T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 478, Section 477: Potato Meets the Parents

In the words of the prison guard, the only way to catch Jiang Heyi, Siyuanti, and Moyu is if you just brush past them while you're buying groceries.

That was one of the few places they frequented during the day for non-work-related socializing.

In the remaining time, after they finish their real-world tasks, they close the door, put on their headphones, and noisily search for people to play games with, team up, and run dungeons.

That's why they met in that gaming group.

Chat groups have their own ecosystem.

Most of the older groups with over a thousand members appear to have a large number of people, but in reality, most of them are lurking, with only a handful of people actually speaking.

The gaming group of several hundred people was an exception.

More than one-third of the users are active.

There's a warrior from Mount Akina who occasionally pops up with a few mysterious links before disappearing with a flourish.

There are experts at creating erotic images. Within minutes of producing an image, the source, artist, and other information are readily available.

There are also those who only provide the image, never the source, and end with a comment like "I don't understand, I just copied it."

With cyber messengers, current events and news are delivered at lightning speed.

There are experts in the world of anime and manga who can deliver anime updates that are only a few minutes behind the official releases.

There's a legendary voice actor idol who's a "single fan" and shares his daily fan diary—though he changes his fan list a bit too quickly.

There are experts at moving excrement, with pure motives: everyone should suffer the same pain they've endured. This idea of ​​equality makes everyone uncomfortable.

There are Martians who post old news in the group every 10 to 15 days, making people wonder if the world line has changed when they wake up.

As a group, it has a rich ecosystem and is very lively.

This is just the daytime state.

Talking and joking around are just a way to relax during work hours, and the group chat naturally reverts to a game-centric atmosphere in the evening.

Jiang Heyi and his group were the most active, and he would try out many new games.

After a while, they became a regular team... right?

"Hey, fries, how about I buy you a headset?"

Could you please send me your shipping address?

"If you're worried about being exposed, you can fill in 'collecting on behalf of others'."

"I don't need you to pay, I just want you to turn on your microphone and we can communicate."

"Gululu~~~"

"It's not this Shuiliu Mai!"

"Explain to me why you were covering my rear, and someone managed to sneak out from behind and steal my kill."

"Gululu~~~"

"Hello? Human? Are you human? Are there any other humans in this game? There aren't any!"

The progressively increasing emotional expression made the person on the other end of the computer burst into laughter.

There's another reason why I can remember this conversation so clearly.

Her reply caused a long silence in the voice chat.

"It's French fries."

The squid, who had been playing games with me, joked about it after the game ended.

"If you can shut a potato down for 30 seconds with just one sentence, you'd probably be so frustrated he wouldn't know how to respond to you."

Afterwards, she still gave the address to Jiang Heyi.

The headset arrived as scheduled, costing over 200 yuan.

I bet the fries are the same brand he uses.

I asked him for his address, and he sent me a box full of snacks of equal value, plus a box of potato chips as a bonus.

He didn't ask why he didn't bring a new headset, and the fries didn't bring it up either.

It was as if that headset had never existed.

After this incident, everyone's scattered rocking horses gradually transformed into fixed armored vehicles, becoming unbreakable.

When a new game comes out, we should team up if possible.

If you can't team up, just stay in the live stream room, he said, and she listened.

At this point in the memory, the fries rolled over.

Jiang Heyi, who had just finished washing up and gone to bed, was using the last bit of time to scroll through her phone.

She asked curiously, "Why didn't you ask me about that headset back then?"

"what?"

Jiang Heyi turned his head to the side in confusion, as if wondering why this topic was suddenly brought up.

Gazing into the wide, curious eyes of the woman who had moved slightly closer to him, Jiang Heyi recalled the moment and gave a slightly embarrassed dry laugh.

"Judging from the box of snacks you sent me, I think you might be a socially awkward person who doesn't like to communicate and is even a bit withdrawn."

"After thinking about it, apart from the lack of communication being torturous, you actually played quite well."

"I couldn't sleep the night I received the snacks. It felt like a little kid had given me a box of gifts as an apology, begging me not to mind and to keep playing with them."

“I recalled that day when I said you weren’t human, and I was afraid you would misunderstand and cause internal strife. I was worried and anxious, and I was also causing internal strife myself.”

French fries stared wide-eyed.

She hadn't expected Jiang Heyi to have such a rich inner monologue at that moment.

"I left without a word to prepare for the college entrance exam. What were you thinking?"

The fries were getting closer and closer to the cricket pupae.

"what……"

"I feel your condition has worsened."

"That's it?"

“I was worried too. When people mentioned you in group chats, I would check the chat history,” Jiang Heyi added. “After all, you weren’t my girlfriend back then.”

French Fries couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from turning up.

She wouldn't ask such a stupid question as "What about now?"

Posing hypothetical questions will only embarrass the big dog next to you.

If you like a dog, you should rub its head and stroke its fur, not stomp on its tail.

When they lived together, French Fries discovered that Jiang Heyi always took good care of her.

This has nothing to do with the fact that the two were close to achieving financial freedom at the time.

Tell her what she wants to eat, and he'll come back with bags full of ingredients. He says his cooking skills aren't as good as Cuttlefish's, but he always manages to surprise her.

Given his punctual online presence in the gaming group, if he were just an ordinary office worker, as long as his after-dinner gaming time wasn't interfered with, he would be as easy to please as a puppy.

Therefore, she never understood why Du Jingwen was making things difficult for Zhong Zemo.

If you let him stay home and play games, the dog will wag its tail wildly at you and won't go anywhere else.

Why does she insist on forcing the dog to go outside and rummage through the trash to pick up odds and ends?
"hug me."

"what?"

"Then I'll hug you."

He only hesitated for a second before the fries stuck into Jiang Heyi's blanket.

His body temperature was slightly elevated, and a steady source of warmth emanated from him through his pajamas. French Fries couldn't help but touch his calf with his still slightly icy toes.

Like a large dog suddenly grabbed, he no longer knew where to put his paws.

Occasionally, he can be quite foolish.

"Go to sleep. We're going to visit some neighbors tomorrow morning, and then I'll take you home." She pinched Jiang Heyi's nose. "Don't breathe on me, it's too hot."

"Oh……"

Jiang Heyi silently raised her head.

Although his posture was strange, he fell asleep exceptionally quickly that night.

Listening to the snoring beside her, her eyelids grew heavy.

Curious about where he used to live, that led to this unnecessary night.

Everything is going smoothly.

After a good night's sleep, Jiang Heyi visited the only familiar relative in Chengning with fries, brought a small New Year's gift, and the two boarded a plane at noon without stopping.

French Fries didn't tell his family when he was coming home; instead, he made a surprise return trip.

"It would be unfortunate to have them come to pick us up at the airport."

Jiang Heyi understood everything that the couple had done.

French Fries' home is located in the city center, in a newly developed residential area in recent years, which is a high-end, low-density residential area.

Only now did Jiang Heyi realize that he had never asked French Fries what her family did for a living.

The silly, lovey-dovey couple don't seem to have a job; they appear to have long since entered retirement mode.

Shortly after the doorbell rang, footsteps pattered behind the door.

"You stand back."

"what?"

Like a mother bird protecting her chicks, she shields her children behind her.

Lu Xinxin and Liu Jinhong, this silly couple, were wearing pajamas and obviously hadn't left the house since waking up.

Their eyes lit up like light bulbs when they saw French fries.

Immediately, almost like an aimbot, it locked onto Jiang Heyi's head in a second.

Fries muttered in bewilderment, "Why didn't they bring it over?"

Jiang Heyi felt uneasy under their gaze and quickly handed over the fruit, saying, "Hello, Uncle and Aunt."

Their voices were several decibels lower.

It's like the water flow that French fries used to treat me with, with a slight gurgling sound.

Liu Jinhong grabbed Jiang Heyi's arm.

Lu Xinxin went around behind and gave her a push.

"Oh dear, Potato, come in quickly, come in quickly, I've already prepared slippers for you."

Liu Jinhong added, "There are also toiletries and bedding, all of which are new."

"They didn't even tell us the date beforehand, and they even launched a surprise attack."

"It must be Xiaofei causing trouble, afraid that we'll come to pick her up at the airport."

"Xiaofei is getting more and more insensible, sigh..."

Jiang Heyi thought to himself, "It seems there's a reason why the fries were kept out of reach."

I don't know what happened that made her so vigilant.

"Tudou is really something, why buy fruit? It's Chinese New Year, do we need a few apples and oranges at home?"

Jiang Heyi explained, "This orange tea was a gift from home; it's made with tangerines and pomelos."

"That's really bad, thank goodness you came." Lu Xinxin immediately changed her tune, "We participated in your live-streaming sales last time, but every time we tried to place an order it showed out of stock, and we couldn't get any..."

Liu Jinhong complained, "Afterwards, Xiaofei didn't send us any more. Sigh."

French Fries crossed his arms and gave them a forced smile.

This expression had no effect whatsoever; the two were still greeting Jiang Heyi.

"Come in, come inside first. You can have tea, a beverage, or just water. We also have iced water. Oh, and we also have pineapple beer. People from your area seem to really like it."

"Oh!"

The door was closed tightly.

The fries were stunned.

She stared at the closed door to her room, gazing at the upside-down "Fu" (福, meaning good fortune) statue, speechless for a long time.

A full half minute later...

"Haha, Xiaofei, why didn't you knock? I thought you had already gone in."

She truly is a mother; she can still laugh even after locking her own daughter out of the room.

Jiang Heyi thought it was unreliable.

French Fries just gave a soft hum and said, "I'm used to it."

You should get used to it. If you've never gotten used to it since you were a child, you'd probably be furious.

The French Fries family mostly uses mahogany furniture, giving the house a rustic and grand feel. However, the interior design leans towards a European style, with black and white floor and wall tiles, and an island in the kitchen.

The interior design and furniture are completely different styles.

French Fries explained: "My mom did the renovation, and my dad did the furniture. They split it up, which didn't look right, but they thought it was fine since they each got half."

She held Jiang Heyi down, making him sit there somewhat nervously watching Lu Xinxin, while Liu Jinhong brought him a fruit platter and drinks.

It was as if to say, "You should get used to it."

(End of this chapter)