Chapter 91: The first day
Xue Yiyang and Liu Rui knocked on Su Can's door after dinner. Once inside, they noticed that many things were missing from the house and found it a little strange. But they were both teenage boys and did not give it much thought. They simply grabbed Su Can and dragged him off to the internet café.
They rented three computers, and Su Can went to the counter to get three drinks. Everyone seated at the surrounding computers greeted him, respectfully calling him "Master." They included local hoodlums and students ranging from middle school to their final year of high school, all of whom played StarCraft. At first, Xue Yiyang and Liu Rui's arrogance had really rubbed them the wrong way. They had traded wins and losses with the pair, but neither boy ever held his tongue, leaving the atmosphere bristling with hostility. Then Su Can had come along and beaten all the fight out of them.
Some of the prouder players had been left with lasting psychological scars by Su Can. In their matches, he had thrown sneak attacks, misdirection, deception, and every dirty trick imaginable at them, including burrowing Lurkers at their expansions. Gua Gaitou from before was a prime example.
Gua Gaitou's StarCraft skills were already approaching those of the top one or two players in the region. He was the sort who roamed from café to café, helping teams play matches or crushing anyone he disliked. Now, wherever Su Can appeared, there was not a trace of him. He would be sure to flee far away and smoke glumly in some dark corner, reminiscing about the days when he had ruled the roost.
Su Can felt a little dazed. He could no longer remember his breakout match at this café. It seemed