Hold on, the system and I have never been angry

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Chu Nian woke up from thirst due to lack of water. Due to the effects of the repair potion, his physical condition improved a lot compared to before going to bed. Not only did the pain disappear, but his whole body also felt much more comfortable.

Ignoring the mess in the small room, he raised his hand to turn on the bedside lamp and waited for a while, but there was still no light in the room.

She reluctantly got out of bed, opened the door, and used the tiny light coming in from the corridor to see the current state of the small room.

There were a few utility bills scattered on the small computer desk, and nothing else.

The single bed was so clean that there wasn't even a pillow, and there were no bedside tables or desk lamps to embellish life.

Perhaps only the posters covering the wall can prove that he was indeed once an 18th-tier star.

It's so simple that it's hard to imagine that this is the bedroom of an adult male.

When I opened the closet, I saw only two cotton jackets and a few long-sleeved shirts, which were obviously old clothes that had been worn over and over again.

He was only wearing a thin shirt that had been washed so much that it turned white and his original color could not be seen, and it gave off a sour smell.

Chu Nian frowned and picked up one of the cotton coats. It was a work suit with a huge brand logo embroidered on both sides, which was too ugly to look at.

The other cotton coat looked similar to work clothes, like a common style worn by middle-aged and elderly people on the street that was discarded by others and was picked up by Zhou Ye. However, there was no other clothes in the closet, so he had no choice but to put on this ugly cotton coat to keep warm.

I walked into the narrow bathroom and pressed the switch, but the light didn't come on. Then I remembered there was a power outage.

Fortunately, my eyes have become accustomed to the darkness by now, and I can barely see clearly in the dim light.

Chu Nian stood in front of the mirror and looked at his new skin carefully. The mirror reflected a face that could charm both men and women.

Chitose on his shoulder stretched out his cat paw and touched it: "Nice face, the host has good taste."

"Yeah." Chu Nian replied in his mind.

Chitose was confused: "Why are you so serious all of a sudden?"

According to the host's nature, shouldn't he laugh out loud and praise his son's handsome and perfect face?

"After all, I am using my son's body. I have to pay attention to my image and not embarrass my son."

Qiansui: "...Then you have to get used to the change of identity quickly. You are a man now, and your name is Lu Jinzhao."

Actually, it was because my throat was so dry that I could hardly speak.

"Got it." Lu Jinzhao picked up the water cup next to the sink and filled it with water from the tap. He waited for half a minute, but not a drop of water came out. He chuckled helplessly.

I walked out of the cramped bathroom and searched the entire room, but I couldn't find a single cent in cash. When I checked the balance on my phone, I found there were only a few cents left.

A subtle feeling of powerlessness came over him. He had never expected that in modern society there would be healthy and hard-working young people who could be so poor.

It was because he knew the original owner's efforts that he felt it was unfair. Working so hard at several jobs, but in the end he couldn't even afford a bottle of mineral water. Is that reasonable?

"You little bastard! I finally caught you! You didn't pay the rent, and you dared to change the locks for me!"

The half-open door of the room was kicked open, and the old man walked in angrily. He looked around and pointed at the boy: "Tsk, why is it so cold in this room? You poor bastard, you don't even want to turn on the heater... It looks like you didn't pay the water and electricity and your house was shut off? Pay me the rent for next quarter! Hurry up! Otherwise, I'll kick you out now!"

The landlord walked in, pointed at the wall and started yelling, "And take these things off the wall! You are not allowed to damage my wall! If I find any damage on the wall, you will lose your deposit! You are not afraid of nightmares after sticking so many of your faces on the wall! Do you really think you are a big star?!"

Seeing Lu Jinzhao, the old man was furious. How long had the little bastard owed him the rent?! He had to come in person to collect the rent on a snowy day! If he didn't pay, he would really kick him out! It wouldn't matter if he froze to death!

Feeling the anger of the middle-aged man, Lu Jinzhao frowned slightly. The extremely cold weather made him feel uncomfortable all over, and he had no time to deal with the old man. He prepared to speak, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and his tone could not hide his impatience: "I'll transfer the money to you tonight, get out now."

The natural pressure of a superior burst out from his thin body, directly shocking the landlord. He reacted and took a few steps back, "You little bastard! You still think you are right to default on the rent? How dare you be so mean to me?"

Lu Jinzhao said coldly: "I said tonight."

The old man looked unconvinced: "What time?"

"No later than twelve o'clock."

"No, I'm too old to stay up late. I go to bed at nine!"

"I'll forward it to you on WeChat. If you don't receive it when you wake up tomorrow, just kick me out."

"That's better than right." The old man snorted and turned to walk out. "If I don't receive the rent by five o'clock tomorrow morning, you'll get out!"

As soon as the landlord stepped out of the door, Lu Jinzhao's voice came again: "Close the door."

The old man cursed, but he didn't dare to open the door, "Damn you little bastard..."

After driving away the annoying landlord, Lu Jinzhao took the water cup and walked out of the room, trying to get some water. His throat was so dry that he was about to cough up blood. If it were normal, he would definitely not drink tap water. Special times require special treatment. Now the water and electricity are cut off and he is penniless.

After walking around outside the building and not finding any faucets, Lu Jinzhao stared at the white snow outside and pondered for a moment: "What do you think will happen if I drink this?"

Chitose said without hesitation: "It's too late."

"Not really. I think my physical indicators are pretty good, almost all of them are perfect."

"Then give it a try?"

"I don't want to have diarrhea. This doesn't fit my son's cool and domineering personality. Don't you have any buffs that can prevent the host from getting sick or injured?"

"No. Besides, your son is not a domineering, cool and arrogant person." Chitose glanced to the side silently: "The most I can do is to help you not to take a bath for a month without emitting any bad smell."

Who wouldn't take a shower for a month? He rolled his eyes silently in his heart: "Then I really want to thank you."

"Don't be so mean. Think about how to make money first. If you can't pay the rent, you'll be homeless tomorrow."

"I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry? Do you see the Internet cafe next to you?"

"You're still in the mood to play games at this hour???"

"......I want to be a substitute. I only know how to play games and draw, but I don't have an account or fans here, and I don't have any equipment. So I can only try to be a substitute? How many points do I have now?"

"Currently, you have 180 points, most of which are from Zhou Lun. Do you want to use them?"

"Zhou Xuan... I really have to thank my cheap sister. Can you add all of it to the game talent?"

"Of course, the extra points will take effect immediately."

The man and the cat looked at each other for a long time. Finally, Lu Jinzhao reached out and scooped a cup of snow, covered the cup with his hand, and waited silently for it to melt.

Not far away, at the entrance of the internet cafe, a man lifted the plastic door curtain and walked out, exhaling a breath of hot air. Seeing the man leaning against the wall, he took the initiative to greet him: "Brother Yong, you come out to smoke again?"

The man smoking outside nodded and said, "Yeah, smoking is prohibited inside, right? It's nice to smoke outside. You got off the plane so early, it seems your hands aren't feeling well today?"

The man scratched his head and said, "No, I won six consecutive games in the arena, but my mom called me and told me that relatives were coming and asked me to go back and greet them! Hey, you said it would be better if it was not too late!"

"Okay, then. Walk slowly. The ground is slippery, don't fall!" After watching the man leave, Zhang Yong shook the ashes on the lid of the trash can in the corner, put out the cigarette butt on the frozen trash can lid, and was about to turn around and go into the house when he suddenly stopped.

Hey, what a strange sight! In the cold winter, there are people wearing thin cotton clothes squatting at the street corner to scoop up snow water to drink, not afraid of getting a stomachache!

Zhang Yong lifted the curtain and walked into the Internet cafe. He asked the network administrator for a bottle of Baishuishan liquor and walked over to hand it to the young man.

The moment Lu Jinzhao looked up, even the well-informed Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment. Damn, what level of pretty boy is this? How can he live on the streets with such appearance?

"Ding - sensing the favorability from a stranger, points +10."

"Hey, little brother, have you run away from home?"

Lu Jinzhao shook his head and spoke, his voice uncontrollably rough: "No, my family's water supply was cut off due to arrears."

"......" Zhang Yong was speechless, always feeling that there was a kind of clear stupidity in the eyes of this young man.

Chitose laughed, "You are being looked down upon."

"Yeah." Lu Jinchao didn't care. He looked young and immature, and looked harmless when he didn't show any expression. It was no wonder that people misunderstood him.

Zhang Yong stuffed the water into Lu Jinzhao's hand and said, "Take it. Your lips are so dry that they are bleeding. I won't charge you any money."

Chitose: "After system testing, there is nothing wrong with this bottle of water. You can drink it with confidence."

Lu Jinzhao raised the back of his hand and touched his lips. He did feel a stinging pain, and a few red spots appeared on the back of his hand. The red spots were not so obvious when compared with the redness of the frozen body. He took the water, twisted it, tilted his head back and drank most of the bottle. When his stomach was almost filled with water and his throat felt much better, he said faintly, "Thank you. I will pay you for the water."

Although the water was not frozen, it was not warm either. It was only slightly better than the minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius outside. Therefore, it further stimulated the stomach that had not eaten for a long time and caused a dull pain.

Zhang Yong waved his hand, turned around, lifted the plastic curtain at the door of the Internet cafe, and called to the young man, "Come and turn on the heater. Your face is red from the cold. Come in and warm up."

Lu Jinzhao was freezing cold, but he didn’t refuse: “Okay, thank you, brother.”

Zhang Yong waved his hand: "Why call me brother? Call me uncle. I'm already over 30!"

Lu Jinzhao responded, shook off the snow and ice on his body in front of the door curtain, and followed Zhang Yong into the Internet cafe. As soon as he entered the door, the oncoming heat wave warmed his frozen face and even his body.

Looking around, he saw that the Internet cafe was quite large, with three floors. The decoration was simple and elegant. There were no less than a hundred machines on the floor where he was just sitting. It could be considered a very good environment even in first-tier or second-tier cities.

With a plan in mind, Lu Jinzhao turned to Zhang Yong at the counter and asked, "Are you the owner of the Internet cafe?"

Zhang Yong nodded in confusion, "What's wrong? Do you want to go online?"

"I guess so," Lu Jinzhao smiled faintly, "Boss, shall we discuss cooperation?"

Zhang Yong was very confused. How could this young man who was so poor that he could only drink tap water discuss cooperation with him? However, he had traveled a lot for many years and was well-informed. He would not look down on anyone just because of the first impression. He asked tentatively, "Are you here to apply for the position of network administrator?"

Lu Jinzhao shook his head, his tone was cold and a little lazy: "I want to play with you, or you can play with me."

"A proxy player?" Zhang Yong was even more confused. "What game are you talking about?"

"I basically know a little bit about all the popular games on the market." Lu Jinzhao told the truth.

Zhang Yong couldn't help laughing: "There are so many games on the market, how can you be good at all of them?"

Lu Jinchao didn't say anything. If he told Zhang Yong, he would probably not believe it. He really could do it.

He has very good gaming skills and has always been at the top of the arena. In addition, his body is now sharp and his reaction is excellent. He also has a gaming talent in his hand, which can help him understand a game at an incredible speed. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an all-round substitute. He lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "How about this, I will find a ready-made customer, and you can decide whether to cooperate afterwards."

The people who come to Internet cafes to surf the Internet are nothing more than the following categories of people: those who are temporarily in trouble and have nowhere to stay overnight, students who are not allowed to use the computer at home and have to come out to play, game geeks whose computers at home are not up to standard, and people in society who have enough money but are simply bored and want to kill time.

There will always be people who are willing to spend money on games, and these people are his target.

Zhang Yong was happy: "Okay, go ahead."

"I'll charge your phone here."

Lu Jinzhao turned around and walked towards the most expensive e-sports area, turned around, and finally stopped behind a grumpy old man. From the moment he stepped into the door, he heard this man cursing, and the content of his curses was all the special terms of "General Seal", one of the most popular MMORPG games on the market.

This hot-tempered guy cursed the opponent and then his teammates. I guess his record was not good.

Glancing at the screen of the grumpy brother, I could see that he had bought a lot of costumes. He must be someone who was willing to spend money on games.

The grumpy old man didn't know how many games he had lost tonight. He saw someone standing next to him with a smile. He didn't know how long he had been looking at him. He subconsciously thought that it was a mockery. He was immediately embarrassed and angry and his temper flared up: "What are you looking at! If you look again, I'll dig your eyes out!"

Lu Jinzhao still had that gentle smile on his face, and said calmly, "Sir, do you need someone to play for you? I guarantee a win rate and a good record."

The grumpy old man looked the young man up and down, his face full of disdain: "You? Want to cheat me out of money?"

Lu Jinzhao noticed that the game rank of the grumpy brother was over a thousand points, which was only the level of an ordinary player in the middle and lower levels of the game.

He asked the system to call up the market price for proxy betting, and then he looked at the grumpy old man's big gold chain and big gold watch without leaving a trace. He thought for a moment and said, "One thousand eight hundred yuan, I will help you reach the highest level in one night. If you don't believe me, you can play first and pay later."

The price he set was slightly higher than the market price, which was determined based on the economic level of the irritable old man and the psychological bottom price he could accept.

The grumpy old man was so angry that he laughed. He has been playing games for many years and has hired many substitutes and companions to play with him, so he knows the market price very well.

He wanted to see what this pretty boy was capable of, daring to ask for such a high price. He stood up and offered his seat to him, saying, "Okay, you try. If you dare to bully me, I will give you a beating!"

Lu Jinzhao pulled open the seat with one hand and sat down calmly. He tried the feel of the keyboard, spent a few minutes modifying the commonly used key positions, put on the disposable meltblown cover of the earphones and put them on his head, and lowered his long and thick eyelashes like a small fan, "Wait and see."