After I went offline, I discovered that He Yi had promised to treat everyone to a meal and it was going to be a proper feast at a restaurant too! She even invited Gui Guzi, Chaos Moon, and Li Chengfeng over from the ASUS esports club. She invited nearly twenty of us to a fancy restaurant in the city to encourage everyone before the Nation Wars began. He Yi had never been one to stint and save, and this was yet another example of her generosity.

……

We reached the restaurant at about noon, and we were ushered into a private room the moment we entered. There were two tables laid out for us and Gui Guzi, Chaos Moon, Xu Yang and the rest of the gang had already seated themselves at a table. They were currently playing poker and Gui Guzi’s face was practically covered in paper slips with the number "2" written on it. Chaos Moon had just slapped another paper slip on Gui Guzi’s forehead as we walked in. A vivacious smile gleamed on her pretty face and it was clear that she was in high spirits.

"The guild leaders have arrived!" Li Chengfeng said with a grin as he sipped a cup of tea.

He Yi nodded her head with a giggle. "Has everyone arrived?"

"We’re still waiting for one more person…" Gui Guzi said.

"Oh, who?"

"Heaven’s Rain. After she went offline, she told us that she would make her way over. This just so happened to coincide with our lunch, so I told her to come over to the restaurant. Also, she’s...