After Liu Chengfeng left, Su Ran received a few more players before the Internet Cafe finally quieted down.
Su Ran got up from the counter and, before closing, scanned the Internet Cafe again to see if anyone was still there.
Just then, he saw a player at a window seat finally getting up from his machine.
Upon closer inspection, it was a disheveled middle-aged man with messy hair and a full beard, and he also had no arms.
It was General Feng, one of the Internet Cafe's earliest players.
Speaking of which, although General Feng frequented the Internet Cafe, he didn't seem to pursue game progress as much as other players.
So, besides a simple greeting, he never really sought Su Ran's advice on problems, appearing quite laid-back.
Even Su Ran didn't know what progress he had made.
However, at this moment, General Feng walked towards him and asked Su Ran a question: "Boss, how do you brew wine in Stardew Valley?"
"Ah?"
Su Ran was stunned, then looked surprised: "Brew wine?"
"Yes!"
Su Ran didn't expect General Feng's first game question to be this one.
It wasn't that he didn't know, but he just didn't expect anyone to ask so early.
Most players at this time hadn't even figured out basic farming, and brewing was already considered an advanced skill.
Could it be that General Feng had been secretly playing Stardew Valley all these days without a sound?
"If you want to brew wine, the process is still a bit troublesome."
Su Ran hesitated for a moment, then said: "At the very least, you must first master farming, then learn how to craft kegs, collect materials to make kegs, and then plant the necessary ingredients for brewing. Have you already played that far?"
"Oh, I see. I just played that game called Stardew Valley today and knew you could brew wine in it, so I wanted to taste what the fine wine in the game world was like!"
"But since it's not possible in a short time, then forget it. We'll talk about it later. I'm leaving!"
General Feng said as he left the Internet Cafe.
Upon hearing this, Su Ran realized he had misunderstood. Well, it turned out the other party was just having a simple craving for alcohol and wanted to drink in the game.
General Feng was the last player in the Internet Cafe. Once he left, the Internet Cafe was empty, and Su Ran finally closed up.
At this point, Su Ran wasn't in a hurry to enter the game.
He had earned quite a few Contribution Points today by writing guides, so he opened the Construction Mall to browse...
......
At this time.
Wu Lei, Ouyang Qing, Dugu Mu, and Oriental Bright had just left the Internet Cafe and were walking along the Commercial Street.
"Old Wu, you're really devious. You knew about the guide all along, yet you deliberately didn't say anything, making us waste so much time!"
Ouyang Qing glared at Wu Lei, gritting her teeth, looking exasperated.
Wu Lei, however, said as a matter of course: "You can't say that. Look, before I knew about the game guide, wasn't I also stuck for a long time? I think it should be fair!"
"Alright, you two, stop arguing. I actually think that even with a game guide, our progress isn't very fast. Although that Ancient Dragon was strong, our performance wasn't necessarily that good!"
Dugu Mu on the side pondered for a moment, then suspiciously added: "Is this what the Boss meant by our game state declining?"
Oriental Bright nodded: "It should be. It seems we also need to take some time to sit in the rest area!"
The four walked and chatted, and soon, they arrived from the central Commercial Street to the aristocratic wealthy residential area in the south of the city, and then together came to the Ouyang family's mansion.
"Young Master, young sirs, you're back!"
"Dinner has been prepared for you!"
As soon as they reached the entrance, several servants were already waiting, ushering the four into a pavilion within the mansion, where the table was already laden with dishes.
Every evening after playing games, Wu Lei and the other three would meet for dinner. However, since most of the restaurants in the city had closed down, they took turns going to one another's homes. Today happened to be Ouyang Qing's house.
The other three were originally quite looking forward to it, because the chef hired by the Ouyang family was extremely skilled, and they used to think the food tasted good.
Of course, this opinion was limited to before today, limited to before they had tasted the delicious ingredients from the Boss.
And at this moment, even though they were very hungry, looking at the table full of dishes, they somehow couldn't muster any appetite.
No one picked up their chopsticks for a long time.
Finally, Ouyang Qing, as the host, had no choice but to pick up her chopsticks, pick up a bite of food, put it in her mouth, and said as she tasted it.
"Actually, it's not that exaggerated. I think the dishes our family chef makes should still be able to..."
As she spoke, the bite of food she had just put in her mouth, before she even chewed it, was picked out by Ouyang Qing with her chopsticks, and she finally said helplessly: "Alright, it really is a bit unpalatable!"
"The cuisine in the Star Dew Valley World is just too delicious. After eating it, these foods don't feel like food anymore. This is truly...!"
Earlier at the Internet Cafe, because they still had games to play, they could distract themselves, but now, this feeling was truly uncomfortable.
They genuinely had no appetite for the dishes on the table, but their stomachs were hungry, so they still had to eat.
So, this meal was indeed a bit of an ordeal to eat.
Wu Lei also remarked with some emotion: "If we are like this, I estimate other players won't be much better off!"
Ouyang Qing and the other two nodded simultaneously, not gloating, but feeling a sense of shared suffering.
......
On the other side.
General Feng emerged from a tavern, with two freshly bought flasks of wine hanging from his waist.
He didn't have many hobbies in his daily life; drinking was one, and now, he had another: playing games.
After buying the wine, he walked all the way from the Commercial Street to the civilian residential area in the north of the city.
He could already see his house from afar.
"Hmm?"
But just then, he also noticed an old man in a white robe standing at his doorstep, seemingly having been waiting there for a long time.
"Old Tang?"
General Feng recognized the old man in front of him at a glance.
"Little Feng, you're finally back!"
Old Tang also smiled when he saw General Feng return, but when his gaze inadvertently swept over General Feng's arms, a hint of guilt still flashed in his eyes.
General Feng noticed it, but smiled: "Old Tang, you've come at just the right time. I just bought some wine. Shall we go in and have a couple of drinks?"
"Haha, it seems your habit of drinking hasn't changed!"
Old Tang nodded with a smile.
With that, the two entered the house together.