Half an hour passed quickly as Bai Jingyuan was lost in thought. When a regular knocking sound and a polite inquiry came from the door, he hurriedly tidied himself up and got out of bed.
The waiter at the door bowed very politely and handed several packed lunch boxes to Bai Jingyuan. "Are you Mr. Bai? This is a breakfast order from Miss Gu."
Bai Jingyuan nodded and accepted it, "Thank you, you've worked hard."
"You're welcome, and have a pleasant meal." The waiter left.
Bai Jingyuan opened the lunchbox, inside were seafood millet porridge with abalone, a bowl of hot soy milk, and several shumai.
Bai Jingyuan always skipped breakfast, and sometimes he would even deliberately stay in bed until noon to save money on breakfast, and then eat it together with lunch.
Faced with the unusually lavish breakfast, Bai Jingyuan felt a lump in his throat for some reason. He scooped up a spoonful of porridge and put it in his mouth, feeling his stomach gradually warm up as well.
Not knowing when Gu Qingqiu would be back from her work, and not daring to disturb her, Bai Jingyuan finished his millet porridge and soy milk, planning to save the shumai for lunch if Gu Qingqiu didn't return.
Although Gu Qingqiu had invited him to stay at the hotel, Bai Jingyuan felt he couldn't stay for free, and besides, the breakfast looked expensive.
Bai Jingyuan opened the app and searched for the hotel's name, then gasped in shock. The price of this hotel for one night was nearly four figures... That's outrageous! Although the environment was indeed very nice, it was still more than his monthly rent!
He once again became aware of the wealth gap between himself and Gu Qingqiu.
Although it hurt, Bai Jingyuan still transferred five hundred yuan to Gu Qingqiu.
AbyssMirror: Let's split the hotel bill. Thank you for breakfast. If you give me too little, just let me know.
Five minutes later.
Gu: What does this mean?
Gu: Wait a minute, I'll talk to you about serious business when I get back. Don't run away, wait for me to come back.
Abyss Mirror: ...What? Okay, I'll wait for you.
Gu Qingqiu indeed did not accept the money. Bai Jingyuan sighed, feeling that his humble pride seemed ridiculous in front of Gu Qingqiu.
For some reason, ever since he learned that Gu Qingqiu was no longer available to appear in the live stream, Bai Jingyuan had lost the will to stream.
For the first time in over a month, he logged into his game account to practice solo queue without streaming. Actually, his skill level is more stable and his skills are more refined when he's not streaming, but he has to stream to make a living, even though he doesn't really enjoy it.
Actually, Bai Jingyuan initially wanted to make gaming his profession; he always wanted to be a professional e-sports player. However… he was born at the wrong time, which may become a regret in his heart.
As luck would have it, Bai Jingyuan encountered an opponent with a professional badge in his newly started ranked match.
When Bai Jingyuan saw the prominent word "professional," he couldn't control his jealousy and spent the entire match beating up his opponent. Unfortunately, the opponent's chosen character was one that countered Bai Jingyuan's, so he was thoroughly defeated and ended up with a very poor record.
After struggling for nearly twenty minutes, the opponent was forced to stay in their base and dared not come out. The professional player, who had been frustrated all game, finally couldn't hold back and exploded.
[All]APPLE_Xiaomian: Where did this hater come from? Are you deliberately bumping into me? Can you please stop targeting me?
[All] Abyss Mirror: ?
[All] APPLE丶小绵: What the hell are you typing? Dare to come out and solo after this game?
[All] Abyss Mirror: Not interested.
[All]APPLE_Xiaomian: Damn! What are you pretending for? You really think you're so great? If your teammates weren't so useless, would you have been able to carry the team?
Upon hearing this, the opposing team's teammates joined in the verbal battle.
[All] Three Kingdoms Kill: You are truly the worst class I've ever seen! It makes me feel like I could do it too!
[All] Black Pepper Steak: You're the real loser! You ate the whole team's economy and you still didn't improve! You even ruined your teammates' economy.
[All] Long-legged beauty dd: I'd heard before that you had a bad character, and I didn't expect it to be true, haha. You can't win, so what? You can't accept defeat?
Bai Jingyuan found it extremely boring, so he rallied his teammates for a strong attack, ending the game and the pointless verbal battle.
Upon returning to the game lobby, Bai Jingyuan received a notification from a friend.
[System] Player APPLE丶小绵 has requested to add you as a game friend. Do you accept? P.S.: Dare to solo?
Without a second thought, Bai Jingyuan declined the offer and started another solo queue game. However, this game was a bit unlucky. His teammates took all the available positions, leaving him only with the support role. Moreover, his teammates were incredibly bad, practically a carbon copy of his opponents from the previous game.
After losing the game, Bai Jingyuan logged off and stared blankly at the shumai on the table.
A short while later, I heard a notification sound from my phone.
Bai Jingyuan thought it was a message from Gu Qingqiu and excitedly opened his phone, only to find it was a message from his landlord.
Aunt Li: Xiaobai, the rent for this month is due. Also, everyone is having a tough time these days. The rent will go up to 1,000 yuan a month next month. Do you think you can accept that?
AbyssMirror: Auntie, I'll transfer this month's rent to you in a bit. But 1000 yuan is really too expensive, can't we discuss it?
Aunt Li: Xiaobai, you're a good boy, and I won't lie to you. Mr. Zhang from the village entrance said he wants to rent this house as a storage room, asking for 1,000 yuan. If it goes through, he can pay a year's rent upfront. You see, I... can't really refuse, right?
Abyss Mirror: I understand, Auntie. I'll think about it and get back to you by tomorrow. If I don't want to rent it, I'll also look for another suitable place.
Aunt Li: Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely make time for you. I'm sorry, Aunt Li.
AbyssMirror: Auntie, you flatter me.
After saying that, Bai Jingyuan immediately transferred 800 yuan to the landlord's bank account.
Actually, when he first rented this house, the rent was only 500 yuan. The rent had already increased once, but Bai Jingyuan thought it would be too much trouble to move and find a new house, so he gritted his teeth and accepted it.
But a thousand yuan is already double the previous rent. This place is already remote, so spending a thousand yuan to rent such a small room seems like a huge waste.
[On May 24th, RMB 800 was transferred from your bank account ending in 5077, leaving a balance of RMB 341.]
I finally earned a little over a thousand yuan, but I never expected it to disappear so quickly.
Moreover, all of this 1,000-plus yuan was a tip from Gu Qingqiu...
Bai Jingyuan had never felt so useless before, like a gigolo living off a woman.
It's time for him to give up on esports. He should just find a job like a waiter or dishwasher with room and board provided.
Without bread, talking about ideals is indeed unrealistic, Bai Jingyuan chuckled self-deprecatingly.
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