【Hahaha, I suspect Mr. Gu is going to be driven mad by Xiao Yuan and his brother. Honestly, I also wanted those two to shut up earlier.】

【Mr. Gu definitely made them shut up with his actions.】

【I’ve noticed! The requirement to get on this train is to have at least one champion. Are they building an invincible galaxy battleship?】

【Although they’re all retired players and quite free, who exactly is Mr. Gu? Each position is filled with a champion!】

Li Jiashu stared in astonishment, feeling a bit embarrassed: “Brother-in-law… My brother never cared about these little things before. Why is it that as soon as you mentioned it, he arranged for so many amazing people to play with me…”

Just as he finished speaking, he noticed he had been kicked out of the team.

Li Jiashu: “??? ”

Shen Yuan’s voice on WeChat was extremely cold: “Brother, we need one more jungler. Please make room.”

Li Jiashu, stunned, looked at Gu Chen with a look of accusation towards Shen Yuan. Gu Chen patted his shoulder and said, “I think I mentioned to your brother that we already have a mid-laner.”

Li Jiashu: “???” This is too much! So who is actually going to play games with whom? Wasn’t this supposed to be arranged by his brother to accompany him?

Gu Chen comforted him, saying, “It’s okay, Jiashu. Let them play. E-sports doesn’t need sleep, but you do. It’s almost 10 o’clock; time to go to bed.”

Li Jiashu: “……”

Who goes to bed before 10 o’clock?Brother-in-law! Are you really that committed to keeping the same schedule as Grandpa? Don’t worry, even though Grandpa is strict, he won’t eat us for playing a game at night!

He looked up and saw that Gu Chen had already packed up the book and was leisurely heading upstairs.

Li Jiashu: “……” Brother-in-law, are you really sticking to Grandpa’s schedule?

Online, the e-sports community was going wild. The retired players were among the best in their respective positions from different versions, all having won championship titles.

Many people used to joke when they were active: If I had the money, I’d hire them to build an invincible galaxy battleship.

Unexpectedly, today, this dream was realized by the mysterious Mr. Gu! Is Mr. Gu actually a magic lamp?

Even though they were retired, it was still incredibly exciting.

However, their private messages were:

【Who invited you guys?】

【The manager said it was an assistant of some big shot? Was it 11,000 per session? Haha】

【That’s right~ Thanks, Xiao Yuan, for bringing us this opportunity?】

No one expected that the cosmic invincible galaxy battleship only cost 40,000, and the reason they hadn’t formed a team before was simply because they were players from different eras and clubs, so they weren’t very familiar with each other.

The player accompanying them, Shen Yuan, was thinking: “……” It would have been better to let Mr. Gu’s younger brother play!

However, Mr. Gu’s assistant had asked him to kick the younger brother out, which made Shen Yuan think that this younger brother was just a kid who got punished by Mr. Gu for playing games late at night.

On the other side of the ocean, Assistant Chen reported to Li Tingqin: “It’s all sorted. This way, the second young master shouldn’t bother Mr. Gu about playing games anymore…”

However, when he looked at Shen Yuan’s live stream, he was taken aback—where was Mr. Gu?

Such a big figure, where did he go?

Gu Chen entered the room and suddenly realized an issue—

Staying in the old residence was fine, but this was Li Tingqin’s room.

He had a bit of a cleanliness obsession, so it was somewhat uncomfortable for him to sleep in the bed linens that Li Tingqin had used.

When he called in the housekeeper, Aunt Zhou, she said, “Mr. Gu, these bed linens are brand new, just replaced. You can rest assured, there will be no hygiene issues.”

“Okay, thank you. Sorry for the trouble,” Gu Chen noted that the linens were indeed new and didn’t say anything further.

He looked around the living room, which had a somewhat outdated style—simple yet with a retro charm. The room hadn’t been renovated in a long time, but the fine wooden furniture had acquired a lustrous sheen over time. This was likely the room Li Tingqin had lived in since he was young.

However, he made no effort to explore Li Tingqin’s personal space and discreetly averted his gaze.

In the dressing room, he retrieved the bathrobe that had been prepared in advance. Hanging next to it was Li Tingqin’s bathrobe, a matching pair for couples. In the display case were his watches, cufflinks, and ties, which made Gu Chen feel a bit uncomfortable.

In the bathroom, he noticed Li Tingqin’s toothbrush, razor, and bath towel on the sink… the discomfort deepened.

When he lay down on the bed that Li Tingqin had used, the sensation reached its peak.

Although the bed linens had been changed, there was still a feeling of intruding into another man’s personal space, enveloped in another man’s scent.

This feeling was known as being married.

Gu Chen glanced at the wedding ring on his ring finger and calmly closed his eyes. Well, after all, he was indeed married to Mr. Li.

—

The next morning at 6:30 AM, Gu Chen woke up on time and felt a certain normal physiological phenomenon.

He lay there calmly for a while, thinking it was not appropriate to engage in such activities in Mr. Li’s bed. So, he got up calmly.

When Old Master Li woke up early and leisurely went to the garden to tend to his beloved flowers, he discovered… the flowers had already been watered?!

He adjusted his reading glasses and saw a young man in relaxed white clothes standing in the beautiful morning light, patiently watering the flowers one by one. The droplets of water refracted the sunlight into a rainbow of colors. The orchids were elegant and fresh, and the young man’s demeanor was strikingly composed, creating a picturesque scene of tranquility and charm.

Uncle Xu was momentarily dazzled by the beauty. This elegance and grace truly matched the eldest young master… Then he was alarmed and said, “Mr. Gu! Those are the orchids that the old master treasures! They can’t be watered indiscriminately!”

Although Old Master Li was not alarmed to the point of a heart attack, he was somewhat taken aback and said, “Xiao Gu, I appreciate your eagerness to help, but you don’t need to be so meticulous…”

Gu Chen, however, remained unhurried and explained, “Grandpa, look, for this pot, I used the immersion method; for this one, I watered slowly around the edge of the pot, waiting for the water to seep through before watering again until excess water flows out of the drainage holes; for this pot… am I correct?”

Old Master Li: “…Yes, that’s correct.” He didn’t get a single one wrong!

But did Xiao Gu go to such lengths to please him? How did his dedication become so apparent all of a sudden? It was unexpected, truly unexpected!

Old Master Li reached out to take the watering can from Gu Chen, saying, “Xiao Gu, I appreciate your effort, but I’ll handle this myself.” After all, this was his morning routine, and as an elderly person, he was used to tending the flowers and would feel uncomfortable if he stopped suddenly.

However, he found that Gu Chen still held onto the watering can and showed no intention of handing it over.

“Xiao Gu, I understand your intentions, but you don’t need to do this to please me.”

Gu Chen: “……” Grandpa, is it possible that I genuinely enjoy this activity?

In the end, before the old master could say more, Gu Chen handed the watering can back to him, realizing that there was no need to compete. He decided it was time for his own exercise.

Old Master Li finished watering the flowers with a sense of satisfaction. According to his routine, he would now practice Tai Chi to get some exercise.

However, when he arrived at the usual spot where he practiced Tai Chi, he found the young man in white already there, performing Tai Chi with impressive skill.

Uncle Xu was puzzled. Not only had Gu Chen excelled at watering the flowers, but it seemed he had also specially trained in Tai Chi. It appeared that he had come fully prepared this time.

Old Master Li: “……” Xiao Gu really didn’t need to go to such lengths to please him by learning all his hobbies.

But as he observed closely, he found that Gu Chen’s movements were exceptionally smooth and perfect, brimming with grace. His Tai Chi seemed to have reached a remarkable level, even surpassing the skills of the Tai Chi teacher Old Master Li had hired from Wudang Mountain!

The young man, moving effortlessly and breathing steadily, glanced back and asked, “Grandpa, would you like to join me?”

Old Master Li: “……” Suddenly, he wasn’t very eager to join in, feeling like he would only look clumsy compared to Gu Chen’s refined performance.

Feeling somewhat downhearted, Old Master Li retreated indoors, attended to a few matters, and Gu Chen, having finished his exercise, came back. The two sat together for breakfast.

After breakfast, Old Master Li decided to enjoy some tea. He called an old friend, saying, “Old Wu, didn’t you bring some fine tea last time? Could you bring it over today so we can enjoy it together?”

Old Wu replied, “A few days ago, didn’t Tingqin take it? He said he wanted to give it to you.”

Old Master Li: “?” Where was the tea? He hadn’t seen it.

He then called another friend: “Old Cheng, what about the Pu-erh tea you’ve been saving for years? Could you bring some over today to see if it has improved in flavor?”

Old Cheng said, “Old Li, didn’t Tingqin take a large portion of it from me a few days ago? Are you trying to trick me into giving more tea?”

“?” Old Master Li was thoroughly bewildered. Why did Tingqin need so much tea?

Then, he saw that the butler, Li, came in with tea. He served a cup to the old master and another to Mr. Gu, saying to Mr. Gu, “Mr. Gu, this is the tea that the young master said he would give you last time. Please give it a try.”

Gu Chen took a sip, looking quite knowledgeable about tea, and nodded, saying, “It’s quite good.”

The old master: “…” Suddenly, the tea in his hand didn’t taste so good anymore!

At this point, Li Jiashu finally got up and came downstairs, yawning.

He then noticed that Gu Chen seemed to have been up for quite a while, and was even having tea with Grandpa. Wasn’t he afraid of being scolded?!

Bro, you really know how to keep your cool.

However, he observed that Grandpa and Gu Chen were having tea together and not speaking a word to each other?

Bro, did you cast some kind of spell on Grandpa?

Yet, Li Jiashu saw that Grandpa, who had been silent towards Gu Chen, turned his stern gaze on him as soon as he saw Li Jiashu and scolded, “You just got up? Look at the time! Don’t you know you should learn from your brother-in-law…”

But at this point, the old master suddenly stopped. For some reason, he didn’t really want to praise Mr. Gu.So he said, “Just have your breakfast.”

Li Jiashu was truly shocked: “!!!”

Brother-in-law really used magic to defeat magic! He even interrupted Grandpa’s scolding spells!