Chapter 11: Heart Tribulation (Liu Chuanhao)

I've never heard a stranger request to wait in the back chair of a rundown Internet café for three days in a row, starting on Friday.

Although the request was strange, I couldn't manage so much at the time, and I had no income for several days since I was cheated by the Eleven Pavilion team. Even if it is to take over the boost, I'm afraid there will be a process, so as long as the other party gives money, then I can accept no matter how strange the request is.

I came to see a man in a suit and leather shoes, and he pulled out a lot of money from his suitcase, which honestly was more than I had been training for a year. He told me that they had investigated me before, and that he had participated in the youth training of the Eleven-a-side team, and that the person I needed to wait for was an old acquaintance from the youth training together - Chen Liao. I need to do two things, one is to pretend to meet him by chance, and the other is to try to have a good relationship with him, and the other party will increase the amount of money because of the information I brought.

Speaking of Chen Liao, I still remember that by chance, I once cheated him and indirectly caused him to lose his youth training qualifications. Originally, I felt a little guilty about this, but after I joined the second team training, I knew that I was helping him escape.

Although pretending to meet by chance and pretending to be close to this kind of behavior seems a bit despicable, it is just some information, and it should not have much to lose to him. I've thought about why these people are willing to spend a lot of money on me to steal Chen's information, but I haven't been able to come up with a reason. Although he has become very popular because of the defeat of the plug-in, but if you value his commercial value, you can talk to him directly, there is no need to go around from me, and he is not a professional player now, is there any unknown secret hidden in his body?

While giving money, the other party reminded me that Chen Liao likes to meddle in things, and I want to pretend to be pitiful as much as possible, so that it is easier to attract his attention.

I waited at the Internet café for two days and sent a message asking the man who paid why he was sure that Chen Liao would come. The other party told me that you don't care, just wait. I never thought that the next day, he would really come. For the sake of so much money, I worked hard all the way, and I don't know if it was the fact that "being a fellow youth student" lowered his vigilance, and he didn't seem to suspect it much.

Judging from all indications, Chen Liao is indeed a person with a good character, and he doesn't seem to be stupid, but he has a shortcoming, he always likes to think of people in a good way. When I took out an account that was superior to him to fight him, he only suspected that my level had dropped due to negligence in training, and he didn't take into account the weapon of throwing knives at all, and when you were weak-minded, you couldn't play well at all, and I was so nervous that I didn't even dare to light a cigarette, for fear that he would see something. It wasn't until I saw that he didn't seem to have any suspicion at all, that I was a little relieved and showed my strength in the final sword.

Despite my guilt, I have a way to feel at ease. It's like a lot of thieves comfort themselves when they steal someone else's stuff – I'm a poor person and I need the money, but the person who stole it isn't bad for the stuff. In the same way, it is easy to see that Chen Liao's family conditions are much better than mine, and he even told me that his parents gave him the opportunity to pursue a career. I can't imagine what it would be like to grow up in that environment, he was tolerant, he was kind, basically, because he lacked nothing.

Originally, things were easy to handle here, I just had to report every day what copies he had typed, what time he was in class, and what time he was playing games. And these things, even if you watch his live broadcast, you can easily know, I really can't figure out what the other party is trying to do. However, there is money earned for nothing anyway, and whoever doesn't want it is a fool.

At the suggestion of the other party, I got a job as a takeaway, and in fact, I only occasionally delivered two orders depending on my mood. I slept most of the time, but I had to cut back on the amount of time I was playing to show that I was really working hard.

The turning point came that night, when I was bored with a takeaway and was invited to play professionally. I was very impressed by this proposal, not that I had any "esports dreams" or that "becoming a professional player was my long-standing dream", but I simply thought that this kind of work of exchanging information for money would not last long. Playing a career seems like a more lucrative and suitable job for me.

Unexpectedly, Chen Liao actually brought Xie Liuying to the Internet café at night, and their purpose was to invite me to play professionally. It seems that after the news of the new version of the game is released, there are still many people who are optimistic about the subsequent development of the game. On the premise that the contract amount is about the same, I decisively chose Chen to talk about their team, firstly, with the blessing of the fame of the moon god; Second, Chen Liao and Xie Liuying's strength is obviously stronger, and as teammates, it will definitely be easier to make achievements; Third, it will be more convenient for us to carry out our intelligence work.

On the second day of signing the contract, the plot took a 180-degree turn. That day, the moon god came to me with a hard-shell book and asked me if I would like to sign it. I wondered, what could it be if it didn't look like an add-on to a contract? I took a closer look, but I was stunned, this is an affidavit, and the people who signed it are all willing to maintain the normal operation of the game, and fight to the end against the people behind the want to bring down the game.

I was so strange that I immediately raised my doubts to the moon god - is there anyone else who wants to break the game behind their backs? Isn't this game cool on its own?

The moon god looked at me in surprise and said that this matter has been upset for the past two days, and I don't know?

To be honest, I don't play much of my game these days, and cluttered channels like the World Channel are blocked by default in my game settings. At this time, I opened the official website news center, and the latter saw the match-fixing turmoil about Yue Qian and the cause of Lin Xun's death.

Luna then told me that the game's own mechanics and changes in the market environment were of course important factors, but that the person they were fighting against was not kind all the time. Chen talked about the fact that they have done a lot of work in this area during the summer vacation, which is very remarkable. Of course, this is voluntary, and it doesn't mean that professional players have to sign it.

Seeing this, I finally understood that those people who paid me to provide information about Chen Liao were the ones who wanted to bring down the game. I was secretly surprised, but in order to avoid suspicion, I signed this oath with trepidation.

That night, I thought a lot, in this situation, am I the legendary mole?

Although my moral lower limit is not high, I should always have some bottom line as a person, and these people seem to have no bottom line at all. That's when I realized that I couldn't continue to work with them, not because I suddenly felt a sense of justice, but because these people were so terrible that I had to break up with them as soon as possible.

The next day, I found an opportunity to call the contact person, and made it clear that I didn't want to provide any more information, the official website had made their information public, and the risk was too high, and I was just an ordinary person, so I couldn't do it at all. As for the money they gave me before, I can return it in full.

I thought that there would be some twists and turns in this matter, and the other side has a huge power, and it is very likely that it will be retaliated against. But it didn't happen unexpectedly, he said, as long as I do a little bit he can stop being held accountable, and I don't have to return the money, that is, I can't tell anyone else that there was a transaction between us.

I naturally agreed to this, after all, if this kind of black history is exposed, it will not do me any good.

For the next few months, I had a great time, being able to focus on being a professional player and making a good income.

Of course, the most important thing is that I found that not everyone is calculating others all the time, although I feel guilty, everyone still accepts me very sincerely. The "shrewdness of the poor" that I had learned since I was a child didn't work in this environment, and for the first time I knew that it was good to just open my mouth if I wanted something, and no one cared whether it was "earned" or "lost" in trivial matters.

Now that I think about it, when I first met Chen Liao half a year ago, because the price of his instant noodles was one dollar more expensive than mine, I lied to him and said, "I eat this every day and want to change the taste", which is really inauthentic. Later, I wondered if he would notice it, which was really a little ridiculous.

During the Chinese New Year, my family also seemed to consciously want to repair the relationship with me. I know very well that they see me as a mere remark, so they want to repair the relationship, in essence, because they still have money in my pocket. When you broke off the relationship with me, you said it so decisively, but now you know that you will come back to me with your face licking. They told me that my brother was going to marry a girl from the next village in the next year, and that the family was still short of a bride price, and they hoped that I could support it.

Oh, support you big-headed ghost, I am now feeding my whole family and not hungry, why should I support it? But one thing to say, although my parents treated me badly, my brother and I still have feelings, when I skipped class to play games, he was the one who helped me cover up. After I was discovered, I faced punishment, and he also kept speaking for me. I didn't want him to really have no money to marry a wife, so I called my brother directly and asked him how much he needed. I'll give it to him directly, so as not to give it to my parents, I don't know how much I will draw out.

I transferred the money, and my brother thanked him vigorously, saying that he would definitely pay it back in the future. I thought it was over here. However, just the day before yesterday, we went to G City to participate in an offline event. The man behind the scenes suddenly called me, and he didn't have any other purpose than to get back the money he had given me.

Now I was completely dumbfounded, my brother's bride price was not a lot, the money they gave me at that time was barely enough for half a year's salary, but now how can I still have the money to pay them back? They said, "Let me think it through and come back to the base in a day."

During the whole event, I was a little nervous, seeing that hooded man defeated Chen Liao, I was a little skeptical that Chen Liao was also bribed by them, and deliberately released water to lose so ugly, did they want to give me a dismount in this way?

On the way back to the car, I thought about it a lot, and I realized that it was never a good thing for me that these people let me go easily. They knew that it was pointless to get the money back at that time, or to force me to continue to do eyeliner, and if they pushed me into a hurry, they would definitely tell the whole story and the rest of the team. And now that I think about it, in line with the principle of "those who don't know are not guilty", maybe at that time I will be honest, and everyone may consider forgiving me.

But at this point, I'm completely locked up, I can't leave the professional arena and I don't have the money to pay them back. And I don't know if they calculated this step correctly, so they chose to come to me at this point in time.

I thought about countermeasures, hesitated, and decided to borrow some money from Zheng Mingchuan. Even though the money I owe may be pocket money for him, we are all teammates and I really don't know how to say it. I finally mustered up the courage to look for him, only to find that he was not in the room at all. At this time, the people behind the scenes called me first, told me that they were already downstairs, and told me to hurry down.

I didn't dare to disobey, so I went downstairs and ran into the man. Then, I wanted to find a corner that was not easy to be seen and break this matter up with them, I instinctively thought of the back of the hot pot restaurant, I brought the person here, but unexpectedly found that Zheng Mingchuan was actually here on the phone, and he obviously saw me with that person. I was so frightened that I slipped away.

The other party proposed that I have two paths to take, one, continue to act as their eyeliner, and two, pay off the money immediately. If I don't choose either, then they will definitely "want me to look good".

That's when I realized what a terrible enemy they had been fighting against, and these people were very good at casting long lines to catch big fish. I even suspect that my parents, who have never paid attention to the esports world, suddenly know that I have money, maybe it was the news they let out. Now that I think about it, the reason why they were able to make sure that Chen Liao met me at that Internet café was probably because they hired a group of people to fill all the other Internet cafes in the vicinity.

And in this case, they nominally gave me two options, but in fact only one option was given to me in this case. They calculated that I would never dare to confess to the team, because it was almost impossible to get everyone's understanding when I confessed, and even if I said that I hadn't leaked any more information since joining the team, no one would believe me. Because what people who are not honest about the key issues has no reference value at all. Especially Chen Liao, who brought me into the team, although he is generous, he is very principled in handling things, and it is impossible to tolerate repeated deception.

Then after the matter was exposed, my career ended here, and with such a "criminal record", it is certain that no team will want me.

It is conceivable that even if I return the money now, they can continue to threaten me with this, after all, as long as they break the news with the evidence in their hands, I will lose everything I have so hard-won now.

At this time, I made what I thought was the wisest choice, and I clearly told the other party that it was impossible to continue to do eyeliner, and if he had the ability, he would break the news.

Yes, I have been living for more than ten years, and now it seems a little strange to suddenly think that it will be a little strange, but who rules that wilted people can't come out of leopards? In the past six months, I have learned that having a clear conscience makes a person happier than having money.

The other party obviously didn't expect me to make such a decision suddenly, of course, in this case, he couldn't do anything to me, just coldly said "look forward to my performance tomorrow" and left.

Before the start of the game, I always thought that it would be better to find a chance to confess to everyone first, and no matter how it was handled, I could accept it. But judging from everyone's expressions, everyone seems to be serious and in poor shape, and if I talk about this kind of thing now, it will definitely affect the performance of others in the next games.

Thinking of this, I was determined to win this game and confess my business again. However, as soon as the scene began, we fell into passivity, and I thought of the provocative demeanor of the man yesterday who "looks forward to my performance tomorrow". I realized that I had to reverse the current decline, so I chose a more aggressive style of play, and the so-called wealth and danger are the truth. Who knows, but there was a major mistake, and no results were achieved, and he gave it back in vain.

Then, naturally, we lost the game unsurprisingly.