58th Floor, Junxiao Lakeside CBD Center

Chen Xiao was texting with his legs crossed. His parents were on holiday, and Zhao Xiangjun could finally come back. He hadn't seen her for several days, and Chen Xiao had never felt so lonely as he had these past two days.

Surrounded by beautiful women, no matter how many people are with him, none can replace Zhao Xiangjun. Without her, even Xishan Linyu doesn't feel at home.

"Ziqian, what are you doing?"

After sending the message, Chen Xiao noticed that Zhang Ziqian had a spare phone in her hand and was playing with something.

Zhang Ziqian looked up: "Her Majesty has decreed that I may play games for a few days."

What does this mean? Xiangjun arranged for Zhang Ziqian to play games? Chen Xiao wondered if he was hallucinating.
I stood up, moved closer to her, and discovered she was playing a tower defense game, fighting zombies?
This is a shooting game. A character enters the map, selects a keyword, kills zombies, and defends the city to pass the level.

Seeing Zhang Ziqian struggle through 30 levels, then put down her phone, looked up at Chen Xiao, and said, "This is too difficult."

What makes it difficult?

"This is a character development game. It requires a long period of accumulation. Otherwise, your character's combat power and equipment will not keep up, and you will not be able to pass the levels."

"What kind of bullshit simulation game is this? Can you even spend money on this game?" Chen Xiao sat next to her, his arm around her waist. Aside from not going all the way, they had been completely honest with each other, and Zhang Ziqian was used to his embraces and caresses.

"Yes, I saw a place to top up."

"Remove the 'bar' (吧). Mobile games all rely on in-game purchases to survive. If you don't make mobile games, it's like doing charity. Who would do that?"

"Let me see. Look how stupid you are. Isn't this a recharge? You can spend money to buy gold coins, and you can draw prizes here. You can win gems."

Zhang Ziqian leaned over and said, "I heard them say that each draw costs 100 gold coins, which is equivalent to 10 yuan in Chinese currency. You won't get anything useful without hundreds of draws."

She had barely finished speaking when she received a tap on the forehead. "Ah—boss," she cried, reaching out her small, snow-white hand to rub her forehead.

"A few hundred pulls aren't enough? Go ahead and do tens of thousands! Are you short of money? Just upgrade all your equipment to the maximum level, why waste time here? It's boring—"

"Are there games that money can't fix? If it can't be fixed, then it means the game's design is flawed. We'll just acquire the game company and have them fix it to be more reasonable."

"No, Sister Xiangjun won't agree."

"What are you doing, Xiangjun? Why do you have to make things difficult for yourself? Why make yourself suffer just to play a game?"

Zhang Ziqian then explained the whole story: the person playing the game wasn't Xiangjun, but her nephew, Zhao Hui's son, who was just starting junior high. For some reason, he'd become obsessed with the game.

Because his family wouldn't let him play, he would sneak over to Chen Xiao's house to play several times. When Zhao Xiangjun found out, she criticized and educated him.

When this little nephew was young, Zhao Xiangjun often took care of him, so he has always been very obedient to his aunt. While promising Zhao Xiangjun that he wouldn't neglect his studies, he also made a request—this game is a simulation game, and if he can't log in every day to do tasks, he won't be able to keep up with his teammates in the same legion.

Therefore, he hopes his aunt can help him log in every day to do tasks and get resources for his account so that he can come out to play during summer vacation.

Zhao Xiangjun didn't like playing games, so she asked Chen Jiajun's people in the group for help. Zhang Ziqian, the chief secretary, usually had plenty of time besides serving Chen Xiao, so she volunteered to take on the task.

She still remembered what Zhao Xiangjun said: to be a free-to-play player.

Fearing that Chen Xiao might not understand what a "zero-spending party" meant, he explained it to him – it's the kind of party that doesn't spend a single penny.

Chen Xiao was speechless. He knew Zhao Xiangjun didn't want her little nephew to learn to spend money on games at such a young age, as it would be harmful to his development. But what's the point of playing games if you don't spend money?

Zhang Ziqian largely agreed; the past few days had been incredibly frustrating. For example, some tasks allowed players to claim rewards directly if they had a monthly pass. However, those without a monthly pass could only claim rewards by watching 30-second ads.

There are dozens of these tasks, requiring you to watch dozens of 30-second ads every day. Zhang Ziqian said that she has watched more ads in the past few days than she has in her entire life, and it is really too torturous.

"You're being too rigid. Xiangjun doesn't understand the situation. How would she know that this game is so torturous without spending money? You need to be more flexible. Just secretly spend money and don't let Zhao Mingming know, right?"

Zhang Ziqian rolled her eyes. "You think I didn't think of that? This game has a recharge statistic, which shows when he logs in."

"Why don't you find a skilled player to carry you through dungeons and farm some gear?"

Zhang Ziqian was frustrated. "We're so bad, the big shots don't even look at us. They say that free-to-play players like us have no future. This game has 420 levels, and the limit for free-to-play players is level 200. They say we can't even touch the world of the big shots. In future team battles and such, we can't contribute anything, so naturally the big shots don't want to spend their energy on us."

"This is so complicated, let me take a look—I'm a Challenger in League of Legends, researching a game where you can win just by spending money is really...unpleasant."

"Huh—", Chen Xiao searched for strategy guides on Baidu and discovered something unexpected: the game was actually endorsed by Xie Xiaoxiao.

"That's easy! Ziqian, I'll register an account and guide you."

"what--"

Chen Xiao looked up at her: "I told you you're stupid. His account can't be recharged with money, so why don't you just create another account to carry his? You're asking for a pro? Aren't you a pro yourself?"

"It seems so," Zhang Ziqian pursed her lips and said unconvinced, "What kind of skill is it to spend money to play games? The real skill is to become a big shot without spending a penny."

"I won't spend any money. Do you believe I can become the top player in this server without spending any money?"

"Without spending a single penny?"

"Of course, is spending money a skill?"

Zhang Ziqian stared at him for a long time, unable to see what he was capable of besides spending money.

"Ziqian, let's make a bet. What will happen if I succeed?"

Seeing his malicious smile, Zhang Ziqian instantly knew what he was up to. "You, you tell me—"

"Then let me test your silver tongue."

Her face flushed red, she lowered her head, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz: "Okay~!" This bad guy, it's like he thinks he can't agree if he loses, but as long as he brings it up, she can't refuse?

This bet makes things work out perfectly. Zhang Ziqian is now actually hoping he'll actually do it, so she won't have to suffer like this anymore. She's exhausted from playing, and in the legion group chat, she's even looked down upon by those whales (high-spending players).

Chen Xiao asked Zhang Ziqian which server her account was on, and even checked out her guild. There were quite a few people there, several hundred.

The legion commander is called - Invincible King

It's normal for Zhang Ziqian to be disliked; in a legion of 300 people, she ranked 299th. The reason there were others worse off than her was that, after glancing at the player, it turned out they hadn't logged in for 5 or 6 days, meaning they had quit the game.

Zhao Xiangjun's nephew's account name is "Zhao Family's Eldest Son." Chen Xiao broke out in a cold sweat, thinking, "What kind of name is this good-for-nothing?"

Zhang Ziqian looked up: "This wasn't given by him. The original name was Young Master Zhao, but Sister Xiangjun changed it."

"Ah—I knew it! Who's so talented to come up with such a great name? It's so catchy and easy to pronounce!"

Zhang Ziqian rolled her eyes. She was a bully who preyed on the weak.

Chen Xiao registered an account and named it "Reign Supreme". "Ziqian, look how I helped you pass the level. I saw that the highest level in your legion has reached 300, but you can't even pass level 35. You're really dragging down the average gaming level of the Chen family."

It was already quite difficult, and after what he said, Zhang Ziqian chose the wrong skill and failed this level again. Frustrated, she threw her phone aside. "If you're so good, then you do it!"

Five minutes later, Chen Xiao looked up and saw Zhang Ziqian sitting next to him, staring intently at her phone screen.

"Ziqian, go and rest for a while. Your eyes are tired from staring at the screen for so long."

Zhang Ziqian chuckled twice. "You can't even get past level 5? Feeling bad now?"
"The most important thing in this game is the gems on your equipment. You have to accumulate these gems every day and slowly synthesize them. It takes about 3 months to synthesize one of the highest-level S-grade gems. You need 36 S-grade gems in your entire set. Moreover, you have to use the potions you save up to improve the attributes of the gems. That's why I say this game can't be rushed."

Chen Xiao didn't speak. What do you mean you can't learn quickly? It means you can't learn quickly without spending money. As long as you spend money, you can do anything in the game.

But he had agreed not to spend money, so he couldn't do that now. However, he had already come up with a solution.

Gems can be obtained through a lottery, but the lottery requires gold coins. The exchange rate between game gold coins and Huaxia coins is 10:1.

Potions for refining gem attributes can also be bought with gold coins, but they're very expensive—100 gold coins per bottle, equivalent to 10 yuan per attempt. Zhang Ziqian mentioned that some desirable attributes might require thousands of attempts to obtain. It has to be said, the game developers are incredibly adept at making money.

According to Zhang Ziqian, the legion leader named "Invincible King" has spent over 15 yuan on this game and now has 3 combat power. Chen Xiao's current combat power is 120. Zhao Jiahao's eldest son's account has a combat power of 560, which is slightly stronger than his.

"Ziqian, please tell the legion leader that I want to join the legion."

"Okay—", she replied, fulfilling her boss's order immediately. However, a while later, Chen Xiao discovered that her application had been rejected.

"What's going on?" Zhang Ziqian asked hurriedly in the group chat.

The deputy commander replied, "So incompetent, we won't accept him—"

Zhang Ziqian was furious and argued, "I joined a guild when I was level 1, so why can't my friend join when he's at level 5?"

Chen Xiao also came over, and then the deputy leader replied, "Because we accepted your wrong answer, which lowered the overall level of our team, we've raised the requirements for new recruits now."

Zhang Ziqian immediately sent a message: "If you don't add him to the group, I'll quit too."

"It's a deal! Double happiness is on our side! Haha—"

Chen Xiao looked at the sullen Zhang Ziqian and never expected that this joke would be used on him one day.

Just as Zhang Ziqian was about to leave the group, she suddenly received a private message: "Bro, tell your friend to change his name. Our leader is called Invincible King, and your friend is called Reigning Supreme. It feels like he's putting up too much of a fight with the group leader, which is taboo."

The guild leader just said in the group chat—"The worse the player, the cooler their name."

"Ziqian, you changed the name of the eldest son of the Zhao family to—The King's Army."

Knowing he did it on purpose, and was annoyed by the invincible king, Zhang Ziqian changed her name without hesitation, and the legion kicked her out without hesitation either. From then on, the first legion was two fewer newbies.

At this time, the First Legion issued an announcement in the game, stating that it would ban "Reign Supreme" and "King's Army" and that no one was allowed to take them to dungeons, otherwise they would be enemies of the First Legion.

"Goodness, no one in real life would dare to treat me like this, and they even dare to ban me in a game."

"Boss, how about we call off the bet? You can just deposit real money and play, since that's your forte."

*Smack!* A crisp slap landed on her butt. "What do you mean? Are you saying that besides spending money, I have no gaming skills?"

Zhang Ziqian rubbed her bottom and muttered, "You can't even get past the fifth level—"

I, Chen Xiao, picked up my phone, typed a message, and sent it. This couldn't possibly be difficult for me, could it?

Laiwu County

The Chen Family Villa, a residential community with a strong academic atmosphere

Seeing Zhao Xiangjun standing by the bookshelf in the study, Shen Jun called out, "Xiangjun, dinner's ready. What are you doing? Looking for a book?"

Zhao Xiangjun turned around and said, "Mom, I found a photo of Chen Xiao. I'll bring it back with me when I go back to Jiangzhou tomorrow."

photo?

"Then you can look for it. Chen Xiao doesn't like taking pictures, so there are only a few from when he was a child."

He Qing and Wang Ping heard Zhao Xiangjun looking for photos of Chen Xiao when he was a child, and curiously went over to see what she was looking for. They saw that Zhao Xiangjun had a photo of Chen Xiao when he was 100 days old, one of which was a photo of him sitting there completely naked. They couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister, are you going to take this back and make fun of him?"

Wang Ping peeked out and said, "It was already quite large when I was a child."

Zhao Xiangjun didn't react in time. She turned her head and saw where Wang Ping was looking. She immediately scolded, "Pingping, you're looking at a pretty tricky angle."

Wang Ping's reaction was purely subconscious. Having spent so much time with Xiangjun and He Qing these past few days, she had lost her previous fear of Zhao Xiangjun, so she blurted it out.

Zhao Xiangjun packed up the photo album and put it in her suitcase; she was going back to Jiangzhou tomorrow.

"Xiangjun, He Qing, Pingping, come down for dinner—"

"Let's go, Mom's calling."

Just as I got downstairs, I heard Shen Jun's phone ring.

"Hello, Teacher Feng?" "You're going to Jiangzhou tomorrow too? Yes, yes, we're going there tomorrow as well."

"Want to ride in your car? No, no, we'll drive ourselves." "Okay, let's arrange a time to look around together when we get to Jiangzhou. Okay, bye-bye—"

Ever since Teacher Feng discovered the unusual relationship between He Qing and Shen Yun, her attitude towards Shen Yun has changed drastically these past few days. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were best friends. (End of Chapter)

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