At eleven o'clock in the morning the next day, 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 mind and wanted to ask if he could sell the Peninsula Iron Box, but then he heard his mother's voice, "You're 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 like 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 goes out for dinner occasionally, and the quality of the food is 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 I go up."
When 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 is 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, he still had a very friendly smile on his face, "Uncle Gao, you are the one shopping for groceries again today... why 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 during the A-share bull market in 2000, Uncle Gao earned 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 retirement life. His level was so high that people called him 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 when going 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?"
The panting old man saw Gu Xing about to take over the cart full of vegetables in his hand, and hurriedly thanked him, "It's really troublesome. My grandson finally came back today, so he just 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're saying is that we all live on the same floor and can easily do it with a little effort..."
Gu Xing noticed 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. He is taking the high school entrance exam 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.
as expected.
One sentence opened up Grandma Li's conversation, "No, I performed exceptionally well and was admitted to the town's high school. Although it's not an innovative class, my family is very satisfied..."
She was very proud of this.
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 then two steps, and ran all the way to the top of the building.
As soon as we stepped onto the 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 at each other, and for a moment he stretched out his hand.
"Want to eat a peach?"
Shen Guanshan was confused by this question.
She had originally focused all her attention on Gu Xing's face, and her gaze shifted downwards, only then did she realize that the other person actually held two peaches in his hand!
Shen Guanshan hesitated for a moment, "Take it back and give it to Gu Pan."
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 with greed.
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 described the ideal male protagonist as having a face like a knife.
When she saw this, her first reaction was knife-cut noodles, which made her hungry. Then she wondered in her mind who could have a "knife-like face".
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 they're in the 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 two slanderous remarks.
I stopped watching it in the morning and stopped watching it in the evening. But when I came back, I 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, let's go to the Drum Tower for a walk?" 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?"
Gu Xing saw Shen Guanshan nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he 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 a male gunman, a leopard girl, and a 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, so 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? How come he's back by chance?"
Gu Xing immediately turned on the emergency device and responded with a cold sneer, "I am 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 be enlightened and said, "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 with me."
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.
Moreover, except for employees checking water meters and the like, 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.
The Guxi community is a typical two-family house on one staircase. On the seventh floor, there are only the Gu family and the Shen family.
Based on the most basic reasoning and judgment, Gu Pan knew that it was Gu Xing and Shen Guanshan having a pleasant conversation 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? It's a double standard, right?"
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 asked, "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.
By the time Gu Xing finished his shower and put on clean clothes, his mother was closing the shop and going home.
My father turned off the range hood that was too old to be of much use, and brought the last fish to the table. Everyone sat down in a corner to prepare for dinner.
"Where's the little Shen next door?" Gu's mother asked Gu Xing in a friendly manner.
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.
Gu's mother 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 the Gu family 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.
Shen Guanshan's hospitality is hard to refuse, but it's hard to always come.
With the financial conditions of the Gu family, it is already very difficult to support Gu Xing, Gu Pan, brother and sister. If I have to go out for a living every day, I will only add to the burden on others.
Therefore, she only comes here every three or five, and when she has nothing to do, she even buys some daily necessities online that are not sold in Gujia stores, which she considers as repayment.
Father Gu changed the subject, "Try this meat sole quickly, but fishing is still prohibited now, and 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.
Father Gu 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 frequent than that of League of Legends.
One generation of versions and one generation of gods.
Gu Xing didn't feel deeply about it at first, but it wasn't until he actually stepped into the professional arena that he truly realized how much impact the patch had on the team.
It’s really 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, does not understand. "Seizing the initiative will have a greater impact on the game, but I have never seen any team do this. ."
My mother doesn't understand why the support should follow the ADC. Isn't it bad to directly follow the jungler at the beginning?
Gu Xing was overwhelmed by the novice questions one 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 scooped a bowl of meatball soup for Gu Xing with a spoon and replied matter-of-factly, "I can see you up there."
Dad added next to him, "And sometimes I can see your post-match interviews...it's very good. The language is very organized. I've 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."
"Ah?" Mother Gu 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 acting like 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 insignificant in front of one million!
Can you make so much money from e-sports?
Gu Pan can'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 moment, 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 and closed the door to discuss.
Gu Xingze went back to his cubicle.
During my time away from home, my parents often cleaned 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 not that beautiful, and the bright red color looks very eye-catching.
He opened it and took a look at it, then counted the documents inside and made sure they were correct before putting them in the drawer.
Through the simple sliding door, Gu Xing could see Gu Pan sitting in a chair in a daze.
He always felt that his sister showed some loneliness and frustration.
"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 advantages were 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 a movie...What's wrong with you?"
She noticed that her best friend was lacking in 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 can't handle this kind of problem at all.
After sending the two daughters away, their parents came looking for them.
"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 leaving 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 and 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 was able to earn a lot of money during the two years he took a break from school.
"Mom, let me tell 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.
Besides, 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," the 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 for him 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 you are suitable for this industry."
Moreover, Gu Xing previously mentioned that summer part-time jobs are 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 again in life."
Being so open-minded is inseparable from the educational concept that the Gu family has always upheld.
The Gu family has been very relaxed in their management of the two siblings since they were young, and they follow their children's personal interests as much as possible.
Gu Xingneng played Olympiad all the way to Fudan University, largely because he had been 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.
As a result, 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.
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, and 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 would become a freshman in September.
At that time, his reputation was not great, 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 the anti-bar.
There was a lot of discussion in the comments below.
[School starts in September? VG will send it after the playoffs!]
[What to do about the World Championship? Is it possible to let World 6 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? It’s the same for everyone, there is no difference]
[Qie, can you stop ROX for 20 minutes in this rotten fish pond of LPL?
[Han Za really made me laugh upstairs, EDG won’t make it to the semi-finals this year, 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 crowns, I am a turtle...
However, T1 is quite strong, but it just doesn’t feel that strong.