Professor Xie, isn't this a case of forcing customers to buy products that don't match the

After breakfast, the park gradually became more crowded.

Most of them were adults with children.

Children whizzed by on their skateboards, occasionally accompanied by the sound of firecrackers popping.

Shang Song looked around and, sure enough, saw Lin Zhou in the shadows.

He guessed that there must be even more staff members hidden in the shadows.

He felt a little embarrassed, as it was the Lunar New Year and he was making a bunch of people freeze with them.

Xie Jing remained indifferent, even suggesting that the little bear could lean on his shoulder if it was sleepy and hibernate for a while longer.

Since he could lean on Xie Jing's shoulder, Shang Song naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony. He leaned over with a smirk, but with the loud popping of firecrackers, he couldn't fall asleep. So he took out his phone and opened "Starry Fantasy".

As a game artist for "Starfield Fantasy", playing "Starfield Fantasy" is also part of my job.

"Starfield Fantasy" is an MMORPG, or MMO for short. In short, it is a large-scale role-playing game. These types of games generally have a "daily routine".

The sun was high in the sky, shining warmly through the clouds; it wasn't cold at all.

Shang Song leaned on Xie Jing's shoulder and began his daily routine.

Xie Jing looked down at Shang Song as he operated the game interface.

He saw that as soon as Shang Song finished the map, a team-up request popped up on the interface.

Without hesitation, Shang Song clicked "agree," then landed his character in front of an NPC, tapping rapidly with his fingertips, and a special halo appeared around him.

"What is this?" Xie Jing asked.

"Mining is about taking resources from one planet to another and selling them to earn star coins," Shang Song explained as he guided his character onto the spaceship.

Then Xie Jing saw that after Shang Song boarded the spaceship, another, even larger spaceship appeared behind him.

He then asked, "Is this your teammate?"

"Oh, you mean the stars in the sky? My game friend, he often protects my mining operations." He piloted his spaceship into the air. "When we're mining, space pirates will try to intercept us, so having someone protect us makes it safer."

Xie Jing raised his hand and glanced at his watch; it was 9:25 AM.

9:25 a.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

He asked, "Does this person usually play games in the morning?"

Shang Song was playing the game, assuming Xie Jing was just chatting with him. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "I don't know. I don't play at a fixed time, but it seems like he's always online."

In the game, Shang Song's spaceship, with the help of his teammates, successfully reached its destination.

Afterwards, Shang Song typed a thank you message in the chat box and asked if the other party needed a reply. The other party said no, wished them a happy new year, and then quickly went offline.

Xie Jing frowned suddenly. He also took out his phone, sent a command to Lin Zhou, and then searched for "Star Domain Fantasy" in the app store and clicked to download it.

Shang Song turned his head and saw Xie Jing's screen: "You want to play this?"

Xie Jing gave a soft "hmm".

Looking at the download progress bar, Shang Song immediately felt the pinch of data usage: "No, no, no! Download it when we get home and there's WiFi! This game is dozens of gigabytes in size, using mobile data to download it is such a waste!"

Xie Jing didn't stop downloading, and Shang Song was practically ready to scold him for being wasteful.

He looked at Shang Song's hesitant expression and said, "I took over Lin Zhou's hot topic."

Upon hearing this, Shang Song immediately turned to look at the corner where Lin Zhou was sunbathing, and sure enough, he saw Lin Zhou looking down at his phone.

He was immediately at a loss for words, nudging Xie Jing's arm. "Professor Xie, wouldn't you call this abusing public resources? Making Lin Zhou provide you with a hotspot for gaming during the Chinese New Year?"

Xie Jing: "No, ensuring my needs are met is Lin Zhou's basic responsibility."

Shang Song was amused by his self-righteous attitude, and leaned over to check his download progress again. "Okay, okay, thank you for your decision, Master. Download quickly, I'll take you flying later!"

The download progress bar was running incredibly fast. Shang Song said his ID was Songge and asked Xie Jing what name he wanted and what profession he wanted to choose. Xie Jing simply handed the phone to Shang Song and let him operate it.

Shang Song chuckled and chose a commander role for Xie Jing, giving him a catchy ID—Little Bear Keeper.

Xie Jing looked at the commander character that Shang Song had just created on the screen and calmly pointed out the crux of the problem: "But you're not called Little Bear in the game."

Shang Song: "That's right!"

Immediately, he skillfully used his phone to purchase a name change card and changed his character's ID to Little Bear.

The message "Name change failed, character name already exists" indicates that the name change failed.

Poor little bear.

Failed again.

Shang Song gritted her teeth, glanced at the "Little Bear Keeper" above the commander's head on Xie Jing's phone, and reluctantly typed "Little Bear Songsong" into her own phone.

The name change was successful this time.

"Done!" Shang Song proudly waved his phone.

Xie Jing shifted his gaze from his own character on the screen to Shang Song's screen, and then awkwardly purchased a name change card, changing his name to "Little Bear Songsong Keeper".

Shang Song: "..."

Why do I need to pay for a name change card for a newly created character? Can't I just delete it and create a new one?

A name change card costs 10 yuan!

Little Bear Songsong couldn't understand this baffling action.

But when Little Bear Songsong saw that super long ID, she was secretly thrilled.

Soon, Little Bear Songsong, along with its keeper, began a hands-on tutorial for beginners.

Finally leaving the starting village and arriving in the main city, Xie Jing looked at their two simply dressed characters on the interface, then glanced at the characters around them who were dressed much more elaborately, some even with wings of light, and sincerely asked, "Do we need to acquire their appearances separately?"

Shang Song explained matter-of-factly, "That's right, those are fashion items, sold in the game store, or some are event-limited drops. The ones with light wings have even rarer effects and are much more expensive. What we're wearing is the beginner's outfit, which isn't as good-looking, but dungeons also drop some equipment appearances. I'll take you to play those dungeons, they're just not as flashy as the ones sold in the store."

He casually explained, operating his teddy bear Songsong to open the dungeon interface, "I'm going to run a solo dungeon, it'll take 10 minutes, you can familiarize yourself with the game UI first."

Xie Jing tapped the shop interface with his fingertip.

A wide variety of fashion items, mounts, and special effects are available, with prices ranging from tens to hundreds of star coins.

During his browsing, he also noticed a rather inconspicuous button in the corner of the interface.

Gift to a friend.

His gaze fell on the button, then he looked at Shang Song, whose drab character was disappearing into the teleportation effect.

For the next while, Shang Song focused intently on controlling his character to fight the BOSS, while Xie Jing calmly operated his phone.

Purchase, click "Gift", select "Little Bear Songsong", and confirm.

Then, the next item.

The operation follows a pattern: it packages up all the virtual items it deems good, suitable, and attractive, and then gives them away.

Limited-edition mecha set, available for purchase or as a gift.

Collector's Edition Light Wings, available for purchase or as a gift.

Rare spaceships, available for purchase or as a gift.

The latest complete set of facial expressions, actions, and special effects toys are available as a gift with purchase.

He even added items that increase the number of warehouse slots in the store to his shopping cart as gifts.

Ten minutes later, when Shang Song teleported out of the instance, the first thing he saw was the bear keeper, Song Song, standing quietly at the entrance of the secondary gate.

"I'm back!" Shang Song sent a cheering emoji above his head in the game, then bumped Xie Jing's shoulder in real life. "Dungeon done! Let's go! I'll take you to do some low-level dungeons... huh?"

His words came to an abrupt end.

Because on the upper right corner of his game screen, the mail icon was slowly climbing, gradually jumping from 60+ to 99+.

"What's going on? Is there a bug?" Shang Song was taken aback and subconsciously opened the email.

Then, he was completely dumbfounded.

His fingertips trembled as he scrolled through the interface, endlessly scrolling through "From Little Bear Songsong's Keeper".

[Galaxy Deep Diver] has been delivered.

[Eternal Starlight Wings] have been delivered.

[Starry Sky Limited Edition Battleship] has been delivered.

[Extended Warehouse Contract x10] has been delivered.

The [Legendary Weapon Appearance Box] has been delivered.

……

The email list seemed endless, filled with all sorts of top-tier virtual items he was familiar with, some of which even had special effects created by him, but he thought they were too expensive and had never bought them.

He suddenly looked up at Xie Jing, his voice changing:

"You...you emptied the entire store?!"