Chapter 145: The Past is a Touch of Nostalgia

Mu Zhengguang and Xu Ying left the branch dean's office. The day was still long, but they did not wander around the city or watch movies like they did yesterday.

Yesterday was Friday, Aola Star was updated, and the uncrowned king of the Dawn Chess game appeared as scheduled.

Today is Saturday. Mu Zhengguang turned on his computer, logged into his account, and challenged the BOSS. Xu Ying sat next to him.

"I heard there was a bug yesterday. The Uncrowned King on the H5 version was level one, with very low stats, so you can win with just a casual touch. But it doesn't matter whether it's level one or not, the difficulty of this year's Uncrowned King is not high. Besides, making the BOSS level one is a very simple thing."

When I first entered the challenge interface, the BOSS was still level 100, and then the two zeros after the 1 disappeared.

Xu Ying had never thought that existence clearing could be used in this way, but she had no doubt that existence clearing was really fully effective. Not only did it remove the two zeros, but the BOSS's values ​​were also greatly weakened.

The challenge of the Uncrowned King consists of three levels. Mu Zhengguang passed the first level 1 easily and happily. The second level was level 100, but it was also not difficult.

At the third level, Xu Ying was ready to take action: "Let me take care of this level. I have memorized the order in which you used your skills just now."

Remember that the order is only the most basic. The Uncrowned King can resolve the skills. Using the same order does not mean that you can win. However, the difficulty of these three levels is not gradual. The third level is not more difficult than the first two levels. In addition, our team is well equipped, so it is almost impossible to lose. What's more, it doesn't matter if you lose. There is more than one chance. Therefore, Mu Zhengguang is happy to give his position to Ying.

Xu Ying followed his example, switching pets and releasing skills in order. Although more skills were resolved than she expected, she still managed to get through it smoothly.

"The boss has been defeated, you will take over next."

"it is good."

There was someone sitting next to him, and Mu Zhengguang always felt like he had done something wrong when he bought gaming equipment.

Whenever he entered the arena and fought against other players, he felt nervous every time he lost.

These experiences were things he had never had before.

A strange feeling of alienation raged between the two of them. Xu Ying stood up and put her right index finger on his right wrist: "Classmate, are you shy?"

Shy? Mu Zhengguang was stunned for a moment: Maybe I am shy, but this is not the main reason.

Xu Ying certainly knew that Guang’s situation was much more complicated than just shyness. She chose “shyness” as the entry point, which would make it easier for the students to accept it.

Mu Zhengguang told the truth about his doubts: "It's not all because of shyness. I suddenly feel that buying gaming equipment is a wrong thing to do."

Xu Ying gently pinched his wrist with her right hand, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Why?"

"I'm not sure, it seems that the money could be put to a better place." Mu Zhengguang was not sure whether this was right or not. He had heard others say similar things more than once, but he had never found any obvious mistakes.

"Really? Not necessarily. In this special era, no, in all eras, the destination and function of money are almost fixed. Money is used to exchange for emotions, ideas, and materials to meet one's own needs."

Emotion, thought, and matter, these three words appeared at the same time, and Mu Zhengguang remembered the first method of reinforcement that Zhao Yuxi mentioned in the morning.

Xu Ying looked at him thinking and continued, "Some people's needs are particularly difficult to satisfy, and the things they do are particularly crazy. But our needs are still easy to satisfy, right? Within a reasonable range, we have the right to decide where our money goes, and there is no good or bad destination for it." Mu Zhengguang felt more at ease, and he changed his original statement: "My time can be spent in a better place."

"That's right. There are good and bad ways to spend time. However, it is impossible to make every period of time meaningful. But through our own efforts, we can make every period of time worthwhile and rewarding."

"Ah."

"There's one more thing I want to ask you: Do you dislike others watching you play games? I really want to know what you do and what your interests are, but I never asked for your opinion before doing these things."

"No, no, I'm just afraid that you'll see me lose." Mu Zhengguang didn't mind having people watching him play games, and he didn't particularly care about winning or losing, at least not when he was competing with his group friends.

Xu Ying placed her left hand on his shoulder: "Don't be afraid. Winning and losing are normal. You are willing to lose to me in the game, you are willing to tell me about your fears, you are willing to tell me about your imperfections... If you can do these things bravely, why worry about winning or losing a game?"

Mu Zhengguang could already sense that his worries were irrational. After listening to what his classmates said, he understood even more clearly the irrationality of the matter.

He frankly admitted his mistake: "I wanted to show off in front of you, and I only told you about my victory in the game, not my failure, so I felt nervous."

Xu Ying had long guessed that he had such an idea. It was not that she could not point out the other party's deviation from the beginning, but there was a better way than telling him directly. The game issue had basically been resolved here, and then we could get to the point and solve the "tense" issue.

"Classmate, do you remember the first time you showed yourself in front of me?"

To be fair, this question is difficult to answer because it was not the last time she asked it, nor the second to last time, but Mu Zhengguang quickly thought of the answer: "When I found a very long dandelion."

"I guess so, but at that time, our relationship was not what it is now. The first time you made efforts to make our relationship what it is now, and I saw it, was probably when..."

Mu Zhengguang thought for a moment and blurted out another answer: "During the lunch break that day."

When I was in primary school, some students took a nap in the classroom. During the lunch break, there were students on duty. They sat on the podium or walked around the classroom, writing down the names of those who did not take a good nap and handing them over to the teacher.

One day, Xu Yingze was on duty, and Mu Zhengguang happened to be reading a newly borrowed extracurricular book that day, and he was not taking a lunch break. After finishing the book, he looked up at the podium, and suddenly felt that the person sitting on the podium had a magical power, which could make people feel at ease, laugh, be happy, and be joyful.

Xu Ying also remembered the lunch break. She saw the smile at that time very clearly. It was not a smile to a friend, but a smile to the person she loved.

In the silence when everyone else was asleep and you and I were awake, our eyes were unimpeded. After a moment, Mu Zhengguang reluctantly looked away and lay on the table to read the book he had finished.

"Maybe it was a little earlier. It might be when you were reciting the text. You didn't memorize the text, and I got a little angry and said some bad things. After class, you came to me to recite the text, and you recited it very well."

Mu Zhengguang still remembers what Ying said about reciting the text: before class, the group members had to recite the text in front of the group leader. If anyone did not finish reciting, the group leader would write down the name and hand it to the teacher. In the classmate's description, two key details were "missing". One was that although he did not finish reciting the text in time, his name was not on the list submitted. The other was that after he finished reciting the text, the classmate apologized to him for what happened before class.

Xu Ying omitted her efforts and changes when she talked about this matter, but Mu Zhengguang knew that she also did a lot in the process. This was the case in the past, and it is even more so now.

Failure to memorize the text was more "worthy" of ridicule than losing a game, but at that time, his classmates did not laugh at him for it, but instead protected him. Thinking of this, he no longer worried about winning or losing.

This morning was just like yesterday's, and was spent in joy. Mu Zhengguang told her about the skills of more than a dozen commonly used pets and the plot of the Uncrowned King. These things can be told not only to game friends, but also to classmates.

(End of this chapter)