Chapter 3 Miracles

  After this small storm passed, after a moment of silence, the teacher's room became lively again.

  "Qiangzi, you're really something! You actually managed to get the school flower in your hands!" Lin Yi secretly gave Ding Qiang a thumbs up as he returned to his seat.

  "What's with that......" Looking at Ding Qiang, "We're just ordinary friends."

  In his previous life, Lin Yi had always helped him during his most difficult times, until an unexpected event occurred in their household...

  "Come on, let's just drop it, can ordinary friends still hug each other?" Just as Lin Yi was about to expose Ding Qiang's lie, someone in the classroom suddenly shouted loudly: "The Divine Sign game is going to be publicly tested, let's go play together!"

  "Miracle game?" Lin Yi said in surprise.

  "Ah, it's that game you were just looking forward to." Ding Qiang replied casually, his eyes closely following Li Yan as she moved.

  "Really?" Lin Yi suddenly became spirited. Although he was as stupid as Ding Qiang when it came to studying, but once games were mentioned, no one's spirit could match his.

  "You also know about the God's Miracle game?" Just then, Class Monitor Liu Tao walked over from the side and glanced at Ding Qiang with a smile: "I didn't think you knew something, Ding Qiang!"

  "How can you talk like that?" Didn't get a chance for Ding Qiang to speak up, Lin Yi beside him said discontentedly.

  "What? What did I say?" Liu Tao asked, pretending to be perplexed.

  This Liu Tao is also one of Li Yan's pursuers, and compared to others who were rejected harshly, Li Yan did not tell the teacher or tear up his love letter after receiving it. In other words, she still has some good feelings towards Liu Tao in her heart, after all, he is handsome and has good grades, and is a white knight in the eyes of many girls.

  Liu Tao didn't originally want to come over and confront Ding Qiang, but he saw that Li Yan had just been hugged by this guy, so he was extremely displeased in his heart. After all, in his opinion, Li Yan was already his destined wife.

  "Heh heh." Taking advantage of the opportunity, Liu Tao couldn't help but proudly toss his head and turn around to shout loudly: "I heard that 'Divine Sign' game is going to start public testing in two days. Let's all go play together! Then we can form a guild, and even when we're in college, we can still play together."

  When Liu Tao made the proposal, his classmates were all stirred up.

  Ding Qiang and Lin Yi both curled their lips in disdain.

  Lin Yi curled his lips simply because he was annoyed by Liu Tao, while Ding Qiang curled his lips thinking of the miserable state of their class's established club "Three Four Heroes" in their previous life.

  They were just some students, with no time and no money. At the beginning of the game, they could barely keep up with the pace of the masses, but soon they were left behind and eventually swallowed up by a guild called "True Hero".

  Liu Tao was unwilling to be annexed by others and was killed by the guardian of the corpse, returning to Xinshou Village. In a fit of anger, he left the Divine Traces.

  Leaving the classroom, Lin Yi asked while walking: "Are you going to play 'Shen Ji'?"

  "Of course..."

  After saying goodbye to Lin Yi at the school gate, Ding Qiang did not immediately head towards his home, but instead stopped beside a hutong near the school gate, quietly waiting there.

  He was waiting for Li Yan, he had something to say to her.

  ……

  A moment later, Li Yan and her friends walked out of the school gate, waved goodbye, and then walked over in this direction.

  "Li Yan." He shouted to stop the other party, and Ding Qiang quickly walked over.

  "What...what are you trying to do?" Li Yan was so frightened that she hastily retreated several steps: "This...this is the school entrance, you...you mustn't be reckless..."

  Ding Qiang forced a bitter smile, realizing that he must have scared the other person earlier. He hastily stopped in his tracks and said very sincerely: "Sorry, Li Yan classmate, I came to apologize to you."

  "Hmm..." Li Yan was stunned, looked at Ding Qiang carefully, and after confirming that he wasn't joking, thought for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, I forgive you this time, but don't let it happen again. If it does, I...I'll tell Uncle."

  "There will absolutely be no next time..." Ding Qiang hastily raised his hand and swore.

  As he spoke, Ding Qiang walked alongside Li Yan, advancing in tandem with her, and asked nonchalantly: "How are Uncle and Aunt's bodies doing?"

  When they were young, people from both families often came and went, so Ding Qiang's inquiry was nothing out of the ordinary.

  "It's all right," Li Yan replied.

  "There's something I'd like to ask for your help with," said Ding Qiang.

  "What's wrong?" Li Yan asked.

  "My parents have been feeling a bit unwell lately, but they refuse to go to the hospital for a check-up. So I was wondering if you could help me come up with a way to get them to go to the hospital and get checked out."

  "What? You want me to deceive people? I won't do that." Li Yan hastily shook her head and said.

  "How can this be a scam? This is for the old man's health!" Ding Qiang urged: "Li Yan, you can't just stand by and do nothing, can you?"

  "Pfft, what a useless thing. Li Yan thought for a moment and said: "Then tell me, what do you need me to do?"

  "So I'll just say that I have a few free physical examination tickets at the hospital and you can vouch for me, that's all." Ding Qiang said.

  "Is that all?" Li Yan asked in surprise, her big eyes wide open.

  "Alas, no... " Ting Qiang shook his head regretfully again.

  "What's wrong? Why won't it work?" Li Yan asked in pursuit.

  "My parents definitely wouldn't believe it." Ding Qiang explained seriously: "You see, how could there only be two spots and they both happen to be in my hands? Besides, I'm just a student, where would I get this quota from? My parents would see right through it."

  "What can we do?" Li Yan also became anxious.

  "Or else..." Ding Qiang's eyes rolled: "Why don't you call your parents too, and say it's from school? That way my parents should believe it, right?"

  "My parents?" Li Yan was taken aback.

  "Don't worry, I'll take all the money." Ding Qiang patted his chest and said: "I've been saving this New Year's money for so many years!"

  "Alright." After some thought, Li Yan nodded and said: "I didn't expect you to be such a filial son. However, I can pay for my parents' expenses myself, I also have some money from the New Year's red envelopes."

  As he watched Li Yan leave, Ding Qiang finally felt a sense of relief. In his previous life, although Li Yan's parents had fallen ill suddenly, there had been warning signs beforehand, but the two elderly people hadn't taken them seriously.

  Although it is unknown whether it could have been detected seven years ago today, being prepared for any situation, he can only do so much at this point.

  It's just...

  Li Yan said that she had been saving her lucky money, and Ding Qiang couldn't help but smile at the thought of using her money.

  Li Yan's parents' condition is extremely rare, and ordinary physical examinations cannot detect it. Only the most advanced equipment can detect it, but the most advanced equipment means expensive costs. With just her meager savings, it's simply impossible.

  Li Yan's parents and his own parents, that makes four people. Ding Qiang secretly calculated in his heart that at least 150,000 yuan would be needed.

  150,000. Li Yan's family is the same as his, both parents are working, and relying solely on that little red envelope money won't be enough. This girl has underestimated how terrifying those hospitals can be, where they swallow people whole without spitting out their bones.

  "It should be possible to get it done within a month." Ding Qiang thought to himself.

  ……

  Back home, looking at his parents who looked much younger, Ding Qiang was filled with emotions. In his previous life, due to his own incompetence, the two elderly people had to go out and sell goods even after retirement.

  "In this life, I will definitely treat you well and be filial."

  Cooking, washing clothes, washing dishes, sweeping the floor...

  Ding Qiang's actions shocked his parents extremely.

  This is not an impulsive act, but a heartfelt desire to change himself!

  Although Ding Qiang's past life was relatively melancholic, he had always been very filial to his parents.

  At night, lying in his own bed, Ding Qiang's mood could not calm down for a long time.

  Reborn back ten years ago, all of this is like a dream.

  Lying in bed, Ding Qiang couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

  ……

  A night without words.

  The next morning, Ding Qiang was woken up by the sound of conversation coming from the living room.

  "Kobayashi is here, hurry up and sit down, Xiao Feng hasn't gotten up yet, you haven't had breakfast, right? Auntie will bring it over for you." Lin Yi was Ding Qiang's best friend, so he often came to find Ding Qiang to play, therefore Ding Qiang's parents were also very familiar with him.

  "Ah? No need, Auntie. I'm here to take Ding Qiang out to buy some things." Lin Yi's voice came from the living room.

  Just as he said that, he saw Ding Qiang pushing the door and walking out. Lin Yi pulled Ding Qiang over and said: "How come you just got up? Hurry up, it's almost time to start selling!"

  "Eh? You've eaten breakfast, now go..." Ding Qiang's mother said from the kitchen.

  "It's okay, Auntie, we're in a hurry..." Lin Yi's voice came from outside the door.

  On the road, Lin Yi was anxious seeing Ding Qiang staggering with every step.

  "I'm telling you, big bro, hurry up! The official website just announced the sales location last night, I reckon a lot of people will go buy it today. If we're late, all the game helmets will be sold out and we won't be able to enter the game in time!" Lin Yi begged Ding Qiang with a sad face.

  "Don't worry, I won't sell it for nothing." Ding Qiang said firmly.

  Although Lin Yi didn't know, he was actually well-prepared in his heart. The company had made extremely thorough preparations, and the supply of game helmets was extremely large. From start to finish, there had never been a situation where they ran out of stock, so Lin Yi's worries were truly unnecessary.

  Before long, the two of them arrived at the sales point.

  Looking at the long queue that had already formed, Lin Yi muttered to himself: "This is bad, this is bad. With so many people, when will it be our turn?"

  Looking at the crowd in front of him, Ding Qiang also felt a bit of a headache. Although he could definitely say that there was no way they would sell out, with so many people, if they really lined up, it would probably take until afternoon to make a purchase.

  Thought for a moment, patted the other's shoulder, Ding Qiang immediately walked towards the back door of the sales point: "Follow me."

  Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, although he didn't know what Ding Qiang was going to do, but still followed him.

  Backdoor of sales point!

  "Sorry, non-staff members are not allowed in." The security guard at the door said.

  "We're here for the goods," Ding Qiang said.

  "Pick up goods?" The security guard furrowed his brow and glanced at Ding Qiang: "Code."

  "Z347," said Ding Qiang.

  "Password?" The security guard tapped on the screen beside him and asked again.

  "3587." Ding Qiang replied calmly and clearly.

  "How many?"

  "Two." Although gaming headsets are not cheap, Ding Qiang's parents were both working, and from a young age, they had received a decent amount of money for the Lunar New Year, so it was affordable.

  Lin Yi looked at Ding Qiang with a silly expression, as if he was seeing him for the first time.