Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 223 - 222 Just a Name

Chapter 223: Chapter 222 Just a Name

"Master Xu, when you were in Shaolin for ten years, it wasn’t possible that you learned the secret techniques right from the entry-level! The skills you learned must have progressed from easy to difficult steps by steps. Just teach some common martial arts to the ordinary disciples!" "Ordinary?"

"Just like how Shaolin differentiates between monks and laymen, just differentiate the ordinary disciples from the students. If it’s not too much trouble, you could also create a tier system, such as promoting ordinary disciples to outer disciples upon passing an assessment, then to inner sect disciples, and finally to students, which could be called direct disciples."

"And what about the fees?"

"Since the skills taught are different, the fees naturally vary! You can charge ordinary disciples the same as other martial arts halls do, and this should make recruitment no problem. Whether they choose to take the assessment to promote to high-level disciples can be voluntary. High-level disciples learn deeper skills and naturally the fees are higher."

"I see..." Xu Lin pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up and asked, "Does that mean my direct disciples would have the highest fees?"

"You could make an exception! Set a separate fee for direct disciples, and the skills taught can vary from person to person. Even, you can pick out well-performing individuals from each tier of disciples and take them as direct disciples in one fell swoop! Just like everyone has a chance to win a prize, it’s also a recruitment gimmick!"

"Ah? That’s possible!" Xu Lin first was surprised, then delightedly clapped his hands, "Let’s do it that way!"

"Lao Qi! How did your little sister get such a smart brain? It’s even better than ours!"

"Hehe! Master, you don’t know, ever since my little sister became clever, she’s been coming up with one idea after another!"

Zhen Yu: "..." felt a bit shy!

All these were clichéd methods in the future, VIP, silver card, gold card, diamond card, you name it.

She just moved the set from the novel out...

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After saying goodbye to Xu Lin, the siblings did not rush back to their new home, because Zhen Yu wanted her brother to show her around the school.

Although the winter night was cold, there were still people wandering the streets. Shops were also brightly lit, and under the streetlights, there was a man in a military coat selling ice cream and continuously stamping his feet...

After getting a positive answer from his sister, Zhen Yan went and bought two ice creams, which they ate as they strolled.

"Brother, do you and your classmates often hang out like this? Have you gone to places further away?"

"Not often, just on Sundays. I went with my roommates by bus once to Baihe to supposedly buy clothes, but actually just to wander around."

"Do boys wander around too?"

"Why not! When bored, we just hang out together! But most of the time, we go to, uh..."

"To the arcade? Is it the one up ahead?" asked Zhen Yu with a faint smile.

Seeing that his sister wasn’t angry, Zhen Yan replied, "Yeah, we gather and play King of Fighters on weekends."

"Let’s go! Play a couple of rounds!" Zhen Yu pulled her brother and headed straight for the arcade.

Zhen Yan hurried to keep pace with his sister, saying, "Do you know how to play? I’ll teach you in a bit!"

The two entered the shop, and without answering, Zhen Yu went straight to the owner and said, "Ten coins!"

"Here, one yuan!"

With one hand giving money and the other taking the coins, Zhen Yu looked up searching for the King of Fighters machine, as Zhen Yan was already pulling her in a direction.

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Unfortunately, there were two people currently playing against each other in front of the arcade machine.

Zhen Yan felt that one of the figures was familiar, turned to the side to look, and sure enough, it was third senior brother Cao Zhixin.

"Third brother!"

"Eh? Lao Qi! You’re here to play too?" Cao Zhixin looked up upon hearing the voice, and seeing that it was the seventh junior brother, he smiled and greeted him.

"Yes! Just taking my sister out for a stroll."

"Huh?" Cao Zhixin suddenly turned his head, not even looking at the battling game interface anymore, and smiled at Zhen Yu behind him like a bloomed flower, "You, you’ve come to Qi City!"

Seeing that Cao Zhixin had stopped playing, the boy he was competing with also immediately ceased and turned around to ask, "Your friend?"

"Yeah! My Martial Arts Hall’s junior brother and his little sister," after Cao Zhixin replied, he turned to Zhen Yu and said, "This is my friend."

Zhen Yu smiled and did not say anything.

Zhen Yan sensed the situation and felt it was up to him to ease it, thus he urged, "You two hurry up and play! After you’re done, I can have a turn with my sister."

"Oh!" Cao Zhixin seemed to snap back to reality and turned his head back to continue the fight.

A single round of fight was very short; even three rounds took just a few minutes. In a best of three matches, Cao Zhixin clearly couldn’t beat his friend.

"You guys go ahead!" Cao Zhixin let go of the joystick to make space, and his friend, seeing this, also quietly moved aside.

Zhen Yan immediately stepped forward, happily calling out to his sister, "Come on, little sister! I’ll teach you how to play!"

"Thanks," Zhen Yu nodded to Cao Zhixin first, then walked over to her brother’s side and inserted two coins.

"Clack, clack—" The interface switched after Zhen Yan confirmed.

"This button is for selecting a character, this way you can pick the one you like..."

Zhen Yu interrupted, "I know how."

"Huh?" Zhen Yan asked in disbelief, "You really know how?"

Without another word, Zhen Yu directly chose her character and waited for him.

To save her brother some face in front of outsiders, Zhen Yu let him win a round in the last game; the final result was the same as before, winning two out of three.

"Little sister! You," Zhen Yan cut himself off mid-sentence and swallowed back his words, now was not the time to ask, moreover, he knew even if he asked, he wouldn’t get any answers.

But his not asking didn’t mean others wouldn’t.

Cao Zhixin looked at Zhen Yu eagerly, somewhat excited, "You are amazing! How long have you been playing this?"

Zhen Yu glanced at her brother and casually made up, "Half a year."

Right after she finished speaking, Cao Zhixin’s friend suddenly said, "How about a game between the two of us?"

Zhen Yu looked at him, thought he was just a stranger anyway, and nodded in agreement.

The two gaming experts fought intensively, making both Zhen Yan and Cao Zhixin gulp as they watched.

In the end, Zhen Yu won, albeit only narrowly.

The boy looked at Zhen Yu’s character’s last sliver of health, murmuring, "This is the first time I’ve met a girl who plays games as well as you. What’s your name?"

Zhen Yu glanced at him, then suddenly noticed the conflicted expressions on Zhen Yan and Cao Zhixin’s faces.

Oh well, she might as well save face for both of them. She wouldn’t say it, but he could also ask Cao Zhixin. It was just a name after all.

"Zhen Yu."

Only then did the boy turn around, softly saying, "I am Lu Huai."

Seeing this, Zhen Yan also introduced himself, "I am Zhen Yan."

Cao Zhixin, being the only one familiar with both parties, looked around and suggested, "Shall we all play together?"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, two male voices responded in unison, "Sure!"

Thus, the entertainment time for the siblings turned into a gathering of four people...