[Player 'Cabbage Ice Cream' requests to add you as a friend, Accept/Decline.]
Lu Ye clicked decline without thinking.
"Hehe, want to add me as a friend to flame me? Not happening!"
Back when Teacher Lu was still a naive youth, his most-used deck in Hearthstone was Control Priest.
After defeating opponents with Control Priest, opponents repeatedly sent friend requests.
Lu Ye, intending to exchange card techniques, planned friendly greetings.
Unexpectedly, the opponent was from Zaun, flaming him before immediately blocking Lu Ye.
Content roughly: "Play your XXX Control Priest," "Pirate Warrior number one!"
Since then, Lu Ye became extremely cautious about adding friends.
After all, his playstyle was genuinely too dirty...
Opponents losing then getting angry was understandable.
Gold had been so furious after Lu Ye's Venusaur swept his team that he couldn't eat for three days.
Lu Ye had seen this too many times!
"Kid, you're still too young!"
Lu Ye couldn't help praising his own cleverness.
After declining the friend request, three seconds later, the opponent sent another message.
[Cabbage Ice Cream: ?]
You dare send me question marks?
Lu Ye immediately laughed, quickly replying.
[Teacher Lu: My friend's slot is very expensive.]
[Cabbage Ice Cream: How much?]
[Teacher Lu: At least worth a thousand yuan!]
[Cabbage Ice Cream: What's your account number?]
Lu Ye: ?
From this, she was genuinely planning to transfer money?
Losing then flaming opponents was common. Losing then flaming teammates was a basic operation.
Losing and then transferring money to opponents was a first!
Can't beat them, join them?
Looking at this unfamiliar ID, Lu Ye seemed to see a new path to wealth before him.
[Teacher Lu: No rush, let's calculate.]
[Teacher Lu: Joining my friend's slot not only provides tactical teaching but also a free practice partner. One thousand yuan isn't excessive, right?]
[Cabbage Ice Cream: Very worthwhile.]
[Teacher Lu: Plus, my world ranking is seventh, schedule is full. Adding five hundred yuan, no objections?]
[Cabbage Ice Cream: Mm.]
[Teacher Lu: You know the high living costs nowadays. Calculating utilities and labour costs, how about this?]
[Teacher Lu: Friendship price for you, three thousand!]
The opponent fell silent momentarily.
[Cabbage Ice Cream: ...Isn't that too little?]
Cynthia calculated based on her own situation. One League exhibition match lasting about two hours paid two million yuan.
The opponent excelled at Perish Song teams.
If truly as he said, able to be a free practice partner, that was quite worthwhile.
After all, veteran-level trainers charged tens of thousands per practice hour.
With this ID "Teacher Lu's" commanding level, three thousand yuan wasn't expensive; it almost insulted his worth.
[Teacher Lu: Too...too little?]
Lu Ye immediately spat out the water he'd just drunk.
Swallowing, Lu Ye's hands trembled as he replied.
[Teacher Lu: What do you think is appropriate?]
[Cabbage Ice Cream: For the friend slot, I'll give you ten thousand first. When free, practice with me. Payment separate then.]
[Cabbage Ice Cream: Logging off, send account number. See you.]
Happiness came too suddenly.
Lu Ye momentarily felt his head still buzzing.
Did he just...encounter a rich lady?
Not only didn't she flame him after losing, she gave him ten thousand yuan?!
Accepting "Cabbage Ice Cream's" friend request, Lu Ye tremblingly clicked her personal homepage, unable to confirm immediately.
Judging from ID and Pokémon, it was very likely Cynthia.
But was Sinnoh's Champion this free, not only having time for gaming but also changing to a little loli character image?
Legal loli Caitlin was also blonde, with good relations with Cynthia. The possibility of her wasn't small!
Another possibility: the opponent was a middle-aged man specifically using the Q-version character!
Lu Ye shuddered, dismissing this terrifying thought from his mind.
"Just assume she's Cynthia." Lu Ye murmured. "This way I'll have motivation when practice-partnering."
"Buzz;"
[Your account ending in XXX received 10,000 yuan, Balance: 23,500.00 yuan]
"Whoohoo, taking flight!"
Breeding Pokémon required massive wealth. Lu Ye considered this primitive capital accumulation for the future.
In a few days, streaming and Bilibili revenue would be distributed, probably over thirty thousand yuan.
For backgroundless freshmen, Lu Ye's assets were quite substantial.
But once converted to trainer expenses, tens of thousands of yuan couldn't make any splash.
"That's why I don't want to be a trainer."
Lu Ye sighed, calling Gastly, who was diligently studying. "Son, today Father's treating you to a feast!"
"Kekeke!"
Gastly flew excitedly halfway before suddenly realising something was wrong.
Why did it feel like it was taken advantage of?
Whatever, food matters!
To reward himself, Lu Ye and Gastly visited a star-rated restaurant at the Bund.
The main dish ordered for Gastly was a vegetable salad. He ordered a sirloin steak.
"Staring at me won't help."
Lu Ye stuffed small steak pieces into his mouth, mumbling, "This is the restaurant's signature dish, specially designed for Pokémon!"
"Ssssskeke~~~(T ^ T)"
Gastly's eyes became wavy lines, 'crunch crunch,' pitifully chewing leaves, attracting attention.
Lu Ye smiled apologetically at neighbouring guests. The young lady immediately blushed, whispering to her girlfriend.
"He's that trainer from Piplup Cup..."
"Should be. TV even reported about him."
Lu Ye always kept a low profile.
But excellent people shone everywhere.
Just as Lu Ye reflected, Gastly suddenly darted to Lu Ye's table, 'ahwoo' stuffing the entire steak into its mouth.
"Kekeke(*⊙~⊙)!"
"...You sure you won't choke?"
Surveying the restaurant's decor, being a concept restaurant, it had many Pokémon elements.
The website introduction stated this was a branch restaurant opened by Kalos's top chef, also Water-type Elite Four Siebold.
The main restaurant was in Kalos's Lumiose City, rated Snorlax three stars.
This Magic City branch also had one-star restaurant standards.
Crystal chandeliers, amber overhead lighting, a central wooden bar counter, a piano-equipped stage seemingly for resident bands.
Lu Ye glanced over. Then, he heard high heels clicking.
Shen Tingzhi, changed into a blue sleeveless dress and cool high heels, politely greeted him, "Lu Ye."
Shen Tingzhi seemed to be with her parents. In the distance, a formally-dressed gentleman couple gazed warmly at Lu Ye.
"Hello." Lu Ye was somewhat surprised. "What a coincidence?"
"About before, I want to apologise again." Shen Tingzhi hesitated. "If you don't mind..."
Just then, harsh microphone feedback attracted everyone's attention.
A waiter stood on stage, smiling. "Next is 'Siebold Restaurant's' reserved program."
"Battle Restaurant segment!"
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