Chapter 12 Atonement
"What? Mom, you also played online games when you were young? Why don't I know about this?" Zhou Ni said in surprise.
"What? Haven't your dad told you? I still met your dad in the game. Your dad was also a professional player at the time, but he was very bad at doing it. In the end, he couldn't find a serious job and never touched online games since then. I really didn't expect you to have the same virtue as your dad."
"Ah? My dad actually has this history?" Zhou Ni said in surprise, laughed dryly for a few more times, and then said, "I still said the same thing, please rest assured. I must be better than my dad. You see, he has never beat me in any game he played with me since he was a child. Although this game has only been public beta for a few days, I am doing pretty well now. I believe I will make a lot of money soon. How about I buy a set of your favorite S brand cosmetics and send it back to you?"
"I really can't do anything to you. Just be good at speaking. Don't forget that when you first graduated, I agreed to you that I would give you a year to go out. If you can't get into trouble, you have to go back to your hometown to listen to my arrangements. There are four months left. Then you should not break your promise."
"Mom, you said that since I was a child, I have violated my promise to you. You will wait to receive S brand cosmetics next month." Zhou Ni said confidently.
When my mother saw that Zhou Ni still remembered this promise, she seemed very relieved, so she changed the topic: "By the way, I will call you today. In addition to asking you about your current situation, I also want to tell you something. Xiaoqing from the next house will be going to your place to go to college the day after tomorrow. This is her first time traveling far away, and you will have to pick her up at the airport at that time."
"What? Xiaoqing is coming to study in City Y?" Zhou Ni walked on the road and suddenly stopped, saying a little incredible.
The full name of the young Qing that Zhou Ni’s mother mentioned is Qi Qing. She is childhood sweethearts and lives next to Zhou Ni’s family. The two families have been old neighbors for more than 20 years. When they were young, Zhou Ni’s mother often joked that she wanted Zhou Ni to marry someone else. Although Zhou Ni had a good relationship with Qi Qing, she was not interested in it at all, because Qi Qing had a nickname called "Qiuqiu" since she was a child. As the name suggests, she was chubby and round like a ball. Her weight was not something Zhou Ni could bear.
After the two grew up, Zhou Ni's mother mentioned this from time to time, and always said something like Qi Qing is so smooth and easy to give birth to. In short, she likes Qi Qing very much and always wants to match her with Zhou Ni. In this extremely open 22nd century, if your child does not fall in love early, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others. Moreover, this is a generation of ecstasy. My mother has never heard of any stranger about her son, so how can she not worry?
"Hehe, how about it? Was it a surprise?" The mother smiled maliciously and said, "You have to take good care of others at that time. It is not easy for a girl to study outside. If you use time, go to others to play more, don't let someone bully her, more..."
Zhou Ni didn't know what her mother was thinking. Before she could finish her nagging, she quickly interrupted and said, "Okay, okay, I know, don't worry, by the way, I'm going to have breakfast now. Mom, you have nothing else to do, so I'll just hang up first."
In order to avoid his mother bombing him in language, Zhou Ni hurriedly found an excuse to hang up the phone. Anyway, he would pick up the plane and personally take Qi Qing to school to deal with it. Forget it, he actually missed Qi Qing very much, but he was not the kind of longing between men and women.
After finding a place to eat breakfast, Zhou Ni immediately returned to his rental house. After looking at the time, he guessed that the two people who were following him should have left the resurrection site. He put on the game helmet and entered the game.
After waiting in that dark space for 10 seconds, Zhou Ni appeared at the resurrection site in Xilu Village.
Seeing that the two people following him were indeed not there, Zhou Ni hurriedly lowered his head and left Xilu Village.
In order to avoid others following him again, Zhou Ni hid in Xilu Forest and asked A Du to help him change his shape again, so he ran to Zhongji Village again.
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In a dilapidated church in Zhongji Village, Zhou Ni lowered his head, looked like he was confessing, and did not move. He had been sitting here for nearly two hours.
Finally, just two hours after Zhou Ni sat down, an old priest wearing a black long gown walked to Zhou Ni.
"If young men, if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse all our unrighteousness."
Seeing that the priest he was waiting for finally came, Zhou Ni raised his head and looked sleepy, obviously not repenting just now.
After the priest said a lot of things that Zhou Ni seems to understand, the system prompts: You have triggered the hidden mission "Atonement".
Mission tip: Please go to the Holy Pool behind the church to cleanse the deepest sins in your soul.
After receiving this prompt, Zhou Ni left the church, took off his equipment, walked into the holy water pool, and took a bath inside. This was the first time Zhou Ni took a bath in this game, and it was a cold shower.
There are also many players nearby. When they saw Zhou Ni suddenly walk into the holy water pool and take a bath, they all looked at Zhou Ni with a strange look.
Zhou Ni ignored them and closed his eyes directly, pretended to be enjoying himself, raised his head and took a deep breath.
After taking in, Zhou Ni suddenly felt a wonderful feeling, feeling that this water could really cleanse the sins deep in his soul, and he had begun to regret the misfortune he had done.
I remember that when Zhou Ni was in college, he would urinate in the public bathtub in the school before coming out. In the past few years, Zhou Ni had never regretted this, but now Zhou Ni regretted it because... when he inhaled just now, he realized that there was a smell of urine in the water. He didn't know which of his friends did such a weird game setting. It's no wonder that others looked at him with that strange look.
Zhou Ni pinched his nose and stayed in the holy water pool for nearly half an hour until he saw a ball of black gas coming out of his body. Task tip: Holy water gently washes your soul, so that your soul feels very pure. Please step closer to the church to receive the guidance of the priest.
After having a lot of conversations with the priest in the church, the system prompts: You have completed the task of "Atonement"
Your title "Despicable Man" has disappeared, and you have had an epiphany during the process of atonement and gained 10,000 experience points.
Chapter completed!