Chapter 2: Encounter in the bookstore

Zou Yameng changed into a simple beige short-sleeved shirt and washed white straight jeans. Her short hair drooped refreshingly from her ears, and her eyebrows were thick and straight, both heroic and beautiful. Her temperament is very similar to Lu Li. If Lu Li is like a misty and clean white dove, then she is a spotless snow sculpture.

The two sat on a chair outside a simple breakfast shop, eating dry noodles and chatting casually. Zou Yameng asked him like an old mother whether he had prepared the books for the new semester and whether he had enough money. If not, he could ask her for more. She kept talking for a long time until she saw Lu Li’s half-smile, then she stopped and said unhappily:

“Do you think your sister is too nagging?”

“I feel so happy now.” He didn’t explain why he was happy, but just tore two pieces of toilet paper for his sister, folded them and put them next to her. He used to prepare paper towels for An Baili to wipe her mouth like taking care of a baby.

Zou Yameng’s face flushed: “You got it today and know how good your sister is to you? Humph, you have a conscience. How will you repay me in the future?”

No way to repay. Lu Li recalled that when he was a kid, he had a fight with his classmates and was asked by a new teacher who didn’t know the situation to call his parents. He was too self-conscious to say that he didn’t have any parents, so he could only beg Zou Yameng, who was very tall at the time, to pretend to be his parent, which turned out to be a big joke. Thinking of this, Lu Li smiled with satisfaction, and then he noticed that Zou Yameng was staring at him blankly.

He never dared to look at Sister Yameng directly before, because that was the shyness of a teenager and the embarrassment of a spring dream. Now he can look at Sister Yameng with a calm mind, and naturally he can find more subtle expressions on her.

“Sister, what’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”

Zou Yameng lowered her head and ate her noodles: “No.” She seemed to change the subject: “Are you going to buy reference books today? I’ll go with you. I don’t have to train today.”

Lu Li hurriedly said: “Then don’t pay today. I saved some money, enough to buy books.” Every time he went out with Sister Yameng, Sister Yameng would rush to pay, but she was obviously not rich. Her money was all bonuses from the team, which she saved little by little. She always said that she had no place to spend money. First, she didn’t wear makeup, and second, she had to control her diet. The money was saved anyway, so it was better to give it to Lu Li to spend.

“You are still smart, and you have a bright future in studying.” Zou Yameng lowered her head and ate her noodles vaguely, “You will definitely be successful in the future. Buying books for you makes me feel a little bit involved, and let me experience the feeling of reading.”

“Sister, you will definitely be successful. Maybe you can join the national team in the future.” Lu Li would not say that his grades were actually very sparse and ordinary.

“It’s a blessing to be able to join the provincial team!” She smiled, “For athletes like us, once the golden age is over, our physical fitness will deteriorate and we will naturally be eliminated. It will be miserable if I become a vagrant. I invest in you now so that you can support me when you are successful in the future, and don’t let me starve to death under the overpass.”

She deliberately exaggerated, making Lu Li couldn’t help laughing.

Looking at his smile, Zou Yameng was distracted again.

“Sister?”

Zou Yameng put down her chopsticks in a panic: “I’m full, let’s go.”

“Is there something on my face?”

“No, I just think you rarely smile, and I’m surprised to see you smile so relaxed today.” She turned her head away, pretending to look at a pair of laughing young lovers.

Lu Li wiped his mouth and walked to the bus stop with Zou Yameng side by side.

“I can support my sister for the rest of her life.” He said softly. This sentence suddenly came out, which shocked him and made Zou Yameng’s heart tremble.

“What are you talking about seriously? Do you really think your sister, I, will starve to death?” She hit him with her fist, not lightly or heavily, making Lu Li grin, “You’re still raising him for life, aren’t you ashamed? Save these words for your girlfriend. Oh, by the way, you were assigned to a different class this year, right? It’s the liberal arts class, right? I heard there are a lot of girls. Do you have any girls you like?”

When she said the latter sentence, Zou Yameng looked straight ahead, as if asking casually.

Girl you like?

After the class assignment this year, he did enter the liberal arts class. It was also in this new class that he met An Baili. Of course, An Baili is probably still a sloppy person now, who doesn’t know how to dress up, has poor popularity, and is isolated by classmates. She is obviously a very beautiful girl, but she would rather wear black-framed glasses, tie an extremely ugly pigtail, and her thick bangs almost cover her eyes - what is she thinking?

Noticing Lu Li’s thoughtful expression, as if he was really thinking about someone, Zou Yameng’s heart tightened for no reason: “Do you have a girl you like? Who is it? Do I know her?” His tone was no longer gentle, but rather a bit harsh and sharp.

She was suddenly afraid that Lu Li would answer. What if he really had someone he liked? Would he shyly nod at his beloved brother? Or would he encourage her to be affectionate with that wild girl? She couldn’t do any of them, and instead felt uncomfortable, as if someone had taken away something from her.

She suddenly realized, what’s wrong with me? Isn’t it a good thing that my brother has someone he likes? Why am I angry? Isn’t it because I work so hard that Lu Li and I can live a good life...

Just when Zou Yameng was reflecting on herself, Lu Li ended his recollection: “Of course not. This year is the second year of high school, and I will take the college entrance examination next year. I have to study very hard, so how can I dare to fall in love.”

Zou Yameng didn’t want to continue this topic: “Yeah, study is the most important thing. Aren’t you planning to make an independent game recently? How is the progress?”

If Zou Yameng hadn’t mentioned this, he would have forgotten it. During this period of time, he was indeed preparing to make an independent game. He usually went to the school computer room to ask the young bald computer teacher about some program problems, and the idea of ​​making a game sprouted in his mind. But when he really started to make it, he found several difficult problems: lack of people.

In order to make the game he envisioned, he lacked artists and music producers. He couldn’t afford to hire people or buy copyrights, and he didn’t even have channels. But just practicing was not what he wanted. Either don’t do it, or do it to do the best at the moment.

If it was an artist, he had some talent for figure painting. But game art is not just about character illustrations, but also UI design, scene concepts and other contents, which he really can’t do alone. As for music, Lu Li is even more confused. Liking to listen to music does not mean that he has the ability to write songs.

By the way, An Baili is very good at music ... She and I made the first game in the last life. No, stop, Lu Li, don’t think about An Baili anymore. Don’t get involved with her in this life, let her live her own life, don’t disturb her.

Wen Hubo is very good at art, and she even held an exhibition in the last life. It’s just that her relationship with me was strained at that time, and we haven’t contacted each other for many years. Occasionally, she would send him a blank letter to mock him.