Lan Ke Qi Yuan - Edited MTL

Chapter 1: The Chess Game

The quiet mountain forest,  full of birdsong and fragrant flowers, and the mountain creek's cool air leaving people very comfortable.

A group of people was busy, frolicking and setting up tents and campsite here.

This was a private camping trip organized by the co-workers in the company. Of course, all of the people participating were young men. As the older men were not up to the task of carrying gear for camping and hiking.

Originally, everyone had hoped that the company would organize a camping trip, but the company only organized group tours every year (it's the kind of tour where the tour guides drive the bus). So this year, instead of joining the company organized tour, many of the co-workers decided to organize their own camping trip, with the people that have the experience of the outdoors leading the group.

　　It has only been two years since Ji Yuan joined the software company, his head was still black, so he belonged to the category of young men. Currently, he's playing an online mobile game with another colleague after setting up the tent.

         "Hey! Hey! Ji Yuan, Ji Yuan, hurried up and used ult to save me!!! Aghh!! I'm dead now!"

　　"What's the using it for you? You would still die in two seconds, I might as well give it to myself and escape. Now let's get a double kill in the bottom lane..."

　　"ts-tsk, how about you play marksman next then, I'll support you!"

　　"No, no, no...I rather find someone else to play support"

Don't look at the fact that this place was in the middle of mountain. A base station was spotted at the top. So the two men were able to have fun with their phones, with no worried about the Internet speed.

Naturally, there are places in China where the signals are extremely poor or even absent, but most people have long been used to having signals everywhere. This was brought by the improvement of infrastructure and equipment, which makes people unconsciously forget about signals.

They set up their tent on a relatively flat hill with a clear creek, the perfect spot for camping.

There were more than a dozen of people who came. A large crowd was now gathered outside taking photos, and a few were left adjusting their tents. Those who seem to be idle were Wang Gang, Ji Yuan, and Li Jun.

Wang Gang was ready to build a stone stove for barbecue. He looked around the camp. Ji Yuan and Li Jun were getting work to do.

"Ji Yuan, Li Jun, stop playing games and get some firewood. The fire is going to be ready soon, if not, you guys can eat cold canned food for lunch!"

A little further away, a colleague called out to the two people sitting at the entrance of the tent.

"Got it!!!" "OK!"

Li Jun and Ji Yuan both replied, and then looked at each other. Anyway, they were sprayed like dogs by their teammates, so they directly withdrew from the game.

The two men stood up and walked toward the edge of the forest, into a more denser shaded area.

There was no shortage of firewood in the forest, and fallen branches were everywhere. Li Jun dragged a large branch around, tossing it to and fro from time to time, shouting "Drink, drink, ha, hey," making him a fool in Ji Yuan's eyes.

In order to avoid being infected by Li Juan's craziness and being injured by his "crazy devil" stick technique, Ji Yuan hurriedly distances himself from the fellow.

Like many of today's generation, Ji Yuan's grandpa had a lot of brothers and sisters. When it came to his father's generation, Ji Yuan's father was an only child, so were Ji Yuan's aunts, who were also the only child.