Quadruple split.

Chapter 2238: Raising a child for years, worrying for years

Game time AM11:20

Public space, hot private room

"Did you see it?"

The tall, thin, blue-haired young man with a few pimples on his face frowned and said to the pot-bellied Mediterranean man on the sofa opposite him, "This is the level of the top 16. Although the characters you bought with money are powerful, they have no chance of winning in a competition of this level."

The man, who was wearing a grey shirt, jeans and old-fashioned leather sandals, had a very thriving figure but a rather barren head. He frowned and said, “Xiaotian, don’t talk like that. It makes it seem as if my uncles and aunts and I have only gotten to this point because of money.”

Zhao Ritian (game ID: Zhao Hao), who had been rebellious since the third grade because his name was too cool, gritted his teeth and said, "But this is clearly the truth! The reason you guys made it this far is because your equipment and luck were ridiculous!"

"Ritian, don't say that."

A short and fat boy wearing glasses shook his head and said seriously: "Although they are not as good as us, the uncles and aunts are still quite capable."

Zhao Hao was immediately furious and shouted angrily: "Don't fucking call me Ritian!!!"

"Xiao Tian!"

The middle-aged man with a big belly slapped the armrest of the sofa and said in a very authoritative manner: "Don't swear!"

Zhao Hao: “…”

"Alright, alright. It's normal for a child to be so careless. Old Zhao, stop getting mad."

A short woman sitting opposite Lao Zhao waved her hand. The lady looked to be in her 40s or 50s, wearing a knitted sweater, cropped trousers and a pink apron. She said in a friendly tone, "The game is about to start. If your blood pressure goes up and you are kicked out of the game, we will have one less player."

Old Zhao nodded obediently, glared at Zhao Hao and stopped talking.

"so……"

A short-haired girl who was sitting cross-legged on the floor playing a handheld game console with a lollipop in her mouth sighed and said helplessly, "Do I have to play?"

“Isn’t this your area of ​​expertise?”

The man, wearing a suit that was one size too big and with a slightly hunched back, pushed up his glasses and said, "Nannan, are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid, I just think it's meaningless. After all, I was just dragged here to make up the numbers."

The girl, whose real name is Liu Shengnan and whose game ID is Nannannan, shrugged and reminded, "By the way, next week is the anniversary of your first date with mom. Remember it. I don't want to eat stir-fried potatoes with shredded ginger with you for another month."

Lao Liu: “…I’m sorry.”

"Old Liu, take a look at the atmosphere."

The tall lady in OL outfit, wearing frameless glasses and light makeup, who was watching the stock index on a small screen, coughed lightly and reminded him, "Now is the time to say harsh words. The interaction between you and your daughter seems a little too relaxed and happy."

Old Liu's eyes widened immediately, and he asked in surprise, "What on earth have you experienced that makes you feel relaxed and happy when you have to finish the stir-fried potatoes with shredded ginger?"

"Dad, stop talking."

Nannan sighed and said helplessly: "Family meals should not be shared with outsiders."

Old Liu: “…Oh.”

"You clearly don't understand us at all..."

Behind Nannan, a tall but soft-spoken girl with fluffy hair who looked like she might cry at any moment sniffed, her face full of grievance.

“This is not a question of whether I understand you or not.”

The lady in the apron shook her head and said helplessly: "It's a question of whether you are willing to understand us."

"Woo..."

When the fluffy-haired girl saw her mother speak, she immediately shrank her neck and stopped talking.

"Anyway."

Sitting in the middle of the sofa next to the child, the boy wearing a red cap and a stern face pursed his lips, turned his head and said to a man in sportswear who was bending over with his hands behind his back to examine some figurines not far away: "Let's see the truth with our hands."

"Um, okay."

The other party nodded and asked casually, "I remember that you, Little Foodie, don't like dolls?"

"..."

The boy, whose real name is Chihuo and whose game ID is Huohong, didn't say anything else. He just stared at his father with an unhappy look.

"Haha, alright alright."

Because it was a minority surname, Lao Chi, who had made fun of his own child during the naming stage, smiled, then stood up and said to his old friends around him: "The competition is about to start, let's go back first."

"Okay, okay, let's go."

"You guys play your own game."

"Don't teach other kids to swear!"

"I gave you some pocket money before, buy some snacks and share with everyone."

Just like that, after the parents said goodbye to each other in a flurry of conversation, they left one after another under the subtle gazes of the crowd.

Then--

“Ahhhhhhhhh!! I’m so fed up, so fed up, so fed up. When will they stop treating us like little kids?!”

"You call it a swear word? You call it a swear word? I even changed the pronunciation on purpose!"

"I feel so embarrassed every time I'm seen by others..."

"That's right, just buy some snacks for everyone to eat together, no need to say anything."

"I don't mind, as long as there's no stir-fried potatoes with shredded ginger."

"He really doesn't understand us at all. He always opens the door and comes into my room. He has no respect for my privacy!"

"Yeah, yeah, when you're video chatting with others, you have to take photos of me. I'm shirtless, and you still take photos of me!"

"Take the teacher's words as an imperial decree and take our words as bullshit."

"Last time I called my deskmate to ask about homework, she suspected that I was in a premature relationship. Am I crazy? That woman could kill two of me with one punch."

"I can't even play a game in peace. It's annoying that the protection for minors can't be turned off, and they ask questions all the time."

"He always speaks like a veteran, as if being older is something to be proud of. He always talks about I and E, zodiac retrograde, etc. He is so old-fashioned."

"And the matter of studying..."

"Oh my god, don't mention studying, please."

"Every time an exam is approaching, it feels like a war."

"They had a lot of pressure to study back then, so they couldn't bear to see us doing well. Now there are so many job opportunities."

"That's right, it's enough to learn chemistry to the point where you won't poison yourself to death, and it's enough to learn physics to the point where you won't electrocute yourself to death. I don't want to be a scientist."

"Oh, by the way, didn't you say before that you wanted to be a professional player?"

"Uh, not now."

"What?"

"Actually, my dad sent me to the youth training camp for two days..." "How did it feel?"

“Not as good as scientists.”

……

  at the same time

Public space, private space for foodie dads

"Hey, believe it or not, the kids are definitely saying bad things about us right now."

"It's normal, all kids this age are like this, it's puberty, who hasn't gone through puberty yet?"

"So I still don't understand why they don't like me so much..."

"Isn't it like this? You don't allow me to control her studies, eating, sleeping, dressing, dating, and playing games. If you don't control anything, then the young lady will post on her Moments saying that she lacks love. Here comes a wave of youth pain literature."

"No way? Mom, can you read your girlfriend's Moments?"

"I created a small account and joined a group with her. Now we have become sisters. She told me that she has never met anyone who understands her as well as I do in her life."

"Wow!"

"By the way, half an hour after she said that, she told me face to face that I didn't know her at all."

"puff."

"Oh, by the way, I heard from President Wang that the [Faculty and Staff Union] and our [Parents' Association] seem to have been labeled as unpleasant by those professional gamers."

"To be honest, I'm not surprised that people have this first impression. When I was young, I would probably think that we are a bunch of rigid-minded people who want to make up for their past regrets through their children and force the next generation to study hard during their rest time."

"I think Brother Wang must have used his own child as an example. The key is that his child's hobby is studying. I remember that the reason he opposed letting his child play the World of Innocence was because he was afraid that the kid would secretly learn a fifth foreign language, right? But we know the situation. Who wouldn't misunderstand if it were a normal person..."

"What a sin! Brother Wang's original intention in organizing this parents' meeting was to allow adolescent children to go through this extremely sensitive period relatively safely and healthily."

"Yeah, Mr. Su from the Federation has the same idea. After all, children nowadays can easily receive too much information. If they are not properly guided, their mentality will collapse too easily. Every time I see news about those children who self-harm or jump off buildings because of trivial things, I can't help but cry."

"Also, it is to check and balance those schools and joint training classes that blindly give children exams, and provide free tutoring for children with learning difficulties. As a result, in the eyes of others, it becomes..."

"Greedy educational institutions and inflexible and obsessive parents."

"Do you feel wronged?"

“What an injustice!”

"Okay, let's go back thirty years. What do you think of this?"

"Ugh... greedy educational institutions and rigid, obsessive parents."

"Take a look."

"Don't get off topic. We are here to represent the brothers and sisters at the [Parents' Association] to fight for the opportunity to talk to the children!"

"It's tragic. Now we as parents have been reduced to relying on ranking high in games to make those children listen to us."

"Be content. We met in the round of 16. If we were matched with the Red Constellation Team 1 and they were matched with the Red Constellation Team 2, we would be screwed."

"Dad, have you been holding it in for a long time?"

"Yes, I was afraid that my bad words would come true, so I didn't dare to say it until now."

"You guys should at least be a little nervous. The kids are not weak."

"Yes, yes, Nuan Nuan's mom is right. Get nervous! Everyone get nervous!"

"Ohhhh!!"

……

  Game time AM11:23

"Well, this is the end of the post-match summary of this game. Thank you, Teacher Weiweimin, for taking the time to come here."

Xiao Bingbing, who stood up first, extended her right hand to Wei Weimin and shook hands with her with a smile on her face: "See you at Teacher Xueyin's concert."

"I should be honored."

Weiweimin shook hands with Xiaobingbing, Xiaoxiaobai and Xueyin with great trepidation, then hugged them respectively and said with a smile: "The materials I got today will conservatively support my sales for three months. Oh, by the way, if Sister Xiaobai doesn't come to the concert, how about letting your daughter play with us?"

Xiao Xiaobai shook his head and said calmly: "Let's talk about it later. I think she might want to bring a man."

"No problem. The tickets I gave you are all A-level VIP tickets, which means you can bring one person."

Xue Yin clapped her hands cheerfully, then coughed lightly and said awkwardly, "But if there are a lot of men, it probably won't work."

"..."

For the first time, the official Xiao Xiaobai, who was always at ease, showed a speechless expression, and after a second of silence, he reached out and tapped Xue Yin on the forehead.

"Hehe~"

The latter laughed with a silly look on his face, waved his hand and said: "Then bye everyone!"

"bye."

Xiao Xiaobai nodded, and then left the screen together with Xiao Bingbing and Wei Weimin from the edge of the screen on the left side of the studio.

Then, as expected, the last two members of the official commentary team, 'Beauty' and 'Good Wife', walked out slowly from the right side of the screen. The former happily ran to Xue Yin and hugged her, while the latter showed a peaceful smile and shyly waved to Xue Yin and the main camera respectively.

"Hello everyone, I'm a beauty! A beauty in the literal sense!"

The beauty also waved to the camera enthusiastically, and then turned to Xueyin with even more enthusiasm and said in a shocking voice: "Hello, Teacher Xueyin, I am a beauty! The one with a little social anxiety is the good wife! Of course, I am also a good wife, and she is also a beauty!"

"Uh...you..."

Xue Yin was just slightly stunned, then swallowed the second half of her sentence, sat back on the chair with the beauty, and replied with a smile: "Hello, sisters. I am Xue Yin, who is trying hard to be a good wife. After putting on makeup, I can barely be considered a little beauty."

"Well, assuming that everyone is already familiar with the three of us, let's go straight to the special guest appearance for this game!"

The beauty turned to the left side of the screen and said in a crisp voice, "Then please welcome the leading figure in the gaming field, the legendary video game producer, director and designer, the honorary vice president of the International E-sports Association, the eleven-time winner of the [Golden Floor] Award, and the producer of the well-known games "Revolver", "Evil Origin: Rebellion", "Mu", "Star Wars", "Chaos", and "Olathe War" - Mr. Liu Yu."

Then, a short old man with white hair and beard but full of energy, wearing a white shirt with the Olathe Wars logo, sweatpants and old B-city cloth shoes, strode in. After taking a seat, he smiled and said generously, "Hello, Teacher Xueyin, hello, the two hosts, hello, dear audience friends, I am Liu Yu, hey? What does this small screen mean?"

"That's the commentary auxiliary screen. It has public information about both players. For example, in the case of Xinglong, there is a career introduction of about 20,000 words, as well as some information including his zodiac sign, height, and weight."

The beautiful woman stood up and walked over Xue Yin to introduce the information to the old man enthusiastically: "There are also more intuitive basic values. Although they are the same as the information that the audience sees in the live broadcast, the layout is more compact. You can use your mind to overlap the small screen with the virtual camera. In this way, even if you are reading the information, you can read it while looking at the camera, which can make you look very professional!"

"Oh my goodness, but it seems that my screen only has the names of both players?"

"Because the only publicly available information about both players is their names."

"Haha, okay, let me warm up first and get the feel of commentating the game~"

"what do you mean?"

"Ahem, hello everyone, this is the fourth match of the first round of the [Guilt Discussion Team Battle] quarterfinals. The two teams are the [Children Can't Learn] team's Nuanyu Qingfeng, Nannan Nan, Tianji Bian, Zhaohao and Huohong, and the [Parents Are Tired] team's... eh?"

"Teacher Liu Yu?"

"Nuan Nuan's mom, Nan Nan's dad, Da Zhuang's mom, Xiao Tian's dad and... the foodie dad."

Chapter 2229: End