The Weird Life Game: Starting as a Department Head

Chapter 11 Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, Heaven in the Water

Xu Hang remembers clearly that Liu Xuan, Guan Chang, Zhang Yi, and Song Qingyang were roommates in their senior year of high school.

The unusual combination of surnames led Liu Xuan to ask Song Qingyang many times if one of his parents had the surname Zhuge, or if any of his ancestors had the surname Zhuge.

Xu Hang was quite surprised to hear that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were still together.

"They both happen to work at your company?"

"We made a pact when we were in our senior year of high school that we would join the army after graduation and then come back to start a business together."

Liu Xuan said with great satisfaction:

"The background setting made things go smoothly, allowing us to skip the process and succeed directly."

"...How many people does your security company have?"

"Three. I wanted Song Qingyang to work part-time as a medical consultant, but he refused. I'll try to persuade him another day."

Xu Hang sighed softly.

He had thought the game's background had really given Liu Xuan a bunch of elite soldiers and generals, but now it seems that the so-called security company was just a personal studio formed by the three brothers.

However, the unity of the three became their most powerful weapon tonight.

"Shen Yao, you go in first and meet with Director He. I'll be there later. Don't tell anyone who I met or who I was talking to."

He gave Shen Yao a word of advice, and after receiving her affirmative reply, he turned around and gestured to Liu Xuan:

Let's talk in private.

The two arrived at a secluded corner, where Xu Hang briefly recounted his encounter with Cheng Yu that afternoon.

"Ultimately, factional conflict is part of the game design; we don't have any major grudges against each other."

If the unfortunate symptoms in the Black and White groups aren't severe, perhaps a solution is to simply not play the game at all.

After listening, Liu Xuan thought for a moment and nodded.

"Old Xu, you've taken another step forward in Cheng Shuo's thinking. If possible, I certainly don't want to be on guard against others every day."

However, there is something I'm worried about.

He slowed his speech:

"They can endure misfortune, but what about the fortune that's right before their eyes?"

"If the risks and rewards aren't proportional, they probably won't act impulsively, right?"

Xu Hang was a little unsure:

"Moreover, how useful luck is is still unknown."

"Old Xu, the point isn't how useful it is, let's just say this—"

Liu Xuan was about to continue speaking when a car horn suddenly caught his attention.

Two cars were stuck at the entrance to the ground-level parking lot in front of the clubhouse.

"The work is here. We can talk about it later. You go in first."

Liu Xuan pulled his hat down a little, patted Xu Hang on the shoulder, and quickly walked towards the two car owners who were about to fight.

Xu Hang watched Liu Xuan's back for a while, then turned and walked into the Fifty Strings Clubhouse.

The interior design of Fifty Strings is mainly minimalist, with green plants as accents.

Looking around, he quickly spotted Shen Yao waiting for him at the front desk.

As he approached, he smelled a floral fragrance.

He rode in Shen Yao's car all the way here and was quite certain that it wasn't her scent.

I glanced to the side and saw a cluster of flowers immersed in a glass bottle.

This floral arrangement blends the fragrances of various flowers beautifully.

"Sir, our shop absolutely does not use any plastic flowers for decoration, and we do everything possible to eliminate the harm of tiny plastic molecules to the human body, so as to give every customer the most natural experience."

The young man stationed at the front desk noticed Xu Hang's curiosity about the flower arrangement on the table and immediately explained:

"Our shop owner is an experienced floral artist whose philosophy is that while glittering glamour is everywhere, natural fragrance is what people truly love."

Xu Hang nodded.

"If I have the chance, I would really like to get to know your store manager."

"If our valued customers keep coming, we might just run into our store manager."

Xu Hang didn't take such polite words to heart.

Shen Yao had already met He Xiyan and came back specifically to guide Xu Hang.

Soon, Xu Hang arrived at a side room the size of an ordinary family's living room, and he could hear the sound of a zither even before he entered the room.

Upon entering, the interior decoration is quite unique.

The walls are designed to resemble mountain rocks, the ceiling protrudes upwards, and there is a thick, transparent glass panel in the middle.

Various ornamental fish swim inside the glass enclosure, and overall, it lives up to the name of the room:

A grotto-like paradise in the water.

The guests were like immortals who had come to the Dragon Palace, enjoying the company of the Dragon Palace maids.

There were about five sponsors, including He Xiyan and five girls from Qingwu Media.

Lu Tingxue, dressed in ancient costume, sat gracefully in the corner, playing a ukulele that resembled a pipa.

In addition, there was a seemingly refined outsider adjusting the camera equipment in another corner.

Xu Hang ignored the others and walked straight toward the other person.

"Yang Feng, it's been a long time."

"Xu Hang? Have you seen my camera battery?"

Photographer Yang Feng glanced up at Xu Hang, then continued searching for something, seemingly unsurprised that Xu Hang would be there.

"That's strange. I prepared two extra pieces to counteract that damned curse, so how come they both disappeared?"

It couldn't have been because he forgot to bring it when he went out.

Listening to the other party's complaints, Xu Hang knew that it was a mild curse inherent to the Black and White Group.

Occasionally, I experience major misfortune; frequently, I experience minor misfortune.

"Isn't the camera screen lit up?"

"One battery might not be enough to capture the whole thing. What if I can only capture half? What if I have to edit a promotional video later?"

Yang Feng said irritably:

"Is Lu Tingxue's increased luck stat even useful? How come I'm still so unlucky even though I'm right next to her?"

"It's more accurate to say that you're unlucky because you're next to her."

Xu Hang sighed:

"The hunt has begun. To Lu Tingxue, you are a potential enemy. If you do anything that is detrimental to her, you will naturally be in trouble."

"What's wrong with me? I'm here to work, I need to eat too."

Yang Feng was unhappy.

"It's okay, I'll communicate with Qingwu Media. You can just film it as you see fit."

Xu Hang made a suggestion:

"I have some influence here, so I'll help you if you have any trouble, just don't cause any problems."

We're all classmates; there's no need to turn against each other over a game.

Upon hearing Xu Hang's suggestion, Yang Feng stopped searching for the camera battery and instead looked into his eyes.

"What about Luo Yingchen's matter? Is it just over like that?"

"His situation is a little different from what you think; you can consider it an accident."

Xu Hang knew that the matter of the forty-ninth person could not be revealed.

With the black-and-white group and the full-color group about to reach a preliminary cooperation agreement, we cannot allow any more internal suspicions to arise.

Listening to Xu Hang's explanation, Yang Feng stared at him for a while before finally nodding.

"I can't do anything except work."

"That's good."

After Xu Hang turned to leave, Yang Feng quietly pulled out the button microphone hidden inside his clothes.

"I've passed this stage for now. Does luck really help me?"

A cheerful and affirmative reply came through his wireless earpiece:

"Don't worry, if there's anything truly extraordinary about fate in this world, it must be a miracle. Luck is a miracle."