Xia Shuo swagger

Chapter 1 Adulthood from now on

Midsummer in July, Yancheng, West Railway Station.

It was just dawn, and the waiting hall in the morning mist was brightly lit and crowded with people.

In short, let's report to Dad—oh no, Lao Xia—that he is safe.

Xia Zhaoyao leaned his suitcase against the ticket gate, opened WeChat on his phone, thought for a while and edited:
"Xia Bang, I'm in the west of Yancheng. Can your company still pay the loan on time now?"

Well, that should work.

Xia Zhaoyao stared at the empty news records, his eyes were a little dazed.

In the same week that Xia Zhaoyao received the admission notice, Lao Xia's company suddenly had an accident.

One of Lao Xia's partners disappeared, the company's capital chain was broken, and the creditors came here like hyenas smelling blood.

Fortunately, my mother took my younger brother to study in another city first, and even she didn't know where.

Before parting, Lao Xia cleared all chat records between him and himself, and deleted all circles of friends.

The small group at home has also been disbanded, so that even if the debt collectors snatch the mobile phone, they cannot be traced back to the family.

However, Xia Zhaoyao still kept Xia Bang's WeChat account - as "a certain creditor".

According to Lao Xia, this is the only way to send living expenses without being caught by other creditors in the transfer details.

Ding-dong-

Several new replies popped up in the window in front of me.

Chabon: Don't worry, I found a five-year project in Mauritius.

Xia Bang: There is a shortage of domestic infrastructure companies in Africa. If all goes well, all debts will be paid off within three years.

Xia Bang: This is the repayment for the next six months, and there will be more after my salary is paid.

【￥18327.22 Please collect】

【WeChat Transfer】

"..."

If it is really a repayment, how can it be such a scattered number.

Looking at the irregular amount, Xia Zhaoyao couldn't help but feel his nose ache.

and--

What about Mauritius? !
Before that, he obviously never said anything about it!

Just as Xia swaggered to think of words to question, the radio in the waiting hall rang.

"Please note that the G371 train from Yancheng West to Zhucheng North is now starting to check tickets. Passengers, please take the time to check your tickets and get on the train. Repeat, please note that the train from Yancheng West to Zhucheng North..."

"Phew, it's time to go—"

Xia Zhaoyao switched to the background of the phone and checked the information on the electronic ticket.

[Train G371, Yancheng West → Huaijiang North, Car 11...]

Lao Xia specifically told her in the morning that when you arrive at the train station, you must line up in front of the ticket gate in advance and board the train early.

Firstly, she bought the cheapest second-class seat, and it would cause unnecessary trouble if the seat was occupied; secondly, the space for luggage on the train is limited, if she waits until everyone gets on the train and then walks slowly on the train, maybe Her suitcase can only be placed in a remote corner of the car that cannot be taken into account.

If Lao Xia can come and see her off...

Xia Zhao shook his head, trying to suppress the chaotic thoughts that kept pouring out of his mind.

Now is not the time to think about these things. After getting in the car, I will find a way to ask Lao Xia what is going on there.

Anyway, I am also a prospective college student. When I decided to go to school to report in advance, I was an adult who faced the wind and rain.

While thinking about it, Xia Zhaoyao quickly clicked to collect the transfer, stuffed his phone into his pocket, and quickly walked towards the ticket gate with the suitcase in his hand.

All in all, all she can do now is take care of herself first - and...

Xia Zhaoyao squinted at a huge electronic billboard not far away from the corner of his eye.

[Huaijiang not only has gold and jade and legends, but also opportunities and future. 】

Well, gold and jade are enough——

Compared with some policy pilot cities and Internet celebrity tourism cities, Huaijiang City is most famous for another feature.

Xia Zhaoyao followed the flow of people to the platform, recalling what he had searched before departure:
"Huaijiang, the sleeping city of gold."

Below the city of Huaijiang City, there is a super large unmined gold vein sleeping.

Every year, people pick up the dog's head gold washed out from the depths of the vein, which is an officially allowed act of picking up leaks.

As a matter of course, countless tourists, gold diggers, and speculators gather here, expecting to become the darling of fate.

Ah, after all, it's better than a lottery ticket... isn't it?

…………

This high-speed train bound for Zhucheng North has 16 carriages and is considered a popular line.

Xia Zhaoyao's seat is the cheapest second-class seat, near the middle and back section of the train.

She glanced enviously at the comfortable and soft sleeper car, then dragged the suitcase and moved towards the second-class car.

"Girl, excuse me."

"Mom, we're in this car!"

"Why are there so many people on this train?"

"Yancheng is a tourist city after all."

Passengers passed Xia Zhaoyao from behind one after another, and she felt like a snail with a heavy shell on its back.

In fact, it's true to say that - Xia Zhaoyao turned his head and looked behind him.

If she crouched down, her suitcase would completely block her.

Although she didn't weigh it accurately, Xia Zhaoyao was sure that her big suitcase was definitely much heavier than her whole body.

A few minutes later, Xia Zhaoyao came to the hard-seat compartment at the rear of the train. She stood on the inner step, and dragged and dragged the suitcase onto the train.

"... Huh, now there is only one last step left."

After moving to his seat along the flow of people, Xia Zhaoyao looked up at the still empty luggage rack above the seat.

Passengers around are also lifting their suitcases one after another. The carriage seems to be a temporary weightlifting arena, which only adults can enter.

Xia Zhaoyao took a deep breath, kicked off his shoes and stood on the seat, grabbed the handle of the suitcase, and tiptoed to stuff it into the upper shelf.

The current Olympic record shows that humans can lift three times their own body weight.

Although she is not the athlete who set this record, fortunately her suitcase is not so heavy.

Holding her breath, she lifted the heavy suitcase above her head with all her strength.

—From now on, she is also an adult.

click.

The suitcase wheels hit the edge of the luggage rack.

Xia Zhaoyao felt that the weight in his hand was obviously lighter.

It worked!Now just follow this direction and slowly push the box in...

Just thinking about it, Xia Zhaoyao lost his balance with a violent impact from behind.

A middle-aged woman with a big bag walked past her, cursing in a low voice, seemingly not paying attention to her surroundings.

The suitcase slanted to the right, making a frightening rattling sound.

Xia Zhaoyao thought badly.

But her burst of strength was dissipating involuntarily, and the angle of the suitcase was getting bigger and bigger. Xia Zhaoyao gritted his teeth to hold the suitcase, and groped with his left hand to push it back, but he couldn't find anything. A place where you can work hard.

broken.

The train seemed to become quiet all of a sudden.

This time I'm going to be smashed flat by the box, if I had known it earlier, I would have put a few less clothes in it.

Xia Zhaoyao looked at the black box that was getting closer and closer above, she seemed to be screaming but she couldn't even breathe.

At that moment, someone supported the back of her right hand.

The box stopped.

The suitcase was slowly pushed back, and smoothly snapped into the groove of the luggage rack.

"what……"

Xia Zhaoyao could breathe again, "Thank you—"

It's almost like something out of an action movie, everything happens on the nick of time.

Xia Zhaoyao turned her head to look at the "helping hand" hero who appeared at the very moment. It was a boy about her age, tall and thin, with half-rimmed glasses and some scruffy hair above his cheeks.The boy smiled slightly, and took the initiative to withdraw his hand from the side of the box.

The train carriages became noisy again.

The sun slantingly shone on the boy's T-shirt from the outside, making that smile extremely bright...

——Hmmm, that smile in the middle of the t-shirt...the anime girl with short blue hair?

Although Two-dimensional culture is becoming more and more popular now, I heard that many nerds even regard paper figurines as their wives...

But this kind of calm and confident wearing anime characters on the body...

Uh... really a... hero?
The boy looked around and muttered in a relaxed tone as if nothing had happened:

"This carriage is too crowded."

…………

Xia Zhaoyao had heard of this game before, and it seemed to be a very popular two-dimensional game nowadays.

The content of the game is to manipulate various characters to explore and hunt for treasure. By the way, most of the characters are sexy and good-looking women.

Kind of like an electronic girlfriend?Anyway, it's hard for Xia Zhaoyao to understand those nerds who like Two-dimensional characters.

"Uh, you really don't order a set meal?"

Xia Zhaoyao hesitated for a moment, and the boy sitting next to her was concentrating on manipulating a purple-clothed female character to jump around in the screen.

He is wearing a baggy light-colored T-shirt, with a pair of very energetic eyes on his thin face, and his attentive appearance is a bit handsome, but if paired with the voice of the female character in the game screen and his sloppy hair, he feels more like He is an otaku who is suddenly drawn into the outdoor world.

There are many games on the boy's mobile phone, and without exception, they are all two-dimensional games that are revealing and even a little pornographic.

No, there are a few games that are definitely H games, and Xia Zhaoyao can be 100% sure of this.

Of course, people's hobbies are free, and aren't all otaku like this...

The only thing that made Xia Zhaoyao a little uncomfortable was that there was a flight attendant standing beside him.

"Brother, don't you really order a set meal?"

Xia Zhaoyao raised the lunch box in his hand, thought about it and said sincerely again.

"Now there are braised beef set and tenderloin set, and I can treat you as a thank you just now—"

"Oh, no need, the box lunch on the train is IQ tax."

The boy replied without looking up, without paying any attention to the slumped flight attendant next to him.

"Then so—"

Xia Zhaoyao felt his smile froze on his face.

I have to admit that the 50 yuan a box of lunch is indeed quite painful for her.

I heard that low-cost airlines are also like this. Passengers have to spend extra money to buy boxed lunches, but there is nothing you can do if you are hungry.

"I have instant noodles, the classic flavor of braised beef, please let me—I'll get the hot water."

The boy took out the instant noodles from his backpack and shook them, grabbed the phone in one hand, and walked out with the instant noodles in the other.

…………

It's...not a pleasant lunch time.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, Qin Shuo's evaluation is indeed correct, the train package is an IQ tax.

While Xia Zhaoyao was eating the raw rice and the tasteless braised beef, he looked enviously at the boy who was snoring and eating instant noodles.

She knew the other person's name now: Qin Shuo, a native of Huaijiang City, had just returned from a solo trip in Yancheng.

Compared to her first long-distance train ride, this social cow otaku is obviously more experienced in all aspects.

Braised beef noodles in a big barrel, corn-flavored ham sausage, braised eggs, and mustard...

Well, the pickled mustard and ham sausage are delicious - just for these two items, Xia Zhaoyao has decided in his mind that he will be permanently blacklisted for the train set meal.

"Thank you, I didn't expect that I would rub your mustard and corn sausage in the end."

Xia Zhaoyao said embarrassingly, there is no way, the mouth is short.

The ambition before going out is gradually starting to cool down, maybe she overestimated her ability a bit?
From the current point of view, even an otaku who is addicted to games seems to be more thrifty and cost-effective than her.

"Oh, it's okay." Qin Shuo didn't mean to mind at all, "Didn't you help me look at the bag just now, just helping each other."

"But you helped me hold the box! If you didn't help, I'd be miserable—"

"That's right." Qin Shuo nodded, and fished the instant noodle fork in his hand, "The situation you were in just now was very dangerous... um."

As he spoke, he looked at Xia Zhaoyao who was happily gnawing on the ham sausage beside him, "But you are already amazing. A middle school student traveling alone is amazing..."

"It's nothing, where--huh?! A middle school student?"

Xia Zhaoyao, who was happily eating corn sausage, raised his head and looked at Qin Shuo blankly.

"Yeah, when I was your age..."

Qin Shuo replied casually, and was about to continue to praise the girl next to him.

"Wait—how did you know I look like a middle school student?!"

"This is not obvious at a glance..."

"stop!"

Before Qin Shuo finished speaking, Xia Zhaoyao seemed to have been stabbed severely, pointed to his chest, and said each word seriously.

"Let me introduce you again, Xia Zhaoyao, a prospective college student. After I report to the school, I will be a real college student."

"Oh, college student—well... no wonder—"

Qin Shuo glanced at Xia Zhaoyao in surprise, then nodded suddenly.

No wonder the suitcase just now was so heavy, it was a bit outrageous as travel luggage.

However, if it is a freshman reporting, that would be understandable.

"If you are a college student... then you should be an adult, right?"

"of course."

"Well, then..."

Qin Shuo thought about it seriously, swiped a few times on the phone, and showed a subtle smile.

"By the way, you just said...you've never played these two-dimensional games, have you?"

"If you must thank me, there are a few small things."

"……Um?"

Not a good feeling.

"I have a few games, but I lack the number of friends to invite—"

Qin Shuo touched his nose, and said solemnly and somewhat expectantly.

"Nowadays, many games require real-name authentication, plus training speed is required. I still need a rare maid dress at NIKKE..."

"Then let me download them one by one..."

Xia Zhaoyao looked at the lewd game screens on the screen of the opponent's phone, and said weakly.

"But this game...uh..."

"Well, 18R+'s—"

Qin Shuo nodded disapprovingly.

"We're all adults, it's okay."

"Well, let me pass you a free VPN—"

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(End of this chapter)