Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 154: Chapter 154: So Miserable

The next morning.

Long Ming stood on the side of Guangwei Street, waiting patiently.

"Bro!"

Just then, Gu Yi and Chen Wei walked over with three girls.

"You’re here."

Long Ming responded with a slight nod.

"Let me introduce you. This is my girlfriend, Tao Sisi!"

Gu Yi said happily to Long Ming.

Long Ming glanced at Tao Sisi. She was 1.7 meters tall, wearing a light blue fashion blouse under a denim jacket. She was quite pretty.

"This is my little sister, Gu Yi!"

Gu Yi then pointed to a quiet-looking girl with long black hair, a melon-seed-shaped face, and fair skin as he continued the introductions.

"And this is my girlfriend, Lin Xiaozhao."

Chen Wei, holding the hand of a youthful and pretty girl with wavy hair, a nice figure, and earrings, introduced her to Long Ming.

"Hm, hello everyone."

Long Ming greeted them politely.

Then, Gu Yi introduced Long Ming to the three women.

"This is my bro, Long Ming. We specifically asked him to come help us this time."

"Is he reliable?"

Hearing Gu Yi, Tao Sisi looked Long Ming up and down and asked doubtfully.

Long Ming was also a little surprised.

"Of course he’s reliable! He’s my bro,"

Gu Yi said to Tao Sisi.

"The last guy you brought, you also said he was your ’bro.’ In the end, when the red-named loot dropped, didn’t he just backstab you?"

Tao Sisi retorted irritably.

"That’s right. And the time before that, you said he was a ’friend,’ and he screwed us over too."

Lin Xiaozhao chimed in, piling on.

Hearing this, Long Ming found it more and more amusing.

At this, Gu Yi and Chen Wei grew anxious and quickly tried to explain.

"Long Ming’s not like them! He’s totally reliable, super strong, and he’s famous on the leaderboards!"

"For real?"

Tao Sisi looked at Long Ming, still suspicious.

"Of course it’s true! If you don’t believe me, look at this screenshot I took."

Gu Yi took out his phone and pulled up a picture for Tao Sisi to see.

After looking at it, Tao Sisi’s eyes widened in realization.

"Oh, so he’s from that Five Brocade Rats thing that was super popular."

"That doesn’t prove he’s strong. At best, he got lucky and managed to steal the mission."

Lin Xiaozhao was still unconvinced.

"Hey! Are you two dense? Even though it was five members of the Rat Group on the leaderboard, do you think they could have completed the mission without Long Ming leading them?"

Gu Yi and Chen Wei praised Long Ming to the high heavens. Others might not know how strong he was, but the two of them had experienced it firsthand.

"Fine."

Since both Gu Yi and Chen Wei were saying this, Tao Sisi and Lin Xiaozhao didn’t press the issue.

Then, Gu Yi looked at Long Ming with a wry smile.

"Bro, don’t mind them. Our girlfriends have just been screwed over too many times."

"What exactly happened?"

"Don’t even get me started. You have no idea how unlucky we’ve been. We just wanted to run a dungeon to make some cash, but the ’friends’ and ’bros’ we brought along all ended up backstabbing us. The escorts we hired were useless, too—they were either too weak or turned on us in the end! We’ve pretty much lost our shirts. But we can’t accept defeat, so we’re gearing up for one last run. If we still can’t make money, we’re just going to quit the game and focus on our real jobs. We finally scraped together the invitation scrolls, but we had no one reliable to team up with. In the end, we were desperate and had no choice but to call you. Otherwise, we really wouldn’t have wanted to bother you and waste your time."

"It’s no problem."

Hearing this, Long Ming couldn’t help but chuckle.

"Also, bro... we can’t afford your escort fee. We can only provide the invitation scrolls and the game pods. As for the loot, it’s finders keepers."

Gu Yi said to Long Ming, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Don’t worry about it. It’s fine."

Long Ming reached out and clapped Gu Yi on the shoulder.

"Thanks."

Hearing Long Ming’s words, Gu Yi broke into a wide, happy grin.

In truth, Gu Yi and Chen Wei really had their backs against the wall. They couldn’t trust anyone else, but Long Ming was a sure bet.

It wasn’t just that he was incredibly strong; the key was that he was a genuinely good person. When they ran a dungeon together before, he had insisted on rescuing them, and he wasn’t greedy for loot either.

"Don’t mention it. But what dungeon are we running? It’s not the Observatory, is it? I don’t think I can carry you through that one."

Long Ming asked with a smile.

When Gu Yi and Chen Wei heard "Observatory dungeon," their faces darkened.

"No way. Not even a dog would run that dungeon."

"Why not?"

Long Ming looked at them in surprise.

"You have no idea. We tried it once before. HOLY SHIT, the guys in there are fucking monsters! They were just shooting at us for fun, and in the end they even headshotted us," the two of them cursed, furious.

"Is it possible it was a misunderstanding?"

Long Ming felt extremely awkward. He didn’t know how to react to these two. ’That was me trying to warn them! But these two idiots ran the wrong way and got themselves killed by that guy. Still, he was on my team at the time. If he wasn’t, I would’ve taken him down myself.’

"Misunderstanding my ass!"

Gu Yi shot back irritably.

"Haha, let’s not talk about that. Let’s go."

Long Ming quickly changed the subject.

"Let’s go."

Gu Yi and the others led Long Ming away.

A few minutes later, Long Ming and the group arrived at the entrance of Moon Wave Star Cafe.

"Moon Wave Star Cafe?"

Long Ming stared at the cafe before him, stunned.

"That’s right. The best Star Cafe in Mountain City Mountain. Let me tell you, this place is insanely popular. It’s almost impossible to book their game pods. If I didn’t know Miss Qian Lan here and have a bit of a connection, we’d never have gotten a machine."

Gu Yi explained proudly to Long Ming.

Just then, across the street at the entrance of Star Wish Cafe...

An Qing walked out, yawning and stretching lazily.

Just then, she happened to see Long Ming heading toward Moon Wave Star Cafe with a group of people, and a look of shock appeared on her face.

She immediately turned her head and shouted to Xiaoqi, who was coming on for her shift.

"Xiaoqi!"

"What? Aren’t you going home to sleep? What are you yelling at me for?"

Xiaoqi walked over with Cloud Fish, speaking irritably.

"Your little rat is cheating on you."

"What are you talking about? Spell it out for me!"

"Don’t believe me? See for yourself."

An Qing pointed toward Moon Wave Star Cafe with a grin.

Xiaoqi froze and turned to look. She saw Long Ming’s group entering Moon Wave Star Cafe and said in shock,

"Long Ming?"

"Sister Qi, the competition is trying to poach our customers! And Long Ming is with several really pretty girls."

Cloud Fish said to Xiaoqi, puffing her cheeks in anger.

"Come on, let’s go check it out!"

Furious, Xiaoqi dragged Cloud Fish over.

Watching the two of them run off, An Qing burst into a delighted grin.

Soon, the two of them reached the entrance of Moon Wave Star Cafe, but they were stopped by Manager Zhao Chang before they could even go inside.

"Well, well, isn’t it Xiaoqi from Star Wish Cafe? To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"

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