Chen Xiao tossed and turned in bed, and he couldn't sleep until three o'clock in the morning before falling asleep in a daze.

In the dream, when my brother left, Chen Qianlin's eyes seemed to be looking at a stranger he had never known. He looked at Chen Xiao coldly and said calmly: "Since you are already eighteen years old, I will not care about you again in the future, nor do I want to see you again. This house and the deposit in the card are just taken as my adult gift to you."

He put down the keys to the house and a bank card with millions of deposits, turned around and left with his luggage.

Chen Xiao quickly chased after him, grabbed his arm suddenly, his face pale with nervousness, and his voice trembled: "Brother, I was wrong. I was drunk last night and I was unconscious. Don't keep those nonsense in my heart. Don't ignore me. I'm really wrong..."

Chen Qianlin interrupted him: "I have always treated you as a brother over the years, but I didn't expect you to have such thoughts. I have fulfilled my brother's responsibilities until I was eighteen years old. Chen Xiao, from today on, we will be together, so don't contact us."

His eyes were like a layer of ice on the lake in winter. Chen Xiao was frozen in place, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, but he couldn't say a word.

Chen Qianlin left like this.

If the loss of the lawsuit was a huge blow to him, the confession of the brother who had always loved at this time was the last straw that broke the camel's back, making him completely discouraged.

Chen Xiao didn't dare to do it at first, but he was in a bad mood and drank some wine. He felt hot. Seeing that his brother was sad, he hugged his brother and said that he liked him...

I have really liked it for many years. Since the day I was adopted by the Chen family, Chen Qianlin squatted in front of him and said softly: "Don't be afraid, this is your home from now on. I am your brother. Can you follow my surname and call me Chen Xiao?"

It was the first time he saw such a beautiful person, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

At that time, he was only seven years old and Chen Qianlin was fifteen years old.

The clean boy took the dirty child to the bathroom to take a shower and changed him into brand new clothes. He blinked his eyes and looked at the beautiful boy in front of him, and shouted tentatively. "Brother?" Chen Qianlin smiled and touched his head: "Be good, with your brother here, no one will bully you in the future."

When I was a child, I always liked my brother very much. When I grew up, this kind of love gradually deteriorated and became a secret love. Chen Xiao secretly hid his love for his brother in his heart, and never dared to say it. He regretted it even if he said it drunk and wanted to slap himself. Chen Qianlin really treated him as a younger brother. He would not accept it if anyone suddenly confessed, but instead made his brother angry. He was such a fool.

Chen Xiao, who woke up from the dream, wiped his face randomly, went to the bathroom, took a shower with cold water, shaved off his beard seriously in front of the mirror, and then combed his hair neatly.

Sure enough, after cleaning up, he showed his tough outline and looked much more energetic.

Chen Xiao turned around and came to the balcony. It was not yet dawn outside the window. It was only five o'clock in the morning. He only slept for two hours before being awakened by a nightmare.

There is a pot of succulent plants on the balcony, and a small bud has grown at the root, which looks very cute.

In the past, he didn't know how to grow flowers, and always felt that watering regularly was a very troublesome thing. Since his brother left, Chen Xiao specially checked the breeding guide for each plant, watered the flowers on time, and took good care of these small things.

It has been almost five years since Chen Qianlin left a pot of ten succulent plants on the flower stand and did not die, but instead grew stronger and stronger.

Chen Xiao originally wanted to build a studio to accumulate resources and play next season. When he gets some results, maybe his brother will be willing to see him. Then he apologizes and may be able to ease the relationship between the two. However, the plan is not as good as change. Xie Mingzhe happened to come to the studio. The talent of this young man is not inferior to that of Tang Muzhou at the time. He put the plan in advance. In addition to considering Xie Mingzhe, he also found an excuse for himself to see Chen Qianlin in advance.

***

The next morning, Xie Mingzhe got up at 8 o'clock, washed his face and went to the living room.

He saw a young man walking down the stairs.

What caught my eye was a pair of straight long legs. The man was tall and tall, with an eye-catching figure of more than 1.85 meters. He was wearing slim trousers and spotless black leather shoes. The shirt was ironed as neatly as I just bought it. The collar was unbuttoned to reveal a healthy skin tone. Looking up, his short hair was refreshing and neat, his beard was shaved, and his facial features were handsome and tough, especially his thick eyebrows, which was particularly masculine.

Why did this person get down from the second floor?

Xie Mingzhe stood there in a daze: "Who are you?"

The other party looked at Xie Mingzhe with displeasure: "Can't you recognize him? I'm Chen Xiao."

Xie Mingzhe looked incredible: "Brother Chen?"

It is said that "people rely on clothes", but the gap is too big, right? Before, Brother Chen's hair was as messy as a bird's nest, and he always looked like he was not awake with dark circles. He liked to smoke, and his clothes were wrinkled like rags and could not be seen at all. He was simply a deep decadent young man who gave up treatment. However, the man in front of him was radiant, handsome and upright, and he seemed to have been reborn!

Xie Mingzhe rubbed his eyes and was completely unable to connect the handsome guy in front of him with the decadent young man in his memory.

At this moment, Xiaopang and Jin Yue also went downstairs. They drank too much yesterday and had a headache. They kept pressing their temples while walking. As soon as they reached the stairs, they suddenly saw a strange man in a suit in the hall. Xiaopang almost fell down. Jin Yue hurriedly held him. Xiaopang then stood firm, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Who is this gentleman? Are you here to find someone early in the morning?" Jin Yue also said, "Xiao Xie, is this your friend?"

Chen Xiao said angrily: "I am Chen Xiao! Have you all fallen asleep and lost your memory?"

Jin Yue pushed his glasses and ran downstairs quickly to observe him carefully: "Brother Chen?" The voice was quite similar, but his dress was exactly like two people. Pang Yu also ran downstairs and said excitedly: "It's really Brother Chen?"

Xie Mingzhe, Pang Yu, and Jin Yue stood side by side, watching Chen Xiao, just like watching a gorilla released from a zoo.

When Chen Xiao met the eyes of the three people observing rare animals, he coughed awkwardly and explained: "Well, I usually... don't pay much attention to the instrument. I got up in the morning and changed my clothes and shaved my beard. Do you need to be so surprised?"

What do you mean by "not paying attention to the instrument a little"? You are "giving up treatment completely", okay? Xie Mingzhe complained in his heart.

"Brother Chen is dressed so handsomely, is he going to go on a date?" Pang Yu asked gossip.

"Go to meet someone." Chen Xiao's ears turned red slightly, but he quickly maintained his composure and said, "A Qing and Yingying will come here later. Today I have something to do to take Xiao Xie out. You four stay in the studio and help Xiao Xie take a look at the store."

"Don't worry, Brother Chen." Jin Yue was obviously much more reliable than the fat man, and he didn't ask who Chen Xiao was going to meet. Pang Yu wanted to ask, but Jin Yue stabbed the back of the waist hard, so he had to shut up and stop talking.

The four of them ate breakfast around the dining table. Chi Qing and Chi Yingying happened to be back. Seeing Chen Xiao dressed up like a decent person, Chi Qing said in confusion: "Do you have something to go out in such neat clothes?"

Chen Xiao nodded: "Well, Xiao Xie and I will go out."

After the two left, Pang Yu immediately sighed: "I have known him for two years and have never seen him dress so formally!"

Jin Yue also sighed: "It turns out that Brother Chen is a potential stock. He doesn't clean up normally, but when he dresses up, he is quite handsome. I almost didn't recognize him."

Chi Qing said calmly: "Don't gossip, go online to help Xiao Xie organize the store!"

***

Chen Xiao drove out of the underground garage. The silver-white suspended sports car was running fast in the air suspended lane, as if flying in the sky. Xie Mingzhe opened the car window and excitedly felt the excitement of being a flying person in the air.

Chen Xiao, who was sitting in the driver's seat, wore sunglasses and looked quite cool when driving.

Xie Mingzhe really felt that he would like to clean up like this. His hair, which was as messy as a bird's nest, was too depressing his appearance. I don't know what he thought. Even if he was a game player, he wouldn't be able to make himself look decadent...

Chen Xiao knew that Xie Mingzhe was definitely complaining about him, and ignored him and went straight to the topic; "You should already know the story of my brother Chen Qianlin, right? You didn't ask me last night, I think you might have checked it yourself."

Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "I'm afraid that if you ask you in person, there are some things you can't speak. So I checked the Internet. The news said that Lin Shen left because he lost the lawsuit and was disheartened. What happened to the lawsuit? Can you tell me?"

"I'm going to tell you." Chen Xiao took a deep breath, sorted out his thoughts, and whispered: "Ten years ago, in the first season of the Star Card League, my brother and Shao Bo founded the Sanctuary Club together. My brother played card games, and Shao Bo was responsible for the various management and management of the club. Shao Bo was his childhood friend. They grew up together and later became a college classmate. My brother had special trust in the surname Shao."

"My brother has outstanding talent and strong combat effectiveness of original plant cards. He won awards in individual competitions for three consecutive seasons. Many investors came to him, and the club made a fortune. Everything went smoothly, but at the beginning of the fourth season, when Shao Bo saw that his brother's popularity was getting higher and higher, he privately auctioned many of my brother's cards. He sold a card at random and copied hundreds of them. The income from selling cards alone could make millions in a day..."

"My brother was busy playing games and didn't know about these things. When he found out, his cards had been copied and sold by the club in private. My brother disagreed and wanted to take back the copyright of the card. However, the contract did not clearly stipulate that the copyright of the card belonged to him. Instead, there was a one that said, 'All the profits of the player during the club were divided into 30% of the club and 70% of the player's proportion.' Shao Bo took this article and said that my brother's original cards were also profits during the signing period..."

"When I founded the club together, Shao's last verbal promised my brother could handle the cards by himself, but because my brother believed in him very much, he had no recording of the verbal promise, so he could not be used as evidence in court. According to the contract, my brother did not take any reason. As the club manager, it was legal to sell his cards." Chen Xiao frowned and said unwillingly: "The person named Shao's last slap this to death, and the lawsuit was not won in the end."

"……………” Is this a sharp stab by my good brother? Xie Mingzhe could imagine Chen Qianlin's anger and heartbreak at that time. He grew up with a trusted childhood friend, but he dug a big hole for him. If it were Xie Mingzhe, he probably wanted to kill the other party. Xie Mingzhe felt a little sorry for Chen Qianlin's experience and couldn't help asking: "Lin Shen was the originator of the wood card at the time. He should have a very strong position in the alliance, right? No one in the alliance helped him?"

"Nie Yuandao, Zheng Feng, the great gods who have good personal relationships with him, are trying to help him, but law and favor are different. The contract is just written. My brother can't provide strong evidence, and everyone can't do anything about it."

Xie Mingzhe was in a complicated mood. He was not a legal professional, so he would face the risk of being cheated when signing a contract. As early as the Earth era, he had heard of countless copyright disputes. Chen Qianlin was wrongly trusting his childhood friend too much, and the one named Shao was really not a thing.

The blow of being betrayed by the young man and being unable to recover the card copyright after losing the lawsuit, it is no wonder that Chen Qianlin retired.

Xie Mingzhe didn't know what to say. After a long time, he sighed in his heart and said, "Oh... your brother's experience is really uncomfortable. Did he lose the lawsuit and pay a lot of liquidated damages?"

Chen Xiao said: "Yes. And the copyright of the card cannot be collected. My brother made many good cards, but the copyright is still left in the Sanctuary Club."

Xie Mingzhe couldn't help but swear: "My grass! That holy land has not gone bankrupt yet?"

Chen Xiao shrugged: "As long as I have money, most players are willing to sign contracts with them. However, the impact of my brother's fall in love with the club is too great. The truly powerful players will not go to the Sanctuary Club. The Sanctuary has been going downhill in recent years. Now it is just a deck made by my brother to train several second- and third-rate players, who were abused by Tang Muzhou to not be able to survive for a minute on the court."

Xie Mingzhe praised: "Tang Muzhou is very capable! Even if the Holy Land retains the copyright of your brother's wood card, the most powerful players in the wood system are all in the Fenghua Club created by Tang Muzhou, which is really a slap in the face. The surname Shao is also thick-skinned and is still continuing to use your brother's card?"

Chen Xiao sneered: "The players in their club do not have the ability to make cards by themselves, they can only rely on their old capital and have been using my brother's deck. Unfortunately, the official star card has been constantly updating data. Many of my brother's cards are not practical now. They are standing still and can only be surpassed by others. Last season, the Sanctuary did not even score in the final round, not to mention winning awards, which is really embarrassing."

This is also considered a cause and effect. The man named Shao Bo is actually very lacking in vision. If he had taken a step back and returned the copyright to Chen Qianlin, don't sell Chen Qianlin's cards everywhere and keep the great god Chen Qianlin, maybe Tang Muzhou would follow his master to sign in to their club. With Chen, Tang, the two genius players, the Holy Land can stand at the top of the alliance pyramid for many years.

As a result, Shao Bo was greedy for small profits in front of him and forced Chen Qianlin away, lost the hearts of the people, and even established such a terrible enemy as Tang Muzhou. No matter how much money he earns in the short term, he can't compare to keeping a money tree, right? It's so stupid.

Xie Mingzhe cursed a few words in his heart and changed the topic: "Brother Chen, I work with you because I appreciate your straightforwardness and open-mindedness. At the beginning, I was a novice who knew nothing. You were willing to give me the opportunity to be an intern. I originally thought that I would have a salary of 1,500 a month, but when signing the contract, you offered 3,000 a month, as per the formal employee. This is too rare for bosses who take the initiative to raise their salary. With this alone, I think you are not a person who wants to be a small advantage. If you are an ordinary boss, you will definitely save as much as you can. It is best to find someone to work for yourself for free. You are different. You are very good to everyone. If you make money, you invite everyone to dinner. The atmosphere in the studio is also very harmonious."

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "It seems that I gave you a raise at that time, and did you get the right amount?"

Xie Mingzhe also smiled and continued: "We should not turn against each other like your brother and Shao Bo in the future. In order to avoid this situation, if we set up a club in the future, we will write all terms into the contract, and we will stipulate all rights, responsibilities, and divisions. We will carefully consider each one, and then find a professional lawyer to close it. With the contract constraints, everyone will feel more at ease."

Chen Xiao nodded simply: "This is for sure. Brothers settle the score clearly. I don't want to have conflicts with you. The most important thing is to be united. When you meet my brother later, don't mention copyright. I will introduce you to him, mainly to let him guide you and let you make a deck suitable for playing games as soon as possible. If he is willing to accept you as an apprentice, would you recognize this master?"

Xie Mingzhe said: "Of course. It is definitely my honor to be willing to accept my words!"

Although I played some games in my previous life, they were not card games. Xie Mingzhe was still confused about the design of the deck. If a great god like Chen Qianlin was willing to guide him personally, Xie Mingzhe would certainly be unsuccessful. What's more important is that Chen Qianlin has retired and is considered a free agent, so it will not involve sensitive issues such as clubs and card copyrights, and there is no conflict with Xie Mingzhe's own establishment of a club.
Chapter completed!