The old man's words made the atmosphere in the hall turn somewhat strange. Everyone stared blankly at Old Lei. Why had the old man suddenly gone out of his way to emphasize Lei Xue and Lei Xinyu?
The former was easy to understand. After all, the guest this time was Lei Xue's superior, so it was only natural to have her come out and receive the guest. But why emphasize Lei Xinyu?
Could it be...
Everyone's hearts jolted. As Lei Family Eldest, Lei Xinyu's father, a trace of excitement flickered in his eyes, while the others looked terrified...
"Eh? Why has the Lord come?" Just as everyone was hesitating, Lei Xue's gentle voice rang out in the living room.
Hearing Lei Xue's voice, Wang Xiaonuo immediately smiled. "Don't call me that. It sounds so embarrassingly chuunibyou in real life. Just call me Xiaonuo..."
Looking at the safe and sound Lei Xue, Wang Xiaonuo finally relaxed. Although the leader had already told her that Egg Dog was fine, she still couldn't help worrying. This concerned the first pot of gold for their faction.
Besides, setting aside the ship that had cost them an enormous amount of manpower and resources, they couldn't afford to lose the people aboard either. Li Gou Dan aside, Combat Players of that ranking were practically all spoken for now. If they wanted to find another, they could almost only choose from players ranked outside the top hundred.
Then there was Lei Xue. Excellent developers had become increasingly difficult to find recently...
Hadn't there been a large-scale developer recruitment drive some time ago? They had used market recruitment to hire as many high-quality science and engineering university students and graduate students as possible, turning them into developers in the game to make up for the market shortage...
But