He thought about his old smartphone and it seemed like it was time to replace it.
At first he was quite happy, thinking it was some surprise prepared by his family.
But when I think about it again, I feel like I’m being pretentious.
My parents are both in their late fifties and obviously don't know how to do these tricks, and they are not interested in electronic products.
I really want to buy it for him, but my parents probably just said that they would let their son pick out two people before paying the bill.
As for his sister, based on Gu Xing’s understanding of her, it is absolutely impossible for her to buy herself a gift!
It could only be bought by Gu Pan to go to college.
In order to verify his idea, Gu Xing also went to ask his parents.
"Have you bought Gu Pan's computer and mobile phone for the start of school?"
Mom answered very naturally, "No, I heard her say that she has almost made the choice. It should only be done in the past two days."
Originally, the couple wanted to spend money, but Gu Pan insisted on paying the bill with her income from being a tutor. Gu's mother couldn't resist her, so she had no choice but to let her daughter make her choice.
But Gu's mother didn't realize what Gu Xing wanted to do and didn't tell her son the reason.
Gu Xingle went back to the cubicle to prepare a surprise for Gu Pan.
I took a look at the mobile banking and saw that July’s income had arrived this morning.
The basic salary is still 22,000 yuan, plus MVP bonus and live broadcast salary, the total is 55,000.7 yuan.
In fact, Gu Xing’s live broadcast income is more than this.
The extreme expansion of popularity and popularity makes his monthly gift worth a large amount of money!
However, like other domestic teammates, Gu Xing's contract was signed by VG Uniform and Douyu.
At that time, the manager Lu Wenjun, based on the principle of caring for the players, took great pains to negotiate with the live broadcast platform the terms of a high base salary and low gift sharing.
In short, the basic salary is higher than that of ordinary teams, but the commission rate for paid gifts is lower.
Before the start of the summer split, this was recognized within the team as a conscientious contract.
Brother Long, Xiao Duan and others were unknown at that time, and not many people gave them gifts.
A high basic salary is an income guarantee for them!
As a result, after the summer regular season, several of their players gained a lot of viewers and traffic based on their results, even if the live broadcast effect was poor.
Looking back now, VG suffered a huge loss from the live broadcast contract they signed!
After all, they themselves never expected that the team’s performance and popularity could rise to staggering levels in just one summer split!
Gu Xing is quite satisfied now.
In his opinion, the income of 5.5W is already very high, and he could not even think about it before becoming a professional.
The computers and mobile phones Gu Pan picked were not particularly expensive models. Gu Xing glanced at them and made sure that the remaining savings were enough for him.
Then he helped place the order and check out.
The pleasure of clearing the shopping cart made Gu Xing feel refreshed physically and mentally. He who was previously struggling with the choice of dropping out of school said he felt comfortable!
Gu Pan knew nothing about this.
She also watched movies with Shen Guanshan at Zhaobao Plaza near the town.
After the show, Shen Guanshan kept talking to her about Aaron Kwok and the subsequent plot, and Gu Pan had no time to look at his phone.
It wasn't until she got home that she realized her brother had emptied her shopping cart.
"How about I treat you well?" Gu Xing raised his chest and raised his head, trying to take credit, "Why don't you quickly say thank you, Brother Xing?"
"I..." Gu Pan gritted his teeth and smoke came out of his mouth, "You have nothing to do when you are idle, right?"
"What are you doing?" Gu Xing responded innocently to his sister's reaction, "I can't even get you to pay for it!"
"I'm not short of money, and I didn't ask you to help pay for it!" Gu Pan was anxious, and his chest heaved violently.
She said she would return the money to Gu Xing no matter what.
Seeing Gu Pan's bad attitude, Gu Xing was very unhappy.
He originally thought that if Gu Pan didn't say thank you, he would at least say a few nice words.
Instead, he was complained about.
Now Gu Xing refused to accept Gu Pan's transfer, claiming that his sister would return the money in the worst case.
The quarrel between the brother and sister quickly attracted the attention of their parents in the next bedroom.
"Your brother finally came back, why did he quarrel when we met?"
Gu Pan immediately complained to his parents.
After hearing the cause and effect, my father couldn't understand, "Just pay it. Your brother also paid for it with good intentions. You can't say that because of emotion and reason, right?"
Gu Pan felt that her attitude just now was a bit bad, she apologized in a low voice, closed the compartment door, sat on the bed and sulked.
"What are you doing?" Gu Xing originally wanted to spend money to buy happiness, but now it only caused trouble for him.
Mother Gu thought for a moment and opened the door of the compartment where her daughter was.
Compared with her husband, she is more thoughtful.
From Gu Pan's usual personality and this overreaction, we can roughly guess what his daughter is thinking.
The two of them talked quietly for about half an hour and didn't come out until just before dinner.
Gu Pan's face looked as usual this time, but his eyes were slightly red.
A suspicion emerged in Gu Xing's heart.
But he soon forgot about it.
After dinner, I sat on the sofa and watched two episodes of "The Ordinary World" with my parents, peeled two peanuts for fun, and talked about my teammates in the club.
For example, "A barber who doesn't want to be a cook is not a good professional" Zhu Xiaolong, and the optimistic family heirloom Ji Ji Mei who always has a smile on her face and is positive.
Under the soft light from the top of the living room, Gu Xing felt the warm atmosphere that he had not seen for a long time.
My parents are accustomed to going to bed early and getting up early. They have to open the store to purchase goods early the next morning, so they turn off the lights and go back to the bedroom to rest at 9:30 p.m.
Gu Xing was lying on the bed after brushing his teeth. He could still hear the rustling sound of the pen tip making contact with the paper - next door Gu Pan was still preparing lessons for tomorrow's tutoring.
He looked up at the ceiling. Although the partition was cramped, the area could not be compared with the villa bedroom in the VG base.
But it made Gu Xing feel extremely at ease.
The posters of Jay Chou on the wall and the stacks of college entrance examination and Olympiad cram school materials on the bookshelf can bring back various memories of his previous life.
At ten o'clock exactly, the lamp in Gu Pan's cubicle finally went out, and then there was a series of rustling sounds.
Even though the other party tried to step lightly, the slight sound of slippers on the floor could not be completely eliminated.
Gu Xing, who was replaying tonight's LPL game on silent mode on his cell phone, turned over.
"You haven't slept yet?"
Gu Pan spoke softly.
Gu Xing saw Syndra pulling the cock to the limit and completing the bloody counterattack. He was just about to cheer for Song Yijin in his heart, when he heard his sister's words and looked back at her in confusion.
"I'm sorry about what happened this afternoon," Gu Pan wrung her hands together, the darkness hiding her troubled expression, "I was quite harsh."
In just one day after returning to Zhenhai, this was the second apology Gu Xing heard from his sister.
In the past, it was absolutely rare for a brother and sister to admit their mistakes.
Gu Xing even kept screenshots of Gu Pan's "I'm sorry" chat history, just to use it as a counterattack weapon in a quarrel one day.
Hearing Gu Pan's apology at this moment, he felt it was boring.
"Go to bed quickly," Gu Xing pulled up the thin quilt on his body, "If you want to spend money to buy a computer and mobile phone by yourself, you can also transfer money to me."
"No...just think of it as an early birthday gift. Thank you very much. I'll give you a gift when you get back." After Gu Pan finished speaking, he quietly walked to the bathroom.
Monk Gu Xing was really confused this time.
He wondered if his mother had taught her some special face-changing skills when she went to Gu Pan's room for a deep talk in the afternoon.
After thinking for a moment and unable to figure out the reason, Gu Xing's attention was attracted by IG Rain Emperor's new violent death method.
Play Ezreal, be sure to wave in the middle, and use E [Arcane Leap] to jump in front of the members of the Snake Team, and then flash back when the situation is bad.
Snake saw that the Rain Emperor was so rampant, so he naturally refused to let him go, and swarmed up to kill him!
Tabe also plays awkwardly.
Seeing that Rain Emperor was about to donate his 300 yuan, he was not to be outdone and used Karma to rush all the way to the middle.
At the moment when the Rain Emperor's health completely returned to zero, Tabe bravely flashed forward!
Gu Xingneng guessed that Tabe wanted to use the E [Inspire] shield on Rain Emperor to try and save his teammates.
But I was still shocked by his slow reaction.
Everyone in the Rain Emperor has gone back to the spring to recuperate. Doesn’t Tabe’s flash appear and kill people?
There was no suspense, Tabe who handed over the flash was killed by the enemy's fire, and he and Yu Huang had a hot spring package!
Gu Xing huddled under the quilt and tried not to laugh out loud.
There are also many teammates in the VG training department who are watching the game. Seeing the performance of the IG duo, they are all filled with emotion in the group chat.
In the live broadcast room of the event, the broiler under the director's lens opened his mouth slightly, with disbelief written all over his face.
Even though he has a clear understanding of the lower limit of his bottom lane, he still can't understand it at the moment.
Are these operations something normal players can perform?
Fortunately, the twin stars of IG shine brightly. It is difficult for a child to lead a team to victory alone. The small universe explodes in an instant. He performed well in the ancient dragon team battle and successfully performed a control show, creating a huge output space for Song Yijin!
The captain of the posture operation used a wave of three consecutive barrels to blast through the Snake team's defense line at the familiar trigger point of the famous scene of earth and fire!
IG's team's vision problem is really big.
It's a pity that the Snake team also got lost in the later stage. The later operations of the two teams can only be described as sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks!
IG finally defeated the Snakes 2-1, relying on a small point advantage to narrowly escape the NB ranking, and advanced to the playoffs as fourth in Group A!
In the picture, Song Yijin laughed with relief.
If IG can enter the playoffs this summer, it will be considered a success. This goal has been achieved, and Song Yijin's heart was suddenly filled with the joy of a good harvest.
Gu Xing was very happy for the broiler. After reading the competition reviews, he turned off his phone, closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing and fell into a deep sleep.
It was noon when I woke up the next day.
Having just returned to Zhenhai, he still maintains his previous training routine.
Gu Xing had no intention of changing his mind.
He only had to rest for three days after returning home. It was not worth it to correct his biological clock and then have to change it again when he returned to the base.
There are only two people at home, Gu Xing and his father.
My younger sister gets up early to learn how to drive, and then goes straight to tutoring after having a meal outside at noon; my mother works in the store during the day, and only switches shifts with Father Gu in the afternoon.
Gu Xing sent a message to Shen Guanshan, and after confirming that the other party had not eaten lunch, he packed up and prepared to go out for the appointment.
When Father Gu saw his son get up, wash up and walk out, he didn't forget to ask, "Aren't you eating at home?"
"Yes, Guan Shan and I made an appointment to have a meal out, and there will be a class reunion in the evening..." Gu Xing changed his clothes and put the umbrella and tissues into his backpack.
Dad looked at Gu Xing with a strange look in his eyes.
But he didn’t say anything, he just handed over a stainless steel lunch box.
"Then give this lunch box to your mother. There are two meatballs in it. Let her eat it while it's hot."
Gu Xing didn't notice the expression on his father's face, put on his bag, took the lunch box and went out.
While walking quickly downstairs, I went to the counter bar to watch the game news.
Last night, the LCK regular season situation was settled.
In the last round of the regular season, ROX easily defeated its opponent 2-0 and ranked first in the record!
Different from the LPL competition system, in the playoffs of the Korean League, the top-ranked team will advance directly to the finals!
This means that the Tigers are guaranteed to finish second!
In the spring split, they were runners-up and gained a lot of points.
Combining the two, ROX directly advances to the S6 global finals!
Because no matter who the opponent is, if the Tigers win the final, they will become the No. 1 seed in the division.
Losing the final, ROX is also the team with the highest points besides the summer champions, and will enter the World Championship as the second seed!
In short, ROX is the earliest team preparing for the S6 Global Finals.
They can take a good look at their World Championship opponents.
Gu Xing looked through the forum posts and found that ROX accepted an interview with Korean media after the regular season ended last night.
There are many interviews and transfer posts in the Tieba forum.
One of the questions interested Gu Xingbei.
The e-sports reporter’s question is about the little peanut who has made a big splash this year.
"May I ask Peanut player, in the upcoming global finals, is there any team or player you particularly want to meet?"
The reporter also specifically emphasized that the selection range was non-Korean competition areas.
I guess he thinks that if he leads the Korean division, there is a high probability that Peanut will choose the Tigers' mortal enemy SKT.
The little peanut in the video thought for a moment, "I think the VG team in the LPL is very strong. Their jungler Virtue is very strong and is an opponent that cannot be underestimated."
"We have met twice in training matches. His style of play is unique and very aggressive, and he knows how to use it to his advantage."
Little Peanut paused and added, "Virtue once killed me in a single in a training match. If possible, I would like to play against him in the global finals. I want him to see the strength of ROX."
Smeb next to him looked horrified and asked Little Peanut in surprise, "Is this allowed to be said?"
According to the mainstream thinking in the Korean e-sports circle, things like training matches are team secrets and cannot be easily leaked to the outside world.
Hearing this, Little Peanut smiled and joked, "I didn't explain other circumstances, so it shouldn't be considered a leak..."
The second half of the interview video shows the members of the Tigers talking and joking with each other.
From their way of getting along, it can be easily seen that the relationship between ROX members is quite harmonious.
Gu Xing was quite surprised when Xiao Huahua mentioned him.
Peanut’s answer caused an uproar in the anti-stress bar!
In this era of endless darkness for the LPL division, as the leader in the LCK, currently the world's No. 1 division, the fact that the Tigers can give LPL players extremely high praise is itself a matter of great discussion value.
So for a while, the post forum was full of comments about the interview with Xiao Peanut.
[Virtue single-handedly kills Peanut? Guigui, is it possible that this year is really the most promising year for LPL? 】
[Little Peanut still wants to meet Xiao Gu in the World Championship? It’s so funny, you can’t! 】
[Virtue: Brother, go to college first, little peanut, you can play slowly]
[VG didn’t even issue a statement. Is it possible that the big dad in the team is really going to give up the world race and go to school? 】
[I advise VG to get tickets for the S6 World Championship first. They haven’t even played the playoffs yet, so why not go to the World Championship on loan first?]
Gu Xing is very familiar with the roads in Guxi Community, and looking at his mobile phone while walking does not affect his progress efficiency.
When he arrived at the gate of the community, he happened to meet Shen Guanshan.
The girl was still wearing a loose, plain short-sleeved shirt and sweatpants, and her exposed forearm skin was as white as snow.
"Wait for me, I'll deliver a meal first..."
Gu Xing shook the lunch box in his hand and walked into his store.
Gu's mother had just been paying attention to Shen Guanshan through the window, but she couldn't help but gossip when her son came in.
"Are you two going out to play?"
Gu Xing changed the subject in a natural manner, "If you don't eat it, the meatballs will get cold."
Before leaving, he took two more boxes of yogurt from the shelf.
After saying hello and putting it in his pocket, Gu Xing quickly left the store.
"Have you decided what to eat for lunch?"
Shen Guanshan shook his head repeatedly, "No, it's up to you. I'm not picky about food."
There are no taboos such as coriander, and even chili peppers and raw seafood are not taboo.
Shen Guanshan did not grow up under the love of her parents, and the environment in which she grew up made it easy for her to provide for herself.
"Just a little cheaper," she thought for a moment and then added, "We have to have dinner together in the evening, so don't eat too much at lunch."
If someone said that, Gu Xing would have to consider whether the other person was being polite.
But when facing Shen Guanshan, he could relax and not think so much.
Gu Xing knew Shen Guanshan very well, and this girl never spoke falsely.
What you play is real, and what you say is all your true inner thoughts.
"Famous casserole?" Gu Xing thought of a restaurant.
The casserole shop is across the street from the Drum Tower, only a few dozen meters away.
It's not far from the town.
The most important thing is that it is economical and tastes good.
The cheaper casserole costs more than ten yuan, while the more expensive one only costs thirty yuan.
At that time, for the Gu family with average financial conditions, it was simply a regular place for gatherings.
If Gu Xing and Gu Pan do well in the exam, their parents can bring them over for a feast.
Now that I haven't eaten for several months, Gu Xing still misses me a little.
Shen Guanshan had eaten it before, so he agreed and rushed to the vicinity of the Drum Tower with Gu Xing.
The midday sun is broken into pieces by the leafy trees, casting the whirling shadows of the camphor trees on the ground.
As a result, the shadows of the two people blended together, making it difficult to separate them.
"I heard Gu Pan say during driving practice today that you two had a fight again?"
Shen Guanshan turned his head and asked him.
Gu Xing scratched the short hair on his temples, "Gu Pan then..."
He explained the cause of the matter in detail.
"I think she is too sensitive." Gu Xing muttered.
Shen Guanshan stepped on the shadow, his eyes completely focused on Gu Xing.
"Gu Pan is definitely wrong to be angry, but I have to explain it to her..."
Gu Xing felt like Shen Guanshan had changed.
Why did she start working as a spiritual mentor and mediator when she originally had average emotional intelligence?
Although Gu Xing had some guesses about the answer, he was curious about what Shen Guanshan would say next.
So you shake your head and signal Shen Guanshan to start your performance.
"You're too far ahead of her."
Shen Guanshan's mind raced rapidly, "Originally, when everyone was on campus and had little income, the most effective way to distinguish them was their grades."
"And there's not much difference in your scores."
Gu Xing nodded with interest.
He has competitive results and there is no pressure to take the college entrance examination half a year in advance.
Gu Pan relied on his overall grades and worked hard until he finally got into a university that was a level better than his.
But it's not a huge difference.
Overall, the gap is controllable.
"But..." Shen Guanshan almost forgot the words and quickly reorganized his words, "But after you started playing professionally, the gap between you and Gu Pan widened."
"I'm talking about the economic aspect."
"Gu Pan became a tutor, firstly, to earn college living expenses for himself, and secondly, so that he would not fall too far behind and appear useless... But even so, he could not make up for the gap."
This is pretty much what Gu Xing thought.
Gu Pan worked hard as a tutor for two months, and the money he earned was only half his monthly income!
What's more, it's possible for Gu Xing to drop out of school and get a contract with an annual salary of one million, which is completely beyond Gu Pan's imagination!
The brother and sister, who grew up together and were always in a competitive relationship, had been able to maintain a relatively stable balance in all aspects for the past eighteen years.
Professional e-sports has given Gu Xing a complete lead in his income!
The huge gap made Gu Pan unable to accept it for a while.
Strong self-esteem and desire to win made Gu Pan not want to accept Gu Xing's gift for no reason.
One by one, potential factors completely detonated when clearing the shopping cart, triggering conflicts.
"Think about it for a second. If you were in the position of looking forward, and a competitor you were very familiar with suddenly suddenly became successful and gave you financial help, what would you think?"
Gu Xing complained first, "Would I say that the rich woman still needs leg pendants... I'm kidding."
Seeing that something was wrong with Shen Guanshan's eyes, he immediately became serious and said, "It's really hard to accept one thing after another."
If one day Gu Pan becomes a billionaire and throws money in front of him, Gu Xing will most likely throw it back and laugh at the other person.
After clarifying his thoughts and trying to understand why Gu Pan was so emotional at that time, Gu Xing asked the question that had been bothering him for five minutes.
"How do you know so much?"
In his impression, Shen Guanshan definitely didn't look like someone who could say those words.
Shen Guanshan pondered for two seconds and finally decided to tell the truth, "...the above is what Gu Pan told me when he was learning to drive."