YU JIAO was sitting somehow in-between Luo Ren and Shen Ji Yun.  'Somehow' because while Luo Ren was sitting beside her, the distance between him and Shen Ji Yun was a few chairs.  Despite that, she could still feel the tension between the two. 

She bit her lower lip.  She didn't like this kind of atmosphere.  She couldn't even understand why the two were suddenly going nose-to-nose with each other.  They were just discussing about how awesome Luo Yan was and it just turned to this.  It's like the two wanted to make a point and just couldn't agree with anything.

What she got from the conversation of the two, if one could even call it that, was Shen Ji Yun telling Luo Ren that he shouldn't be too overprotective of Luo Yan and Luo Ren answering that he understood but it's not really any of Shen Ji Yun's business.

She knew that both cared about Luo Yan.  So, why was there a need to argue?

Yu Jiao turned to Luo Ren and pulled the other's cuff.  "Mr. Luo, please don't fight."

Hearing that word 'Mr. Luo', the corner of Luo Ren's lips twitched.  The annoyance he felt because of Shen Ji Yun just vanished.  He gazed down at the 'handsome young man' beside him and leaned close. 

Then he whispered in a voice that only they could hear, "If you call me 'Brother Ren', then I will."

Yu Jiao's face suddenly turned red.  "You—I—"

"I'm just joking," Luo Ren said.  If he continued teasing her, Yu Jiao's face would probably not only be red but crimson scarlet.  "Don't worry, me and that guy were not really fighting."

He realized just how childish he'd been.  Being confrontational with someone younger just because he suspected that the other liked his younger brother.  It was fine if he was at Luo Jin's age.  But he was the oldest here and yet he's acting really immature.  But could you blame him?  It's just really hard to control his feelings when it involved Luo Yan.

He understood that protecting Luo Yan from everything was not something that he and the rest of the family should do.  But he also knew that they should protect them from certain things.  Like being judged unfairly by society or something.

Another person who had been confused by the short confrontation between the two was Bai Ze.  He couldn't understand why his older cousin was so antagonistic towards Shen Ji Yun.  But Shen Ji Yun's attitude towards Luo Yan was even more less understandable. 

He sighed.  It seemed like he really should talk to this friend of his. 

Shen Ji Yun no longer paid attention to Luo Ren.  He knew that he really shouldn't leave this much bad impression on any of Luo Yan's family member.  But he just couldn't let Luo Ren continued to have this misconception about Luo Yan.  He didn't want him or the rest of his family to limit Luo Yan and be a form of 'shackle' to him. 

Maybe it's a good thing that Luo Ren decided to enter the game today.  At least, the other would have a chance to see just how really strong Luo Yan was.

He suddenly felt something nudging on his palm.  He gazed down and saw the little fox rubbing his fluffy head on his hand.  The little thing was looking at him with eyes as if asking if he was alright.  A small smile appeared on his lips.

"Let's continue watching your master be amazing," he said to Eclipse in an almost quiet voice.

And the Qilin and little Kitsune both turned their gazes towards the screen.

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After hearing what Captain Roger said, Luo Yan showed a bright smile.

"Congratulations, Mr. Noctis.  Captain Roger always gives the best of rewards," the NPC said to Luo Yan. 

"Thank you," Luo Yan responded before turning to his brother.  "See, I told you we'd get that 'MVP' reward."

"Yeah, yeah," Luo Jin said with his hand under his chin. 

With all the explanation his brother gave him earlier, he'd be more surprised if they didn't get it. 

He was actually a bit mortified, hearing that NPC announced his game account name so loudly.  Just thinking that a lot of people, not only players but also those who was watching the live broadcast, heard that, his mortification just intensified even further.

Now, more than ever, he truly regretted picking that name.  The only thing he was glad for was the fact that no one would associate himself with this puny game avatar.  With his almost gangster-like reputation in school, no one there would definitely think that he and the AmazingYoungMasterJin was one and the same.

Hopefully. 

"Does that mean we won't fight for the next reward?"

"If you want to, we could.  I'm up for anything," Luo Yan answered.  "So, do you, I mean, want to?"

"No, I'm fine with us just staying here until we reach the island," Luo Jin said.

If they took the next reward, he was sure that almost all the remaining players would surely target them.  Not that his afraid of that.  He simply found it very troublesome.  Besides, he didn't want his game account name to be announced again.

Or maybe he should start getting used to it?  After all, once the final tournament started after this preliminary was done, his game account name would definitely be mentioned.  It wouldn't be good if he continued to feel mortified every time some referee called that embarrassing name.

Luo Yan shrugged.  "Okay."  Then he turned to the NPC.  "Can we stay here until we arrived at our destination?"

"Of course," the NPC didn't hesitate to say.  "Mr. Noctis saved the ship.  You're more than welcome here.  And I'm sure our captain wouldn't mind it either."

Luo Yan was glad when he heard that.  At least here, they wouldn't be disturbed by others.  Because he was sure that a lot of players would be dissatisfied with Captain Roger's decision.  After all, in their minds, they deserved the rewards more.  Especially those who fought the mermaids directly.

Just like what Luo Yan thought, the players on the deck who fought with the mermaids were very dissatisfied with Captain Rogers announcement. 

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