Chapter 481: Chapter 294: It Hurts, It Hurts So Much!
Old Wang is definitely pretending to be sick!
Chen Ba had already seen through his act, but he didn’t call him out, because taking care of someone pretending to be sick wasn’t his responsibility, so who cared?
After leaving the hospital, Chen Ba took Old Chen to a domestic new energy car dealership.
Old Chen knew how to drive and had a car.
When he decided to move to Jiangning to live with his son, Chen Ba bought him a fully equipped Cayenne.
However, Old Chen had unique tastes and found the car’s appearance outdated and the interior tacky to death, not even equipped with the basic "fridge, TV, big sofa," so he wanted a change.
If he wanted a new car, so be it!
Since Old Chen didn’t care about the three major components, chassis tuning, or power configuration, and just wanted a fridge and TV, buying a new energy electric car would be just fine for him.
Anyway, it was just for driving around the city with no long-distance needs, and electric cars could definitely meet Old Chen’s flashy requirements.
While helping his dad choose a car, Chen Ba’s phone suddenly rang.
"Hello?"
"Ba, it’s Lu!"
On the other end of the phone, Lu’s anxious voice came through: "You better come over to the company and take a look, there are players here causing trouble with a protest banner... #(%)"
At the end of the call, Chen Ba vaguely heard sounds of arguing and pushing, and then Lu hung up the phone.
"Dad, you keep picking out a car here; there’s something going on at the company that I need to go back for. Once you’ve picked out the configuration and model you want, give me a call and I’ll come pay for it!"
After saying this to Old Chen, Chen Ba hurriedly drove to the company, and before he reached the parking lot, he saw a few people downstairs with a banner.
"Unethical company, doing nothing but evil!"
The banner was quite majestic, but these people didn’t seem like they were causing trouble; instead, they seemed like tourists, what was going on?
Chen Ba didn’t rush to get out of the car; he looked at these few people from inside first.
What’s going on?
Wasn’t there arguing on the phone? How come, upon arrival, he saw a scene of harmony and joy?
Lu and Yang Dong, along with others, had somehow gotten a group of plastic stools and were sitting down there chatting with the group, all smiles, with no sign of any conflict.
"What’s going on?"
Chen Ba didn’t bother parking, locked the car roadside, and walked over to ask, "What are you guys doing? Who brought this banner, can someone explain what’s happening?"
"Me, me, me!"
Upon hearing Ba’s question, a young man in a white T-shirt quickly raised his hand and said, "I brought these people, I put up the banner, but I was just joking around..."
Joking around?
Who in their right mind would joke around by putting up a banner outside someone else’s company?
Chen Ba rubbed his forehead, filled with speechlessness, and asked, "Explain to me what this banner means?"
"Here’s the situation..."
Seeing Chen Ba’s slightly annoyed expression, the young man quickly explained why they came to Tianba Studio and the reason for the banner.
"Huh? Your parents divorced because of ’Love Advisor Department,’ your girlfriend dumped you over this game, and your sister met Huang Mao in the game?"
Shocking!
Originally gearing up to hold them accountable, after hearing the young man’s story, Chen Ba’s attitude softened.
Seriously?
If this is true, this young man’s misfortune is pretty extreme, isn’t it? Considering his anger, his protest at Tianba Studio with a banner almost seems reasonable?
Looking again at what the banner said, Chen Ba felt no anger, only sympathy for the young man.
"It’s true, we’ve verified it!"
Yang Dong’s expression was convoluted, like someone with constipation who couldn’t bear to leave the toilet — half laughing, half crying.
"Uh..."
Encountering such an unexpected situation, even Chen Ba was at a loss, unsure whether to comfort this young man or berate himself for inadvertently destroying someone’s family with his game.
"It’s okay, Ba!"
The young man smiled bitterly, "After chatting with Yang and the others, I’ve realized that it’s not your fault. Even without ’Love Advisor Department,’ what was meant to occur would have happened eventually..."
Uh!
Chen Ba didn’t expect the young man to have such a quick shift in mindset, uttering exactly what he intended to say.
What more could he say then?
"Well... don’t be too upset. Can you tell me, what’s happening in your family?"
Prior to arriving, Chen Ba never imagined experiencing such abstract and bizarre events, so he was curious to learn more about the young man’s experiences.
After asking, Chen Ba learned that the young man’s name was Liu Junqun, and he had just turned 24, working at a logistics company in Jiangning.
Liu was an old fan of Tianba.
He had played the earliest ’Cold Window Study Simulator,’ qualifying him as a decade-long fan.
Because of this, he also played Tianba Studio’s renowned dating sim game ’Love Advisor Department,’ not just by himself, but also recommending it to his two-year-younger sister.
His sister got more absorbed in the game than him, quickly meeting a "very understanding" love advisor; they hit it off and their relationship warmed quickly.
Then... Liu’s parents noticed something off about their daughter, and after persistent questioning got no response, they secretly turned on her computer and discovered the game ’Love Advisor Department’.
