I'm just an internet cafe owner

"remember."

"?"

Liu Yuan turned to look at Kisaragi: "My dear Miss Gen, what are you saying?"

Hearing the change in Liu Yuan's tone, Mu Geng said with a straight face, "I was just praising you for being wise and capable, boss, and telling Reise to learn from you."

Reise nodded in agreement, and Liu Yuan was too lazy to investigate how Kisara had openly spoken ill of him.

During working hours, we have to give her some face. After get off work, she'll let Mu Geng know who owns this internet cafe.

Just as Liu Yuan was pondering how to deal with this somewhat disobedient subordinate, Mu Geng suddenly raised his head and spoke to Liu Yuan.

"We'll talk about dealing with me tonight. Boss, do you have any games that two people can play together?"

"Playing together as a couple? A lot of games can be played like that!"

"It's different. Many of the games in your store can be played by two people. What I want is the kind that must be played by two people. Do you have any?"

"?"

Liu Yuan sensed that something was wrong with Mu Geng: "Mu Geng! Did you take bribes? That's against the rules."

"No way!"

Kisara said somewhat awkwardly, "Christmas is coming soon, and Christmas is a great time to confess your feelings. I was thinking, boss, if you could come up with some fun two-player cooperative games, wouldn't that attract couples to play?"

"fart!"

Liu Yuan said seriously, "This kind of game is the most unprofitable, because you can't play it if you can't find a couple. Don't you see how many singles there are in our internet cafe?"

Upon hearing this, Kisara couldn't help but look at the Mugen trio. Since Mugen's release, Goku, Garou, and Baki have been a constant presence.

If you only look at those three and not others, you would never buy this kind of multiplayer cooperative game.

"All right…"

She checked the recent dates. Although the internet cafe's time system was chaotic—today was the 1st, tomorrow the 18th—according to the system, Christmas was only a week away…

Finding a two-player game is easy, even though she's never been in a relationship and might remain single. She just wants to be on Christmas Day with someone to play something with, preferably a game for just two people, definitely not one that can be played by one or more. Only then can her wish be fulfilled.

Kisara had given up hope, but Liu Yuan thought about it after seeing Kisara's disappointed expression and contacted the system directly.

"system!"

"What?"

"Christmas is coming soon. I've done a good job this year, so shouldn't I get a few dozen free games as a bonus?"

"?"

After consulting with the supervisor, the system replied, "Dozens won't do, one at most. Since it's one item, but not from the same series, we'll give it to you at the monthly discounted price."

"Can't we have more?"

"Are you asking for benefits or something else? Don't you know what you're doing?"

For some reason, Liu Yuan felt that the system's words were laced with sarcasm, and even a little sarcastic. Had the system become sentient?

Chapter 270 Office romances aren't allowed, but couples can travel together in the office.

So, at 8 p.m., when all the customers had left the shop and the internet cafe staff were having a party, Liu Yuan patted Mu Geng on the shoulder.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

"Good news or bad news, which do you want to hear?"

"Ok!"

"I've got the two-player game you wanted, but the bad news is I can't play with you after get off work on Christmas."

"what?"

Mu Geng was dumbfounded; Liu Yuan wasn't with her.

Who is she looking for? Jibril? Forget it, Jibril's greatest pleasure is hunting deities in the old man's ring, and playing games with her during festivals?

Besides, her real purpose was to hang out with Liu Yuan!

She has an even bigger ambition: to confess her love, to be Liu Yuan's girlfriend, to become Liu Yuan's wife, and to seize power!

She is a demon, not a human. What is a demon? It is evil, and it is someone who manipulates humanity.

Liu Yuan is indeed the owner of this internet cafe, but he's also human. Before, Liu Yuan was wary and couldn't easily control this man. Now she can sense that Liu Yuan's wariness has disappeared, so she's going to ruthlessly control him.

Once I successfully confess my feelings, I can then defy him, seduce him with my desires, and eventually do no work all day and night.

When I return in the future, I won't be ridiculed by my own kind, and I can become a qualified demon.

But now, Liu Yuan is telling her they can't play together for Christmas? How can she confess her feelings if they can't play together? What about her plans if she doesn't confess? What about her dream of becoming a boss, a woman above everyone else?

Although Kisara is full of ambition, in reality, she felt terrible when she heard that they couldn't play together on that most important day.

"Oh, I see... never mind then..."

Kisara is feeling terrible. Why is she so upset? Maybe she's really fallen for him? When was it? The last time they went shopping together? Or even earlier? Playing games and working together every day, traveling to other worlds together? It all became a habit, and slowly, she fell in love.

Looking at the dejected Kisara, Liu Yuan continued, "The night after get off work on Christmas Day won't work, but I'll be releasing the game today, so I can play with you until I get off work on Christmas Day."

"Hey?"

Liu Yuan reached out and tapped Mu Geng on the head: "Isn't this what you're thinking about? But let me make it clear in advance that I will absolutely refuse to do anything other than playing games."

"Hmph, so be it. I have a whole group of people behind me."

"... "

Upon hearing this reply, Liu Yuan couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Are you sure? I seem to remember you being sealed away before you came here."

"So noisy! So noisy! So noisy!"

Kisara stomped his foot angrily and strode into the depths of the internet cafe, determined to find a machine to play on.

Liu Yuan reluctantly followed.

Why are you following me?

"What can I do? A new game has been released, so shouldn't I play it with the person who suggested it? It's a pure two-player game, you can't play it alone at all."

"No! Go play with people you want to play with and who are okay with it!"

At that moment, all plans and thoughts were thrown to the back of her mind. If Liu Yuan simply rejected her, she wouldn't care. What made her care was that Liu Yuan rejected her, yet he was going to play with someone else?

"Who are you looking for? The person I'm hanging out with isn't even human, they don't even have a gender. What? Are you jealous? Wait a minute! Didn't I go shopping with you during the Yotsuya Miko World Christmas a few days ago? Quite a few people mistook me for your boyfriend."

"Noisy!"

"I'm just asking you, are you going to play or not?"

"Play!"

Kisara pouted angrily, but when she got to the machine, she asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Why?"

"Refuse? It's simple! I've said before, office romances are forbidden."

"?"

Mu Geng was dumbfounded. She had thought Liu Yuan wasn't interested in her, but it turned out it was because of this? Wasn't this clause meant to prevent employees from affecting work efficiency due to romantic relationships? What was this boss afraid of?

"Are you thinking this is a rule made by the boss to prevent employees from affecting efficiency? That's right! Although I am the owner of an internet cafe, I have a boss above me, and this rule was made by him."

At this point, he was actually a little annoyed. If it weren't for this rule, the network administrator position might not have been relevant to Kisara. But then again, if Kisara had confessed first, he would have definitely accepted without this restriction.

The reason for agreeing was very simple; he didn't care what her reason for confessing was. She was pretty, they had known each other for a long time, and she was a girl. Being confessed to by a cute, pretty girl he knew well was something Liu Yuan had always dreamed of.

He had spent a long time with Mugeng, and to be honest, he would feel empty without Mugeng.

I didn't see anywhere, and anyone can go without bringing anything, but you can't go without wood.

"How about...not dating? Just getting to know each other?"

Kisara suggested an idea, to which Liu Yuan replied seriously, "You believe that? There are two options: I quit, or you quit. But your world has no guests, so if you quit, I might not be able to find your world's location. If I quit... I guess He and the system can brainwash me into becoming a heartless tool?"

"?"

Mu Geng was shocked. She had always thought Liu Yuan was exploitative enough, but she never expected that her boss's direct superior was even more exploitative.

"Don't be confused, that's just how reality is. I'm the kind of person who can't escape once I'm on this pirate ship. But if I really manage to make internet cafes world-famous in the future, then when I retire, the higher-ups won't care, right?"

"Hey? But boss, haven't you always been running your business in a 'laissez-faire' manner?"

"Who said that? There are a lot of things to do, you just don't know it."

"Huh? Is this...something I can say?"

"It's alright, it's allowed by the higher-ups." Liu Yuan patted the stool on the other side and said, "The ultimate goal of setting up this internet cafe is to bring together multiple..."

The interconnectedness of the metaverses makes the inherent futures of each world unpredictable. The benefit of this is that it allows for the exchange of information and collaborative development between worlds. Therefore, I, as the boss, must be the type to "laissez-faire." I can't have overly grand dreams, because such people will eventually rise to power and might even use this place as a stepping stone.

"Hey?"

Mu Geng was shocked. She knew there was a reason for the existence of the internet cafe, but she didn't expect it to be this deep.

Liu Yuan continued, "This isn't really a secret. The gods can see it at a glance, which is why they're willing to cooperate with this internet cafe. As for the money the internet cafe collects, it's not money in the traditional sense, but rather the future, fortune, and development of this world. Every penny represents each person entrusting their predetermined future, and in return, they will gain power through the games played in the internet cafe using their own abilities. The only difference is that the payment is made through a payment system."

"I see…"

Liu Yuan spread his hands and said, "That's why my position is both important and unimportant. I need a link between different worlds and to help people in each world overcome difficulties. It would be too troublesome to cultivate a new me, and it would be too difficult to find someone like me who can slack off and still see the reasons clearly. If I were really rational, my mind would definitely stop me and brainwash me along the way. So, forget about romance."

"Damn it!!"

Kisara felt extremely regretful, but at the same time, he understood many of his doubts. Why was it that Liu Yuan, who usually valued money over people, could still find various reasons to let those who had no money surf the internet for free?

"Don't be annoying, come on! We've already brought the game, it would be a shame not to play it, right?"

"Okay! I'm here. By the way, boss, um... someday in the future..."

"If you haven't changed your mind, I'll agree. But I'll have to be careful. When I hire shop assistants in the future, I can't hire someone with such a cunning mind like you."

Kisara grumbled discontentedly, "Then why don't you hire more male employees? That way, there won't be any more! I'm afraid you'll get robbed..."

"Similarly, I'm also worried about you getting robbed. Besides, I'm a womanizer! I like looking at pretty girls, but I don't like looking at men. I'm like that when I play games too!"

Whenever it's a third-person perspective, Liu Yuan's favorite choice is a female character. The reason for choosing a female character is very simple: he's lecherous, he's honest, and he's real.

"Tch, really, boss, you're such a dictator! From now on, I'll keep a close eye on you to prevent you from making mistakes. I'm going to strictly enforce the no-office-romance rule! I'll be supervising you closely starting today."

"Go ahead and supervise. I'm confident in my self-control. Hurry up! The game is about to begin!"