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Chapter 148 New Year’s Day
In fact, after Li Xue came to Avalon, she was always worried that she would mess up.

This has nothing to do with confidence or not.

It would be worse to be blindly confident when suddenly being exposed to a job that you have never been exposed to before and facing a completely unfamiliar field.

If you ask her how much she likes this job, actually she doesn't.

Tang Yao's trust is actually her greatest motivation.

Although this trust puts her under a bit of pressure...

After all, Tang Yao always gave her important tasks without hesitation, and even let her make the final decision on such critical matters.

"correct."

Seeing Li Xue's silence, Tang Yao realized something and suddenly stretched out her fair hand: "...Give me your hand."

"Ok?"

Li Xue came back to her senses, looked up at Tang Yao, and felt a little strange... but she still raised her hand obediently and placed it on Tang Yao's fair palm.

Tang Yao slowly closed her slender fingers, tightly grasped Li Xue's hand, and continued, "Don't feel pressured."

Li Xue was slightly stunned.

"...Ability can be cultivated. No one is born with it. Everyone can mess up, including me. So don't put too much pressure on yourself. Try to follow your own ideas. Experience is accumulated. Don't look at me like this, I can still handle it."

Tang Yao chuckled and said, "The reason I invited you is because I believe in you, not because of your rich experience or perfect abilities... Moreover, with your talent, if you are given a little time, I believe you can do better than me."

Her voice was soft but firm, like a ray of warm sunshine in winter.

Li Xue's hand was held tightly by Tang Yao. Feeling the warmth and strength from her palm, the invisible pressure in her heart seemed to be dissolved bit by bit.

She lowered her head, looked at their clasped hands, and said helplessly, "So how can you look like them?"

...He was almost conquered, yet he was reborn to seek revenge.

This was the first time Li Xue had been treated like this since she was a child.

Not even her mother did that...

"what?"

Tang Yao was a little surprised.

Li Xue didn't answer, but just shook her head, then said solemnly: "Don't use our story as a template for that rebirth revenge thing."

"Why? Isn't this ready-made material?"

"No way! You can't insult my important memories."

"What's the big deal?"

"Anyway, it's very important...don't worry about it."

"Oh... that's fine."

Tang Yao held her hand. Seeing her serious expression, she didn't refute him. She just shook her arm lightly and said, "It's not impossible to change the template."

"..."

Li Xue felt Tang Yao's slightly childish movements, looked into her clear eyes, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "By the way...how are you going to spend New Year's Day tomorrow? Do you have time?"

"Rent."

When Tang Yao heard this, she paused, the relaxed look on her face froze, and she said helplessly, "I have an appointment with my sister. Now I live too far away, and the commute time is too long. It's a waste of time."

He actually didn't want to go out.

But this matter really can't be delayed any longer.

Li Xue lowered her eyes: "Is that so..."

"Yeah...wait."

Tang Yao suddenly thought of something, and shook Li Xue's hand firmly, and asked, "Li Xue, which neighborhood do you live in?"

"I?"

Li Xue was stunned when she heard this, then she realized something and her eyes lit up.

But she was about to speak.

Someone came over and called Tang Yao.

The two of them paused.

Tang Yao looked over and saw that it was Si Jinliang. She was a little surprised: "What's wrong?"

"..."

Si Jinliang didn't rush to speak. After he came over, he looked at the two people holding hands, each with their own unique qualities, and felt a little confused.

No, are these two really in a relationship of investor and investee?
Is the relationship so good?

He recalled that he and his investor had no love for each other, but only killed each other, and his expression was strange.

Tang Yao followed her gaze and noticed their hands. She subconsciously wanted to let go... but then she thought, that's not right, she is a girl.

What are you afraid of?

So Tang Yao not only did not let go of Li Xue's hand, but held it even tighter, and even raised her snow-white chin slightly, revealing an expression of "envy".

Si Jinliang: “…”

Li Xue smiled suddenly.

But soon.

When Tang Yao saw Si Jinliang's expression, she realized what she was so proud of.

It's almost time to get off work.

Because everything has been going well for Avalon recently, and it is the last day before the holiday.

So overall, the atmosphere in the company is very relaxed.

Tang Yao's mentality also became relaxed.

Tang Yao coughed, then became more serious and asked, "So what's going on?"

Si Jinliang also came back to his senses: "I want to stay on New Year's Day."

"You want to stay?"

Tang Yao was stunned.

After working so hard for so long.

In this situation... there are actually people who volunteer to work overtime?

"Ah."

Si Jinliang nodded. "I can't wait! Shi Wanglin will stay too! We want to verify the playability of the game as soon as possible."

"alright."

Tang Yao realized that he really didn't seem to be joking: "That's hard work." "No."

Si Jinliang shook his head: "It's not hard at all. According to your idea, maybe "Fighting Cards" can really be revived... If it can be revived, then everything will be worth it."

Tang Yao observed his serious expression and said with a smile, "Then I wish you a happy time... But after New Year's Day, this project will have to start moving forward anyway, so there's no need to rush."

“It’s because the project is going forward that I want to verify it.”

"Do not believe?"

"Not really. I mainly hope... to have peace of mind. I want to face the people from Mingyu Technology more calmly."

"understood."

Tang Yao nodded: "If you want to stay, then stay. Your salary won't be reduced."

"Ah."

Si Jinliang responded, then hesitated, "But I will examine the deck you gave me, as well as your simplified rules, with the strictest eyes..."

"Row."

Tang Yao responded casually.

After hearing the exact answer, Si Jinliang looked at the two people holding hands again, wanting to say something but stopping himself. In the end, he said nothing and turned and left.

Wait until Si Jinliang walks away.

Li Xue couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Why did your expression just now look like you were declaring your sovereignty..."

"Have it?"

Tang Yao blinked: "No."

Say it.

As if deliberately changing the subject, she said, "Back to the topic just now, where do you live?"

Li Xue glanced at Tang Yao's rosy ears and suddenly felt happy: "I live in Tianhe City on Yonghe Road."

Tang Yao continued to ask: "How does it feel to live here?"

"pretty good."

Li Xue replied, "Whether it's security or the environment, I'm alone after all... It took me a long time to choose."

Tang Yao was a little tempted: "Then my sister and I will go and take a look tomorrow...it will be convenient if we live nearby in the future."

"Yes, then we can go back together."

Li Xue nodded: "If I go back early, I can cook for you..."

"What wife?"

Tang Yao couldn't help laughing when she heard that, but to be honest... she was really moved.

……

the next day.

New Year.

Tang Yao and her sister went to look at houses.

And Avalon Studios.

Si Jinliang and Shi Wanglin finally set up the stage.

Although everything is very simple, after all, manpower is limited and large-scale changes are simply impossible.

However, both of them were very interested in the two card decks given by Tang Yao.

So the two of them modified the original "Dou Pai" and barely set up a simple testing environment, ready to try out the two card decks given by Tang Yao.

soon.

The two of them sat down.

Si Jinliang used defensive warfare, while Shi Wanglin used zoo.

Two classic Hearthstone decks from ancient times.

Zoo decks fill the board at an astonishing rate.

And Fangzhan... Fangzhan was just busy getting beaten.

The duel between shield and spear.

Two decks with completely different attributes.

But the battle process... was unexpectedly interesting.

Although Si Jinliang's defensive warrior was always being beaten, he had to make a choice every time between clearing the board and surviving. He had to count the remaining cards in the deck, observe the situation, and guess the opponent's hand, fighting with wits and courage throughout the process.

Shi Wanglin's zoo deck brought another kind of pleasure, because he soon discovered that if he wanted to win, he could not just mindlessly hit his opponent in the face, but had to force his opponent into a desperate situation step by step through careful scene exchanges and rhythm control.

Although the two were not familiar with the game yet, they played it very seriously and were also... surprised.

What Si Jinliang was actually most worried about was that defense would be boring...but when he started playing, he found that every clearance and counterattack was full of strategy.

Shi Wanglin was surprised that fast break was not a mindless operation. It required careful consideration of scene exchange, rhythm control, and damage sequence.

In short, the actual game surprised both of them.

About half an hour later.

The game was over, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Another round?" Shi Wanglin looked up suddenly, his eyes flashing with excitement.

"Come again!"

Si Jinliang said without hesitation: "This time I want to try a fast break!"

He was also a little excited.

He understands TCG and of course knows what TCG's biggest problems are: complex rules, high strategic threshold, and economic pressure are three big mountains.

This makes this type of game the pinnacle of intellectual gaming and also a dangerous peak in commercial operations.

How to retain the depth to attract core players while lowering the threshold to expand the audience is an eternal problem of TCG.

It is this coexistence of pain and glory that makes TCG one of the most enduring types in gaming history.

If a card game didn't have these problems...

At the same time, it retains a certain degree of strategy and is fun.

Let’s not talk about anything else for now!

Making money is certain!!

(End of this chapter)