After hanging up the phone, Su Zelin immediately rode his bike to his best friend's house.

When he gave his new phone number to the straightforward Lu Haoran, Lu Haoran was slightly surprised: "Zelin, you got a new phone, how much was it?"

"Not expensive, just a bit over three thousand!"

Su Zelin said nonchalantly, an invisible aura of coolness emerging from him.

"Over three thousand and you say it's not expensive!"

The cute little guy wiped his forehead, thinking to himself that having money is great.

"Is it from that bonus you got?"

"No, it's from the money I made with that bonus, didn't I tell you, I struck it rich!"

Su Zelin was telling the truth; he had received the bonus from the education bureau and invested it in Shenghai Mei Lin. After ten days, it was more than enough to buy this Nokia 8210.

The cute little guy, however, didn't believe him.

"You're exaggerating, that five thousand bonus just came in, can it lay golden eggs or something."

"Can I take a look?"

Lu Haoran asked tentatively.

"Of course, you can even play around with it, it's not some treasure!"

Su Zelin took it out from his pocket and directly handed it over to him.

Lu Haoran carefully accepted it, afraid it might fall on the ground.

The straightforward guy fiddled with it for a while, enviously saying, "Zelin, this phone looks really nice!"

"What's so nice about it, it's just like a brick!"

Su Zelin said disdainfully.

He actually had quite a distaste for it, but even with money, he had no other choice.

"Haoran, note down my number, 139********, just call my phone if you need anything in the future!"

"Alright!"

Lu Haoran quickly memorized it several times in his mind; it was an easy number to remember, 139 plus the local area code, followed by two consecutive numbers, and he memorized it after a while.

But he was afraid he might forget, so he backed it up on a piece of paper.

Afterwards, the two still went to surf the internet.

Su Zelin put the remaining money in his passbook into another stock.

This stock wasn't a magic stock like Shenghai Mei Lin; a dark horse doesn't appear every day. But its returns were decent and relatively stable, making it a good choice for both short-term and long-term holding.

Every little bit counts; in any case, it's far better than leaving it to earn interest in a bank card, and savvy Su Zelin certainly wouldn't let it go to waste.

As for needing start-up funds after entering college, he could sell it anytime.

...

They surfed the internet at the internet café until noon and had lunch together.

The best friend went home, but Su Zelin hadn't had enough fun and headed to the arcade hall.

As soon as he entered, he saw a primary school student playing King of Fighters '97.

This was one of the most popular fighting games in arcades at the time, with almost every King of Fighters machine fully occupied, especially '97, which had been popular for a long time. In this era, top players who were really good at it even made a lot of money from live streaming on Douyu in later years.

Lao K, Huizhi, He Lao'er, Fish Brother, Ye Fen Tian...

Su Zelin had always been an arcade expert, and even before his reincarnation, he occasionally played on Yu, ranking quite high, and could even win a few rounds against professional big streamers.

No worries if there aren't empty machines, King of Fighters can be played against others, and losers have to step aside.

Su Zelin bought some tokens and sat down at the second player's stick next to the primary school student, inserting a token.

The primary school student glanced at him with disdain, because he was an expert in this field.

But two minutes later, he was dumbfounded as Su Zelin's Iori Yagami knocked out all three of his characters.

Apart from studying, the jack-of-all-trades was almost skilled at everything, and there wasn't an arcade game he couldn't play, especially King of Fighters. In every arcade in the city, no opponent was a match for him.

The beaten-up primary school student refused to accept defeat and inserted another token to regain his dignity, yet was swiftly defeated by the very first Iori Yagami again.

After losing two tokens consecutively without a doubt, the primary school student finally realized he had met a top-notch expert, and they weren't on the same level.

"Just you wait, I'm calling my big brother over!"

The primary school student left a fierce remark.

Su Zelin was amused by him.

Oh, the kid's got guts, even dares to call for backup!

The hooligans at this arcade would take a detour if they saw him!

After a while, the primary school student brought his big brother over.

Su Zelin almost laughed like a pig upon seeing them.

He thought it was some kind of gang "big brother", but it turned out to be another chubby primary school student, perhaps just a bit older.

The little chubby guy didn't say a word, stepped up and inserted a token, planning to avenge his "little brother"!

But after a few rounds, he too was beaten to the point of doubting life.

With the tokens gone, the little chubby guy couldn't even beat the first character.

The two primary school students gritted their teeth and pooled their pocket money to buy one last token, even selecting Terry to use infinite combos. This kind of cheap tactic often led to real-life PKs in arcades, but of course, Su Zelin wouldn't take it personally.

It was still no use; maybe the pressure was too much, or his skills just weren't up to par. The infinite combo with the first token Terry failed halfway, though they managed to take down 90% of the first character Iori Yagami's health.

Just when the chubby kid thought he could definitely take down the first opponent this time, the second character immediately got hit by Iori's Saikyo Dan opening.

Demon Steps, close C, Saikyo Dan, Demon Steps, close C, Saikyo Dan...

Iori unleashed an infinite combo, taking him down completely, and the chubby kid's second character Kyo Kusanagi became a blood bag Kyo.

An old King of Fighters player who knew Su Zelin sympathetically looked at the chubby kid.

The jack-of-all-trades was the pioneer of infinite combos in this arcade; Terry's infinite combo rush, BOSS Orochi's infinite kicks, Iori's infinite Saikyo Dan, and Yamazaki Ryuji's infinite kick sand, he knew them all.

This chubby kid playing infinite combos with the pioneer is just asking for humiliation!

The "big brother"'s third character Robert didn't last long, getting caught by Iori's dash small leap to break his guard, followed by an infinite combo of Demon Steps, ending with a Maeken punch + special Eight Wine Cup for a flashy finish, leaving the chubby kid stunned.

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