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Chapter 185: Middle School Class Reunion (First Update)_1

Chapter 185: Middle School Class Reunion (First Update)_1

(Thanks to the old reader Dream V Soaring for the reminder, the plot has been appropriately revised.)

On Ren He’s first night back, he ended up rolling up his sleeves and working with everyone until 3 a.m. If he hadn’t forcibly sent everyone home, fearing it would affect the following work schedule, they probably could have worked even longer. Moreover, Ren He notified everyone that they could start work in the afternoon the next day, which implied they would continue working late into the night again.

Fortunately, no one had any objections. If they were asked to do it unpaid, they definitely wouldn’t have been happy. Both passion and bread must be considered.

So, under the premise of double pay, everyone was willing to give it their all.

This went on for a week, and Ren He gave up everything else to stay in the studio. At this time, they suddenly discovered a downside to their trash can system: notes were easy to lose and inconvenient to search through.

As a result, sometimes even though a problem had been solved, when they had to refer back to the results later, they would find the note was nowhere to be found.

So, the team came together and created an extremely simple work software, where the content of the notes was published by one person for everyone to access at any time.

Then, as they continued working, Ren He realized that there were just too many issues. Some details were easy to overlook until you actually started working on them and discovered a multitude of problems.

Ren He’s personal experience was limited, and he really was getting overwhelmed. Out of necessity, he ended up hiring several high-salary game planners to fully resolve the game planning issues. Prior to this, Ren He didn’t even have a complete document ready. It was only after these planners arrived that they systematically sorted everything out!

He truly appreciated this decision; the experts were indeed experts. They organized everything a game planner needed to have in order, unlike himself who was just hitting randomly, which was unreliable.

Qinghe Games had two local artists, and gradually people in Luo City started to learn that a well-funded company in their small city was developing a game, with excellent salaries and benefits, and was filled with well-known figures in the gaming industry.

Lately, they even started offering double pay, and there were free afternoon teas and midnight snacks available!

In a small city, what was that? It was unheard of; who would run a company like this?

Yet, its reputation spread slowly through Luo City. What everyone focused on was not the game it was developing, but how strange its work model was and how astonishing the benefits were.

While Ren He and Xu Nuo were busy and enjoying their business efforts, Duan Xiaolou’s call came: "Hey, Ren He, have you come back?"

"Ah, I’m back, I’m back!" Ren He laughed, saying, "I’ve been too busy lately, I even forgot to tell you. Have you guys already had your gathering?" In theory, he could just ask Xu Nuo, but considering that Xu Nuo was an outsider who might not be remembered by everyone, he wasn’t certain.

"Not yet, everyone is waiting for you," Duan Xiaolou’s voice didn’t reveal her emotions as she continued, "Are you free these next few days?"

Ren He thought about it. Now that the game planners were in place, he could afford to take time out for a meal, so he replied, "Tonight is fine, can you check if everyone else is available?"

As a result, the middle school reunion dinner was set for tonight at 6 p.m. at the Triumphal Arch Hotel.

That evening, Ren He told everyone at the studio that he and Xu Nuo were going out for a meal and would be back soon, then they headed straight for the Triumphal Arch Hotel. They didn’t mention that it was a middle school graduation reunion, because if these adults knew they were working for two middle schoolers, who knows what they might think. Xu Nuo behaved rather well this time, not saying anything wrong. Although he looked young, with Ren He around, no one paid much attention, and they just assumed they were two college students from wealthy families starting a business.

After all, Ren He’s height now definitely possesses the quality of a college student, and there’s some truth to the saying that appearance springs from the heart. Since his return from the past, Ren He’s facial features rapidly matured toward adulthood—it was hard for him even to imagine this when he looked in the mirror; perhaps it was the change in his eyes.

By the time the two of them arrived, most of the classmates had already gathered. Everyone was originally chatting but the moment Ren He walked in, their eyes lit up, as if the gossip they were anticipating was about to be confirmed. Sure enough, as soon as Ren He arrived, the class reunion began.

As the event went on, the atmosphere slowly started to feel a bit strange. Some classmates talked about where they had gone to play with their parents after graduation, which was really just a way to show off a bit.

The life of ordinary people is like this, not filled with many dramatic ups and downs.

Gradually, everyone began to talk about the three hottest topics of this summer vacation. The first, of course, was about Yang Xi’s debut. Yang Xi, our classmate, had suddenly become a celebrity, which was something everyone found a bit hard to accept at the moment.

It felt just like jumping from the real world straight into a fairy tale—having a celebrity come from our midst! Throughout this summer vacation, the classmates of Junior Class 2 hadn’t stopped telling people: You know Yang Xi? She’s my classmate! It seemed as if the glory of Yang Xi being his classmate was shared by him; of course, this was a normal reaction.

Anyway, whenever Ren He heard the topic of Yang Xi, he would listen with great interest, and since he hadn’t been very close to Yang Xi in school, nobody associated him with the identity of Yang Xi’s boyfriend, which felt super interesting.

When Duan Xiaolou heard everyone discussing Yang Xi, she couldn’t help but glance at Ren He, feeling that among those present, perhaps she was the only one who knew the truth, right?

When the topic of boyfriends came up, some people started to notice Duan Xiaolou and unintentionally discovered her glances towards Ren He from time to time. This kind of thing can’t be defended against by those who are observant, and Duan Xiaolou wasn’t exactly a grown-up with a deep sense of cunning.

But now everyone suddenly felt that the two of them did seem quite matched. Perhaps they wouldn’t have felt this way before, because Ren He used to be too insignificant, but now it was different. Everyone had a complex view of Ren He.

Logically speaking, during past graduation ceremonies, the top ten students of the school would give speeches on stage, but for some reason, this segment had been canceled this time...

And during the graduation ceremony, Ren He had already arrived in Capital and didn’t attend at all!

No one knew that the protagonist they were discussing was sitting right here, and he was listening to them praise him with wicked amusement.

The second thing, of course, was about the Doomsday Knight videos and the song "Fade," which was explosively popular and ignited the passion inherent in their age group.

At this point, someone suddenly laughed and said to Ren He, "Speaking of the Knight, he’s also from Luo City. Ren He, you also frequently play sports, maybe you’ll be the next Knight. When you become famous, you’ve got to look after your old classmates!"

"Haha, I’ll try my best," Ren He said cheerfully. "Then I’ll aim to play something even more awesome and totally surpass the Knight."

Of course, nobody took his words seriously; they were taken as just a joke.

Sometimes it’s like this, before the person beside you begins to shine and heat up, it’s hard to imagine what achievements this seemingly ordinary old classmate will make in the future.