Chapter 1 Chapter 1 It’s Dad who’s treating us.

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"It's time to get off work. You can have a rest tomorrow. Do you want to have a drink?" Shen Dongzhi, who was in the same department, took off her white coat and invited Gu Xingshuang.

Gu Xingshuang's eyes were still on the phone, and she didn't respond to Shen Dongzhi's words.

Shen Dongzhi called out again: "Gu Xingshuang?"

Gu Xingshuang came back to her senses, and her eyes gradually became clear again.

Gu Xingshuang put away her phone: "No..."

Shen Dongzhi was not surprised by the answer, but she felt a little regretful.

They are rehabilitation doctors from the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation. Excluding those who visit the clinic and employees of the medical device company, there are usually only two of them in the clinic.

Shen Dongzhi has a lively personality, but Gu Xingshuang is a taciturn person, so he rarely succeeds in making a dinner appointment with her.

Today is no surprise.

Shen Dongzhi packed up her things and planned to go home and order takeout.

Shen Dongzhi: "Okay, see you next week..."

"Let's go have a drink."

Shen Dongzhi paused all his movements, raised his head and looked at Gu Xingshuang in surprise.

Is he hallucinating?!

Gu Xingshuang wasn't embarrassed at all, as if she had let go of something: "It's my treat."

When Shen Dongzhi heard this, he immediately put all his doubts behind him, took a step forward, and put his arm around Gu Xingshuang's shoulders affectionately.

It's dad who's treating us.

His tone was full of uncontrollable joy: "Why are you so generous today? Did you make extra money?"

Gu Xingshuang said vaguely: "About the same."

Does selling accounts count as making extra money?

After deducting the handling fee, he received about 140,000 yuan from his account.

He was in a hurry to sell, so he lowered the price a lot.

Normally you should be able to get about 170,000 or 180,000 yuan.

It is indeed a considerable extra income.

Shen Dongzhi smiled and said, "It's no wonder that you always run away after get off work every day. I told Hu Yue that you must be going there to make a fortune!"

"Hehe, I am also enjoying myself."

The salaries of rehabilitation doctors are at the bottom of the food chain among all the doctors in the hospital. They won’t starve to death, but they can’t get rich either.

Land is very expensive in N City, and housing prices are shockingly high, so this salary is even less than enough.

Gu Xingshuang didn't respond.

Making money?

It is true that he received 140,000 yuan today, but he himself could not remember how much he had invested in it in the past five years.

Taking inflation into account, it is a deal that will result in huge losses.

Money is secondary.

But today is finally over.

——

"Is that ok? If not, I'll take you back."

Shen Dongzhi's hands were almost shaking out afterimages, and he made a gesture to send him away: "I'm fine, you should go home soon."

There was a hint of complaint in his tone: "You always turn down every dinner party I organized. I thought you couldn't drink."

"I didn't expect you to be so secretive."

Gu Xingshuang complained mercilessly: "You are too weak in alcohol tolerance."

Shen Dongzhi: “…………”

Gu Xingshuang is so beautiful and has such a gentle and harmless temperament.

But why can he always make him feel upset so accurately?

Shen Dongzhi glanced at her phone and said, "I sent a message to my mother, and she came downstairs to pick me up."

Shen Dongzhi glanced at the time on her phone and smiled foolishly: "Hehe, worthy of me. It's not curfew time yet."

Parents in City N are notoriously overindulgent and strict.

There are many people like Shen Dongzhi who are in their thirties and still live with their parents and have curfews at night.

When Gu Xingshuang heard Shen Dongzhi's words, his lips twitched slightly.

The thumb and index finger clenched unconsciously.

In his memory, the word "access control" was very unfamiliar to him.

His parents stopped caring about him when they divorced in the first grade of junior high school.

That’s not right. It’s not the first day of the new year. It should be earlier.

He tried to recall, but what came to him was endless abuse and quarrels.

Those earlier memories only contained curses, and he couldn't recall any heartwarming scenes.

Gu Xingshuang stopped thinking about it and turned to walk towards the community.

He lives in a community 500 meters away from the hospital and usually walks to and from get off work.

In the crowded city N during rush hour, walking to and from get off work is the most convenient mode of transportation.

There were very few people around at this time, and the cool May evening breeze blew away the last bit of his drunkenness.

——

Gu Xingshuang returned home, put down her bag and changed her shoes.

He turned on the living room light.

The door of the second bedroom was pushed open with a bang. Xu Nianping cursed angrily, with a strong hint of "You are just pretending, you are such an idiot. Sooner or later, I will..."

He saw Gu Xingshuang and stopped cursing: "You're back."

Gu Xingshuang: "Yeah."

The housing prices in City N are unaffordable, and the cost of renting a house is naturally not cheap.

Their house, which is only a hundred square meters in a busy area, costs 11,000 yuan a month in rent.

Gu Xingshuang will bear 7,000 and Xu Nianping will bear 4,000.

Gu Xingshuang and Xu Nianping shared a house, he lived in the master bedroom and Xu Nianping lived in the second bedroom.

They were classmates in junior high school and rented a house here together by coincidence.

This is not an old, dilapidated house, and the sound insulation is pretty good. Usually, the two of us live separately, so we don't interfere with each other and don't communicate much.

Apart from working, Gu Xingshuang plays games. Xu Nianping used to go out for some outdoor sports, but since last year he has become completely addicted to playing games.

Compared to playing outdoor sports in City N, playing online games is more cost-effective.

Xu Nianping studied computer science in college, graduated with a bachelor's degree, and now works in a small factory.

Xu Nianping calmed himself down and poured himself a glass of water.

Gu Xingshuang also walked to the kitchen and poured a glass of water.

Xu Nianping glanced at Gu Xingshuang.

Gu Xingshuang has been a well-known handsome guy since he was a child. He had a lot of fans in junior high school. Now that he has grown up, not only has he not grown ugly, but he has become more and more elegant and gentle like jade.

Xu Nianping snorted in his heart.

So what?

I got into a key university, but I'm still a small rehabilitation therapist. The salary is just enough for my living expenses, and I can't make any extra money. It can just be said that it's decent to go out, but I guess I don't make as much as he does.

I can only spend every day playing games.

Xu Nianping thought so in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He casually asked, "Why did you come back so late today?"

Without waiting for Gu Xingshuang to answer, he continued, "I smell alcohol on you."

"Have you been drinking?"

Gu Xingshuang responded.

Xu Nianping smiled, looking quite concerned: "I've never seen you drink before."

"Every day after get off work, I go back to my bedroom and play games."

"I noticed that you didn't play games much these past two days."

"Tired?"

"Tired?"

He came out to get water these two days and often saw Gu Xingshuang sitting on the sofa watching TV.

I don’t know what he likes to watch, and I often see him changing channels.

Gu Xingshuang ignored his probing and replied simply: "I've sold my account and quit the game."

Xu Nianping didn't expect Gu Xingshuang to do it right away. He was stuck for a second and said carefully, "This is how games are. Quitting the game only takes a second."

It was rare for Xu Nianping to speak a sensible word.

Gu Xingshuang: "Yeah, he retreated in one second."

His account was bought out within less than ten minutes of being online, and he quit within seconds, leaving him no room for regret.

But he didn't want to stay.

He has deleted all the friends he added in the game.

His phone hasn't been this quiet for a long time.

Xu Nianping gulped down the entire glass of water, wiped his mouth after finishing it, and didn't know if he was saying this to Gu Xingshuang or to himself: "I might quit gaming in a second one day."

"Mom... Tsk, this is a crappy game."

Gu Xingshuang smiled, but there was no consolation in her voice. The only thing she said was, “Happiness is the most important thing.”

Xu Nianping also laughed awkwardly twice and repeated: "Yes, being happy is the most important thing."

Is he happy?

He is just providing entertainment for others now!

——

"Xu Nianping, you haven't paid me the rent for last month yet. Together with this month's rent, please transfer 8,000 to me." Gu Xingshuang said to Xu Nianping who was making instant noodles.

It has been three months since he sold his account, but Gu Xingshuang is still not used to his current life.

He didn't care much about the rent and would only ask Xu Nianping for it when he thought of it.

Fortunately, although Xu Nianping would not give it on his own initiative, he would transfer the money as soon as Gu Xingshuang asked him to.

There have been no problems so far.

Gu Xingshuang still trusted him very much.

Xu Nianping's eyes flashed with impatience, but he refused to show his embarrassment and said vaguely: "...I'll turn you later."

His company had laid off employees before, but Xu Nianping didn't take it too seriously, thinking that even if there were layoffs, he would still be able to get an N+1 compensation.

I didn’t expect that the small factory’s bankruptcy would be just like Gu Xingshuang’s retirement from the game. It was finished as it was said to be, and it was finished immediately, and they couldn’t even pay compensation.

Xu Nianping was on the layoff list and was going to be fired this month, but the company was lying on his hands and refusing to give him any compensation.

No money, no life.

Xu Nianping was so angry that he cursed in the street!

He earns 12,000 yuan a month, 4,000 of which he pays for rent, 3,000 for food, and the rest is all spent on gaming. He has no savings at all.

In the past, I could still save some money for leisure and entertainment, but recently I have invested all my fortune in catching rich men, and I really don’t have any money left.

But he didn't want to move.

This is the city center, surrounded by office buildings. It’s very close to work, so I can save two or three hours of commuting time and at least a thousand yuan in transportation fees.

The most important thing is that this house is neither old, dilapidated nor shared, and the environment is excellent.

What’s even better is that Gu Xingshuang, the unfortunate victim, has to bear the lion’s share of the rent, and he can rent such a good house for only four thousand yuan a month!

He is moving out now and wants to use the money to rent a house. If he shares the house with others, he can only rent an old and small house or move to the suburbs.

If you want to live alone, the house will definitely be shabby and small.

He doesn't want to live in a shared house at all.

Many of his colleagues in the company envy him for living in such a nice house.

Xu Nianping looked at Gu Xingshuang.

It's not a good thing to keep delaying the rent for such a long time.

Gu Xingshuang’s condition for finding a roommate is that before he has even finished packing his luggage, the next roommate will arrive.

Then Xu Nianping seemed to have thought of something, his eyes flickered, and a flattering smile appeared on his face: "Xingshuang."

"I'm a little tight on money lately."

When Gu Xingshuang heard this, she frowned.

Xu Nianping wants to default on his debt?

Xu Nianping quickly waved his hands: "I don't mean to default on my debt!"

"I was wondering... could I... use something as collateral?"

Xu Nianping coughed, his expression became much more serious, and his palms were a little sweaty.

He looked into Gu Xingshuang's eyes, then quickly looked away.

"It's just... I have a game account, I spent a lot of money on it, it's quite valuable."

Now that the conversation has started, the rest will flow much more smoothly.

"You play games yourself, too. You know that if you want to sell this game account, you need some luck. It's not something that can be sold just like that."

"I've been very busy recently, and I probably don't have much time to play games. If I fall behind in my daily tasks, my game account will easily depreciate."

"So I thought, since you play games anyway, if you're willing, I'll give you five months' rent for this account, and you can use it to play."

"If you don't like it, you can hang it up in the Wanbao Pavilion while you play with it, and the money from selling it will be yours."

Xu Nianping was afraid that Gu Xingshuang would disagree, so he added: "I suffered a great loss this time. I have lost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars on this account."

"If I sell the account, I can definitely sell it for 20,000, definitely more than 20,000!"

"If I really couldn't spare the time recently, I would definitely not be willing to give it to others."

"When the time comes, all the money from selling the account will belong to you. You will definitely not lose out."

Gu Xingshuang didn't want the game account, and he was about to refuse.

Xu Nianping shouted again: "This game is very popular, you must have heard of it."

"'Jianghu You'!"

"You know, it's the most popular online game right now!"

"I guarantee you'll sell it!"

Gu Xingshuang was stunned.

He felt that he should refuse, but he couldn't control himself.

He heard himself ask, "Which district?"

Xu Nianping saw that there was something going on and quickly said, "The stars are in my dream!"

It’s not Misty Jiangnan.

Gu Xingshuang's mind told him that he should refuse, but for some reason, he nodded: "...Okay, give me the number and it will be used to pay for five months' rent."

Xu Nianping was ecstatic.