Chapter 52: Ding Bin

  Ding Qiang's mother had guessed correctly, and standing outside the door were indeed Ding Qiang's uncle and his family of three.

  Ding Qiang's uncle, who likes to show off just like his father, and aunt, who likes to nag, as well as his older cousin Ding Bin, who is one year older than him and is currently a senior in high school.

  "Ding Qiang, you're really something, Second Uncle said you got accepted, I thought I heard it wrong." Ding Bin said with a smile, looking at Ding Qiang standing in the living room.

  "Haha, I'm also a blind cat hitting a dead mouse." As for Ding Bin's tone of speech, Ding Qiang had already gotten used to it, and on top of that, they were family, so he didn't feel too much resentment in his heart.

  Because it was a family gathering, everything had to be done by themselves, so after exchanging a few pleasantries in the living room, the two women immediately went into the kitchen and started bustling around.

  "What's this thing?" Ding Qiang's uncle looked at the two physical examination cards still on the tea table, picked them up and asked curiously: "What is this stuff?"

  "Oh." Seeing another opportunity to show off, Ding Qiang's father slowly took a sip of tea before speaking: "Isn't this old Li? The former neighbor. He said he had two physical examination cards and since they were useless to him, he gave them to me."

  Shaking his head, Ding Qiang's father pretended to be nonchalant and said: "This old Li is really polite, I said at the time that we didn't need it, but he insisted on giving it to us. Our bodies are so healthy, there's no need for a check-up, but he kept pushing, couldn't push him away, had no choice, so just had to accept it."

  "Is that so?" Old Master Ding's eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled: "That's great, your sister-in-law has been having a bit of back pain these past two days. If you don't want it, give it to me and I'll take her to see a doctor."

  Hmph!

  Ding Qiang, who was sitting next to him drinking tea, almost spat out a mouthful of tea...

  Dad, dear dad, you mustn't!

  He simply let him desperately make eyes at her, cough, and secretly pray in his heart...

  Under the extreme satisfaction of vanity in his heart, it was not beyond Ding Qiang's expectation that his father responded with a nonchalant attitude: "What's the point of being polite between us, if you want something just..."

  "Ah......cough......" Ding Qiang coughed heavily once.

  The old man paused for a moment, looked at Ding Qiang with a puzzled expression and asked: "Caught a cold?"

  "No, no..." Just as he was about to interrupt his father's words, Ding Qiang immediately racked his brains, thinking of a way to salvage the situation.

  It's useless even if I keep it... What kind of international joke is this? These two small cards are worth 100,000!

  Your precious son worked hard and struggled to earn this 100,000 from the game, but you just gave it away with one word?

  If the old couple really had health problems, these two cards would be fine for them. But from just now, the three of them carried two boxes of drinks into the house without turning red or panting, who would believe they've been feeling unwell recently?

  Our home is on the sixth floor and there's no elevator!

  But at this moment, Ding Bin, who had been silent all along, suddenly said a few words to his father in a low voice.

  Although the voice was small, Ding Qiang heard it somewhat unclearly, but he could still vaguely hear something: "Those small hospitals... are all cheating people... spending money..."

  Ding Qiang's great uncle suddenly came to his senses, played with the two cards in his hand for a moment, and then chuckled: "Old Li's kind intentions, you'd better take it back. We have this kind of physical examination card at home too. The community will deliver it to our doorstep even if we don't want it."

  "Really? Well, if you don't want it, I'll take the two of them to check it out another day." At this time, Ding Qiang's father also realized that it wasn't quite right to pass on something given to him by someone else, so he casually slipped the two cards into his pocket.

  "Ah..." Ding Qiang let out a long sigh of relief.

  Two adults were chatting there, talking about everything under the sun, while Ding Qiang could only sit beside them listlessly. The elder on the side would occasionally say something exciting and even pointed out a thing or two to Ding Qiang as an elder.

  "Xiao Qiang, don't think that just because you've graduated from high school, everything is done. When you go to college, you must study hard. You're your father's only son, you should make him proud..."

  By the side, Ding Bin occasionally echoed: "Yes, Ding Qiang, the competition in college is also very fierce. Although you are in a third-tier university, you still need to work hard, otherwise, once others catch up with you, it will be difficult to find a job..."

  "Oh..." Ding Qiang shook his head and responded, but before he could even finish shaking it, the old man's palm came flying over: "You young whippersnapper, listen carefully when your elders are speaking to you."

  "Yes, yes, Uncle and Brother are right, I know." Not wanting to anger his father, Ding Qiang hastily nodded in agreement.

  Satisfied with a smile, the old man finally turned back, no longer paying attention to his son, and continued to talk nonsense...

  Feeling bored, he let out a yawn and looked at Ding Bin who was also feeling listless. Suddenly, Ding Qiang spoke up, "Dad, you chat with Uncle here, I have some questions that I don't understand, can Big Brother explain them to me?"

  "How many questions?" The old man was slightly stunned, then smiled and said: "This child has already finished the exam, what else is there to learn."

  The old man said again in a casual tone: "This kid just likes to study, I've told him many times, after the exam is over, he can relax, but he won't listen."

  "Alright, Binbin, you and Xiaofeng go to his room now. We adults are discussing something that's probably not interesting for you kids to hear."

  "Hmm." They responded with two voices and immediately stood up, rushing back to Ding Qiang's room like they were escaping.

  ……

  "Ah..." He let out a long sigh of relief, and Ding Qiang suddenly lay down on the bed, letting out a long sigh and saying: "At least I don't have to listen to those two nagging anymore."

  Sitting beside him, Ding Bin looked at Ding Qiang lying on the bed and said: "Xiao Qiang, don't you have a question that you can't do? Take it out and let me see."

  "Cut it out." Ting Qiang sat up and said: "Big brother, don't pretend anymore. Do you think I didn't see you yawning several times just now?"

  "Hah..." Ding Bin couldn't help but laugh too, and lay down on the bed like Ding Qiang had just done: "Geez, your dad is really nagging."

  "Your dad isn't doing much better either..." Ding Qiang said in a bad mood.

  "They're really like two brothers..." they said in unison.

  “……”

  Ding Qiang's room didn't have much interesting stuff either, but at least there was a computer and no nagging voices of two old men.

  Seeing the computer on the bookshelf, Ding Bin stretched and got up from bed, sat in front of the computer to surf the internet, boredly looking at various news, while Ding Qiang lay on the bed with his eyes closed, resting.

  "Hey, Xiaoqiang, which school are you from?" Ting Bin asked casually while browsing through gaming news.

  With his eyes closed, Ding Qiang finally remembered the name of that university: "XXX University XX Branch."

  "XXX University XX Branch." Ding Bin was taken aback and turned his head to ask in a somewhat disbelieving tone, "Are you sure?"

  "What's wrong?" Ding Qiang opened his eyes with some confusion.

  "Come on, we're from the same university." Ding Bin said: "Have you forgotten? My current university is xx University, isn't it?"

  "Come on, don't cheat me, didn't you get into a key university?" Although Ding Qiang said he didn't believe it, he carefully thought back and vaguely felt that the university Ding Bin got into seemed to have a similar name to his own.

  "That's right, absolutely right." Ding Bin turned his head and said affirmatively: "The xx branch you mentioned, I know it's a new branch of our university established this year. Because it was just established and the faculty is weak, it seems to be classified as a third-tier university."

  "So, does that mean we're in the same university?" Ding Qiang asked, speechless.

  "Day." Ding Bin said gloomily: "Shouldn't I be the one making this gloomy face? I'm so much taller than you..."

  But saying that, Ding Bin seemed to have thought of something again, patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, fighting is between close brothers, on the battlefield it's father and son soldiers. When you're a junior I'll be a senior, then your big brother will take care of you, and introduce some girls for you to get to know, definitely making it worth coming to university."

  "If your great aunt hears you say that, you're done for." Ding Qiang muttered, closing his eyes again.

  "As long as you don't say anything, how would my dad know?" Ding Bin replied casually while watching the news with his head turned to one side.

  A moment later, just as Ding Qiang was getting drowsy, he suddenly heard Ding Bin slap his thigh and exclaim: "Damn it, who the hell did this?"

  "... " Dazed and confused, he opened his eyes to see the news of the first kill in Flame Land on the screen. It took Ding Qiang half a day to come back to his senses and wonder what Ding Bin was saying.

  "Are you playing this game too?" Ding Qiang asked.

  "Hmm, don't tell my uncle, I was secretly playing in school." Looking at the screen with those striking big words, Ding Bin muttered: "Damn, didn't expect there to be so many perverts in the game. Originally wanted to team up with our guild to get the first kill, but now it's all ruined. Sigh, what a missed opportunity to make a name for ourselves."

  With a somewhat smug look at Ding Qiang, Ding Fan said: "We, oh, should say our university has also formed a guild, and I'm one of the mainstays. After you join the game, I'll introduce you to our guild, and then we can play together."

  "What? You guys are quite powerful, right? What's your name?" Ding Qiang asked somewhat puzzled. He knew the origins of several powerful guilds in the game, but he had never heard of a university student guild like this before.

  "Of course it's impressive, the fairy tale of our world's end, but what about the top-notch guilds in the entire Divine Realm?" Ding Bao said with a hint of arrogance.

  He curled his lip and said disdainfully, "So which boss have you guys killed so far?"

  "Uh..." Ding Bin said somewhat awkwardly: "We haven't even beaten our first boss yet."

  “……”

  "That's because our guild was just established for a few days, don't believe me? Just watch and see, when there are more people, our guild will definitely make a name for itself." Ding Bin said very seriously.

  After finishing speaking, he thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "By the way, have you played this game?"