Gu Yue loved money very much, even though she spent most of her time in the shop and didn't have much to spend.
But she just liked the feeling of her credit points constantly rising on her smart bracelet.
Gu Jingchuan often transferred his unused credit points to Gu Yue to satisfy her small vanity.
If he needed it later, he would come back to Gu Yue to get it.
When Gu Jingchuan didn't have enough money, Gu Yue would generously lend him her money and never asked him to pay it back.
Gu Yue was still too young to go out by herself, so the snacks she liked to eat were all bought by Gu Jingchuan.
Perhaps it was this relationship that made her so willing to lend money to Gu Jingchuan.
Thus, the brother and sister seemed to have reached a subtle understanding.
Although it seemed like Gu Yue was at a disadvantage, she enjoyed it, so it didn't matter.
Perhaps in a couple of years, when Gu Yue was a few years older, this relationship would be broken by her.
But that was for later.
After Gu Yue finished eating, Gu Xiao cleared the dishes from the table, washed them in the sink, and put them back in the cupboard.
When Gu Xiao returned, shaking her hands dry, Gu Jingchuan was sitting idly in a chair, looking up at the ceiling.
"Meditating?"
"Sister, since I'm not going to school, I feel a little uneasy."
"What's wrong? You're not happy about having a day off?"
"No, when I was at school, I always looked forward to finishing school and holidays. But everyone was like that, so it didn't feel like anything special. But now everyone else is in class, and I'm just playing at home, I always feel a bit off."
If everyone was skipping school, Gu Jingchuan wouldn't feel any pressure, but now that he was the only one not studying, he couldn't even calm down to play.
This was a common problem for most junior and senior high school students; they would shout every day that they never wanted to study again, but when they saw their classmates all studying, they would still obediently pull out their exercise books.
"If you really feel bad, you can go back to your room and do a few test papers."
Gu Xiao pointed her thumb upstairs.
"I don't have the right environment at home; I can't study by myself."
The strong change their environment, but Gu Jingchuan admitted that he was weak in this regard.
He always found a few classmates to gather with when doing homework; when writing by himself, he would often procrastinate until he couldn't delay any longer before starting.
"Then, do you want to play a round?"
Gu Xiao shook the smart bracelet on her hand. Most current games use virtual reality technology, which can connect to a person's brainwaves through a smart bracelet, pulling their consciousness into the virtual world.
"Okay," Gu Jingchuan nodded.
Gu Xiao also sat down in a chair, raised her left hand with the smart bracelet, and a blue screen appeared before her.
Sliding her finger in the air to switch pages, Gu Xiao found the game she wanted to play.
"Star Continent" is a super-large virtual reality game developed by Phantom Light Group, the leading game company on Azure Star.
It integrates the characteristics of ancient Eastern and Western civilization legends, with Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, demonic arts, and also gods, magic, and battle qi.
Moreover, it has a complete currency system, a commercial system, and various life systems found in real life.
Also, players' five senses in the game are synchronized with their minds, and the food inside can actually be tasted.
Of course, these can be adjusted, like pain, which most people don't like to experience firsthand.
It can be said that "Star Continent" is, in some respects, completely a second world.
Not only that, Phantom Light Group also developed a special nutrient capsule and nutrient solution connected to the game.
Lying in the nutrient capsule, after entering the game, the nutrient solution would fill the capsule to help the body replenish various energies, allowing players to completely avoid leaving the game world.
Completely transforming "Star Continent" into a second world.
However, neither the price of the nutrient capsule nor the nutrient solution was cheap.
Especially since the nutrient solution was a consumable, these were not affordable for ordinary people.
A blue light flashed on the smart bracelet, and Gu Xiao and Gu Jingchuan's consciousness entered the Star Continent.
Shortly after landing, a system prompt sounded, indicating a friend communication.
Gu Xiao opened the communication interface, opening the chat interface with Gu Jingchuan's friend.
A Cigarette on a Grave: [Sister, where are you?]
Flying Xiao: [Hunter's Home]
Hunter's Home was the name of the guild Gu Xiao created in the game. Gu Xiao built her guild into something similar to a bounty hunter association.
However, it didn't engage in shady dealings, which made Hunter's Home stand out among the guilds that took on tasks.
After knowing Gu Xiao's location, Gu Jingchuan quickly teleported over.
"Sister, take me to explore new areas."
In "Star Continent," the map was not open-world. Except for the Beginner Village (novice village), all subsequent maps were in an unexplored state.
Players needed to explore them for that area of the map to light up on the world map, commonly known as "reclamation" (pioneering or clearing).
Whenever a certain area of the map was lit up, the system would give rewards to the pioneers based on the size of the explored area.
Many of these rewards were unique and provided extremely high attribute bonuses.
However, even so, among all players, the number of pioneering players was not large.
Because dying in this game had a chance of dropping the equipment on one's body.
And unexplored areas represented the unknown; no one knew what they would encounter.
Gu Xiao was one of the pioneering players. Her strongest pioneering reward, the Divine Guard Cloak, not only had terrifying attribute bonuses but also made her speed in this game unmatched.
"Alright, let's go."
Gu Xiao first created a team, pulled Gu Jingchuan in, and then the two directly teleported to the edge of the current map.
With Gu Xiao, the strong player, their pioneering speed was extremely fast. Several rewards dropped during this time, all of which Gu Xiao gave to Gu Jingchuan.
She herself probably wouldn't play this game much after entering the professional academy.
After all, after awakening as a professional, reality was much more exciting than the game.
Generally, only those who couldn't awaken as powerful professionals would indulge in these virtual games.
"Let's go, it's time to head back."
After killing another monster, Gu Xiao turned and said.
Jing Yuan and the others had already reached the commercial street; it would only take a few minutes to get to the shop.
"Okay."
Gu Jingchuan nodded, and the two went offline, exiting the game.
"We're here."
From Jing Yuan's perspective, he could already see the entrance of Gu Family Fast Food.
Gu Xiao stood up and walked outside. Gu's father and mother, seeing Gu Xiao's movement, also followed her out.
Outside, a sleek, silver, luxurious, and cool-looking hovercar stopped, and the Jing family got out of the car.
Thus, the two families met for the first time.