In order to shoot the commercial, Xie Mingzhe asked his master for a day off today. Since the shooting progress was very smooth, it was finished at 4 pm. Seeing that it was still early, Tang Muzhou simply took Xie Mingzhe to his residence and joked, "Since you agreed to stay with me during your vacation, then ask the leader to inspect the residence in advance to see if it suits your taste."

Xie Mingzhe gladly accepted the title of "leader", put his hands in his pockets, and curiously visited his senior's residence - this was not the first time he came to this place, but he had always been a "guest" before, but this time he was visiting as a boyfriend, which always felt different.

The villa is very clean. There is a soft carpet under the sofa in the living room, which feels very warm. The decoration style is also the warm tones that Xie Mingzhe likes very much, giving a "homey" feeling.

The first floor is the living room, dining room, kitchen and a large master bedroom. There is a king-size double bed in the middle of the bedroom, a large wardrobe that takes up one wall, and a separate bathroom next to it. The entire wall on the balcony of the bedroom is made into a floor-to-ceiling window. When you open the window, you will see the balcony. The scenery of the community is particularly good. There are also comfortable reclining chairs and a small coffee table on the balcony. It seems that the senior brother knows how to enjoy life. In the summer, sitting on the balcony to drink tea and read books is so comfortable.

Xie Mingzhe was a little distracted when looking at the bed. If they lived together in the future, would they live in separate rooms, or would he sleep on the same bed with his senior brother? This bed looked very soft and comfortable...

His question was quickly answered.

Tang Muzhou took him to the second floor, where there were four luxuriously furnished large rooms with their doors open. None of the rooms were decorated as bedrooms - it seemed that he could only sleep with his senior brother. Xie Mingzhe was very satisfied with the result.

The first room upstairs is a gym, which is equipped with a lot of equipment and looks very professional at first glance - no wonder the senior brother has such beautiful abdominal muscles, it is obviously the result of long-term and persistent exercise. If he moves in with him in the future, Xie Mingzhe also wants to develop a good fitness habit with him.

Next door is a fine study room, which is filled with paper books, many of which are related to the economics Tang Muzhou is studying, as well as some classic masterpieces, which he can flip through at leisure. The room next to it is a game room, which has two sets of swivel chairs and smart helmets. Xie Mingzhe asked curiously, "Why do you have two sets of game equipment? Have you been preparing to play games with others in the future?"

Tang Muzhou said: "They just moved in a few days ago. They are the products we endorse. I bought two sets from the manufacturer."

Xie Mingzhe took a closer look and found that the trademark was indeed the manufacturer of today's commercial, and the helmet was not even unpacked, so it was obviously a new one.

Tang Muzhou came over and gently hugged his shoulders, explaining in a low voice: "Before I was with you, I never thought that my boyfriend would also be a professional athlete, so the rooms on the second floor, except for the study and the gym, have been empty, and I plan to redecorate them according to the preferences of lovers in the future. After confirming our relationship, I thought it would be more useful to make a game room and a card display room. I just decorated these two rooms recently, and I think you should like them." He said and took Xie Mingzhe to the next door: "Come and see, I have set aside a small room specifically for collecting the cards we made."

The three walls of the spacious room were made into exquisite display cabinets, on which some cards were neatly arranged. They were all physical cards that could generate star card illusions. Among them were plant cards designed by Tang Muzhou, such as the Millennium Divine Tree and the Mandragora Flower, as well as character cards designed by Xie Mingzhe, such as Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. They were classified and placed together, just like their medals of honor.

Xie Mingzhe remembered that in his previous life he had a habit of collecting all the awards he had won in various competitions since he was a child. After a long time, when he looked back at them, they were all fond memories.

Tang Muzhou now specially set aside this card display room to collect the cards they made by themselves.

One, three, or even five years later, when they walk into this room again, will the display cabinets on the three walls be completely filled? At that time, looking at the cards they once made, all the memories of their acquaintance with each other will come flooding back to their minds.

These cards are a commemoration and also a testimony to their feelings.

Lin Daiyu was placed in the most conspicuous position. It was the first card Xie Mingzhe made a long time ago, which had an instant death judgment on flowers. It was also because of this that he attracted the attention of the Fenghua Guild, met Tang Muzhou, and became a professional player by accident.

Tang Muzhou placed this card in the middle, apparently to commemorate the fate between the two that began with this card.

Xie Mingzhe's heart warmed slightly. His senior brother really cared about him, and he could feel it from many details. He had been busy making cards recently and rarely met with him. He didn't expect that Tang Muzhou was preparing for their future and even specially renovated the room on the second floor for him...

Facing Tang Muzhou's gentle eyes, Xie Mingzhe couldn't help but reach out his hand, hugged him gently, and said seriously: "Thank you for your hard work. I like this room very much. You can put other cards in it in the future. Many years later, maybe we can still look at it together, full of memories."

Tang Muzhou: “…”

The little junior brother who took the initiative to throw himself into his arms was too enthusiastic, and he almost lost control. Tang Muzhou calmed down, smiled and hugged Xie Mingzhe back, and said softly: "It's good that you like it. This is also a birthday gift I prepared for you in advance."

Xie Mingzhe was startled: "Ah? Birthday?"

Tang Muzhou rubbed his hair affectionately: "You were so busy making cards that you even forgot your birthday?"

Xie Mingzhe thought carefully and realized that his birthday was August 1st, which was next Friday. At the same time, August 1st was also the day when the second half of the Star Card Professional League would begin. If his senior hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten it.

However, he has been without parents since he was a child. While other children would eat cake on their birthdays, his birthday was no different from any other day, and Xie Mingzhe himself had no interest in celebrating his birthday.

Tang Muzhou prepared a birthday present for him in advance. Xie Mingzhe was a little surprised, but also very happy. After he came to his senses, he immediately smiled, hugged his senior brother and said, "Thank you, this gift is very interesting, I like it very much!"

Tang Muzhou smiled and said, "If there is anything else, I will give it to you when the time comes."

Xie Mingzhe was very curious: "Do you want to give it to me on August 1st? That day is the opening ceremony. I guess everyone in our club will have a dinner after the game, so we may not be able to celebrate your birthday alone."

Tang Muzhou said, "How about we spend the night of July 31st together and stay up until midnight?"

Xie Mingzhe couldn't bear to see his senior brother's preparations go in vain, so he agreed straightforwardly: "Okay, I'll be back so late, I have to ask for leave from my master, and then you can help me cover up the lie."

The two of them smiled in tacit understanding and quickly agreed on the words to respond to the master.

After dinner and returning to Nirvana, Chen Qianlin casually asked him, "After filming the commercial, why did Chen Xiao come back alone? Where did you go?"

Xie Mingzhe looked away guiltily: "My senior brother and I went to buy some daily necessities."

"Oh." Fortunately, Chen Qianlin did not ask any further questions and said calmly: "The competition schedule has been distributed. Come and take a look."

"Finally it's announced!" Xie Mingzhe had also been waiting for the schedule. Hearing this, he immediately followed his master to the conference room. Chen Xiao and the other three were all there. A table was being magnified on the projection screen. Yu Ke looked up and looked at it carefully. When he saw Ah Zhe, he ran over and said, "Ah Zhe, I don't know if this is good news or bad news, but our doubles competition is in Group A!"

"What happened to Group A?" Xie Mingzhe looked up and saw that there were so many players who signed up for the doubles competition this year that they were divided into eight groups, AH, with 6 teams in each group. They would first play a round-robin match within the group, and the points would be calculated based on the wins. The top two teams in the group would advance to the round of 16. From the round of 16 onwards, it was the knockout round, and the losers would be eliminated directly.

Group A is the first group. Apart from Xie Mingzhe and Yu Ke, three of the other pairs are from unknown second-rate teams. However, there are two pairs whose names are very familiar - Liu Ran and Zhou Xiaoqi; Bai Xu and Yi Tianyang.

Xie Mingzhe's eyes lit up: "Liu Ran and Zhou Xiaoqi, are they new members of Fenghua Club?"

In order to improve Xie Mingzhe's actual combat level as quickly as possible, Tang Muzhou once asked Fenghua's new players to serve as sparring partners for him. Xie Mingzhe used Wang Xifeng and Qin Keqing's water deck to beat the new players so badly that they became dizzy and turned pale. It is said that Zhou Xiaoqi even had nightmares for several days, dreaming that she was persuaded by Qin Keqing to hang herself.

Xie Mingzhe was very impressed by these two players - they are both potential seeds that Fenghua is focusing on cultivating, and they have good awareness. Sister Zhou Xiaoqi was the champion of the last Masters Tournament. She can make her own water plant cards, such as kelp, seaweed, and laver. It's quite interesting, but she is a little timid and has limited hands and feet in competitions, so she has been kept in Fenghua by Tang Muzhou for training and has not officially debuted.

It seems that the two newcomers will officially debut in this year's doubles competition?

Chen Xiao looked at Xie Mingzhe with a half-smile and said, "This should be the debut performance of the two newcomers. I think meeting a big devil like you will leave a serious psychological shadow in their careers."

Xie Mingzhe: “…”

Am I that scary?

Xie Mingzhe looked at the schedule and pointed at Yi Tianyang's name with some confusion: "Bai Xu is also in our group, who is his partner Yi Tianyang? Why don't I have any impression of him?"

Chen Qianlin explained, "Yi Tianyang was a player of Dark Night City and had a good relationship with Pei Jingshan. He left the club last year because of his graduation defense, but did not announce his retirement. His file is still in the league. This time, he was probably invited back by Bai Xu to help."

"Then why doesn't he return to the Dark Night City?" Xie Mingzhe thought for a moment and speculated, "Could it be that Xiaobai offered him better conditions and poached him there?"

"It's possible." Chen Qianlin analyzed, "Only Bai Xu is currently a decent player in the Star Team. Spending a lot of money to recruit Yi Tianyang is just the right thing to improve the overall level of the team. Yi Tianyang is not a very famous player, but he is very strong. He was once a top-notch assistant in the Professional League, even better than Xu Hang from the Temple of the Gods. After he left, Pei Jingshan brought out a new player to play in team competitions. In the past, he always assisted the Pei Ye combination."

It seems that with the help of this powerful assistant, Xiaobai's strength in the doubles competition has greatly increased.

In the first half of the year, Nirvana and Star fought hard for the qualification in Group B. In the end, Nirvana successfully qualified, and Star missed the playoffs. Now in the doubles competition, I am in the same group with Xiaobai again. This is really fate!

Will Xiaobai feel like crying when he sees the group list?

Xie Mingzhe doesn't want to always bully Tang Muzhou's brother, but he also can't let him win on purpose during the game, so he can only hope that after being bullied a few more times, Xiaobai's psychological endurance will be a little stronger - and he won't be mad to death when he finds out that Xie Mingzhe and his brother are a couple.

Thinking of Xiao Bai's expression when he asked him with wide eyes, "You are actually my brother's boyfriend", Xie Mingzhe touched his nose with a smile and tears in his eyes. He ignored the fact that he was in the same group with Bai Xu, turned around and looked at Yu Ke and said, "What is the good news and bad news you mentioned?"

Yu Ke explained: "The good news is that the competition in Group A is not particularly fierce. There are no particularly strong masters blocking the way, so we still have a good chance of qualifying. The bad news is that because Group A is ranked first, our match was scheduled at the opening ceremony on August 1st! It was us against the new couple from Fenghua."

There was a competition on the opening day? This surprised Xie Mingzhe.

He originally thought that at the start of the doubles competition, players who had won the championship before would be invited to play a game for the audience to watch, but he did not expect that they would be invited to play first according to the order of the groups since they were in Group A.

No one knew the exact rules of the alliance, but each group would have no more than two particularly strong teams. On the surface, Group A was the weakest overall—after all, the members of this group had never won any medals in doubles competitions.

But real experts would not say that.

Because, although Group A seems weak, it has the most unstable factors in the entire league.

——Xie Mingzhe and Yu Ke.

Although these two are "newcomers" who have just joined the doubles competition this season, Xie Mingzhe's strength is obvious to everyone. He may become the strongest dark horse in the doubles event!

Xie Mingzhe carefully looked at the situation of other groups. Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng were in Group D, Chen Xiao and Qin Xuan were in Group F, and other famous groups were randomly shuffled in the group stage. These strong groups would not meet until the knockout round of 16 to 8. As for Group C's Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan, as soon as their names appeared on the official website, countless fans screamed -

The Nie Lan duo also participated in this year's doubles competition. Are they trying to win the third consecutive championship? !

In the doubles event, this pair is the absolute champion, having won the championship twice. They have known each other for 20 years, and their tacit understanding is unmatched. Their coordinated play in air assaults and land battles is also very strong.

Xie Mingzhe knows that he and Yu Ke have little hope of winning the championship, so he participated in the doubles competition mainly to see the playing styles of various strong combinations and accumulate some combat experience. He can only take one step at a time and play well in every game first!