It wasn't until the sound of startup completion came from the earphones that Lu Mingfei looked away from other people's computer screens.
He put away the boring gossip in his heart, opened "StarCraft", and stayed in the hall for a while. He didn't wait for anyone to chat with him privately, so he started the game alone.
"Is there something wrong with Old Tang tonight..."
While muttering, he moved the keyboard to his accustomed angle, rubbed the mouse and started fighting.
In about half an hour, Lu Mingfei's Zerg army had pushed to the enemy's base camp, but his face was still dull.
For him, winning or losing in games has never been important. He plays some games just to kill time and relieve loneliness, so it is meaningless to play without friends.
He casually typed 'GG' and exited the game.
I stared at the screen in a daze for a while.
Finally, the prompt he had been waiting for sounded, and a giant panda avatar that was easily reminiscent of the classic viral picture of a panda burning incense danced in the private chat window.
Lu Mingfei moved the mouse to open the private chat window and noted that the ID was 'Old Tang'.
Sure enough, staying up all night is fun only if you have someone with you.
With a genuine smile on his face, he tapped away at the keyboard.
"I'm online so late today."
"Well, I just finished my work." Old Tang replied, "Are you so early today?"
"We'll be at the Internet cafe tonight, all night long." Lu Mingfei replied in a tight tone.
Old Tang was some of his friends he met in "StarCraft". This guy claimed to be the number one expert on their channel, but compared to him, he was still a million points behind.
"Stay up all night, young people are in good spirits."
Old Tang lamented about life, "I remember that you are obviously a high school student, right? You are still in high school, and you still play games every day."
"Senior year of high school, senior year of high school."
"Third year of high school? Then you don't have to study hard? I remember that the domestic college entrance examination is very important for students, right? It's almost equal to determining their fate?"
"well……"
Lu Mingfei stopped typing and sighed.
He is a high school student who is about to turn eighteen. Together with his uncle and aunt, he has a cousin named Lu Mingze. Although the city he lives in is not very big, he studies in the most famous private high school in the area. The tuition is expensive and the teacher is Dignity is harsh, luxury cars are like running water, and beautiful women are like clouds.
This year is the year that determines his destiny. Everyone around him earnestly teaches him when he meets him, telling him that the end of the world is coming and he should be more motivated to fight. Unexpectedly, even his game friends are no exception now.
Senior year of high school, of course he knew that this was the most stressful year for fresh graduates like him, and logically he should strive for progress.
But the greater the pressure, the lazier Lu Mingfei became. Apart from playing StarCraft, he would lie in bed and stare at the roof in a daze.
But in fact, he doesn't really care about his future, he is just confused.
Growing up, no one had ever told him what to do. He didn't even know if his so-called parents really existed. He was able to live peacefully until now and he hadn't grown up to be a bad person. Lu Mingfei felt that I am already amazing.
"I will work hard."
Finally, Lu Mingfei slowly typed these words.
This is his unified reply to all those who care about his future.
"Well, don't force it, just be happy."
Perhaps because Lu Mingfei took a long time to recover, Old Tang realized that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have said.
"It doesn't matter if your grades are not good. Think about it on the bright side. You are so good at games. If your real name is lost, can you try playing e-sports? Or come to the United States and just follow me and hang out. Although we have no culture, It’s still possible to find a way for brothers to survive..."
"Okay, let's not mention these unhappy things, let's play games!"
Looking at the long string of Chinese characters, Lu Mingfei smiled knowingly. He knew that Old Tang was trying to comfort himself. It was not easy for a man who had been born and raised abroad to type such a long string of Chinese characters and even use idioms. .
To be honest, he was quite touched, after all, someone he had never even met would comfort himself like this.
You must know that he is a thorn in the side of the teacher in school. The class teacher only uses him as a weight and has no other effect than lowering the class's grades. If teachers are concerned about their future, it must be because of 'obligation' and 'school admission rate'.
As for the uncle and aunt? They only care about Lu Mingze. If they are more promising than Lu Mingze in the future, their aunt will probably be jealous, right?
In short, Lu Mingfei felt that maybe... only a 'stranger' like this across the screen would really comfort him with kindness. This is why he is addicted to snares. Sometimes the world here is really much better than reality.
But... when facing someone who really cares about his future, he always feels an inexplicable sense of guilt, because he actually doesn't care much about what the future will bring, and to be precise, it's useless to care.
He knew his own worth, so he didn't dare to ask for anything, as long as he could still laugh heartlessly like now.
"Okay, let's see if I kill you tonight, leaving no trace behind!" Old Tang was very high-spirited, as if he had gained confidence because he had won everything before.
"Watch your words, I'm in an Internet cafe tonight!"
Lu Mingfei was gearing up. There were no red dots on the keyboard tonight, so he couldn't help but let it go.
After all, this is the only thing he is good at, how can he lose?
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After staying up until the latter half of the night, Old Tang resigned on the grounds that "young people are full of energy and I can't survive it."
Lu Mingfei became a person again.
The Nutritional Express was all used up, and the instant noodles were also finished. This made Lu Mingfei feel like a salted fish who had lost his goal. He stared at the bright screen in a daze, feeling infinite emptiness for a while and not knowing what he should do.
Who am I, where am I, what do I do?
Three philosophical questions kept flashing in his mind. It was a bit embarrassing to talk about it. When he first came to the Internet cafe, he was full of enthusiasm and talked about it all night long, but halfway through, he suddenly became depressed.
So is it time to go home?
Lu Mingfei thought a little confused.
He feels that he has nothing to do except check online to see if his ranking of 6,398,781,457 on the rich list has dropped by two places because of the 20 yuan he just spent on the Internet fee. Things are ready to go.
I am already bored to the point that if I continue to stay here, it seems that I will just be as bored as the people next to me and watch a movie or just lie down on the sofa and go to sleep.
He didn't have any movies he wanted to watch, so sleeping on the sofa wasn't feasible and uncomfortable. Maybe the landlady would still have some change to give him when he got off the plane.
