Chapter 17
Zhan Mu had just finished playing games when, coincidentally, his mother called. So Lu Chao heard Zhan Mu's mother's powerful and majestic voice.
"How much money do you make? I just want to ask you, how much money do you make now? Can it support yourself?" Zhan Mu picked her eyebrows and remained silent. Then she heard her mother's sharp voice continue, "You still play games? I've never heard of anyone making money playing games! Did you take out an online loan outside and can't pay it back, so you don't dare to go home?!"
"I didn't, Mom..." Zhan Mu wanted to cry but had no tears and nothing to say. He felt that any explanation in front of her would become a cover-up.
If all parents are like this, then there is no room for rebuttal. It is almost impossible to get the elders to listen to the younger ones.
Just when Zhan Mu was about to startle himself, his mother actually told him to come to the station. She had already arrived in Anzhou? She actually took the high-speed train herself just to get her eldest son home!
The deep love from parents... Zhan Mu nodded, and turned from an ostrich about to be exploded into a well-behaved rooster. Except for his father, everyone in his family actually had a bad temper.
Everyday life was a mess. Either Zhan Mu or Zhan Miao got scolded. His mother was like a firecracker that would explode at any moment, while his father would not help anyone and would not listen to his mother. He was extremely silent.
Recently, Zhan Mu came to the conclusion that his parents' relationship was much better than he had imagined. The couple had been through decades of ups and downs together. Who was he?
——He's just a son. Thinking that being criticized will earn sympathy from either parent is impossible.
Husband and wife are one body. Sons and daughters should never blame their parents because of personal grudges. That is called sowing discord. Otherwise, they will not be treated fairly in family relationships, but will be counterproductive. If there is a gap among family members, there will be unrest in the home.
Zhan Mu got off the train when they arrived at the station. He saw the personal CG of top star Lu Chao on the projection screen of the building opposite Anzhou Railway Station.
He only stared for a moment before his mother noticed him first. She came over with a small messenger bag on her back and asked, "What are you looking at so intently? Did you forget I asked you to pick me up?"
Zhan's mother is not unfashionable, and is even a bit trendy. She looks young even though she is almost fifty, and looks like she is in her early thirties.
Zhan Mu uttered an "oh" and saw his mother's newly dyed hair color, which still couldn't hide the white hair on her scalp. His mood suddenly became depressed and he whispered, "Mom, why are you here? If you want me to go home, just give me a call and I'll go back. It's so troublesome for you to come all the way here. Is Dad really in the hospital?"
"I came to see what you have done to your life." Zhan's mother glanced at him, started to take a taxi, and asked about Zhan Mu's current residence, which was the shabby rental house.
Zhan Mu was sharp-eyed and saw the dialog box between her and Zhan Miao. Zhan Miao had indeed betrayed him and took pictures of the situation in her rental house and sent them to his mother!
Zhan Mu took a deep breath and felt very suffocated. They had agreed to wear the same pants. He immediately sent a message to question Zhan Miao.
So Zhan Miao's phone vibrated while she was in class, and she saw the warm love from her brother, all filled with stickman emoticons of people fighting.
The stick figures inside were fighting each other and bleeding profusely, it was very bloody.
Zhan Miao replied: Haha.
Under the stern gaze of Zhan's mother, Zhan Mu brought her to the rental house. As soon as she opened the door, the narrow room was filled with the smell of instant noodles, spicy strips and potato chips. The quilt was not folded, the computer was in standby mode, and the instant noodle packaging cartons were scattered around.
In fact, it is not too messy, it is quite tidy, and there is no bad habit of garbage everywhere, but the single room is too small. He recently bought various lights and microphones for live broadcasts, so it seems very crowded.
Zhan's mother came, pouted, took out her phone, clicked on TT and started recording the video. Even with Zhan Mu's constipated and embarrassed expression, she still did the same and said:
"Come and see, this is the life your son is living now. Look, he's very capable and self-reliant. Oh, and there's a toilet, but he doesn't even clean it. Here, here, look, he doesn't even empty the trash can when it's full."
"It's the small pocket for garbage." Zhan Mu frowned impatiently, and silently sent a stickman emoticon to provoke Zhan Miao.
Zhan Miao replied: "May the best befall you." (Put your hands together)
Next, Zhan's mother forced him to go home. Zhan Mu didn't want to talk about the twists and turns, but he knew he could never go solo again. This decisive woman even asked the landlord to return the rent for the room he hadn't fully occupied.
At noon, Zhan Mu was still thinking about what to eat at the nearby food street in the evening. In the afternoon, he had already completed the check-out procedures, packed all his bags, and boarded the high-speed train home.
Zhan Mu was extremely sad. His dream of working hard alone to become one of the top 100 students was shattered immediately. He then met the face of Zhan Ma, who was holding his ID card worth 68,000 yuan and was sweating profusely.
"You're also using an electronic babysitter?" Zhan's mother didn't know much about this high-tech thing. She was taking pictures and searching online for what it was. When she saw the price...
Bang! The ID card was smashed onto the table.
Zhan Mu hugged his carrot pillow, trembling with fear.
"I mean, what were you staring at that electronic doll for at the station just now? Turns out you like it, or are you playing games again? It's 68,000 yuan, and it's a loan. You have a high-level job, and you're actually giving money to your boss?!" Zhan's mother sneered.
"I'm trying to save a life..." Zhan Mu wanted to say something but hesitated, but worried that his mother wouldn't understand, so he kept quiet and didn't bother to explain.
The mother and son confronted each other again, the atmosphere was deadlocked, and neither of them disliked the other. After several communications, Zhan Miao, the instigator of this incident, received several more messages of condolences from his brother.
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Zhan Mu's home is in Wanzhou.
The capital of Xia State is Yuzhou. Wanzhou is remote and is considered a tier-one city, a small county town. It is also far from Anzhou. Even a high-speed train ride takes about half a day.
When we got home, it was almost midnight. It was also an ordinary commercial apartment.
Zhan Mu looked up, dragging his heavy luggage, looking at the familiar lights of his home. He felt sad, but perhaps still warm. However, he couldn't smile when he saw his mother's ugly face.
The door opened, and his father lay drowsy on the sofa. The TV was on, and the food on the living room table had gone cold. He woke up and asked, "You're back. Do you want to eat?"
His father was a little fat, yawning and feeling sleepy. Zhan Mu said embarrassedly, "Why don't you go to sleep, Dad?" Then he sat down at the table and started eating. He was indeed hungry.
Zhan's mother didn't continue to scold him. She let go of her tiredness, started a cold war with her son, and went straight to bed after washing up. Zhan Mu was left alone. He heard the sound of the room they had just closed. He was left with only indifference and a feeling of powerlessness all over his body. He couldn't swallow his food.
He finished eating and felt sleepy. He didn't want to wash the dishes, but he was afraid his mother would scold him, so he washed them anyway. Then he washed up slowly and returned to his room. He saw that everything had been prepared, the sheets and quilts were all ready, which seemed to be the tenderness of his parents.
Zhan Mu jumped onto the bed, feeling complicated. He probably had a love-hate relationship with his parents. He would often feel annoyed by their bad words, but more often, he would feel guilty for his parents' thoughtfulness.
Lu Chao, who hadn't been a personal elf for a long time, popped up and said, "Your family connections are pretty good, really. Many of my former classmates were divorced or had separate lives."
"Really? Will highly educated families have their own way of doing things?" Zhan Mu asked casually, yawned, and subconsciously muttered, "Xiaoe Xiaoe, play a lullaby for me."
"Okay." A clear female voice came from a white speaker, followed by a melodious and beautiful instrumental music.
Lu Chao was stunned, and subconsciously thought that he was targeting him. After all, classmate Zhan Mu already had a "little e", and he was exposed by his mother today about the 68,000 yuan.
"Zhan..." Lu Chao was about to continue chatting with him.
"Shh, Xiao E is singing, you have to respect your colleagues." Zhan Mu had closed his eyes and placed his cell phone, that is, his classmate Lu Chao, next to his pillow.
This bastard, is he really treating me like an AI?!
Lu Chao is very introverted.
So he was too lazy to pretend.
The next second, Zhan Mu noticed that the small E made two clicking sounds, and suddenly it seemed to short-circuit, and the song played became intermittent. He jumped up a little annoyed and looked at the phone. Ai Lu had fallen into silence, as if pretending to be dead.
Intentional.
Provoke me, a naked provocation!
Zhan Mu suddenly had the urge to smash his phone, but then he thought that this would not kill him, so he held back.
He couldn't even argue with Lu Chao. After all, this was home, and if he talked to himself, his parents would think he was sick.
He turned off the phone, lay down straight, and said, "What should I do? My mom confiscated the 68,000 yuan I bought for you. She might use it for a refund. I really don't know what to do."
"You didn't really want to help me in the first place." Lu Chao replied with a sneer.
Zhan Mu suddenly turned around, pointed at his phone, and said angrily, "I told you that some people should be shameless. You came to me, don't think that I like you or sympathize with you."
"Give me back the 5,000 gifts from the live broadcast." Lu Chao was proud and arrogant on the phone, with a tone of "You can't get rid of me even if you don't like me."
Zhan Mu slammed down on the bed, feeling so angry that his chest felt stuffy.
— What should I do if there’s a living AI in my phone that I can’t get rid of?!
With a click, the door opened.
Zhan's mother was dressed in pajamas, looking murderous. She spread her hands and said, "Give me your phone. From now on, you have to hand it over every night."
"Why?!" Zhan Mu was angry and felt very wronged.
"Have you been playing games? Who are you talking to in the middle of the night?" Zhan's mother came over and took Zhan Mu's phone without giving him a chance to refuse. Well, Zhan Mu didn't refuse either. Anyway, Zhan's mother left, and the door closed with a click. The room fell into complete silence.
Zhan Mu blinked, feeling lonely and bored again. He fell asleep with this strange feeling of being alone.
He had a strange dream tonight. He dreamed that he also turned into a data person and entered the game. Perhaps it was because of his compassion that he felt Lu Chao's loneliness and despair.
People came and went, and no one stopped for Lu Chao. It was just like the day when the rain was drizzling and the leaves were falling, as if they were meeting for the first time.
In the dream, Zhan Mu felt lost and extremely sad.
Maybe he is too lonely.
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The next day, Zhan Mu woke up by chance and found that his mother had gotten up very early and directly contacted the salesperson of BH Company to come to his house to refund the 68,000 yuan he had spent on the purchase!
We're already chatting in the living room.
He rushed over and said, "Mom! This is..."
"My friend." Zhan Mu's mind raced through the chaos as he spoke with difficulty, "He died in a car accident. I really missed him. That's why I spent a lot of money to buy this electronic data man."
Zhan's mother: "We're just friends. We can always make new ones if we lose each other."
"I..." Zhan Mu was embarrassed and entangled. Even in the situation where Lu Chao was distressed, Zhan Mu said in a serious tone: "Mom, I like him. Well, please understand me. I... I really like him."
Zhan's mother and the salesperson looked at him in disbelief.
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