Spring is coming, and An Ran has gone bad.

He didn't have what a sensible child should look like, and the neighbors around him were all heartbroken when they talked about this teenager, "How heavy is the learning task in the third year of junior high school?" Yes! They discussed, "If you don't study hard, forget it, and even skip class with Dabao's children." ”

"Really?" An unknown person next to him asked, "Then what will he do in the future?" Now the society tsk! Tut! The competition is so fierce, if you don't get into a good school, you can't beg for food when you come out! His parents didn't care about him? ”

"His parents? Whatever? The fat woman in the dry cleaner at the entrance of the community scoffed, "His parents have divorced a long time ago, An Weiguo can't even manage himself, and his beautiful mother-in-law ran away with someone a few years ago." As I have said before, people like him are not blessed to marry such a woman. After a pause, the fat woman took out a Nizi coat from the hanger and handed it to a young woman with a good figure next to her, she continued to the person next to her, "Look at a beauty like our Ailian, you should marry someone like Section Chief Zhao, people must have the ability and ability to look good, and become the section chief at a young age, this is the right match." The children of our Ailian family are also competitive, and their academic performance is the first in the grade every year. “

Oh yes! Not really," interjected an old man sitting on a stool with a teacup, "Ailian! In the second half of the year, your Chunmei has to go to the provincial key high school, right? “

This beautiful woman named Ai Lian was a little embarrassed by everyone's praise, and she rubbed her hands.

"Look at what you said, sister-in-law, don't make fun of you, I'm still a beautiful woman, I've turned yellow-faced! We were going to let Chunmei take the eighth middle school, and her dad said that the learning environment there was good, and there were his classmates who could help take care of them at that school. Ay! I just don't know if I can get in. ”

"No problem! Absolutely! Everyone echoed together, "Your daughter is well-known and sensible in these communities, who doesn't envy you two?" ”

Ailian's heart is beautiful, and women always can't resist the praise of others, especially saying that they are beautiful. But she was beautiful in her heart, and the young woman's unintentional remark of 'yellow-faced woman' made the fat woman in the dry cleaner unhappy, but this woman did not have much to do with her. First, she is a long-term customer in her store, and second, her man is the head of the market management section of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. So the fat woman in the dry cleaner could only pour her anger out on the child and family they started talking about.

"Where did I just go? Oh! Yes, yes! Look at An Weiguo's cowardice, he looks like a tall man and has no ability, locks himself in the house all day long, waiting for his dead son to send him to the end, can you still expect him to take care of An Ran's little muddy ball? ”

"I've heard that people didn't do this before, and they had a regular job at a large company......

"It's a glass factory, do you know about it? Otherwise, why do you think that Li Qin married him? It's not that he has a stable job and an iron rice bowl. ”

"That's right! What a good treatment, it stands to reason that it won't be like living today? ”

"You know what?" The fat woman continued, "He made it himself, he had an iron rice bowl and his tail was cocked to the sky, and he didn't do anything serious all day long, and he shouted a bunch of two-poles every once in a while to go to his house to make trouble and drink, who could stand it?" You didn't see the way his mother-in-law gave birth to her son, that proud! I said at the beginning that don't get carried away and people are three-knotted grass, and I don't know which one is good. Then you all saw it! The glass factory is not profitable, and he can't afford to eat. Is his mother-in-law still willing to follow him? It's strange if you don't run. “

"I heard that the year before last, I broke my leg by an oil drum in the factory, and I couldn't do my job and was fired by the boss of the glass factory. Ay! One began to sigh.

"Or else? The efficiency of its glass factory is not good, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will raise a waste person? They paid An Weiguo a sum of money to make him get far away, so he is now locked up at home and waiting for death! Now that he has no face and no money, he will definitely not be able to control An Ran. No, his son has the same virtue as him, and he walks the streets and alleys all day long without doing his job, and sooner or later he will be arrested by the police and eaten with guns. “

Her words were too vicious and caused dissatisfaction in some people's hearts. Although these neighbors have an interest in listening to right and wrong, they do not have the habit of cursing behind their backs.

"Huh? I said, Sister Liu, why do you know things in other people's homes so well? A young man who was buying cigarettes at a nearby tobacco shop sneered, "Could it be that the lame man said it to your ear with his mouth?" Or you are hiding behind someone's door and eavesdropping - bring me a bag of Hongta Mountain. When he said this, the young man turned and left.

The people next to him burst into laughter. The fat woman was stunned for a moment, and then her face like brioche began to redden, "The old lady talks about the old lady!" What's the matter with you? You're a dog, and she's still stealing from your bed! She scolded.

The entrance of the laundry in the community is the road, and the roadside is full of bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, pockets, vegetables and fruits. Gu Ping! “

Sister Liu stopped the abuse, and through the word 'Gu Ping', she noticed him, this is his son Gu Ping's classmate, a good boy with excellent character and learning.

Gu Ping is An Ran's friend Gu Xiaopang, which is not difficult to understand why this eldest sister Liu hates An Ran so much! Because she thinks that good children can't be with bad children, of course her own children are good children, but what about An Ran? An Ran is a bad boy, and she thinks that all her son's bad habits are all learned from An Ran. Good children and good children should be together more so that they can progress together. As for what is a good boy and what is a bad child? Our eldest sister Liu and many parents do not study deeply, and agree that those with good academic performance and listen to parents and teachers are good children, and those with poor academic performance who do not listen to parents and teachers are bad children.

"What are you looking for Gu Ping?" She asked about the good boy and the kindness, and she completely lost the angry expression that scolded the young man just now, like the face change in Sichuan opera.

"Oh! Aunt Liu? Hello Aunt Liu! The young man smiled and replied politely: "I finished my homework today and want to talk to Gu Ping." “

"It's time to talk, it's time to talk." Sister Liu put down the work in her hand and shouted, "Gu Ping! Gu Ping! Your classmates are looking for you. “

With an 'oh' sound, a ball of meat suddenly rushed out of the back room of the dry cleaner and flew past Sister Liu.

"Ask your classmates more if you don't understand what you don't understand." Sister Liu's eyes were full of love, "Why are you running so fast?" Slow down! She instructed.

"Oops! Got it, Mom! As soon as the words fell, the meat ball had rolled to the tricycle.

This young man is about 1.72 meters, and his surname is Chen Dan, and his name is a strong character, and they call him Qiangzi. This nickname was a bit majestic at that time, because "Conquest" released in 03 has not passed a few years, and Liu Huaqiang's name can still be sung among many young people in the streets and alleys, they imitate him, they admire him, just like many teenagers imitated Chen Haonan in "Crazy Boy" in the last century. And this Chen Qiang, although he is called a 'strong son', has dark skin, and has a short hair, he is a boy with a soft personality. He is a little taller than Gu Ping, but he is a little less courageous than Gu Ping. And the courage of the person who was fighting in the game hall was a little bigger than the courage of these two people combined.

(I don't have any qualifications and am not willing to evaluate the quality of a movie or TV series, what kind of impact will it have on society, especially teenagers?) It is beyond the scope of this story. ）

They walked out of the community vegetable market, turned a corner and came to the street, Chen Qiang took out his mobile phone and took the short breath to Gu Ping while looking at it and said: "The message sent by Zhang Hongliang, An Ran worked with people in the game hall, and he said that there were many people around there. ”

"Cut! Zhang Hongliang's words, I believe that he is a ghost, when An Ran played games and duels with others, when did he not have a lot of people around him? By the way, which arcade is he in? ”

"Where is the arcade now? Of course, it's the game hall in the movie theater! “

"Then don't hurry!" Compared with Chen Qiang's worried face, Gu Ping looked very excited. "If you're late, there's no good show to watch. Ha ha! I don't know how much An Ran will win this time, I'll tell you! He is our eldest brother, the God of Wealth Bodhisattva, and we have a good life! “

There is a white building next to the garden in the heart of the city, which is a former department store with four floors, the upper two floors are selling clothing, shoes, hats and jewelry, the second floor is a movie theater, the first floor is a game hall, and the hall is full of all kinds of new and old arcade machines. What kind of machine has a seat and a steering wheel in a racing game; There is a shooting game with gun-like props connected by black threads; There is also a rubber mat on the ground, and there are bubbles on the machine, and the dance machine that is most popular with some girls; There are also two rows of old-fashioned walk-through and fighting arcades on the east side of the wall.

In fact, with the development of the times, these video game halls that were originally active in the streets and alleys have gradually been replaced by Internet cafes. The gradual maturity of the Internet has given more entertainment space to young men and women who could only chat with OICQ on the computer and guess whether the person sitting in front of the computer opposite the cartoon avatar is a handsome guy or a beautiful woman. In September 2001, a Korean game called "Legend" came into people's field of vision, and students, young people, unemployed vagrants, and company employees were caught up in it. The young guys were no longer interested in the vague little people they used to look like in cartoons, they stopped patronizing the arcade where their hands were clapped on arcade machines and buttons and the whole room crackled weirdly, and they became fascinated by the kind of games in Internet cafes where players could interact with each other. They stayed up more vigils for it (An Ran's father was one of them), so the video game halls that were active in the last century were slowly abandoned by the times, and the number of patrons became fewer and fewer day by day; Business is getting worse day by day; The boss's face became more and more bitter day by day.

Arcade arcades that can survive on the streets are rare these days, and the owners who still run them may themselves be lovers of arcade games, or like movie theaters, which still exist in people's field of vision, but have gone from protagonists to supporting characters. It became a babysitter for some parents to buy things and let the arcade play with their children for a while; Some young men and women came to see the tools used to pass the time in the movie that had not yet opened. In short, it is like an elderly lady who can no longer keep the body and mind of the guests, nor can she make enough money for the boss.

But today it's different, and today it's radiant. In front of it, the smoky, chattering crowd surrounded the row of arcade machines. The reason why this is the case here is because of a group of people, or frankly, because of the arrival of one person.

This person is An Ran, although An Ran is young, his reputation in the circle is not small. He is nicknamed the Wind God, which is described as his lightning-fast hand speed when playing games, but is admired by all teenagers who love arcade games. 'Brother Feng is really amazing! Some people will say, 'His Yagami can do infinite combos, and he can easily play any ghost step and shadow cut.' ''What is this?'' Have you ever seen him duel with someone under a black cloth? People don't look at the picture, just listen to the sound, and the game wins. The worshippers said that he added more and more oil and vinegar, and the more and more the challengers came, the challengers from the beginning of the disobedience was just a simple challenge, and evolved to challenge the game to add a little color (gambling) An Ran? From a single-handedly small profit at the beginning, to a gold medal fighter who was 'taken care of'; From the beginning of the competition in the game, to the later street fight, this is the so-called bad An Ran in the past few years.

An Ran sat on the square rubber stool, his hands quickly manipulating the game stick and buttons, the afterimage of the flying arrow pulled out by the shaking of his fingers, and his hands were as quiet as a rabbit. Suddenly, there was a 'K. O' rings out of thin air, and one of the characters on the console screen falls to the ground, and he slowly stands up, and that's when you can see what kind of boy this is.

He had ear-length hair darker than the night sky, and eyes as bright as stars; He has long eyebrows and sideburns, and the bridge of his nose is straight; His lips are sharply angled, and when they are closed, they will pull a little downward to create a just right arc, and when it is lightly opened, you can see the snow-white teeth inside. He also has a face like a goose egg, a white face with delicate facial features, you have to say, this is an avatar that can make many girls dream. Although An Ran, who is only about fifteen years old, still has a slightly immature face, he has a height of 1.75 meters, which is not common in cities in the southwestern part of China. He is wearing a white-washed vest, you can see the shiny sweat beads and budding muscles on his back, and his slender and straight thighs are matched with a spirited body, so many girls will say that this kind of person is a handsome guy, and of course, there are also jealous boys who call him a little white face.

People say that God will open a window for you when closing the door for you, and they want me to say what is the matter with closing the sky? It's good not to open the gas tank for you while closing the doors and windows for you, An Ran had an unhappy childhood, and he lost his mother's love; not being protected by his father; There is no warmth of the family, but it is fortunate to inherit the advantages of his parents, his figure is like a tall father, and his face is the same as his mother, maybe this is the gift they gave him! As for his suffering, it was given from heaven? Or was it made by parents? What kind of impact will it have on him in the future? Hell knows.

An Ran crossed his white slender fingers together and pushed forward, his knuckles suddenly crackled, and he didn't pay any attention to the dejected and stunned loser sitting on another stool, "Okay!" He said

"Yo! It's a good horse. A flat-headed man next to him leaning on the game console clapped his hands slowly and said, "Is Brother Wen interested in playing a few more games?" Horse ...... Brother has. “

"Biao-brother!" An Ran was next to a middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses, a Zhongshan suit, and a thin figure that looked like a teacher, and he shouted in a long voice and said with a smile: "I'm afraid this is not in accordance with the rules!" ”

"Well, when I didn't say it." The flat-headed man walked to the middle-aged man's side, "Aren't you just having fun?" Uncle Mao, I can still afford to play with your brother, let's talk in another place? ”

The middle-aged man smiled and made a gesture of please.

The two of them began to walk outside the game hall, followed by a bunch of young people, and when they were halfway there, the flat head turned back and patted An Ran's shoulder, and then the man took out a large stack of RMB from his pocket and was about to stuff it into An Ran's trouser pocket. He put his mouth close to An Ran's ear, pretending to be cautious but said in a voice that everyone present could hear: "I, Jia Biao, like you, take this money to have fun." ”

"It's also not compliant." An Ran stopped him from putting money in his pants bag and said calmly.

"! What do you say, bunny? ”

"Shame on the fuck!"

A few of the young people in the group scolded An Ran, and they walked over aggressively and were about to start fighting.

It was also at this time that Zhang Hongliang in the crowd sent a short message to Chen Qiang.

Jia Biao was quite embarrassed, it was not appropriate to give out the money he was holding in his hand, and it was not appropriate to take it back. They are the kind of people who think that it is quite shameless to be rejected, and the flat-headed man wanted to force the money in his hand into the young man's trouser bag, but he suddenly realized that the hand that the young man stopped him was so strong, and he couldn't move any further.

There is also an old ghost with gold wire glasses who is looking at him with a smile - Brother Wen, if you really think that this person is as amiable as he looks, then you are a big fool, Jia Biao is not afraid of him, but he is also unwilling to provoke him. Nowadays, in addition to the little young people and gangsters who have nothing to do, they also shout and shout and kill, and the real people in society pay attention to harmony and wealth, but as long as it does not hurt their own interests, everyone can drink tea happily together, not to mention that he Jia Biao and Wen Si themselves are tied together with the interests of hello and me.

"Get the out of here!" Jia Biao yelled at the young people: "You are not ashamed, Lao Tzu is ashamed!" While he shouted back the young people, he also roared away a bunch of people watching the game in the game hall, including An Ran's admirers and Zhang Hongliang, who was breathing. The onlookers like to watch the excitement, but the onlookers don't want to become the protagonist of the excitement.

"Xiao Ran! This is given to you by your Brother Jia, Brother Jia can afford to accept it! “

"Thank you Brother Jia for your appreciation, but I really can't ask for this money." An Ran smiled and said, "This is called uselessness. “

Wen Si by the door stretched out his hand to Jia Biao and shrugged his shoulders, making an expression that I couldn't help it.

"Okay! Your name is Xiao Ran, right? After he took back the money, he handed over a piece of China to An Ran, "You are stubborn and a good boy, hehe!" He laughed dryly and left.

Jia Biao was naturally unhappy in his heart, because he lost the money, he wanted to let Wen Si suffer a secret loss, so he used to take the money in public and give it to the other party's subordinates, if the young man refused him, he would force him, so he handed the hand holding the money to An Ran's trouser pocket, no matter if you refuse or not, as long as the money goes into your bag, it means that he Wen Si has no way to discipline him. And so many people watched me take money to your subordinates, and it was a joke to spread it, so he didn't care if Wen Si would come down and beat this stunned young man half to death. But how did Jia Biao know that this young kid didn't eat this set at all, and he actually had the strength to stop him from stuffing money, which made it difficult for him to ride a tiger.

He didn't want to really fall out with Wen Si over a trivial matter, so it was impossible for his subordinates to beat An Ran in front of Wen Si, what was this? It depends on the owner to beat the dog! He marveled at the young man's calmness and strength, and he was even more amazed at Wen Si's forbearance, not only was he not a little annoyed, but he also gave himself a just right step, so this Jia Biao could only go down the steps in embarrassment.

Wen Si was about to leave, and he whispered a few words to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man in his pile, so the man with long black hair and a few strands of hair on his forehead that were highlighted to white remained.

"Can you do it again?" An Ran looked at the earring on his left ear and quipped: "Walking on the street, people don't know, and they think that Lao Tzu took a girl to go shopping." “

This young man, who was silent just now, with a cold face on his chest in his hands, didn't care, and replied with a grin: "Yo! Little brother, do you want my sister to serve you tonight? ”

"Gross!" An Ran made a nausea and wanted to vomit.

"You don't like people to like it," said the youth, "and the high school girls at those schools are obsessed like they've seen ghosts." “

"How many years have it been since Meteor Garden? Do they still like flowers? ”

"Who knows? Maybe they like Daoming Temple. “

Then the two of them laughed together, and it took a while to calm down again.

"Ahh This is given to you by the fourth uncle," the young man took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills from his bag.

"A little more, huh?" An Ran raised an eyebrow and looked at the young man.

"The fourth uncle said, 'If Xiao Ran asks, tell him, part of it is the share of the game he won, and part of it is the reward given by the fourth uncle.' He handed the money to An Ran, and said, "To be honest, the fourth uncle is good to us." ”

An Ran accepted the money and walked with the young man to the door of the game hall, and he politely said goodbye to the owner and waiter of the game hall. They also like him, every time this kid comes to the game hall, he always fights against others, and there will always be a bunch of onlookers, and then these onlookers will also buy some coins on a whim to play a few handfuls. They didn't think he could bring much business to the store, but they just liked him, maybe because he was good-looking; It was also that he was polite to them; Maybe it's his unknown tenacity.

"Of course," An Ran beckoned the young man to sit down on the stone steps outside the department store with him, "The fourth uncle is the fourth uncle in my heart - I'm talking like an elder, but I can't help him with things, you know what I'm talking about." ”

"An Ran!" A shout interrupted their chat, and following the voice, Gu Ping and Chen Qiang were standing on the sidewalk across the road, and the fat man waved at him in the crowd of people coming and going.

"I've got to go!" An Ran stood up, took off the Chinese cigarette on his ear and looked at it, "Tsk! Tut! High-end goods、It's a little choking.。 He crushed the cigarette with his thumb and forefinger, and the tobacco slipped out of the boy's hand.

"Do you want to support me?" The long-haired young man took out a pack of Jiaozi cigarettes from his pocket, took one in his mouth, and handed the cigarette to An Ran for him to take it himself.

"Don't! Other! Don't hurt me, I'm just a student. “

The long-haired young man raised his left leg and made a gesture to kick and scolded: "You are still a student? Let your students let go, let — there's a kind of you don't hide — you students. ”

An Ran had already run away.

"Let's go! Help me bring a message to the fourth uncle, saying that Xiao Ran thanked him, and you don't hang around at the gate of my school, all of them are poor students who have no oil and water, you see what I have been harmed by you. “

He gave him a middle finger up.

"What about Zhang Hongliang? Not with you? When An Ran walked to the two of them, Gu Ping asked

"I don't know, I didn't notice him when there were so many people."

"He texted Hadron and we found out you were here."

"Oh!"

"Who's that man?" Chen Qiang asked.

"You don't even know him, do you?" Gu Ping snatched the conversation over. "Brother Xiangdong, Brother Dong, the whole Zhongba is very famous, there are many brothers who fight badly, and many people in our school are his younger brothers."

"Then why didn't I know he was so famous?" Chen Qiang retorted: "And An Ran knows him, An Ran, you won't be his little brother, right?" ”

"Little brother?" Gu Ping scoffed at Chen Qiang's question, "Hey! Nerd, what do you have all day long besides the number of words? Have you ever seen a little brother who can fight with his boss? Tell you that Brother Dong and our An Ran are friends, and their friendship is very good. And we are An Ran's buddies, so who dares to mess with us in the school? Who dares to ......"

"Alright! The fat man talks a lot about you," An Ran interrupted Gu Ping's talking, "You admire people very much, don't you?" Do you want me to talk to Xiangdong and let you follow him? ”

"Okay! Good...... Hey..... hey! Gu Ping suddenly found that An Ran was staring at him, so he swallowed the word 'ya' into his stomach and changed the topic, "How is An Ran?" How much did you win today? If you want me to say that you are really not enough buddy, you won't call us when you come to the game hall to play. ”

"Is that fun?" An Ran was very envious of these partners who were about the same age as him, and he slowly accompanied them on the street, his partner's steps were relaxed and lazy, while his own steps were always so heavy.

"When you eat the last meal, you don't have the next meal, and you have to worry about your livelihood every day; All your actions are for the purpose of supporting yourself; You enter the arcade just to win or lose, defeat the challengers and win some money from them. In addition to having to win the game, you also have to deal with losers and social gangsters who can't afford to lose, is this arcade still fun? He thought.

After a while, he came back to his senses, patted his bulging pants and said, "It's all here, let's go to the Internet café next?" Or ......"

"Internet café, of course!" Gu Ping shouted excitedly, "Azeroth, we're here!" All the food and accommodation are paid for by our son An, hahahaha! “

The 'Azeroth' in Gu Ping's mouth is actually a map in a game called "World of Warcraft" launched by Blizzard, which is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that has taken the world by storm. In 2004, when many players in China were still fighting in the legend; While fighting for the main city of Shabak, players in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and more have begun to charge for the Horde and the Alliance on the other side of the world. Since the official opening of World of Warcraft in China in June 2005, it has been out of control, and by the end of 2008, the global World of Warcraft has more than 11.5 million paying users, successfully breaking the Guinness World Record.

If the 2D online game "Legend" has created a window for players to interact and communicate in the interconnected game, such as the item trading column, chat display window, friends, team, guild, etc., "World of Warcraft" as a 3D online game is to open a door to the virtual world for the majority of gamers. It has its own history and story that keeps players hooked up while working on quests, and you risk lamenting the tragic story of an inconspicuous NPC; It is also possible to get scared of falling into an unknown trail. It shows you the world like a movie, and you'll occasionally sit in a hotel in Stormwind; Or maybe stand in Booty Bay and watch the sunset await your cyber brothers and lovers. It allows the player to interact in the game to be real, less mechanical and rigid, and it can also make many people more emotionally engaged.

The World of Warcraft community has done two very smart things, one is to limit the level of the game characters, and the official level will be opened from time to time; The second is the addition of a game copy system, which has become a benchmark for many online game imitations. As for why it added these two things, or what kind of impact did it have on players? They have little to do with this story, and I won't go into details.

They found a spacious and bright Internet café, Gu Ping asked for three machines, and the bar attendant glanced at them (minors) and didn't say anything, and found three ID cards to help them register at any time.

Gu Ping and Chen Qiang couldn't wait to devote themselves to their World of Warcraft, An Ran still didn't play online games, and Gu Ping used to ask him, 'Why do you want to play coin-operated video games instead of online games on your computer?' Such as Legends and World of Warcraft. The only answers they got were 'like' and 'dislike', and then they were not surprised, and let An Ran sit in front of the computer and read the news and novels by himself.

"Qiangzi, don't you hurry up, I'm in the Western Wilderness, what are you running to the twilight forest?" Gu Ping commanded heartily beside him, and then he said to An Ran beside him: "An Ran, Boss An, Brother An, I said you should come and play with us!" Arcade games are outdated, and who else is playing arcade games now? ”

Gu Ping's invisibly words hit An Ran's chest, making this good-looking teenager suddenly stunned.

"Yes! Gu Xiaopang is right, arcade games are indeed outdated, there used to be six or seven game halls all the way from my home to school, but now they are all gone; In the past, you could see many children as big as yourself running towards the arcade, but now? Now they yearn for this place; In the past, you could find a random person in the game hall to play games and bet on winning or losing, and you didn't win much but every day; What now? Now we can only wait for some bad bosses in the so-called circle to find themselves as horses for them, and compete with each other or each other's horses like controlled boxers. They gamble a lot and get paid well, but they don't happen every day, and you can guarantee to win every time? Even if you haven't tasted defeat until now, what about next time? What if you fail next time? Fourth Uncle is good to you, isn't he? An Ran pulled the webpage and thought, "If you lose once, let him lose money, do you see if he is still your fourth uncle?" Why are people who are speechless for no reason to treat you well? It's not that you have a use value, the so-called social buddies, aren't the righteous brothers all using each other? “

He likes the fair game where you can win the game through your hard work and talent, like a football game, where the athletes train to improve themselves and compete against their opponents on the field to win, rather than buying the referee and controlling the game to win trophies.

Arcade games could have brought An Ran the kind of rhythmic beating of her every finger; The excitement and joy of controlling the game character, he can clearly feel the brain cells screaming when he is facing off against people or computers. He occasionally gambled with his opponents to win or lose and add a lottery, ranging from one or two dollars to one or twenty, and most of the opponents who played against him were students or young people in society. Because of his quick reflexes and easy understanding of any arcade game – which is perhaps what people often call a talent – he often wins games and makes a little money.

With the joy of the game and the ability to win games and earn money, teenagers are of course willing to turn it into a survival skill, walking the streets and alleys every day to find people to fight each other, and in special cases, in order to earn gambling money in competitions, skipping classes.

An Ran rarely tasted the bitter fruit of failure, he entered and exited various game halls, and he gained a lot at the end of the day, sometimes he could earn dozens of yuan, and sometimes it could reach hundreds of yuan. In this way, people also know that there is a teenager who specializes in playing games and gambling with others, and by winning money competitions, some people worship him, they give him the nickname of 'Fengshen', and some people will stare at his purse again, so street chases and fights have become commonplace, sometimes he can keep the fruits of his victory, and sometimes he has to give up the fruits, but no matter what kind of threats and beatings he faces, the boy never forgives.

One day, a man named Wen Si found him and said that he could help him make an appointment with an opponent, or let him concentrate on the game so that others would not dare to hit his attention, all he needed to do was wait for the notice, participate in the game, and then receive the commission. An Ran didn't think too much about it - first, he saw that Wen Si was amiable, and secondly, as time went by, the video game halls were closed one by one, and there were fewer and fewer people playing games, and it was becoming more and more difficult for him to find opponents (just kidding, since you are a winning general, a fool is willing to gamble with you and continue to lose money with you. And happily agreed. Then he seems to have an easier life than before, he doesn't have to go in and out of the game hall every day, and his income is higher than before.

until he knew what Wen Si was doing; until he saw Wen Si's tens of thousands of gambling money; Until he saw that the opponent he defeated was going to be beaten half to death by some people. An Ran was scared, although Wen Si asked the boy to call him Fourth Uncle; Although he did what he said to protect him, and he also gave him a commission for each game, but this was based on the fact that he could win the game and let Wen Si win the money, so what if he lost? What happens if you lose the game? The fourth uncle was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

So the arcade games that could bring happiness and satisfaction to An Ran became a tool for him to make money, and the boy became a horse for others to gamble, and when winning the game became a kind of obligation and work that must be fulfilled, happiness slipped away quietly from the heart, and you had to be careful to walk on thin ice every step.

As for the Internet cafes that are popular all over the country, the online games "Legend" and "World of Warcraft", which fascinate many people, An Ran really doesn't like it, first, he thinks it's unfair, you are Lao Tzu if you play for a long time, and you are the uncle if you can spend money, and secondly, he thinks that this kind of game makes people degenerate, when you fall deep into that bottomless pit-like world, your real life will become a mess, isn't your father a living example?

If one day, there is a game that can make you feel full happiness, it is fair to many people, and you will get a reward for how much effort you put in; Every time you fight in the game, it doesn't become a burden in reality; Every time you play the game, you will not become a model of the plaything in the mouth of others; You, the gamer, can also have a large number of admirers, like sports athletes, who cheer for you and sing for you; You will get what you want because of this game, and even realize your dreams, do you like it? If you like it, you will chase it without hesitation.

It's hard to imagine a junior high school student who is only fifteen years old, thinking about how to make money and how to survive. Shouldn't a child of the same age come from an ignorant childhood to welcome that high-spirited youth? Shouldn't it be the beginning of love, and occasionally worry about someone you like? Shouldn't it be like the little friend who is sitting next to An Ran and playing games at the moment, except for the occasional frown because of studying, the rest of the time can have fun?

They are not him, so An Ran has gone bad, and his flowers have withered before they bloom.