After breakfast, Qin Tian drove with Xia Nuannuan to Jiangcheng's largest computer city.
Without much deliberation, Qin Tian quickly chose the new Alienware model released in April of that year.
The screen size was 18.4 inches, and other configurations were top-tier. It was quite expensive, costing thirty-five thousand.
As someone who had been reborn, Qin Tian felt that this "big brick" bought for over thirty thousand wasn't that powerful performance-wise, and it was indeed too heavy.
However, in the year 2012, it was undoubtedly the king of machines, capable of running any game smoothly and easily.
After throwing the heavy computer bag into the trunk, Qin Tian clapped his hands with a hearty laugh.
The regret from his university days in his previous life had now been somewhat compensated.
He wasn't lacking money now, so there was no need to focus on cost-effectiveness.
As for Xia Nuannuan, she had no concept of how much ordinary college students paid for laptops.
Seeing Qin Tian in such a good mood, she also joined in his simple happiness.
"Brother Tian, do any of your dorm mates play League of Legends?"
Xia Nuannuan asked sweetly from the passenger seat.
She had also brought her Alienware laptop from home.
When she took it out of her suitcase yesterday, she had inadvertently shown off her wealth to Shen Siqi.
"Yeah, that guy from the Northeast plays it. He even claims to be a Silver-tier expert!"
Qin Tian replied with a chuckle while fastening his seatbelt.
"Silver is considered an expert? I'm already Gold!"
Xia Nuannuan said with a proud smile.
Little did she know, her own skill level was actually Bronze.
During the summer, she mostly played duo queue with Qin Tian. She would play support champions like Sona and Soraka, hiding in the back and occasionally casting skills to heal.
Then, the bottom lane would inexplicably be cleared, and the enemy would surrender.
She had no idea how to lose.
Over time, Xia Nuannuan started to believe she might be a gaming genius. This game wasn't difficult at all!
"Let's team up later and show him the strength of us two Gold-tier gods, and broaden the horizons of this so-called expert!"
"Hehe... Alright!"
"Are you hungry? Where should we eat, or should we head back to school directly?"
Qin Tian started the car and looked at her with a smile.
"Let's eat at the school cafeteria. The food there is quite good. And I'll go to the business hall to get broadband."
"Okay, let's go!"
He shifted gears, stepped on the accelerator, and the car quickly picked up speed, heading towards the school.
After eating their fill in the cafeteria, Xia Nuannuan went to the China Telecom business hall to set up broadband, while Qin Tian carried his new computer back to the dorm.
Upon arriving at the dorm door, Qin Tian noticed with confusion that the door was closed.
Just as he was thinking they might also be out for lunch, he heard strange noises from inside.
The female voice was quite familiar.
In his previous life, during university, a roommate of his was also deeply versed in this "art."
On his computer, which had a large memory space, there was a folder hidden within a permanently full disk, named "Study Materials." It contained a massive amount of instructional videos.
"Brother Zhuang... It's broad daylight, shouldn't we stop watching?"
"What are you afraid of? The door is closed. Kid, don't be insincere. Who was it that was staring with wide eyes just now?"
"It wasn't me, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"
"Heh heh!"
Listening to the discussion coming from inside, Qin Tian's mouth twitched uncontrollably. He raised his hand and knocked heavily on the dorm door.
A flurry of panicked sounds erupted from within. Then, with a muffled thud, it sounded like a laptop lid closing, and the strange noises also ceased.
"Who is it?"
Chen Zhuang loudly inquired.
"Ahem... Room inspection, open the door!"
Qin Tian cleared his throat and spoke with authority.
"Oh no, oh no, Brother Zhuang, who is it? Are they actually catching people for this at school?"
Inside the dorm, Zhuang Zhe said with a face full of panic.
"Are you stupid? What are you panicking about? It sounds like Qin Tian!"
Chen Zhuang glanced at him speechlessly, got up, and yelled at Qin Tian outside the door, "Qin Tian, what are you doing? You'll scare people into having problems, you know!"
"That's what you get. Hurry up and open the door."
Qin Tian urged with amusement.
"You didn't bring your key?"
Chen Zhuang grumbled as he walked over and opened the dorm door.
"You guys are really something. Aren't you afraid classmates and parents will come? Or the counselor? If that happens, you two might as well go live on Mars!"
Qin Tian entered the dorm, saying with a playful smile.
"I, I wasn't watching, he forced me!"
Zhuang Zhe's face turned red as he shifted all the blame to Chen Zhuang.
"Bullshit, your eyes weren't even blinking just now!"
Chen Zhuang gave him a contemptuous look and said to Qin Tian, "It's your sensitive ears, isn't it? You had the volume turned down to the lowest."
"I wish I was intermittently deaf."
Qin Tian pouted with a look of disdain and placed the computer bag on his desk.
"What's with that expression? I don't believe you haven't watched it?"
"I have a girlfriend. Do you think I'm like you two single dogs and need to watch this stuff?"
"Damn! Is this a new computer? What brand is it?"
Chen Zhuang walked closer, his face full of curiosity.
"Alienware!"
Qin Tian answered casually, then took out the large laptop from the bag.
"Holy cow? Alienware? Is it real?"
Chen Zhuang exclaimed excitedly.
Zhuang Zhe also showed a shocked expression and stood up to walk over.
Although he hadn't played computer games and had buried his head in books throughout high school, he was still a boy and had naturally heard of the Alienware computer brand.
It was the big toy that almost every boy dreamed of.
Qin Tian didn't reply. He directly opened the computer and pressed the power button.
"Holy cow, holy cow, Qin Tian, so you're a second-generation rich kid? This computer is so cool!"
Chen Zhuang bent over, his eyes shining as he examined the computer.
"I'm not second-generation rich, I'm first-generation rich."
"Don't joke, honestly, how much did this computer cost?"
"Thirty-five thousand. Do you have any spare network cables?"
Qin Tian didn't explain anything and asked him.
"Thirty-five thousand? Hiss... You said you forgot to buy it before, turns out you really forgot? You buy computers like they're cabbage!"
"Brother, the network cable!"
"Network cable? Yes, yes, I'll get it for you. Don't call me brother, I'm your younger brother!"
Chen Zhuang grinned and ran to get a network cable from the drawer. After connecting one end to the router, he quickly brought the other end to him.
"Brother, here, the network cable!"
"Brother Zhuang, don't do that, I'm the youngest here!"
Qin Tian said with a哑然失笑.
"No, no, from now on, you are the big brother of our dorm 208."
Chen Zhuang said with a serious expression.
Beside him, Zhuang Zhe nodded in agreement.