Ma Shicheng took a sip of his ice-cold cola and walked into "Yucai Supermarket", composed and at ease.
He kept walking inside, about fifteen ters or so, pushed open a door, and was greeted by a waft of cigarette smoke.
The room was dimly lit, with students sporadically standing around, a few computers lined up against the wall. Those online were wearing headphones, fully imrsed in their gas on the screens.
This place was "Yucai Internet Cafe".
Ma Shicheng looked around. Everyone standing there without exception had a mobile phone in hand, tapping and swiping, and only a few had a bottle of drink in their other hand.
Ma Shicheng imdiately felt his status elevate slightly—he had bought a cola before coming in to leech off the wifi, he was a VIP custor.
Ma Shicheng turned on the wifi and a smile spread across his face; the cafe's wifi was speedy, fast enough to download an episode of "Qin Shi Ming Yue" in four to five minutes. He could easily download ten episodes during the afternoon break.
He opened the video app, found the option to download for offline viewing, and clicked download.
However, the internet speed wasn't as fast as he had expected, but rather exceptionally slow.
Ma Shicheng was puzzled.
At that mont, a guy playing "League of Legends" shouted,
"Brothers, watch perform as Frost Archer."
Several students mooching off the wifi continued to download stuff while watching the gars play.
When the gars played well, achieving double kills or triple kills, they'd be t with a round of praise; the gaming experience was top-notch.
Ma Shicheng, connected to the wifi, was very annoyed by the slow speed. His phone wasn't expensive, and it couldn't outcompete others in snatching wifi.
He saw one with a Samsung phone and another with a izu phone, both better than his own.
Ma Shicheng was furious, resigned to endure the glacial internet speed.
Suddenly, the door to Yucai Internet Cafe was pushed open. A tall young man in shorts fanned away the smoke that hit him and took a quick look inside, making a teasing remark:
"It's pretty lively in here, huh!"
The wifi-sponging students quickly painted smiles on their faces:
"The young boss has arrived."
Ma Shicheng knew who the so-called young boss was—it was Wei Xiu Yuan, the guy from their noon discussion, the one from class 1 who was pursuing Dong Jiayi.
At that mont, Ma Shicheng couldn't help but feel Wei Xiu Yuan was looking down at them with a sort of superiority in his gaze.
Ma Shicheng thought to himself, So what if his family owns a supermarket? What's so great about that?
Pff, wait until I graduate. I'll definitely work for a big company, so what's a small supermarket in comparison!
Wei Xiu Yuan chatted with a few people, then closed the door and left.
Ma Shicheng felt even more upset. It might have been the slow wifi today or perhaps it was Wei Xiu Yuan pursuing that class 1 girl—soone Ma Shicheng didn't even dare chase.
The guy next to him playing a ga roared, "Solo kill, solo kill the jungler, did you see that?"
"Are you guys badass or what?"
"The brother is super strong!"
Their loud voices reached Ma Shicheng's ears, and with all these frustrations weighing on his mind, he thought angrily:
"I'm done playing nice!"
He found a secluded spot where no one could see his phone screen.
Ma Shicheng extended his sinful finger towards an app icon on the screen marked with a red dot.
This was the wifi killer app.
An Android phone with root access could use the wifi killer app, which could knock out other users on the sa local network.
It was an incredibly powerful tool, one that Ma Shicheng rarely used.
But at this mont, he boldly activated the app, eyes glued to the computer monitor. The guy who had just shouted was controlling Frost Archer, chasing down two squishy targets.
Frost Archer's skill cooldown was over, and the player commanded the hero to unleash a skill.
Ma Shicheng activated the wifi killer, selecting users from the list to block their internet connection.
In that instant, as Ashe released a conical rain of arrows seemingly securing a double kill, with the gar nearly rising from his seat in triumph—
The arrows froze mid-air, stuck in place, motionless.
Ma Shicheng's wifi speed soared instantly, the video downloading rapidly.
"No internet, why is there no internet?"
"Do you have internet?"
"No, it suddenly stopped."
"What's going on?"
Whether it was the few guys playing on computers or the students mooching Wi-Fi, confusion reigned—why had the internet suddenly gone down?
Ma Shicheng watched it all with a cold sneer on his lips, his eyes filled with mockery. A bunch of ants, that's all they were.
With a move from Brother Ma, you all dropped like flies.
"What are you spacing out for, hurry up and call the boss!"
The owner of the Yucai Supermarket was a glasses-wearing uncle with neatly combed hair and equally tidy clothes. If the English teacher Chen Haiyang and the supermarket owner stood side by side, the majority would think the supermarket owner looked more like a teacher.
"Boss Wei, your internet's down, and I was about to go God-mode," complained the guy who had just been gaming. It was hard enough to dominate a ga—now he couldn't even enjoy it because the internet was gone.
"I'll fix it right now, fix it right now," Boss Wei said amiably.
He checked the internet cable's port—the light was still on, and everything seed to be in order. The problem, however, was the perplexing lack of internet.
Ma Shicheng watched Boss Wei inspect the network and felt his arrogance swelling. So what if he was just a little supermarket boss?
What could he possibly do about ?
Ma's internet speed was still at its peak.
Boss Wei fiddled around for a bit and, failing to pinpoint the issue, decided to call the service provider and try restarting the system.
The mont his internet went down, Ma Shicheng's connection crashed too, halting his rapidly progressing download bar.
Damn, that was too ruthless—even my Wi-Fi's gone.
"Looks like next ti I shouldn't target computer users—just knock out the Wi-Fi users," Ma Shicheng plotted.
...
Before evening self-study, Ma Shicheng returned to the classroom, full of triumphant pride, feeling as relaxed as a victor.
Seeing Wei Xiu Yuan from the next class wouldn't bother him anymore—after all, he had defeated the guy's dad and was no longer on the sa level.
Dan Kaiquan was sitting at Ma's desk:
"Jiang Ning, do you know how to chase after girls?"
Jiang Ning replied, "No clue."
He truly didn't know how to chase girls. In his student years, he dated a couple of tis, but it wasn't because he pursued anyone—it was mutual interest that brought them together.
As for chasing girls, he was clueless and, honestly, not up to the task.
Dan Kaiquan was surprised: "But you seem to get along with girls just fine."
He knew that Jiang Ning walked ho with Xue Yuantong every day, and Geng Lu treated him differently, too.
Jiang Ning shook his head: "It's not the sa, that's not about chasing."
Dan Kaiquan didn't understand.
Ma Shicheng arrived just in ti to overhear their conversation and asked:
"Brother Kai, which girl are you planning to pursue?"
Dan Kaiquan did indeed have intentions—today, he heard Geng Lu ntion that Dong Jiayi from Class 1 had been pursued by soone, sparking a sense of crisis in him. He had his sights set on Bai Yuxia from his class.
Bai Yuxia was even more attractive than Dong Jiayi. If students from Class 1 ca chasing after Bai Yuxia, he wasn't sure he could compete, so he planned to strike first.
But of course, Dan Kaiquan wouldn't admit it out loud; only his close friend Guo Kunnan knew this little secret.
"Nah, just asking around how to chase after girls."
Ma Shicheng patted his chest: "I'm good at this."
Dan Kaiquan was skeptical; he instinctively felt Ma Shicheng wasn't reliable.
"With girls, you don't need to chase. Just make yourself excellent, have sothing that attracts them, and they'll co to you," he spoke with authority.
Dan Kaiquan suddenly thought there was so truth to it and asked:
"How can I beco excellent?"
Ma Shicheng: "Beco handso, get good grades, play basketball well, be skilled at gaming, and increase your EQ."
Dan Kaiquan felt overwheld and complained with a gloomy face:
"But that's really hard!"
Caught in the web of emotions, Dan Kaiquan had lost his usual vivacity.
Wang Longlong ran over, shalessly asking:
"Brother Ma, can I borrow your phone to play?"
Ma Shicheng generously pushed it towards him: "Take it and enjoy!"
Wang Longlong walked away, beaming, proudly holding the phone. He finally got his hands on a phone again and could join the crowd playing 'Tiantian Kupao'.
Dan Kaiquan looked at Wang Longlong, then at himself:
"Sigh, I envy how he can find joy in such simple things."
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