While Zhao Nuo fell into deep thought, Xia Xiaoling, who was sitting beside him, unconsciously clenched her little fists under the table, her eyes kept wandering between Zhao Nuo and her father.

Despite her efforts to hide it, her biting lips and wandering eyes revealed the fact that she was nervous at this time.

Most of the time, this girl was not good at hiding her true thoughts, and now it is no exception.

"Ahhh......h

――Will Zhao Nuo be on his side? It was normal for him to reject the proposal, after all, it was risky......

Although the nominal "supreme leader" of the Hellfire Company is herself, Xia Xiaoling knows best: the person who is actually in charge of this company and keeps this "temporary organization" formed by a large group of game nerds from collapsing is the man in casual clothes sitting next to her.

If it weren't for Zhao Nuo, Hellfire Entertainment would have disbanded in less than two days, and it would have been impossible to achieve today's achievements!

My father probably saw this a long time ago, so he left the decision to him, but now......

"Zhao Nuo will definitely understand my thoughts......" Xia Xiaoling prayed secretly.

If it's this "weirdo" who loves games like himself, maybe he can understand his dream, right?

Under the tense atmosphere, the flow of time seemed to have slowed down, Xia Xiaoling closed her eyes, and the memories of many years ago flashed from the darkness in front of her, like a fast-flowing slide.

It was as if she had returned to her alone ...... Junior high school days.

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is completely different from what is described in the novel, Xia Xiaoling's junior high school days did not go to any private schools with high tuition fees, but spent time in ordinary schools.

At that time, except for her height and body shape, she was not much different from now, and she belonged to the kind of cute "baby fat girl". But. Although she looks cute, most of the classmates stay away from her.

The reason for the isolation that occurs on campus is basically simple: the isolated people don't fit in.

Generally speaking, most of the reasons for being unsociable can be attributed to a few common categories: perhaps because of too low self-esteem, or because of too much pride.

But the reason why Xia Xiaoling is not social. But it's not because of personality problems.,It's because of a rare love for games that rarely occurs among girls of the same age.。

Unlike now, there were far fewer people playing games in those days than there are now. Because of this, Xia Xiaoling's obsession with games is almost crazy, which makes people feel even more unreasonable.

She still remembers that on the first day when she was transferred to a new class as a transfer student, the most popular "goddess" in the girls' circle in the class came to talk to her and asked, "What does Xiaoling usually like to do?" Do you have any hobbies? ”

"Play a game." Xia Xiaoling replied without hesitation.

Uh...... Hearing this, the gentle long-haired girl frowned, then quickly returned to normal, and asked, "What games do you like to play?" I'm still very good at Lianlian, and we can talk about it when we have time. ”

"I've been playing Max Payne lately, and it's really fun, and at the end, Max Payne was standing on the roof with a sniper rifle after avenging his wife and children, and it was so handsome......" when it comes to the game. Xia Xiaoling immediately became speechless.

"Uh......"

The long-haired girl was "speechless" for a while, just look at her expression. She had absolutely no idea what Max Payne was. She was silent for a moment before she slowly asked, "Marx?" Does Engels appear in the game......"

"You are so stupid, what Engels, it's not a textbook!" Xia Xiaoling, who had no experience in interpersonal communication at all, couldn't help laughing. He didn't notice the increasingly gloomy expression of the girl in front of him.

She's been in the class ever since. I didn't make any female friends.

Although many of the boys in the class at that time also liked to play games, the boys who were still in the "second year" at that age couldn't bear to lose to a girl in the game. So when they found out that they couldn't beat Xia Xiaoling at all, whether it was in game technology or understanding of the game. He also began to stay away from the girl.

And then soon, the girl received a not-so-nice nickname - the game monster.

Even though he is always alone, he is ostracized by almost all his classmates. But this "heartless" girl did not express any frustrated feelings. She still goes to school on time every day, sitting in the last row of single seats to listen to lectures, occasionally scribbling in textbooks, drawing some game characters and maps in her head.

A semester passed quickly, and at the class meeting held as usual before the final exams, the class teacher asked everyone in the class to come up to the podium and talk about their future life aspirations.

Different from the bizarre ideals in elementary school, everyone's ideals are much more normal in junior high school. Although there are strange answers such as "I want to kill Bush and become the president of the United States" or a boy "I want to go to the women's bath to be a scrubber", the frequency of occurrence is significantly lower.

Because she spoke on stage according to the order of seating, Xia Xiaoling, who was in the corner of the last row, naturally became the "finale role" who came to the stage last.

"Xia Xiaoling, what are your ideals?" A woman in her thirties, who is the head teacher, asked as a matter of routine.

The girl with some baby fat on her face puffed up her flat chest and replied loudly, "I want to build a 'paradise'!" ”

"Huh?" The head teacher made a confused voice, even more surprised than when he heard a boy say that he was going to ride a bicycle over the Yellow River, and asked, "What paradise, amusement park?" ”

"No, I'm going to build a place where everyone can have fun playing games!" Xia Xiaoling replied with her head held high, and her small body seemed to burst out with huge energy.

The students in the audience began to whisper, and some people let out loud mockery, but Xia Xiaoling didn't care at all, just continued to say seriously: "The game is really fun, if only we could build a paradise like a game, so that everyone can know how fun the game is!" ”

Listening to the immature but confident words, looking at the girl's confident appearance, the head teacher, who was about to raise objections, was also a little speechless for a while. In the end, I could only say that "it is good to have ideals, but it is better to be realistic."

For Xia Xiaoling at that time, it was naturally impractical to build a "game-like paradise", and it was still the case until a few days ago. But......

With her father's grand plan to acquire most of the land in Beicheng District, her childhood dreams have finally been realized.

And now, the key to the realization of this ideal lies with the young man who is also an avid game enthusiast by his side!

“……”

With nervousness and anticipation in her eyes, Xia Xiaoling stared at Zhao Nuo's well-defined thin side face without blinking, and I don't know how long it took for her to finally hear his answer:

"Okay, we'll give it a try."

Although his voice was low, it carried a firm momentum, without the slightest confusion or doubt.

"Ahhh Xia Xiaoling couldn't help but shout.

At this moment, the girl's face finally appeared with a smile even brighter than usual, and under the surprised gaze of her father and brother, she hugged the young man beside her, like holding the old bear doll in her bedroom.

"I still hope you can give us a little more time, after all, the game hasn't been finished recently. When the project for "Hell Capital" is over, we will take a closer look at this issue. Zhao Nuo said to Xia Lin with the "drag oil bottle" on his body.

"Well, I see." The middle-aged man with a very aura nodded slowly.

"Thank you so much." Zhao Nuo smiled.

――Even if it's a big risk, even if it might fail, so what?

Now that he and Xia Xiaoling have realized the ideal of "making a good game", now ...... Maybe it's time for a new journey. (To be continued......) R1292