Qin Tian went all out for better system mission rewards.
Ten minutes later, the enemy's bottom lane was completely conquered.
In less than twenty minutes, the enemy had already given up resisting. Three people stood in their base, refusing to come out, transforming into keyboard warriors of the canyon and spewing insults at each other.
After the game ended, Qin Tian immediately started the second ranked match. Just then, Xu Hao returned, carrying the packed dinner for him.
"Master, haven't you queued up yet?"
"What do you mean, haven't queued up yet? It's already over. The opponents were too miserable. I couldn't bear to watch just now."
A young man standing nearby, spectating, chimed in with a chuckle.
"Heh, that's normal. Whoever queues up against my master today is unlucky."
Xu Hao smiled and placed the packed dinner on the table next to Qin Tian.
"Beef noodles and pan-fried dumplings, they're very good. Master, eat up!"
"Okay, thanks."
Qin Tian thanked him with a smile and asked, "Has Zhang Peng gone back to school?"
"Yeah, that scoundrel is something else. He added fifty yuan worth of beef to his noodles, the boss was stunned."
"Hahaha... It's normal, just get used to it!"
Afterward, Qin Tian ate his beef noodles and pan-fried dumplings heartily while typing and chatting with his wealthy patron.
Seeing that the other party wanted to use voice chat, Qin Tian asked Xu Hao for a YY account. After adding the other party as a friend, he connected to the voice channel.
"Good evening, boss. Have you eaten?"
"Not yet. What are you eating? It sounds delicious!"
A voice that sounded quite young came from the other side. Qin Tian judged that he was likely around twenty years old, which matched his in-game nickname.
"Beef noodles and pan-fried dumplings. Thanks to you patronizing my business, I even got an egg."
"Hahaha... You're quite interesting. What should I call you?"
"Just call me Xiao Qin. And you, boss?"
"My surname is Wang!"
"Then I'll call you Brother Wang, is that okay?"
"Sure, sure. Your blind playing is really amazing. How do you pull off those maneuvers?"
"Practice more and research more!"
Qin Tian spouted nonsense with a straight face.
"What about other heroes?"
"Shouldn't be a problem. Boss, who do you want me to play?"
"How about Zhao Yun? He's my favorite from the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Zilong of Changshan."
"Sure, I'll play Zhao Yun as a jungler this game then."
"No problem!"
After chatting with this Boss Wang for a few moments, Qin Tian suddenly remembered something and looked at Xu Hao beside him, saying, "Can I borrow your phone to make a call?"
"Your phone? Okay, okay."
Xu Hao was startled for a moment, then quickly nodded in agreement, fumbling in his pocket for his phone, unlocking it, and handing it to him.
Qin Tian took the phone and, after a moment's thought, dialed Xia Nuannuan's number.
Yes, he had remembered Xia Nuannuan's phone number.
"Hello? Who is it?"
The call was answered quickly, and Xia Nuannuan's sweet, slightly puzzled voice came through.
Clearly, she was surprised by the unfamiliar number.
"Nuannuan, it's me!"
Qin Tian said with a smile.
"Qin Tian?"
"Mm!"
"Why are you calling me? Whose number is this?"
Xia Nuannuan's tone immediately became much lighter and more cheerful.
"I'm at the internet cafe. I borrowed Xu Hao's phone to tell you that I have something to do tonight and won't be attending evening self-study."
"Ah? Is that so? Have you asked for leave from the homeroom teacher?"
"Not yet. I asked Zhang Peng to figure out a way to cover for me!"
"Then... then it's fine!"
"Okay, I'll hang up then. I can't accompany you for your run today."
"Okay, it's fine, it's fine. I'll go by myself."
"Alright, hanging up!"
With that, Qin Tian hung up the phone and returned it to Xu Hao.
"Heh heh... So enviable!"
Xu Hao took the phone and teased him with a playful grin.
Qin Tian rolled his eyes and popped a pan-fried dumpling into his mouth, casually asking, "Senior, do you have a girlfriend?"
"No!"
Xu Hao shook his head with a smile.
"With your qualifications, it shouldn't be hard to find one, right?"
Qin Tian looked at him with some surprise.
Xu Hao smiled and nodded. "It's not hard to find. I dated someone the year before last, but she would pester me every day to play with her and go shopping. I have to play games, how can I have that much time? We had a big fight and broke up. Afterward, I found it too much trouble, so I haven't dated anyone since."
Qin Tian froze for a moment and instinctively asked, "How can a girlfriend be more fun than games?"
Xu Hao paused at his words, his eyes lighting up as he nodded emphatically, "That's well said, that's exactly the point."
"You're a tough one!"
Qin Tian gave him a thumbs-up with admiration.
"Haha..."
Suddenly, Boss Wang's hearty laughter came through the headset.
"Brother Wang, what's so funny?"
Qin Tian asked with a smile.
"I was listening to you two chat. What you just said was good, classic. I also strongly agree with your friend's idea. Girlfriends are too troublesome, it's better to stay home and play games."
"Uh..."
Qin Tian was momentarily speechless.
He couldn't help but sigh, there really were a lot of addicted gamers these days!
No wonder rich second-generation heirs were so sought after, they had all seen through the world's entanglements!
"Brother Qin, listening to your call just now, are you still in school? High school or university?"
"Third year of high school, graduating soon after the college entrance exam."
"Holy crap, you're still in high school? Isn't the study load for the third year of high school very heavy? How can you play games so well? I get it, you're not good at studying, right!"
"No, I'm okay at studying."
"Heh, stop bragging. You should have evening self-study today, and you're skipping class to play games in an internet cafe. You say you're okay at studying?"
Qin Tian: "..."
Why wouldn't anyone believe him when he told the truth?
"The game has started, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go, let's go, first minute team fight!"
Seeing that the game had finished loading and entered Summoner's Rift, Qin Tian decisively changed the subject.
"Got it, coming, coming."
"Boss, flank through the blue buff area on the bottom. There's a kill to be had, trust me."
"Sure, sure."
In his previous life, the game escort industry was very popular for a few years.
At that time, he had already graduated from college and was working a mundane nine-to-five job at a company. There was a female colleague next to him who made several times more than her salary just by doing game escorting after work.
Later, one time, the department head severely reprimanded them for a failed project, trying to shift all the blame onto them.
The few of them endured the scolding for the sake of their livelihoods, heads bowed.
But that female colleague was very assertive. Not only did she retort to the manager, but she also resigned on the spot, handed in her resignation letter, and moved her belongings out.
Later, they heard that this female colleague became famous doing live streaming at home after resigning, turning into a female internet celebrity with many fans, earning more money each month than they would in several years.
This incident made Qin Tian and his colleagues at the time incredibly envious.
Thinking back now, Qin Tian couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.
Having been reborn, wasn't he considered a pioneer of game escorting?
Moreover, at two thousand yuan per game, even in the years when game escorting was popular, this would likely be considered the ceiling!