Back To 2005

After running alone for more than half an hour, consuming hundreds of calories and sweating a little, Zhou Anan returned to the room and found that Mei Mei hadn't gotten up yet.

After taking a bath, Zhou Anan looked at the sleeping girl, went to the side and called for room service, and asked the waiter to bring breakfast.

Of course, this is a free service for premium suites.

As for the double room for others, which costs 80 yuan a night, a breakfast coupon is already a group purchase discount.

"morning."

Tempted by the smell of food, Shi Mingxia woke up and looked at the boy eating breakfast not far away, and said hello with a smile.

"Would you like to eat something before going to bed?"

Walking over and hugging Mei Mei's body, Zhou Anan asked with a smile.

It was indeed a lot of fun last night, but even he was a little overwhelmed.

"I'm going to get up too."

After looking at the time, which was almost half past nine, Shi Mingxia held down the troublesome hand in front of him, kissed the boy's face, and went to the bathroom in his nightgown.

After having a sweet breakfast, Zhou Anan took everyone to visit Guodong according to the previously planned itinerary, and found a self-service barbecue stall at the foot of the mountain for lunch.

Fifteen yuan per person, unlimited food, drinks extra.

However, Zhou Anan obviously overestimated the girls' hands-on ability.

"I can't bake here, can someone help me?"

"That's it, An An, thank you."

Zhou Anan easily solved the small problem of the vent not opening.

"An'an, why am I unfamiliar with this place?"

"An'an, how do you roast the corn?"

"An'an, how do you bake this without burning it?"

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After showing off his barbecue skills, Zhou Anan found that he was at his wits end and the screen was filled with shouts.

Those boys who only care about eating are useless in their hands.

There is no other way. Those who can do more work.

In the end, Zhou Anan could only merge two barbecue grills and became a free barbecue stall master.

Everyone's requirements were met, but Zhou Anan didn't want to continue, not even interested in eating.

When he was barbecuing, he couldn't spare any time with his hands, so the girl brought them to his mouth.

The dog food all over the place made the surrounding students despise him.

After having enough wine and food, when the bus returned to Lucheng in the afternoon, Zhou Anan got off the bus in his hometown of Lizhou.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue spending the holidays with his crush, but he got a phone call and had to deal with it.

"How much?"

Seeing his cousin, Zhou Anan frowned and looked at the unkempt young man, who had no youthful vigor at all.

During the Chinese New Year, although his cousin was not very talkative, he was still quite energetic.

If you really don’t seek death, you won’t die.

"One thousand and five."

Listening to his cousin's calm tone, Zhou Shun, who had not been afraid of his cousin since he was a child, felt his heart tremble, lowered his head and said a number.

"Which arcade?"

With a raised brow, Zhou Anan's voice became a little deeper.

"That game arcade on Jiefang Street."

His head was lowered, and Zhou Shun's voice was a little soft.

For the first time, he felt a strange majesty in front of his cousin.

"Your parents don't know yet, do they?"

"have no idea."

"How much have you lost before?"

"One thousand dollars."

"All of them? Honestly."

"One thousand six."

Looking at his cousin's height of 1.7 meters, his whole body was a little bent, which made Zhou An'an have the urge to hate that iron cannot become steel.

Although his relationship with his cousin had never been very good, they were still a family, and Zhou Anan couldn't ignore him when he became like this.

Two to three thousand yuan is a small thing to him.

However, the problems derived from it are likely to destroy this cousin.

"I will pay you back the money and take me to see you."

After saying something that was not comforting, Zhou Anan picked up the phone, walked aside and dialed the number of his elementary school classmate.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Anan took a taxi with his cousin to Jiefang Street.

Jiefang Street, which will be completely demolished in a few years, has a history of several decades. It is old, but it is still a bustling street.

In a small alley downhill, there is a game console room that occupies a large area.

Walking into the mottled iron gate, there was a burst of noise. The hall of more than 500 square meters was filled with various game machines. There were one or two teenagers sitting in front of almost every machine, including many girls.

In front of several panda machines, a large number of people gathered around. From time to time, there was an exclamation, and there were bursts of collision sounds of copper plates spitting out.

"What game are you playing?"

Looking at his cousin whose eyes brightened, Zhou Anan asked coldly.

It's impossible to look like this just once.

"inside."

While talking, Zhou Shun led his cousin through a small door in a familiar manner and entered a room with a thick curtain at the door.

As soon as he entered the room, Zhou Anan saw two rows of large online game consoles. A group of young people in their twenties were sitting in front of the machines, including middle-aged people in their thirties and forties. The onlookers were more likely to place bets. There are a lot more people.

From time to time, these people cheered and lamented.

"boss."

Seeing the middle-aged man who was giving a bettor a perfect score, Zhou Shun shouted in a low voice.

"Ashun is here."

He glanced at the young man in front of him. Although the man next to him was slightly shorter, the middle-aged boss knew that he was the young man's elder.

You can tell where your age is at a glance.

"Boss, this is the money Zhou Shun owes."

Zhou Anan took out one thousand five hundred from his wallet and handed it to the other party.

I'm willing to admit defeat. Since Zhou Shun lost money here, he can't owe it.

"good."

After taking the money and counting it, the middle-aged man nodded and said nothing.

In this industry, we have seen many parents making trouble, and the middle-aged man knows how to deal with them.

Such a gentle parent can be considered a less troublesome person.

"Give me a thousand."

Instead of taking his cousin away immediately, Zhou Anan found a bettor who was betting a few bucks, handed over 200 yuan to take the position where the other party's total bet amount was only a few dozen yuan, and then asked the boss to increase the points.

"elder brother."

Seeing his cousin about to sit down and play, Zhou Shun quickly stopped him.

Although he is addicted to this game, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know the harm. But he can't hurt his cousin because of himself, otherwise his uncle will have to teach him a lesson.

Furthermore, if you just wait a moment, you have to give that person 200 yuan to buy a seat.

"Why, you can play, but I can't."

After saying something with a smile, Zhou Anan gave the money to the boss.

In his previous life, Zhou Anan, who was still working as a part-time worker in his workplace, was addicted to this kind of large panda machine for a while, and even overdrafted 17,800 yuan from his credit card. Finally, he stopped at someone's reminder and promptly Stopped the pace of depravity.

Sometimes when I think back, I feel a little scared.

Sometimes, reason simply cannot defeat the strong desire to win.

Think about how many billionaires in Lizhou will go bankrupt and ruined overnight in a few years.

He knew that mere words would do nothing to dissuade his cousin.

One thousand six hundred yuan must be all the money my cousin saved from the New Year red envelope, and he may even have borrowed some from friends.

Including the 1,500 yuan owed, the total is 3,100 yuan, which is definitely a lot of money for a sixteen-year-old boy with no job.

You know, today's civil servants only earn a little over two thousand a month, and the uncle who drives a tractor to transport stones only earns two to three hundred a day. That's because his father is taking care of him as a shareholder of the quarry.

But what my brother-in-law has to take care of is the expenses of a family of three, and he doesn't have much money left at all.

As for the 3,100 yuan, Zhou Shun lost it in just three hours.

If he hadn't called him in time and asked him to quietly help pay off the debt, Zhou Anan couldn't imagine what would happen next.

No wonder I heard my mother say during the Chinese New Year that the salary of 80 yuan a day didn't make my cousin excited. He spent three days fishing and two days drying nets but no one could see him.

I guess at that time, my cousin became obsessed with this.

A small fight turned into a win or loss of hundreds of dollars in a few seconds, and finally got stuck in the mud and led to bankruptcy and loss.

There are many such bridges in reality.

Fortunately, it was discovered early now. If it were like some people who owed hundreds of thousands, my uncle's family, including theirs, would be in trouble.

There is no way, if something happens to my uncle's family, Zhou An'an's father, who has always been like an elder brother and a father, will definitely take care of the matter. No matter how easy-talking his mother is, she will never agree.

Thinking of many future possibilities in his mind, Zhou Anan reduced the score of one thousand yuan by more than half with one move, leaving the cousin next to him with no chance to stop him.