In the early morning, white wild ducks swam slowly across the campus lake, creating ripples on the water. Three wooden bridges were built not far apart on the lake, connecting the living area and the teaching area of ​​the campus. Su Tianxin walked across the rightmost bridge holding a theory book. She hurried forward while anxiously looking at her watch.
It was really terrible. I had Professor Su's class this morning, but I got up too late and was about to be late... You know, Professor Su pays the most attention to the attendance score. If he finds out that I'm late or skipping class, my score will be deducted! What's even more tragic is that I'm the only girl in the class. Even if he doesn't call the roll, Professor Su can tell at a glance that she's missing.
Because of the previous incident, Yang Cong felt that he had messed up things, so he canceled the plan of picking her up from school under the pretext of letting her "be quiet". So... without a roommate, naturally no one would wake her up in the morning.
It’s all my own doing!
Tian Xin was annoyed as she hurried to the teaching building of the School of Mechanical Engineering. Yesterday, she called her father as usual, but he heard her worries. She spent the whole night explaining to him and finally calmed him down. It would be strange if he could get up in the morning like this.
Oh, what a messy life is.
Tian Xin sighed as she quickly ran towards the classroom and finally sat down before Professor Su entered the classroom.
Professor Su, who was wearing a simple polo shirt and black-framed glasses, looked around the classroom with a serious face, and the originally agitated crowd immediately quieted down. He nodded with satisfaction and began to slowly call out names with his eyes. I don’t know if it was Tianxin’s illusion, but when Professor Su’s eyes fell on her, it seemed that he paused for a second or two. She couldn’t help but shrink her head and tried to shrink herself into a small ball. After confirming again, Professor Su finally opened the PPT and started today’s class.
Phew, I've passed the test for now. Tian Xin thought as she put away her books and notebooks. The phone, which had been quiet, suddenly started to vibrate wildly. Tian Xin quickly picked up the phone and took a look.
The red number in the upper right corner of the class group was constantly jumping and soon turned into "99+".
What happened? Was my account hacked?
Tian Xin looked around in confusion and found that although the people around her were staring at the podium, many of them had their phones under their seats and seemed to be typing blindly?
If you have any questions, just look for Yang Cong. Tian Xin carefully looked for Yang Cong and finally found him in a corner not far from her. He was using the people around him to cover his view and was blatantly sending messages.
As if he felt Tian Xin's gaze, Yang Cong raised his head and looked at her, raised his mobile phone slightly at her, and then buried his head in his WeChat work.
what happened?
Tian Xin quietly looked up and found that Professor Su was completely immersed in his speech, so she put her phone under the textbook to check.
Yang Cong: So we have decided to go to the same Internet cafe as last time?
Qi Yuan: That one is pretty good, the internet speed is fast and there are no drops, and there are many seats.
Passerby A: What should we do if we are in different guilds?
Passerby B: You are stupid. Being in a different guild doesn’t affect anything.
…
The rest of the messages flashed across the screen so fast that Tian Xin didn't have time to read them. But from the looks of them, it seemed like they were talking about games? What did this have to do with her?
Tian Xin's fingers flew as she quickly typed out her question: Just asking weakly, what does this have to do with me?
The group that was originally busy suddenly became quiet. After a while, Yang Cong replied: In order to help you improve your mood, we decided to hold a class activity - game PK.
Game PK? Was she hallucinating? In order to help her feel better, the class activity was a game she couldn't play at all?
Tian Xin suddenly wanted to complain, but as soon as Yang Cong spoke, the group that had been quiet just now became active again.
Passerby A: Yes, yes, only when we participate together can it be called a class activity.
Passerby B: Yes, yes, Tianxin, when I’m in a bad mood, I just play a few games. You can try it too.
Passerby C: Yes, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to play. We can guide you. Besides, girls have a natural advantage in playing games, and no one will blame you if something goes wrong.
…
Tian Xin flipped her phone and decided not to discuss this topic anymore. She stared at the professor on the podium, but her mind was far away: I wonder... will cramming be useful?
Langxiang Internet Cafe is the most famous Internet cafe near Nanyin University. The mechanical theme design and good Internet speed make most of the students in the university choose to meet here for activities. Yang Cong and his classmates also obviously regard this place as a base for class activities. They bring people from the college to form a team here almost every week.
Today was Tian Xin's first time here. However, she did not tell Yang Cong and the others, but opened a private room for herself. Although it was called a private room, it was actually just a partition with some bead curtains hung to block the view from outside, as if it was another space.
Tian Xin pushed aside the beaded curtain and walked in. She could only barely make out a 3D rendering of a certain game on the wall. Even the table where the computer was placed had the interface of the same game, and there was even a game logo on the mouse pad.
This is like chasing stars, it can also be considered fanaticism, right?
Tian Xin turned on the computer with some trepidation and found the shortcut to the game on the desktop. Then she quickly searched for "rookie guide" on Baidu and finally built her own game character profile according to the step-by-step instructions.
Well, it’s better to choose a pretty girl as the game character. Anyway, she can’t understand their special attacks or anything like that, so she can only choose the character according to her own preferences.
However, if it is obviously low level, isn't it bad? She should go to the Novice Village to practice, it would be even better if she can level up.
Tian Xin started training alone. She was very unskilled in the operation, and she was not even clear about how many skills she had. She could only click around the pictures on the screen with the mouse. She was knocked down again and again, and reborn again and again from the entrance of the game, which made her self-confidence fall rapidly. Everyone has weaknesses, some are in cooking, some are in reading, some are in riding a bike, and she - probably has weaknesses everywhere.
Tian Xin shook her head and reappeared at the entrance of the Novice Village with her character for the nth time. On the green grass, a large group of players ran past her looking for different NPCs to accept tasks, and she finally plucked up the courage to come to the Novice Village Chief who she had seen countless times and accept the task again.
The pretty girl in the game had a question mark on her head, indicating a mission. She happily ran towards a forest outside the village, and then encountered a bunch of monsters that jumped out of nowhere and wanted to compete with her. Tian Xin could only make a bitter face and hold the mouse tightly and click randomly.
"Ah, hurry up, hurry up, the health bar is decreasing too fast."
"Who are you all? Why is it so difficult to even leave the Novice Village?"
"This is so annoying. I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to..."
She hadn't finished talking to herself yet when the last bit of red on the health bar was consumed. Then, with a flash of golden light, the beautiful girl on the computer screen appeared at the entrance of the Novice Village again.
"What's going on? If this continues, I can't even leave the Novice Village, let alone level up!" Tian Xin threw the mouse away in frustration and collapsed on her seat. She had never had much interest in the game to begin with, and now she was so frustrated that she didn't even have the last bit of ideas.
"Pa pa pa——" There was a sudden burst of applause behind her. Tian Xin turned her head and found two unexpected people.
"That's awesome, junior. I haven't seen someone with such clumsy hands for a long time." Zhuang Feichi said with a smile on his face. "You can't even get out of the novice village when playing games. This is also a kind of ability. What do you think?" He touched the person next to him with his hand.
Zhuang Fei Ze, who was standing by the beaded curtain, was rarely seen wearing three-quarter light blue jeans, revealing his white and slender ankles. He looked very youthful with simple white sneakers. At this moment, he frowned slightly, and there seemed to be a little disapproval in his eyes when he looked at Tian Xin. He walked forward a little, half-blocked Zhuang Fei Ze's sight, and said two words: "Sit down."
Tian Xin then realized that she was still sitting in a slumped position. She quickly straightened her back and put her legs together, her face flushed: "Haha, seniors, what a coincidence."
"That's a real coincidence. There's a problem with the internet at home, so I came to the internet cafe because I was in a hurry to transfer information to Professor Zhuang. I didn't expect to hear a familiar voice when I passed by. It's really you." Zhuang Feichi said as he walked closer to her. He caught a glimpse of the character standing at the entrance of the Novice Village on the screen with fluttering clothes. He sighed repeatedly, "Tsk tsk, it turns out that they were selected based on their beauty. Their overall skills are so poor that I can't bear to look at them."
At this time, Zhuang Fize also looked in, looked at the character on the screen, and then looked at Tian Xin who was in shame and anger. The corners of his mouth curved up and he said, "If you can't hold on for more than five minutes, I'll start over again."
"Hey, are you guys here to complain about me?" Tian Xin stood up from her chair like a rabbit with its hair standing on end. Unfortunately, she was wearing flat shoes today. Standing in front of the two brothers who were 1.8 meters tall, she felt like she had fallen into a pit and could only look up to talk to them.
"Junior sister, why are you suddenly interested in playing games?" Zhuang Feichi asked with a smile.
What do you care? Tian Xin rolled her eyes in her heart and didn't plan to answer.
Zhuang Fei Ze looked at the person in front of him, his eyes full of smiles, and guessed, "Is it because of the classmates in your department?"
How does he know? Can he read minds?
Tian Xin looked at him warily. Zhuang Fize's mood suddenly became very good for some reason, and he explained: "When I sent you back to school that day, Yang Cong and the others came out from here. They must have played games all night."
You even know this? Tian Xin's eyes were no longer filled with vigilance and confusion, but admiration!
Zhuang Fei Ze continued to explain calmly: "When they came over that day, they smelled of cigarettes and a long period of suffocation. Considering the time this internet cafe is reserved for, we can guess why."
It's amazing! He is indeed a master! Tian Xin's eyes are full of stars.
Zhuang Feichi, who had a weak presence next to him, immediately became annoyed and coughed twice, saying, "You two should be careful, this is a public place." Then he said to Tianxin, "Since you can't handle it by yourself, why don't you come home with us and let Zhuang Fei Ze take you."
Zhuang Feize? Will he?
Tian Xin recovered from her admiration and looked at the indifferent person in front of her. In Tian Xin's impression, boys who play games should be like Yang Cong, so she really couldn't connect the great player in front of her with the game.
"You... really can?" Tian Xin asked weakly.
Zhuang Fei Ze glanced at her, said nothing, and quickly sat down in her seat, then started to operate the mouse. Once again, she went to the novice village chief to accept the task, and the "young lady" quickly ran to the forest. But this time, before she could see clearly, Zhuang Fei Ze operated on the keyboard a few times, and the group of little monsters all lay on the ground.
"Wow! How are you so good?" Tian Xin ran over and shook his arm, "Teach me, teach me, teach me quickly."
"You have no talent, so it's too difficult to learn quickly." Zhuang Fei Ze was unmoved. "Besides, what kind of game is a girl playing? Have you finished your internship?"
"Please, don't be such a spoiler, you're not my counselor now." Tian Xin's smile fell for a second, and then she shook his arm again, "Teach me."
"Reject." After saying that, he stood up directly. "Philip Chesterfield once said, 'The most important thing for a person is the ability to distinguish between the impossible and the possible.'"
"What virtue? What ability?" Tian Xin felt like she had a lot of question marks on her head.
"It means that you can't operate it properly." Zhuang Feichi explained casually.
"You...how do you know that I can't do it? After all...I even won the best individual award in military training." Tian Xin didn't want to admit this fact.
"You mean you only participated in three days of military training?" Zhuang Fize laughed. "You haven't even touched a gun, and you haven't participated in any events. Is it rare for others to give you the best individual award?"
"Zhuang Feize!" Tian Xin yelled angrily, "If you don't want to teach me, then don't. Why are you mocking me? Playing games is my own business. I don't want you to interfere." Tian Xin said angrily, picked up her bag and ran out, causing the bead curtain to crackle.
"You deserve to not have a girlfriend." Zhuang Feichi shook his head as he watched Tian Xin run away, and turned around to follow her. "If you don't want to, I actually like this junior high school girl. Just wait."
Zhuang Fize looked at the bead curtain that was still shaking and fell silent. He had just wanted to tease her, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this.