Chapter 129128: Confused
At eleven o'clock the next morning, Gu Xing got out of the car with a backpack on his back.
Guxi Community is just around the corner.
The camphor trees on both sides of the road were still green, helping him block the harsh August sun.
Gu Xing smelled the special aroma of camphor and was eager to return home. He stepped into the shadow of the trees and strode into his store.
A new bell was installed at the door, and when Gu Xing opened the door, it would make a mellow and sweet sound.
He complained in his heart and wanted to ask if he could sell the Peninsula Iron Box, then he heard his mother's voice, "Back?"
The voice is gentle.
Gu Xing's heart felt warm and he couldn't help but step forward and give the middle-aged woman standing in front of the counter a hug.
Mom looked Gu Xing up and down.
Although I have been making video calls with my son in the past two months, they are still separated by mobile phones.
Seeing it with her own eyes at this moment, she subconsciously looked at Gu Xing's figure to make sure that her son was not thin, and then she felt relieved, "It seems that the conditions there are not bad..."
"It's quite good," Gu Xing asked his mother to relax, "Every day there is plenty of fish and meat, and the meals are very rich."
Not only that, the team also went out for dinner occasionally, and the quality of the food was much better than at home.
You can see how skilled the VG breeder is by looking at Yu Wenbo's rapidly expanding body size.
The two of them chatted for a while, and then his mother urged Gu Xing to go home quickly, "Your dad is almost ready to cook. You go back and take a shower first. I'll wait for a quarter of an hour before going up."
After her son finally came back from vacation, Gu's mother naturally didn't want to continue opening the store and planned to take a half-day break.
When Gu Xing stepped into Guxi Community, he saw the ivy arrogantly entrenched outside the walls of the residential buildings. The familiar overhead wires were still above his head, weaving a dense network.
Everything was no different than when he left.
Gu Xing looked around, not forgetting to chat with the neighbors he met along the way.
After all, this is an old community. Most of the owners have lived here for more than ten years. They often go to the store owned by the Gu family to buy things. Every time they go there, they know that the store owner has a twin brother and sister, whose appearance and academic performance are very outstanding.
Gu Xing's social skills are perfect and his memory is quite good. When he had nothing to do, he helped pick up and deliver things in the store and knew the family situation and names of many owners.
When he met an acquaintance, his face was still filled with an extremely friendly smile, "Uncle Gao, you are the one shopping for groceries again today... Did you buy so much pork?"
The other party was wearing a white undershirt in the summer and was so fat that his neck was almost invisible.
It is said that in the A-share bull market in the past few years, Uncle Gao made a lot of money, which was enough for him to be financially free for the rest of his life. He also retreated quickly to avoid the subsequent decline, retired early and enjoyed a retirement life. His level was so high that he was called Buffett of Guxi Community.
Seeing Gu Xing greeting him, Uncle Gao looked kindly and said, "The suckling pigs are selling well today, so I bought a piglet and took it home to eat."
He then asked, "I heard that you are a professional player in Shanghai... My son likes you very much. Can I take a photo with you?"
Gu Xing didn't expect such a request, "I won't be able to stay for too long during this holiday, let's do it next time, definitely next time!"
Uncle Gao didn't care and waved goodbye to him.
Gu Xing walked quickly into the community. When he was approaching the downstairs of his house, he saw a rickety figure in front of him. With one hand he was pushing a trolley that the old man often used to go to the market, and with the other hand he was carrying a bunch of fruits. He hurriedly got on help before.
"Grandma Li, did you buy so many things again?"
Seeing Gu Xing about to take over the cart full of vegetables, the panting old man hurriedly thanked him, "It's really troublesome. My grandson finally came back today and wanted to make something delicious. I accidentally bought too much.”
Gu Xing came back this time to stay for two or three days, so he didn't bring any suitcases with him, just so he could help carry things.
"What you are saying is that we are all on the same floor and can easily do it with a little effort..."
Gu Xing found that Grandma Li's expression showed happiness.
In my impression, her grandson is three or four years younger than her, and his grades have always been good, and he is taking the high school entrance examination this year.
After thinking about it for a while, Gu Xing could probably guess the reason why the other party was happy.
"Your grandson did well in the exam?"
He took the initiative to give Grandma Li a topic.
Sure enough.
One sentence opened up Grandma Li's conversation, "No, I performed exceptionally well and was admitted to the town's high school. Although it is not an innovative class, my family is very satisfied..."
She was very proud of it.
Being able to enter the best destination of Zhenhai's nine-year compulsory education is definitely a big event worth celebrating for ordinary families.
Gu Xing agreed with a smile and helped carry the trolley up to the third floor. Before leaving, he had a clean and handsome face and good communication skills. Grandma Li stuffed him with two crisp peaches as a token of appreciation. grateful.
Watching the old man close the security door, he just took off his long legs, took three steps and two steps at a time and ran all the way to the top of the building.
As soon as he stepped onto the top 7th floor, the door of Shen's house opposite was gently pushed open.
Shen Guanshan, who was wearing home clothes, stuck his head out, his clear eyes full of joy.
Gu Xing looked into each other's eyes, and for a moment he stretched out his hand.
“Would you like a peach?”
Shen Guanshan was confused by this question.
She had originally focused all her attention on Gu Xing's face, and then shifted her gaze downwards. Only then did she realize that the other person actually held two peaches in his hands!
Shen Guanshan hesitated for a moment, "Take it back and give it to Gu Pan to eat."
Just two peaches, not enough for three people.
"Why do you care about her?" Gu Xing put the peach into Shen Guanshan's hand, "Let Gu Pan eat it if he wants."
Seeing that he insisted on giving it to him, Shen Guanshan had no choice but to accept it.
"Are you busy this afternoon?" Gu Xing stepped on the last step, so that the girl was a little taller than him.
Shen Guanshan, who was just over 1.7 meters tall, could look straight at Gu Xing's face and engraved his facial features into his mind greedily.
Her strange brain circuit started to go astray again.
Influenced by Gu Pan, Shen Guanshan read several Mary Sue romance novels during the summer vacation.
One of them describes the ideal male protagonist as having a face like a knife.
When she saw this, her first reaction was to have noodles with a knife, and she even felt hungry. Then she wondered in her mind who could have a "face like a knife."
After thinking about it, it seems that only the boss in SpongeBob SquarePants perfectly meets this requirement.
Now seeing Gu Xing's face, Shen Guanshan finally understood his ideal type.
He's not so handsome that he's miserable, but his facial features are handsome, his appearance is clean, his figure is tall, and his smile is sunny and warm, making people feel like a spring breeze...
"What are you thinking about?" Gu Xing's palm moved up and down in front of her eyes, and then Shen Guanshan was awakened.
She remembered that she hadn't answered the other person's question yet, so she calmed down and said, "Gu Pan asked me out to watch "Cold War 2" this afternoon."
Gu Xing made a few slanderous remarks.
He didn't watch it in the morning and he didn't watch it in the evening. But when he came back, he took Shen Guanshan out to play again.
Gu Xing felt that Gu Pan did it on purpose.
Thinking of this, the guilt I felt for taking two crisp peaches from Grandma Li and not giving them to her disappeared instantly.
"When you come back from driving lessons tomorrow, can we go for a walk in the Drum Tower?" Gu Xing suggested.
Due to historical reasons, Ningbo has many ancient drum towers located in the city.
The name of Guxi Community comes from this. As the name suggests, it is to the west of the Drum Tower.
The nearest Drum Tower is next to Zhenhai Middle School. Sometimes many students go there for a walk on weekends.
Gu Xing and others used to hang out there.
Shen Guanshan agreed immediately without even thinking about it.
"Then see you tomorrow?"
Seeing Shen Guanshan nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, Gu Xing raised the corners of his mouth slightly and planned to take out the key and go home.
"Wait..." Shen Guanshan stopped him and ran into the house without looking back.
Not long after, he ran back again, holding a support banner with Gu Xing's Q-version avatar printed on it. Next to the avatar were cartoon images of heroes such as the male gunman, the leopard girl, and the blind monk.
Shen Guanshan pulled the banner apart with both hands and looked at Gu Xing with his eyes as clear as ever, "Can you sign your name for me?"
He had no reason to refuse. He found a marker pen from his backpack and signed his name next to the Q-version avatar according to the signature style designed for 5 yuan on Taobao.
Shen Guanshan carefully put it away, "When the finals come, I will bring your signed banner to the scene to support you."
Gu Xing said goodbye to her and as soon as he opened the security door, he found his sister sitting on the sofa playing with the TV remote control.
"Hey," Gu Pan started to get angry when he came up, "Isn't this a big star? Why did he come back by chance?"
Gu Xing immediately turned on the emergency device and instinctively responded with a cold scoff, "I'm a leading star with a hammer. Have you ever seen a leading star making such a small amount of money in a month?"
Then he pretended to suddenly realize, "I almost forgot, you don't earn as much as me, so compared to you, I am indeed a big star."
"Can I sign your autograph? You can also take a photo."
Gu Pan was so angry that he bared his teeth and claws, and wanted to hit Gu Xing on the back.
Only then did Gu's father poke his head out of the kitchen, "Panpan, don't talk to your brother like that..."
"Dad, you are going too far!" Gu Pan was very dissatisfied with this.
Father Gu was quite calm, "If you hadn't made trouble first, could there have been a quarrel?"
Hearing this, Gu Xing almost laughed out loud, "Did you see that? Anyone with a discerning eye will know that you are looking for trouble."
When Gu Pan saw his father turning away and continuing to cook, he lowered his voice and said to Gu Xing, "Don't think I didn't hear what you just said outside..."
As she said before.
The house doesn't work.
Especially the sound insulation is extremely poor.
Besides, except for employees who check water meters, no outsiders come to the top floor.
When Gu Pan turned on the TV just now, he vaguely heard a man and a woman chatting outside the house.
Guxi community is a typical two-family house on one floor. There are only Gu family and Shen family on the seventh floor.
Based on the most basic reasoning and judgment, Gu Pan knew that it was Gu Xing and Shen Guanshan having a good time outside.
"What did you say?" Gu Xing felt that he was not afraid of the shadows as he stood upright, "You go to Guan Shan to watch a movie in the afternoon, but I can't go out with her for a walk tomorrow? Are you having double standards?"
Gu Pan was speechless for a moment. She, who was usually very articulate, hummed for a long time without thinking of a way to reply to Gu Xing.
In the end, I had to slap my nose and ask, "Can you take a shower quickly?"
The weather in Ningbo in August is similar to that in Shanghai. It is so humid that it feels like the hot air is sticking to your back.
Gu Xing caught the train and ran back again. The journey was dusty and he naturally sweated a lot.
He washed his hands first, and then ate the crisp peach in front of his sister.
Gu Pan's head was filled with questions, wondering if he was seriously ill.
When Gu Xing came out from the shower and put on clean clothes, his mother just closed the shop and went home.
My father turned off the range hood, which was too old to serve much purpose, and brought the last fish to the table. Everyone sat down in a corner to prepare for the meal.
"Where's Xiao Shen next door?" Gu's mother asked Gu Xing with a friendly look.
Gu Pan came back with 4 pairs of chopsticks and quickly answered, "Guan Shan bought a lunch box at a fast food restaurant outside after learning how to drive. She didn't agree when I asked her to come over to eat."
The two girls enrolled in the same driving school and only studied one morning every day.
Mother Gu figured out the reason, shook her head and sighed, "This kid... bought me a pair of pants online two days ago."
Shen Guanshan may be a social terror, and his emotional intelligence is lower than the average level of normal people.
But this does not mean that she knows nothing about the world.
In the past, Shen Guanshan basically lived in the dormitory when he was in school, and only came back occasionally. He didn't visit Gu's house frequently.
Now she stays at home every day before Peking University starts. Seeing that no one is cooking at Shen Guanshan's house, Gu's mother invites her over and over to Gu's house for dinner.
It's hard to refuse Shen Guanshan's hospitality, but it's hard to come all the time.
With the financial conditions of the Gu family, it was already very difficult to support Gu Xing, Gu Pan and his brother and sister. If he had to go out for food every day, he would only add to the burden on others.
Therefore, she only comes here every three to five, and even buys some daily necessities online that are not sold in Gujia stores when she has nothing to do, as a way of repaying her kindness.
Father Gu changed the subject, "Try this meaty sole quickly, but fishing is still prohibited now, so the frozen taste will be a little worse..."
Like many families in coastal cities, the Gu family mostly eats steamed seafood.
Meat sole doesn't look very good, but the meat is plump and tender and tastes quite good.
Seeing Gu Xing picking up several chopsticks in succession, he obviously thought highly of this dish.
Gu's father was satisfied and asked with great interest, "Your mother and I watched the VG game last night. Since you can win the Spring Split, aren't you going to win the Summer Split?"
"It's not that simple," Gu Xing explained to him, "This version of the game has changed a lot and is different from traditional sports."
Although traditional sports will also experience rule changes, overall the frequency of changes is far less than that of League of Legends.
One generation of versions and one generation of gods.
Gu Xing didn't feel it deeply at first, but it wasn't until he actually stepped into the professional arena that he truly realized how much the patch had an impact on the team.
It is so rare for a team like SKT to remain competitive!
Father Gu was still discussing with him why there was only one person in the middle lane of Summoner's Rift.
"The middle lane is considered the hub, why not send two people to suppress the opponent?" The father, who is nearly fifty years old, doesn't understand. "Seizing the initiative will have a greater impact on the game, but I have never seen any team do this. .”
The mother doesn't understand why the support should follow the ADC. Isn't it good to directly follow the jungler at the beginning?
Gu Xing was overwhelmed by one novice question after another. He organized his words to explain the causes and consequences. In the middle of the sentence, he suddenly felt confused, "You can't understand the game, what's the point?"
Gu's mother spooned a bowl of meatball soup for Gu Xing and replied matter-of-factly, "I can see you up there."
Dad added next to him, "And sometimes I can see your post-game interviews...it's very good, the language is very organized, and you have really grown up."
Gu Xing originally behaved more maturely than his peers.
But he was still in school at the time, and his parents always thought he was a child.
It wasn't until they saw Gu Xing's methodical interview answers in the live broadcast that the two of them realized that their son was becoming more mature and could now stand on his own.
Gu Xing changed the subject, "VG's boss Ding... who is Ding Ran's brother, told me that I could try to drop out of school and continue playing professional e-sports."
"Huh?" Gu's mother frowned subconsciously, "Isn't it not good?"
She felt that it would be good for Gu Xing to take e-sports as a part-time job, and it would be more appropriate to wait until September to go to college safely.
Before his mother could continue, Gu Xing added another sentence.
"Boss Ding said that the pre-tax income that can be provided in a year must be more than one million."
Gu Pan, who had been being a little transparent just now, couldn't hold it in any longer. She couldn't believe her ears, "How much?!"
It was the same as Gu Xing's first reaction when he heard this string of numbers.
He said Sister Li and repeated it again.
When Gu Pan confirmed that it was one million, he felt that the rice in the bowl was no longer fragrant!
In the past two months, she had only saved 28,000 yuan by working as a tutor.
For college students who have not yet started school, earning this amount of money through self-reliance is not a small amount.
After all, Gu Pan's college entrance examination results are there, and the price of tutoring is really not low.
Even so, it is too small in front of one million!
Can you make so much money from e-sports?
Gu Pan couldn't believe it.
The parents' expressions were also very surprised.
For the Gu family, one million is basically an astronomical figure, and the family's savings are just a fraction.
For a time, the couple didn't know what to do.
"Let's eat first, we will discuss it later." Father Gu asked his children to fill their stomachs before talking.
Gu Pan was thinking very hard, and the delicacies she thought were all tasteless now.
After the four of them had finished eating and drinking, the table was cleared.
The parents went to the bedroom to discuss it behind closed doors.
Gu Xingze returned to his cubicle.
During my time away from home, my parents would often clean the cubicle. Yesterday, they even changed the bed sheets and quilt covers. Overall, it was clean and tidy.
The admission notice from Fudan University has been sent over. The cover is really not that beautiful, and the bright red color looks very eye-catching.
He opened it, took a look at it, counted the documents inside, and put them in the drawer after confirming that they were correct.
Through the simple sliding door, Gu Xing could see Gu Pan sitting in a chair in a daze.
He always felt that there was a hint of loneliness and frustration in his sister.
"Look at yours?" Gu Xing took the initiative to talk.
Gu Pan didn't react at first, "What the hell?"
"Admission Notice!"
Gu Pan finally knew what his advantage was compared to Gu Xing.
But she couldn't be happy.
He just opened the desk drawer and handed the admission notice to Gu Xing.
The first thing you notice is the same bright red cover, but they also painted Boya Tower and Weiming Lake.
The style came up instantly.
"It looks a little better than ours..." Gu Xing wanted Gu Pan to cheer up, even if he laughed at himself.
"Beijing University is just fine." Gu Pan's head drooped, and even his tone became much weaker.
Before Gu Xing could continue to speak, he heard a knock on his door.
Shen Guanshan came to see Gu Pan.
"Didn't we agree to go to the movies...What's wrong with you?"
She noticed her best friend's lack of interest and was puzzled by this.
Gu Xing gestured with his lips and told Shen Guanshan not to worry.
With her little social skills, she couldn't handle this kind of problem.
After sending the second daughter away, her parents came over.
"The two of us had a brief discussion and asked a question first, will taking a leave of absence have any impact on your job search in the future?"
Dad spoke first.
Gu Xing searched and asked for relevant information on his way back to Zhenhai.
"If I take a leave of absence, it will be equivalent to staying a grade. I will start from the first year of college. As long as I pass the exam, I will be able to get a diploma and a degree certificate. There will be no big impact, except that the company may ask about the reason for the leave of absence during the employment interview. ”
This is also the biggest disadvantage of taking a leave of absence.
Age will increase.
Gu Xing originally had an older birthday among his peers, but his birthday was in early November 1997.
If he takes another year or two off school, by the time he graduates in his senior year, he will be about the same age as many graduate students.
However, from a cost-effective perspective, Ding Jun’s idea of taking a break from school seems to be a good choice.
Because Gu Xing has already made a name for himself in professional e-sports.
As Ding Jun said, he can earn a lot of money during the one or two years he is out of school.
"Mom is telling you this," Gu's mother sat on the bed and looked directly into her son's eyes, "from a financial point of view, it is indeed feasible to drop out of school."
The temptation of one million is too great.
Based on the current market conditions, if a Fudan undergraduate graduate stays in the Shanghai stock market and earns 200,000 yuan a year, it is already above the average level.
One million is equivalent to 5 years of working income.
Moreover, you have to bear a lot of living costs in these five years, and the money you can really save is not that much.
If you play professional e-sports, you will have food and accommodation at the base. If you really want to save money, you can even spend less than a thousand yuan a month!
In comparison, the cost of living is almost zero.
"But you have to accept living with classmates who are one to two years younger than you. You may have trouble in your future employment," her mother emphasized. "I said 'maybe' because neither you nor we have ever experienced suspension of study. College students are not sure what the negative effects will be.”
Gu Xing didn't take it seriously, "It's nothing..."
He has full confidence in his social skills.
From kindergarten to ninety-nine, he can get along well with each other.
As for the difficulty of finding a job, if he could earn one million, it would not be unacceptable to find a job with a lower starting point after graduation.
"So that's what we think," Dad pondered for a moment, "This is different from the previous part-time job. Your mother and I have never seen a number like one million in our lives."
"If we decide for you without authorization, once you find out in the end that this is not the life you want, you may still blame us in your heart..."
"Besides, you have been working in the professional circle for two months. No one knows better than you whether this line of work is suitable for you."
Moreover, Gu Xing had previously mentioned that summer part-time jobs were different.
He was just a high school student at that time.
Now that Gu Xing has finished his college entrance examination, he has one foot in college.
Moreover, after seeing Gu Xing's appropriate response during an interview during a live broadcast, the Gu family's parents felt that he could really think about problems for himself from an adult's perspective.
"So, let's just let you make your own decision. We trust your judgment," Gu's father was very proud of his son. "Just remember to think carefully, draw the bow without turning back, and there will be no chance to start over in life again."
Being so open-minded is inseparable from the educational concept that the Gu family has always adhered to.
The Gu family has been very relaxed about the management of the two brothers and sisters since they were young, and they follow the children's personal interests to the greatest extent.
Gu Xingneng played the Olympiad all the way to Fudan University, largely because he was exposed to the Mathematics Olympiad since he was a child.
He is not as talented as Shen Guanshan. He won a silver medal by relying on his stupidity and diligence to make up for his shortcomings.
Now that their daughter is going to Peking University and their son is going to Fudan University, the results have made the Gu family more confident that their education concepts are okay.
They simply left it to Gu Xing to make the decision.
At this moment, Gu Xing was in a state of confusion.
He originally counted on his parents to give him some advice.
In the end, these two kicked the ball directly to themselves? !
"I don't know..." Gu Xing didn't think of an answer, and his face was full of confusion, "Why don't we wait until I finish playing in the playoffs."
He planned to give himself a little more time to buffer his thoughts.
"Then get ready," my mother encouraged. "I heard that the finals will be held in Guangzhou. If you really win, your dad and I will go and watch it!"
Gu Xing promised twice, and when his parents left the cubicle, he lay on the bed with no love left.
I took a nap, got up, turned on the computer and prepared to surf the Internet to relax.
The Tietong network at home was still working stably. Gu Xing didn't want to play games. If he was disconnected once, he would probably explode.
Bored, he ran to the anti-stress bar to use the toilet.
It turns out that many netizens are also concerned about their academic problems.
Gu Xing himself said before that he will become a freshman in September.
At that time, he was not well-known. He was just a rookie in the league who had won several MVPs in a row.
Now his popularity continues to rise, and some netizens uploaded his original live broadcast video to Kangba.
There was a lot of discussion in the replies below.
[School starts in September? Then VG will send it after the playoffs! 】
[What to do in the World Championship? Is it possible to let World6 play? 】
[Ai Yamei, you don’t think that with the overall strength of the LPL, you can break through the top eight by playing Virtue, right? It’s the same for everyone, no difference]
[Chief, LPL, in this rotten fish pond, can you stop ROX for 20 minutes? 】
[Han Za really made me laugh upstairs. EDG won’t enter the semi-finals this year. It’s a live broadcast. That’s what I said! 】
Gu Xing quickly cut out, not wanting to look down any further.
Just go to the shopping website to see some things you can't afford to buy, and give yourself some motivation to make money.
During the time he was away from home, his sister had been using the computer.
Therefore, shopping website accounts are also looked after.
Gu Xing originally wanted to switch accounts.
But I don’t know which design genius came up with the idea. The shopping cart is placed on the homepage of the website. If you accidentally slide the mouse over, the contents inside will be displayed directly!
Not much.
The most eye-catching ones are a computer and a mobile phone.
10 crown champions, I’ll give you a damn...
But T1 is quite strong, but it just doesn’t feel that strong.
Quite strange.
(End of chapter)