If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 514 Lu Mingfei

"A bottle of Nutrition Express, a bucket of instant noodles, and a ten-yuan machine." Lu Mingfei walked into the Internet cafe, took out a crumpled 20-yuan bill and put it on the front desk.

"What flavor do you want? Pickled peppers or braised beef." The shirtless boss sat on a chair with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, reached for the banknotes and threw them in the drawer.

"Braised beef is fine, Master Kong's." Lu Mingfei looked into the Internet cafe and said casually.

"Do you want to add ham sausage and marinated eggs?"

"Oh? Is this service still available? Do you want money?" Lu Mingfei turned around and came back.

"Do I look like your father?" The boss asked, pointing to his face with his thumb up.

Lu Mingfei glanced at the face that looked as cold as a pig that had been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse for 20 years and shook his head resolutely, "How much is it for adding marinated eggs?"

"A stewed egg costs three yuan, and a ham sausage costs two yuan. You have enough money left to add a stewed egg, and you will get an extra yuan refund."

Lu Mingfei looked up at the braised eggs and ham sausages on the shelf behind the boss, hesitated for a moment, muttered about the increasing cost of accessing the Internet, and took out a piece of the war-damaged Iraqi one-dollar In the past, the boss didn't despise anything after taking over. After all, those who can come to his Internet cafe are poor students, and the turnover of the entire Internet cafe is also supported by these students.

With a swipe of the universal card wrapped in a cigarette case, a face that looks like a murderer and Lu Mingfei who can't get along with each other pops up on the switchboard. I walked into the smoky Internet cafe in my trouser pocket. Under the fluorescent lamp, the smoke drifted up like a cloud like a dragon, and was smashed by the whistling electric fan. Some people cheered, some cursed, some danced excitedly, and some angrily cursed the Internet Connection lost.

Most of the screens in Internet cafes are a 2.5D horizontal version of the action game, produced by a Korean company. In recent years, the degree of popularity is comparable to the legend around 2002. Now young people with a little spare money play this game. They go to the Internet cafe to start the game every day. Download dungeons and explosive equipment, occasionally scold the genealogy of a certain female NPC, and then honestly dungeon after scolding.

Lu Mingfei couldn't remember the name of this game, but people like Zhao Menghua and Xu Yanyan were playing it in his class, and they played it crazy. One time of charging money into it was Lu Mingfei's internet for a week. Fei Jia’s nutrition express money, his eyes are full of envy, he also knows that this thing is not a game that a poor man like instant noodles and ham sausage has to think about.

Besides, he doesn't like this way of krypton gold to become stronger. Compared with the hottest online games, he still likes the purest e-sports, either "StarCraft" or "DOTA". "Red Alert" was an FPS game played by someone during high school. Playing a gun battle without a plug-in is quite a test of hand speed and nerve response.

Thinking of these things, Lu Mingfei, who was just sitting in the Internet cafe, couldn't help sighing, touching the unfamiliar keyboard and mouse, feeling that things are right and wrong, and they all said that the earth would not stop turning without someone , Some people are gone, his life still has to go on, but I have to say that life will be less exciting and more boring.

He opened "StarCraft" and stayed in the lobby for a long time. He hesitated for a long time before opening a Zerg 1v7. There are still some opportunities for Terrans to play, two houses are closed, bunkers, tanks, but playing Zerg is basically making yourself uncomfortable, and the air force gas mines are simply not enough.

But Lu Mingfei didn't care. For him, it was just a way to pass the time. He sat on a hard chair with his waist drooping, his left hand was holding the keyboard and his right hand was rubbing against the mouse pad. There were constant battles on the screen. Pushing pictures, airdropping mad dogs, the victory window of [The replay has finished] popped up on the screen in less than half an hour, and then there was a close-up of the Zerg CG, and the data settlement page
He exited the interface, and was about to exit the game, when the private chat window suddenly jumped up. The profile picture was a giant panda with a short face that reminded people of the classic virus picture of Panda Burning Incense, and the ID note was "Old Tang".

"Online so early this morning?"

"Ah, I'm on home leave, I don't live on campus but I still take advantage of the boarding students, so I go online when I have nothing to do." Lu Mingfei answered in a dignified manner. Old Tang is the self-proclaimed number one master in their channel of "StarCraft" , I have had a friendship with him in nearly a hundred friendly matches. Although I have never met him, the relationship is better than a real friend.

"I remember 'Mingming' you are a high school student? How old are you?"

"Senior year, senior year."

"Do you still play games online in the third year of high school? The college entrance examination will be in June and July in China?"

"Uh-huh."

Old Tang, who is usually the happiest playing games, rarely cares about the real life of netizens. This makes Lu Mingfei a little uncomfortable, and it’s not that he is bored. No matter who he meets at this time, whether it’s relatives or friends or the newspaper booth downstairs When the uncle saw him, he would chatter about these things, as if everyone in the world suddenly cared about his future, but he was the only one who didn't care about himself, which inexplicably made him feel a little guilty. Feeling guilty about not being responsible.

"It doesn't matter if your grades are not good. If you fail the exam, you can still play e-sports to make a living. Although we have never met, but if you want to believe it, my buddy still has a channel to help you find a club to play games or something. At least we can still discuss food in the future.”

After more than ten seconds of silence, Lao Tang picked out a long string of words, his tone seemed to be comforting, and Lu Mingfei was taken aback for a while. "Interstellar Career" yet?It felt like I could write a novel.

He subconsciously typed and replied, "You haven't seen my report card, how do you know that my grades are not good?"

"There are people who play games well and get good grades, but those who play games very well and get good grades, I can only say that they are either geniuses or monsters, but judging from the time I have been with you, you are really not like the two. Any one of them, so you can only be a game wizard and a waste of learning." Old Tang analyzed pertinently.

"Do it." Lu Mingfei could only reply with this one word, and after being aggrieved for a while, he was ready to save face for himself, "I'm going to study abroad, I took the TOEFL test, and I sat next to a classmate in the same class. Okay, I have submitted a lot of applications to foreign universities.”

"Study abroad? Yes, I'm going abroad. Where are you going to take the exam? If we are in the same city, I can treat you to a meal or something." Old Tang became interested.

"I don't know, it depends on which university wants me." Lu Mingfei lost his timidity in this answer, showing his true colors, and the face he had propped up collapsed in an instant.

"Which companies did you apply for?"

"UChicago, Auburn, Washington University...a whole bunch of shit."

"Are you submitting the application according to the ranking of American universities? To be honest, I think it's a bit mysterious. Brother, you should prepare for the college entrance examination, and don't cut yourself off."

"No one wants me to go to the college entrance examination, so what should I do in the future? If I can't pass the undergraduate degree, I will go to a junior college. At least I can learn technology. The ability is better than a diploma." Lu Mingfei said very energetically.

"Ability is indeed greater than a diploma, but you also have to have a diploma to have a platform to show your ability." Old Tang said, "I have experience in this, let alone university. To be a waiter requires a diploma, and you can only go abroad when you can't get along in China. Unless your future work plan depends on ability instead of diploma like I do now, otherwise you should just go around honestly for that piece of paper. Otherwise, you will suffer the beatings from society."

"Old Tang, you have such sophisticated social experience? I always thought you were the kind of social idler who lived in the basement."

"A rental house of 120 square meters next to the elevated light rail. I live alone. Although the noise is annoying sometimes, the advantage is that the rent is pleasant and the transportation is convenient. When you really go abroad and have no place to live, you can come to my place to lay a floor. "

"Your house is 120 square meters and you let me make the floor."

"You have to pay the rent for the bed, otherwise people will think that you have some kind of physical transaction with me if you live in vain. Americans are no less gossip than Chinese people."

"Depend on."

"If you haven't been admitted by a foreign school, go for the college entrance examination honestly. I remember you mentioned that the high school you went to was not bad in your city? No matter how bad your grades are, your grades are not too bad. Try your best to take the exam. Let's watch it later, I haven't played games recently." Old Tang kindly advised.

"Okay, okay, you really sound like my uncle and aunt." Lu Mingfei replied with a sigh.

"Not like your parents? You live with your uncle and aunt?"

"Why don't you work for the FBI if you're so good at reasoning?"

"I am not a person with a bachelor's degree, and the FBI is the same, brothers who want a diploma." Old Tang gave Lu Mingfei another sledgehammer of pressure, "It seems that it is not easy for us, let's encourage each other, I will hit the full server as soon as possible First, you get admitted to a good university as soon as possible, that's all, the master of the server next door will ask me to play a friendly match, wish me success in winning."

"Don't cry if you lose!"

"I'm fighting with the honor of our server, how could I lose?" Old Tang said and left a long list of LOL (loud of laughter, shorthand for chatting) and then stopped responding.

Lu Mingfei sat looking at the game hall on the screen for a long time. For some reason, his impatience became more and more serious. There was something inexplicably commotion deep in his heart, as if there was an irritability in his throat that could not be vomited out. I can't swallow it anymore, making people want to sigh but can't find a reason to sigh. It seems that everything he is doing is a waste of time. He should do more important things and make his reasons for action full of meaning. Even I feel that life is passing through the fingers on the mouse little by little.

Is it necessary for him to go home and take out the textbooks and cram to start the sprint before the college entrance examination?

He scratched his head, and the little fire in his heart was instantly extinguished by the next sigh. He exited the game lobby and returned to the desktop, skillfully opened the chat tool to log in to his account, and clicked on the group he cared about.

In the chat tool, there are two people lying on the special pass list, with a profile picture of a girl wearing a baseball cap and a Disney castle.

Um?Disney's castle?

Lu Mingfei paused, and clicked on the friend information of Disney Castle. After seeing the familiar ID and account, he was sure that his special concern group did not enter any strange things, but he didn’t know when the owner of this account changed his profile picture. up.This is quite strange. He clicked on the profile picture and found that it was a photo. There was no real person in the photo, but only a scenic photo of the castle with cherry blossoms. It looked quite poetic, but it was also in line with that guy's sullen personality.

He opened the chat bar, entered something, scratched his head and didn't know what to say as an opening remark, and finally just typed, "Are you there?"

After posting, he felt stupid again, and regretted that he harassed others when he was too free. There should be a time difference between the United States and this side. What's the point of the other side now?Fang is not convenient to answer himself, will he be perfunctory if he finds that there is nothing important after taking the time to answer himself?

It's a pity that the chat does not have the function of withdrawing. He thought to himself that if the appeal suggestion is really effective, he must propose a function to withdraw the statement to the chat software company, so that it can benefit a lot of rash confessions. Sorry poor boys.

A few seconds after the chat was sent, Lu Mingfei was still thinking wildly, and the words "typing." actually appeared next to the ID on the opposite side, and he sat upright all of a sudden, seeing that the other party replied almost instantly, " Here, what's the matter?"

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(End of this chapter)