the live stream screen, his voice even lower than before: "Brother Xing, look at this cat, does it look familiar?"

Li Langxing moved closer and looked at the screen.

On Cheng Zhixing's phone, "The Twelfth Floor" was broadcasting live.

For the employees of Changshou Games, this person who directly influenced the fate of "Getting Over It" and thus the birth of their own studio, and who is now a top streamer in the Douyu console gaming section, is naturally a familiar face to them.

He looked in the direction Cheng Zhixing was pointing, and in one corner of the picture, a cat with jet-black fur and bright blue eyes was lazily licking its paws.

"It looks...it seems...somewhat familiar—" Li Langxing stared at "Big Brother" for two seconds, frowning as if trying to recall where he had seen this cat before.

"Then—what if I said that this cat's name is also Big Brother?" Cheng Zhixing's voice trembled slightly with tension and excitement as he finally revealed this big secret.

Upon hearing this, Li Langxing was first taken aback, then his eyes widened in surprise: "Big Brother?"

He abruptly looked up, his gaze first sweeping over Cheng Zhixing, then quickly glancing towards Chen Bainian's workstation before returning to Cheng Zhixing's face. His voice was hushed: "Are you sure you want to call him 'Big Brother'?"

"Absolutely true!" Cheng Zhixing nodded vigorously, his voice lowering as he spoke. "I just heard Lou Ge call it 'Big Brother' with my own ears! And look at its fur color, the color of its pupils—black cats with blue eyes are quite rare, plus its size, it's exactly the same—"

After saying that, Cheng Zhixing muttered to himself, "How come I didn't notice this before?"

"Don't you know how many overtime hours you've worked these past two months? And you still have time to watch live streams when you get home?" Li Langxing retorted.

He knew that Cheng Zhixing had spent a lot of time studying in private in order to keep up with everyone's pace, and he had even declined several times when everyone invited him to have a late-night snack after get off work.

But in an instant, Li Langxing's attention returned to the matter at hand: "What else did you find? Tell me quickly!"

"Just now, just now!" Cheng Zhixing pointed to her earphones, "Lou Ge said it himself in the live stream, thanking the boss for ordering her milk tea delivery for the visit!"

"During work hours, he ordered takeout for the livestreamer he's collaborating with—" Li Langxing stroked his chin, his eyes gleaming, his expression becoming increasingly intriguing. "They even share a cat—this relationship seems a bit unusual. Could it be?"

The two were head to head, engrossed in their newly discovered secret, unaware that a figure carrying a coffee cup had silently emerged from the break room and stopped behind them.

"Cough cough." Two clear coughs sounded behind the two of them.