Coming out of the training room, Li Shiyi silently walked through the living room and returned to his dormitory.
The training base of the club provided accommodation for the members. For example, the main members of the first team had a large room with all kinds of furniture and appliances. The room was well decorated and had windows facing south. The dormitories of the second team were similar. As for substitutes like him who were looked down upon, they could only live in the smallest and most shabby six-person dormitory.
Today seemed to be the weekend, so most of the club's substitutes were locals. They had gone home early on Friday, so the six-person dormitory was empty and a little quiet.
When he pushed the door open and walked into the dormitory, Li Shiyi was surprised to see a roommate tidying up on the lower bunk. He seemed to be getting ready to change his clothes.
This roommate's name was Yang Ziyue. His in-game ID was "Second Battalion Commander Big Pao". In the club, everyone called him by his nickname "Little Fool".
Little Fool was only nineteen years old this year. He had signed up to join the High Mountain Team because he had a dream of playing esports. He wanted to play professionally and had just joined the High Mountain Team a few months ago. As a substitute, he was assigned to the same dormitory as Li Shiyi.
In the entire High Mountain Team, only Little Fool's attitude towards Li Shiyi wasn't that bad. Instead, they got along quite well because they shared the same bunk. He was Li Shiyi's only friend in the training base.
When he heard the door open, Little Fool subconsciously turned around and saw Li Shiyi. He smiled and greeted him.
"Hey, Brother Li, you're still here ~"
Then he noticed that Li Shiyi's expression was a little gloomy. He was surprised and asked with concern.
"What's wrong?"
"You don't look so good —"
Li Shiyi shook his head and smiled bitterly. "It's nothing. I was secretly playing ranked by myself in the training room. I didn't think that the team would come back so early. They happened to see me playing a blind man's six."
Little Fool immediately understood without needing to finish his sentence.
This kind of situation had happened to Li Shiyi too many times. Even as a newcomer who had just joined the club a few months ago, he had seen it with his own eyes several times.
Logically speaking, the members of High Mountain Team One and Two, and even the substitutes, couldn't stand Li Shiyi's bad attitude.
Little Fool was a little angry.
"Those guys really don't have any virtue in their mouths!"
"They're always bullying us just because they're members of Team One and Team Two. Their noses are all on top of their heads. Hey, Brother Li, don't take them to heart. If we really fight with them, we'll be the ones suffering."
Towards the end of his words, he began to earnestly persuade them.
Li Shiyi shook his head, then nodded and smiled bitterly.
"Don't worry."
"I understand."
Since he couldn't afford to offend them, he could at least hide from them.
This was also the lesson he had learned after staying in the High Mountain Team Club for so many years. However, the entire club's training base was only so big. If someone wanted to find trouble with him and make fun of him, where could he hide?
Therefore, he could only work hard to silently endure and digest such a thing.
Since he couldn't hide, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.
…
Li Shiyi shook his head and temporarily put aside his depressed thoughts. He raised his head and looked at Little Fool, who had just changed into a new T-shirt. He could not help but feel a little puzzled and curious.
"Little Fool, didn't you go home yesterday? It's still a holiday today. Why are you back so early?"
When he saw the members of Team One and Team Two in the training room and living room, he was already a little surprised. Now that Little Fool was here, he was even more confused.
Did he remember the wrong day?
Or did the club have some training mission today that called everyone back at the last minute?
Hearing Li Shiyi's question, the waiter looked at him strangely.
"Brother Li, did you forget?"
"It's the weekend today. Mountain Internet Cafe is letting our team do a residency event there."
"We didn't go last week because of the competition and training. Now that we're all on a holiday, of course we'll go as usual."
"We can at least get a red packet if we go. How can I miss such a good opportunity?"
Li Shiyi was stunned when he heard this. Then, he suddenly realized —
That's right!
Mountain Internet Cafe's residency event!
Li Shiyi couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.
Indeed, if it wasn't for Little Fool's reminder, he would have forgotten about it. The Mountain Internet Cafe was opened by one of the shareholders of the Mountain Team Club. Usually, when the team wasn't busy with competitions or training, they would often go there for live broadcasts and activities.
As for the red packet that Little Fool mentioned, it was because the shareholder of the club, the big boss of the Mountain Internet Cafe, was also a generous person. Every time the team went there for residency, he would give everyone a red packet as a reward for their hard work.
For example, the main members of Team One received generous red packets. As long as they went, they would get at least 1,500 yuan.
The members of Team Two weren't bad either. They received 800 yuan.
And for a substitute like him, he could always get a few hundred yuan as a tip. Although it wasn't a large amount, for someone like him who could only rely on the meager monthly salary from the club to make a living, a few hundred yuan was an unexpected windfall.
In fact, if it weren't for the red packet income, Li Shiyi wouldn't be able to support himself and his sister in Shanghai with just the salary from the club.
Therefore, every time he had a chance to go to the Mountain Internet Cafe to earn some extra money, he would cherish it.
"Thank you for reminding me. Otherwise, I would have forgotten!"
"What do you mean? Are we going to leave now?"
"I'll go with you!"
Suddenly, Li Shiyi's spirits lifted. His depressed mood from the incident in the training room was temporarily swept away.
For him now …
Money was the most important thing!
Little Fool laughed and nodded. "That's right. The time is six o 'clock. The gods of Team One and Team Two will leave in the club's car. We can take the subway now. We should be able to make it in time."
As he spoke, he added excitedly.
"And I heard that the other guys in our dormitory have gone home and won't be coming today."
"If that's the case, we should be able to get a bigger share of the red packets!"
There was an indescribable joy in his tone.
Li Shiyi also smiled. Indeed, every time they finished their activities at the Mountain Internet Cafe, the red packets would be handed over to the club leader who was in charge of leading the team. Then, they would be distributed to the substitutes. When the red packets were distributed to them, they would only get a total of about two thousand yuan. The more people who went, the less they got, and the more they got.
"Usually, the other guys get five hundred yuan each. The two of us can only get four hundred and three hundred and fifty yuan. That's unfair!"
The waiter felt a little indignant and indignant.
"Forget about me. After all, I'm a newbie in the club. I can accept a smaller share at the beginning."
"But Brother Li, you're a veteran of the club! Even if you're a substitute now, your qualifications are still there. How can you get less than the other guys? They're clearly bullying us! "
Li Shiyi was silent for a moment. Then, he shook his head and comforted Little Fool.
"It's okay."
"Anyway, since they're not here today, the two of us should be able to get a bigger share from the team leader. We can take back the advantage that the other guys took."
Little Fool was young after all. After hearing Li Shiyi's words, he immediately beamed with joy.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"There's only the two of us as substitutes today. We can get at least eight hundred yuan!"
"Aiyo, it's almost a quarter past five. Brother Li, let's hurry or we'll be late!"
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