Chapter030
[End of the promotion round]
Game lobby.
All the trainees woke up.
“Is it over??”
"Who's winning??"
"How did you die?"
"Oh my god, I was bored to death in the game space later."
Everyone was curious and asked questions to each other when they saw their companions. The hall was suddenly filled with noise.
Shi Jiu knew that those trainees who were eliminated early would stay in their own game spaces until the game was over, so most of the trainees now didn’t know who had accepted this competition.
Jin Meng was still a little excited when she saw Tong Le, "Le Le!"
Tong Le glanced over. Perhaps he already knew he hadn't advanced, so he had already prepared himself mentally. Now Tong Le was much more relaxed. "How are you guys?"
Jin Meng: "We went looking for you, but we couldn't find you."
Tong Le smiled helplessly, "We were poisoned to death in the end."
Tong Le finished speaking and looked at Shi Jiu. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling Shi Jiu's grades would be good.
But before she could open her mouth to speak, the host's voice rang out.
[The first elimination round ended successfully. Long time no see everyone! ]
"Long time no see!" Everyone was relaxed after the competition. When they heard the host's words, they all responded in high spirits.
[I believe everyone is very curious about this: who successfully advanced in this promotion match?]
After the host finished speaking, the more than 400 trainees present looked around curiously.
Shijiu felt a few eyes on her. At the end of the competition, there were only a few dozen trainees left. Not many knew that Shijiu had made it to the next round, and most of them were looking at her with curiosity.
[The following is the list of qualifiers for this knockout round]
Many people knew they didn't advance, but they couldn't resist their curiosity.
After hearing the host's words, everyone fell silent.
【Gu Jie, Jin Meng, Su Yao, Su Ruan, warm wine.】
【Congratulations on your successful advancement! 】
As the host finished speaking, applause broke out all around.
However, some trainees were confused because they had never heard of the five trainees who advanced.
None of them are the strong trainees in Class F this time. Most trainees don’t even know what these five people look like.
The light from the hall came on, but Su Ruan was still confused.
"Congratulations, Su Ruan!"
"You're really good! You actually advanced!"
My ears are filled with the congratulations of the trainees.
Su Ruan: "Hmm?"
She was still a little unresponsive, "Advanced?"
"Yes, sister!!" Su Yao was very happy sitting next to Su Ruan, "We advanced!!"
Su Ruan was incredulous, "You also advanced?"
She clearly remembered that she had been eliminated, so how could she have advanced in the end?
This time it was Su Yao's turn to be confused about what was going on. "Huh?"
After the first elimination round, the trainees can temporarily withdraw from the game and have a seven-day vacation.
After seven days, the first audience voting data will be released. All the trainees who advance will be re-ranked based on the votes of this competition.
[Beep, close the game compartment.]
Shijiu heard the sound of a machine and opened her eyes. She was now in her home game room. Her body was a little weak from lying there for so long. She took her time, finally getting up and opening the door.
This game cabin must be a second-hand item that has been used for a long time. The moment Shijiu pushed open the door of the game cabin, he heard a creaking sound, and the door had begun to rust.
The game cabin was located in a messy little room, only about ten square meters, with a small bed and a desk piled with various review materials.
The room was a little damp, probably because I hadn't opened the windows in a while. Shijiu also smelled a strange, damp smell.
This place is the home of Wenshijiu.
Wen Shijiu's parents divorced a few years ago. Wen Shijiu lives with her father, and she has a younger sister who lives with her mother. A year ago, Wen Shijiu's father died in a car accident, leaving only Wen Shijiu and her grandmother at home. They live in this shabby little apartment building.
There is no one at home, not even grandma.
Shi Jiu walked out of her bedroom and into the living room. The house was old and small, with slightly yellowed walls and even cracks in places. The underlying paint had fallen off in places, leaving the walls uneven and pitted.
There was a simple sofa and a wooden coffee table in the living room. The robot vacuum cleaner had run out of battery and lay quietly under the coffee table, motionless.
As if thinking of something, Shijiu walked to the sofa, squatted down and opened the inconspicuous small drawer under the sofa. There was nothing in the small drawer, just a few pieces of paper.
It was a simple contract.
She had just returned to Wen Shijiu's home, and some of Wen Shijiu's memories gradually became clearer in her mind.
Wen Shijiu's grandmother was in poor health, and her father had a gambling habit and owed a lot of money before his death. These debts now fell on Wen Shijiu and his grandmother.
This is why Wen Shijiu didn't want to go to school and tried every possible way to make money through live streaming. In order to get more money to pay off his father's debts, Wen Shijiu signed this special contract with the program team.
Wen Shijiu wasn't actually selected for the game's preliminary round, so she had no choice but to sign a gambling contract with the production team in order to participate. The penalty for breach of contract was almost astronomical, and there were certain requirements for Wen Shijiu: she had to make it to the third elimination round of the game. If she didn't meet these requirements, not only would she not receive the subsidy from the production team, but she would also have to pay the production team some money. On the other hand, if she did meet these requirements, the production team would provide her with a subsidy five times the amount of a normal trainee.
Shi Jiu silently glanced at the penalty amount on the contract, one million federal coins.
In the past, this amount of liquidated damages wouldn't have been that big of a sum, and she could easily come up with one million. But for Wen Shijiu, this amount would likely take her more than a decade to earn even one million federal coins.
As Shijiu sat on the sofa thinking about something, the door to their house rang. Shijiu initially thought it was her grandmother coming back. She clenched the contract in her hand slightly, feeling a little nervous. After all, her grandmother was the person closest to her, and she was worried that she would find out that she was not normal.
But Shijiu soon realized that her worries were in vain, because the person who came in was not her grandmother at all. With the memory of Wen Shijiu, Shijiu recognized that the person who came in was their next-door neighbor, Aunt Wang.
Aunt Wang was slightly stunned when she saw Shi Jiu in the living room, and then she smiled softly and said, "Xiao Wen, you are finally awake."
In Wen Shijiu's memory, Aunt Wang was a nice person who often took care of her and her grandmother.
Shi Jiu stood up from the sofa and politely called out, "Aunt Wang."
"My grandma..." Shi Jiu's intuition told her that Aunt Wang's visit this time must have something to do with her grandma.
Sure enough, Aunt Wang sighed softly and said, "Your grandma fell ill a few days ago and we took her to the hospital."
"Originally, we wanted to wake you up, but your grandma said that what you are doing is very important and refused to let us wake you."
"We had no choice but to send your grandmother to the hospital. Her condition is not good and she needs surgery. I came here to get her interstellar insurance book."
When I learned my grandma was ill, I didn't waste any time and went to the hospital immediately. She had a small tumor, but luckily it was benign and only needed a small surgery to remove it.
Because we haven't collected enough money for the medical expenses, grandma's surgery has not yet been performed. The surgery fee is not cheap, and for Shijiu, who is currently broke, it is a huge price.
Fortunately, she made some money from selling herbs in the game, which was just enough to cover her grandmother's medical expenses, and there was even a little left over.
In the past few days since returning, Shijiu has been taking care of her grandmother in the hospital. Even if she is not familiar with her grandmother subjectively, she is now Wen Shijiu. Since she has occupied Wen Shijiu's body, she must help Wen Shijiu take care of her relatives.
She actually missed her family, her father and brother, and wondered how they were doing these past few years. She often saw news about her brother and father. Now her brother had taken over her father's gaming company. Her brother was still very capable, running the company well and becoming a well-known young entrepreneur in StarCraft.
She wanted to go find them, but after all, being reborn was too magical, and she hadn't figured out how to face them yet.
Besides, there will be opportunities to deal with this matter in the future. The most important thing now is to take good care of grandma.
Shi Jiu also discovered one thing: grandma's memory had become a little bad, and she often even didn't recognize who she was.
The weather outside the hospital was sunny, so Shijiu took Grandma out to bask in the sun. The flowers behind the hospital were in full bloom, their colors vying for attention. Shijiu and Grandma sat on a small stone bench, next to two small flowering trees.
When the breeze blows, the fragrance of flowers comes.
Grandma was a kind, gentle old lady. She couldn't sit still and was currently peeling an apple for Shijiu.
"Warm Shijiu?" As luck would have it, Shijiu looked up and noticed an acquaintance.
It was Wen Shijiu’s ex-boyfriend, Yu Sihan, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.
Shi Jiu didn't like him, so he didn't want to pay attention to him.
But Yu Sihan couldn't swallow that breath, he walked towards the direction where Shi Jiu was.
Before he could reach Shijiu, two men in black suits appeared in front of him and walked up to Shijiu first.
Shi Jiu raised his eyes and looked at the two men in suits, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
One of the men said respectfully, "Hello, are you Miss Wen Shijiu?"
Shijiu: “Yeah.”
The man handed over a business card and said, "We are from Chief Gaming Company. Our president wants to see you about something. Are you free now?"
Shi Jiu looked at the business card in his hand.
The name printed on the business card was a name she was not familiar with, Shi Yan.
Shi Jiu subconsciously clenched the business card in his hand.
elder brother?
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