amaotonovel Chapter 59 Cool Guy's Memoirs
Chapter 59 Cool Guy's Memoirs
Fragments of Ying Xiangyang's memories gradually surfaced in Bai Li's mind. The images were initially blurry, as if seen through a thin veil, but then slowly became clearer.
"Today we have a new classmate joining our group, let's welcome her."
Sparse applause came from below the stage.
Inside the classroom sat a dozen or so students, all of whom looked quite young, teenagers in their adolescence, dressed in matching blue and white school uniforms.
Upon seeing the transfer student brought in by the teacher, they immediately began whispering and giggling among themselves.
"Oh, is this transfer student a boy or a girl?" A girl looked around curiously and asked her classmate next to her in a low voice.
"Why is he bald?" Suddenly someone raised their voice, their tone filled with disbelief, as if they had seen something extremely bizarre.
"Look at the marks on her face..." Someone frowned and gently nudged their companion with their finger, gesturing for them to look over.
"Quiet down, quiet down." The teacher patted the podium, and after the classroom quieted down a bit, she turned to the transfer student next to her and said cautiously, "Little student, please introduce yourself."
Next, the camera focused on the transfer student.
Although Bai Li didn't want to admit it, the person with a bald head and bruises all over his face was indeed himself.
How awkward! Why did it have to be at this awkward time?
She changed schools many times, and the reason for changing schools was very simple.
When someone comes to the orphanage wanting a child, they raise the child for a while, then decide they don't want the child anymore, so the child is sent back.
The staff in the institute are constantly being reassigned every year.
Not to mention that Bai Li has a history of fighting, so it's normal for her to change hands several times in orphanages.
She's like a floating seaweed, drifting wherever she goes.
She couldn't quite remember how many times she had transferred schools; she was either transferring schools or on her way to transfer schools.
But she remembers this transfer.
At that time, I had a fight with the "delinquent girl group".
I don't remember why we fought, it was just the usual squabbles between girls.
Although the "delinquent girl gang" provoked them first, both sides' hair was already indistinguishable from grass ravaged by a strong wind, and it was really an eyesore.
Having a bald head is better than having messy, haphazardly cut hair, so Bai Li made up her mind and decided to shave it all off.
So now, with her head completely shaved, she really looks like a convict who just came out of a labor camp.
In addition, there are obvious marks on his face that indicate he was in a fight.
This look would have been considered quite imposing on a school campus back then.
Ordinary students have never seen such a look before.
I've never even met a homeroom teacher, let alone a student.
Although I had heard that a problem student would transfer in, he was an orphan, lacked discipline, and was a brawler.
But when the homeroom teacher actually met Bai Li, he was still deeply shocked by her.
It seems that I must have made quite a stir among my peers and teachers back then.
Unsurprisingly, she was assigned to a special position.
—At the very front of the classroom, to the right of the podium.
It was like a secluded little corner, completely out of place with everything around it.
Therefore, Bai Li naturally didn't make any friends here.
I remember now, I remember everything! My awkward adolescence, a time when I had no friends.
Since this is Ying Xiangyang's memory, it means that Ying Xiangyang was also in this class at that time.
"Damn." An absurd and shocking thought suddenly flashed through her mind, "Could it be that Ying Xiangyang likes me at this time?"
So, which one in the class is him?
Bai Li looked around and saw no one who looked like Ying Xiangyang.
Before she could examine it closely, this fragment of memory vanished, and the next scene immediately appeared.
A wave of noise surged in, keyboards and mice clattered, and there was a pungent smell of smoke.
A few chandeliers cast a dim, yellowish glow, barely illuminating this space filled with the chaotic interplay of the electronic world's fantasy and reality.
The internet cafe owner moved among the computers, registering new customers and turning them on while loudly reminding one customer that their time was almost up.
"Boss! Two bottles of iced cola, please." A customer's shout came from the corner.
The internet cafe owner was temporarily unavailable, so he turned around and called out to the counter, "Yangyang, give me a hand."
The camera then panned to the far corner of the bar, where an old air conditioner was humming away. Right below the air conditioner, a chubby boy was enjoying his rice noodles.
Upon hearing the sound, he immediately looked up. Before he could even finish swallowing the rice noodles in his mouth, he hurriedly put down his bowl and chopsticks and ran quickly to the freezer next to him.
Its round body is surprisingly agile in a confined space.
He quickly opened the freezer, grabbed two cans of Coke, and delivered them to the customer.
I just got back from school, still wearing my familiar blue and white school uniform.
Combined with the boy's school uniform and the fact that the internet cafe owner had just called him Yangyang.
Bai Li was dumbfounded.
"Is this Ying Xiangyang?"
No wonder I couldn't find him in the classroom just now. His chubby baby face was hard to reconcile with his current cool and aloof demeanor.
How has Ying Xiangyang grown in the past few years?
The customer noticed his clothes and, as he took the iced cola, jokingly remarked, "Oh, a student from the No. 3 Middle School next door?"
"It's six yuan in total." The boy ignored him and said in a flat tone, "Scan the QR code on the table to pay."
Seeing that the boy didn't respond to her teasing, the customer's face darkened slightly. She took out her phone, casually scanned the QR code, and snorted in dissatisfaction, saying, "These students nowadays, at such a young age, they're already hanging out in internet cafes, and they act all indifferent. They're so rude."
The boy's gaze inadvertently swept over the timer on the computer desktop, then he glanced at the man's game screen, a slight smile playing on his lips. He chuckled softly, "Unlike someone who spends ten hours a day in bars and is only at the Gold rank."
"Pfft." Bai Li couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.
This kid's mouth seems to be laced with poison! It's definitely Ying Xiangyang.
The guest was so angry at the man's sharp retort that his eyes widened.
Break through defenses! Break through defenses massively!
The hardest thing for gamers to accept is being told they're bad at the game.
Ying Xiangyang's words directly struck at his pride.
The guest's forehead veins bulged as he roared, "You! Who are you talking about?"
After confirming that he had paid, Ying Xiangyang ignored the customer's anger and turned to walk towards the bar.
"You come back here!" The man was so angry that he stood up and made a move to chase after him to argue.
The internet cafe owner noticed the commotion and quickly came over to smooth things over: "Calm down, calm down, this kid is just being unreasonable."
As the boss spoke, he smiled broadly and offered cigarettes and apologized to the customer. It took a lot of effort to calm the customer down.
Back at the bar, seeing Ying Xiangyang silent, she sighed helplessly and said, "Yangyang, don't argue with the customers."
Ying Xiangyang lowered his head slightly and softly hummed in agreement, "I was wrong, I won't do it again next time."
"jingle."
Just then, the wind chimes hanging at the door rang crisply, signaling that a new guest had entered.
The camera pans and focuses on the newly arrived guests.
Bai Li closed her eyes in despair.
Okay.
I saw myself again.
Back then, Bai Li had no friends or family, and nothing to do after school. She didn't come to the internet cafe to play games; she just came to kill time.
Bai Li was very low-key at the time. Perhaps out of a little inferiority and shyness about her bald head, she deliberately wore a baseball cap to cover her bald head, and then quietly walked to the corner and sat down in front of the machine.
Her gaze slowly swept over her surroundings, filled with curiosity and exploration. Seeing that everyone around her was playing PUBG, she also opened the PUBG icon on her desktop.
When Shirai was young, her gaming skills weren't much better than they are now.
My first attempt at opening the parachute resulted in me jumping to the top of the tower, getting stuck, and dying instantly upon landing.
Unwilling to give up, she chose to parachute a second time, landing in the river. She barely managed to swim ashore when the poison gas arrived. There was no time to escape the poison gas, and she died.
On her third parachute jump, Bai Li finally landed safely and even picked up a wrecked car. But who would have thought that the car would crash into a tree halfway down the road and explode with a loud "boom"?
……
Big White Pear watched Little White Pear's actions and fell into deep thought.
"Wow, I was really bad at the game back then?"
All of this happened in other people's memories.
This is so shameful! I can't bear to watch! It's practically a public execution!
Ying Xiangyang noticed Bai Li as soon as she entered.
—The mysterious transfer student who just joined the class.
After that, he kept a close eye on Bai Li's movements.
Seeing Bai Li's game screen and the scenes that had just happened, he incredulously slurped up the last mouthful of noodles.
Bai Li landed so fast that she was eliminated in the box after three parachute jumps, and Ying Xiangyang hadn't even finished slurping the rice noodles in his hand.
Perhaps he had never seen such a bad cook before. Ying Xiangyang couldn't stand it anymore, so he put down the rice noodles in his hand, silently got up, and turned on the machine behind Bai Li.
The moment Bai Li entered the game for the fourth time, she also clicked "Start Game".
I was just trying it out, but I didn't expect to actually be ranked in the same game.
Not only in the same game, but also on the same team.
Even when he was just a kid, Strong was already incredibly skilled at gaming.
Especially in the early days of the game, when it was pure and free of cheats, Kid was like a human cheat code.
With his superb marksmanship and unparalleled tactical awareness, he single-handedly wiped out four full squads. His skillful maneuvers allowed him to smoothly secure a chicken dinner with Bai Li.
After the game ended, Xiaobaili was so excited that her face turned red and her eyes sparkled with excitement. Without hesitation, she added Ying Xiangyang as a friend and enthusiastically dragged him to play two more games of chicken dinner.
A bright smile finally appeared on Xiaobaili's face.
But because laughing would aggravate the injury at the corner of her mouth, she could only try her best to suppress her laughter and smile gently and faintly.
In fact, Bai Li was born with delicate features, especially when she smiled without showing her teeth, she was really sweet, as if she could melt all the ice in the world.
Especially Bai Li, who had a mysterious background at the time, possessed an inexplicable charm.
Ying Xiangyang, whom he caught a glimpse of, was so stunned that he almost dropped the gun in his hand.
The fragmented images of memory gradually faded away like a faded painting, but Da Baili's heart felt as if it had been crushed by a thunderbolt.
It turns out that I really did know Ying Xiangyang a long time ago, and I was the one who added him as a game friend.
and many more!
Her thoughts suddenly raced like wild horses.
Strong just pulled me into a game, and it seems he didn't add me as a friend before adding me directly into the team.
I didn't think about it deeply at the time, but now that I think about it, I finally realize this point.
There's no need to add them as friends, because they were already friends, and even added each other years ago.
The dormant memories awakened; back when I played PUBG, I did indeed have a very skilled partner.
But she didn't have much money at that time, and she had to scrape together the money to go online, so she didn't play games for very long.
I only stayed briefly at the school in this city before quickly leaving.
Later, too many complicated things happened, and this small part of her memory gradually faded in the long river of time, making it difficult for her to remember clearly.
Only then, when the old cloth was lifted, the dust was wiped away, and the long-sealed memories were awakened.
Bai Li recalled more.
At that time, her gaming partner taught her a lot of game skills, took her to play squad games, and teamed up with random players.
While playing games, he would also share some funny jokes with himself.
For example, after killing someone, he asked Bai Li if she knew what a karaoke bar was.
"It's like a 'k' followed by a 't' kick, and finally a 'V' sign!" the gamer replied, while simultaneously controlling his character to squat next to the corpse, making a funny face and shouting "Yay!"
Then he asked Bai Li, "Are you surprised? Were you taken aback?"
Looking back now, it was really silly.
But at the time, these were all popular jokes, which made Bai Li laugh heartily, and she laughed much more than usual during that period.
Oh right, my gaming partner also mentioned that he was going to participate in a competition.
What did I say again?
Hmm, I can't remember.
But if it were me, I would definitely encourage others.
For example, saying things like, "You're so good, you'll definitely win the championship if you go to a competition."
Thinking about this, new memories unfolded.
It was the same familiar internet cafe, but now a small awards platform had been set up next to the bar.
Colorful fireworks were scattered on the ground.
A large red banner was hung high on the wall: "Xianyu Internet Cafe's First All-People Chicken Dinner Friendship Tournament".
The scene was bustling with people, a lively and exciting atmosphere, with cheers and chatter mingling together.
The game PUBG was so popular back then that even a small internet cafe hosting a small open tournament could attract a group of enthusiastic players.
"This fat kid is too fierce, he killed his way through all by himself."
"I never expected to be so thoroughly beaten by a student."
"Is this internet cafe owner's kid? Is there something fishy going on?"
"A conspiracy? You'll know it wasn't a conspiracy once you've seen him play. There were more than a dozen people standing behind him watching him play."
At that moment, Ying Xiangyang stood on the podium, his eyes filled with anticipation, slowly checking on everyone below the stage.
He was visibly disappointed when he didn't see the person he wanted to see and silently lowered his head.
Despite being in first place, there was no joy or happiness on his face.
"Yangyang, give me a smile!" The internet cafe owner, who is also Ying Xiangyang's father, proudly held up a camera and took a picture of Ying Xiangyang receiving an award.
With a click, the memory was frozen in time.
The memory ends.
Bai Li seemed to awaken from a dream.