Chapter 12: Chapter 11 "The Fall of Li Family Village
"I didn't, I'm not, stop talking nonsense..."
Wang Hao shrank his neck and denied everything immediately.
"Last night, I was up all night brainstorming a web novel 'Starting with a Hundred Subspaces,' not playing games."
"Then tell me, let's hear about your novel."
"...After much hardship, the main characters found a meteorite that fell from the sky, but it was full of monsters that crawled out, and their greatest desire was to eat humans. Don't think I'm slacking off; I'm thinking every day about how to become a successful person!"
Han Xiaoyue rolled her eyes, "And? That's all the plot you've got after thinking all night?"
"The monsters have the ability to control minds, but the main character is immune to it, so they avoid a catastrophic disaster..."
Wang Hao felt that lying to his cousin seemed utterly pointless, she wasn't his mother, so why should he be afraid of her?
He threw up his hands, giving up: "Forget it, I can't make up any more... I'm so tired. Feels like I didn't get enough sleep. Hurry up, I want to sleep some more after eating."
"Pfft!"
Han Xiaoyue served up a bowl of eight-treasure porridge and also brought over two egg-filled pancakes, seeing him looking exhausted as if he was about to die, she felt a little resentful.
"I've been wondering about something, why is it that growing up in the same environment, you've ended up living like an Emperor, enjoying life every day, while my destiny is like that of a maid, even having to cook for you?"
"No helping it. You can tell from our names that our destinies are entirely different." Wang Hao slurped down some porridge and glanced at her.
His cousin looked delicate and cute eating her porridge, not just any girl could pull off a twin ponytail hairstyle. Her face and figure were impeccable.
And those swaying pink slippers and the rounded calves they exposed, added even more to her girlish charm.
"You can tell from the names, I am 'Heavenly Sun', and you are just a little moon, not even 'heavenly'—if you're not a maid, who is?"
"If you change your name, you might be able to defy destiny, let's call you... er... 'Universe,' Han Universe, how about that?" Wang Hao bobbed his head, "Right, if your name were 'Han Changtian' or 'Han Jingtian', you could surpass me in destiny. What do you think? Go to the police station and change your name. Oh wait, I thought of a character, four 'sun' characters stacked together, what's that character again?"
"Go to hell!" Han Xiaoyue glared, her pink slipper kicking Wang Hao's leg, causing him to howl in pain and quickly beg for mercy.
"Mercy, Your Majesty!"
"Quick, find yourself a girlfriend so I can be freed from these endlessly dark days. That junior who plays 'Glory of the Dominator' with you seemed nice."
Wang Hao pointed to the game helmet on the cabinet: "We've only met a few times, though we are well acquainted online. And right now, I'm not playing 'Glory of the Dominator' anymore. That game is too dumb; I'm playing VR games now."
Han Xiaoyue eyed the helmet, knowing without a doubt that such a high-tech product was frightfully expensive.
For a girl like her, born from an orphanage, she was nothing more than living at the mercy of others.
So with an indescribable tone of frustration, she said, "Every time I see you getting lazier and more corrupt every day without having to work or try, yet your life is getting better, I start to doubt whether education can really change a life, for someone without parents like me who's poor..."
[Payment Notice - Transfer from Wang Hao 100.00 Yuan]
Han Xiaoyue closed her mouth and started slurping her porridge again, swinging her legs, the pink slippers flicking along.
Wang Hao always thought his cousin was a bit naive; a hundred yuan was enough to shut her up.
Is that good? That's not good.
Being too naive can get a girl tricked into bed by some other guy with just a cup of milk tea...
But, shouldn't give too much either.
Giving too much money to a high school student isn't right either.
[Payment Notice - Transfer from Wang Hao 1000.00 Yuan]
Han Xiaoyue's cheeks turned red, and she flung her slippers even higher.
"I can't spend it all, don't give me any more."
...
"I'm off to school! Lunch is in the fridge. Just microwave it when you're ready to eat. I have exams this week, so I won't be coming home. I'll come over the weekend to cook for you!"
Watching the girl's departing figure, Wang Hao felt life was beautiful, seeing how enthusiastic and considerate she was.
After wolfing down his meal, he chucked the bowls and utensils into the dishwasher.
Out of habit, I glanced at the QQ group, and even early in the morning, someone was already posting high-quality pictures!
This was a group called "Save the Multi-universe," a gathering of all sorts of heroes. Not a large group, but definitely a lively one. I completely didn't understand how these clowns wound up together.
"A day's plan starts with the morning."
"Yo, guys are studying cosplay again."
Sure enough, these clowns believed they were studying, "learning how to cosplay, how to photograph, how to appreciate beauty." How could their skins be so thick?
"A rollicking day starts now!"
Then these clowns began an endless bout of picture battles, all sorts of pink hair, blond hair, black hair, twin tails, single tails, dazzling to the eyes, captivating, making one's mouth water...
For some reason, up till now, the "Save the Multi-universe" group hadn't been banned, living on just fine.
Just when everyone got into the groove of battling pictures, a clown named "Namo Gatling Bodhisattva" typed out a line.
"Masturbation, sexual misconduct, leading to weak knees and waist, overall weakness, lack of energy. Memory decline, frequently losing things. Dry and yellow hair, premature graying. Sleazy face, haggard appearance, sallow complexion. Persistent offenders of such misconduct might even suffer premature ejaculation, impotence, sexual dysfunction. Sexual misconduct, masturbation is truly the top act that harms the body and corrupts morals. Quit it, be the pure land of the internet, hoping to help those who have strayed into the wrong paths of masturbation and sexual misconduct to find their way back!"
Following that, the group began to spam: "Namo Gatling Bodhisattva!"
"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva!"
"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva!"
No way to study cosplay now, Wang Hao not happy, could only send a line: "Thou art brilliant, I am not as such."
Immediately, the group started to repeat: "Thou art brilliant, I am not as such."
"Thou art brilliant, I am not as such."
The essence of humanity is a repeater.
The ancients indeed did not deceive me.
Nothing better to do anyway.
I glanced at the helmet on the table, feeling a tingle of temptation.
But playing games so early in the morning, isn't that too decadent?
If my cousin finds out, she'll scold me, be resentful, snitch on me.
But, my cousin has gone to school.
I'm just going to have a look, not play!
Just a glance.
I picked up the game helmet, putting it on my head.
[Welcome to the Cross-dimensional Game!]
[Settlement complete, you have become an Official Player!]
[You've earned 600 game points, the game mall is now open.]
[You've obtained the Character Card Li Qingshan.]
[You can now control Li Qingshan to play the game.]
[With Li Qingshan, you've found a game clue: "102299"—the unsolved mystery in history "The Destruction of Li Family Village."]
Wang Hao mulled over the game instructions for a long time before he finally got it.
This game turned out to be... an idle game?!
You needed the so-called "clues" to be able to play, without them you couldn't play!
The role of the character had two functions, the first was to start the game through the character, replacing the original "little black," "little white," basically, the newbie characters were gone.
The second was to seek "clues."
Li Qingshan was like a miner, occasionally digging up "clues."