Chapter 26: Who Should Be the One to Leave This House?

What’s wrong with Building No.3?

It’s not just Guo Mo who’s curious; other viewers in the livestream are also puzzled.

The real estate model displayed at the sales office looks just like a normal sales office, allowing customers to choose units and floors.

What’s wrong with that?

Guo Mo initially thought the same, but when he took a closer look at Building No.3, especially the surrounding structures and road planning, he was dumbfounded.

Isn’t this the building where his aunt’s house is located?

That’s right!

He could see it clearly; the residential building where his aunt’s house is in the game is exactly this Building No.3 in the demonstration sandbox.

The barrage was also bewildered.

"What does this mean? Buy a house and become neighbors with your aunt?"

"Let’s not even talk about affording it; even if we could, being neighbors doesn’t seem to have any point, right?"

"True, aside from the aunt’s house, none of the other floors’ apartments can be interacted with."

"Why is the streamer daydreaming? It’s almost dark, get back home, or your uncle’s going to scold you again!"

Go home?

Prompted by the barrage, Guo Mo finally snapped out of it and pointed at the screen’s real estate model, "Haven’t you noticed the problem yet?"

"Buying a house allows you to choose floors and units. If I save enough money and buy the property rights to Room 302 in Building No.3, what would happen?"

302?!

The barrage took a moment to process until one viewer said, "Isn’t 302 the aunt’s apartment?"

Right!

The other viewers quickly realized, 302 was indeed the aunt’s apartment, already occupied by her family. How could players purchase it?

This game is crazy!

Let’s not even mention why a house lived in for so long by his aunt’s family is available for sale in the sales office; the point is why did the streamer think of this?

"What are you trying to do?"

"No way, no way!"

"Streamer, think it through! What if it’s just the developer’s bad joke, and even with enough money, you can’t actually buy it?"

"Yeah! Stop overthinking, let’s just go to a net café for an all-nighter..."

True.

It takes a lot of money to buy a house in the game, and if he painstakingly saves up the money, what if it’s just a joke by the developer?

Calming down, Guo Mo temporarily set aside his obsession with "buying a house" and directed his character towards his aunt’s house.

"Where have you been loitering around?"

"We raise you and send you to school, and all you do is hang around all day! You worthless thing, come back this late again, and you’re out!"

After getting home, because it was late, [Buried Love~Xiaomo] was predictably scolded and criticized by his uncle.

His cousin also joined in, fabricating all kinds of non-existent stories to slander the protagonist, saying he didn’t concentrate on his studies and caused trouble all the time.

"No... it’s not like that!"

The protagonist wanted to defend himself, but his uncle preferred to believe his cousin’s nonsense and wouldn’t listen to his explanations, even saying he’s like a pile of mud that can’t be shaped into anything useful.

"Damn, I’m so pissed!"

Guo Mo slammed his keyboard in frustration, "Isn’t she spreading false rumors? When did I ever cause trouble?"

The cousin is absolutely disgusting!

Disliking him, her cousin went to all lengths to drive him away, even resorting to slander.

What’s most disheartening is...

Despite her fabrications, the uncle and aunt still believed her, thinking this is who the protagonist is, not even giving him a chance to clear his name.

[Your aunt is very disappointed in you; your allowance has been reduced!]

[Your self-esteem has decreased...]

[Do you want to enter the next month?]

Watching a series of notifications, after clicking continue, a furious Guo Mo took a deep breath, "Fine, fine, we’ll play it this way?"

Scripted death?

Whether it’s a scripted event or not, he was already infuriated by the ridiculous cousin and the overbearing uncle.

This main storyline, it’s just as well not to pursue!

Instead of being disgusted by these two odd relatives and having his self-esteem plummet, he might as well use it for something worthwhile, to test his outrageous theory.

...

Thunderbolt, activate!

After dinner, a busy day behind him, Chen Ba opened his browser and navigated to Thunderbolt’s homepage.

He originally planned to see if Qian Duoduo had posted any new videos, but upon opening the homepage, he saw a streamer playing "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" live.

"Eh?"

Although Chen Ba did buy promotions, this streamer named [Good Friend Guo Mo] was not someone he reached out to.

In other words, this person wasn’t paid by Tianba Studio, definitely an organic viewer.

"He’s made it to the homepage recommendation, and so many people are watching?"

A self-starting game streamer playing "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" with over 9999 concurrent viewers and even reaching Thunderbolt’s homepage made him quite curious.

This streamer has some talent!

As everyone knows, Thunderbolt’s streaming section has always been mediocre—seeing concurrent numbers over 9999 is a big scene.

What’s this guy doing?

Gripped by curiosity, Chen Ba clicked into the livestream for a peek.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw the familiar game interface and a streamer in front of the camera fervently tapping on a calculator.

"Brothers, I’ve figured it out!"

"With one more day’s worth of dishwashing, we’ll have the money..."

Dishwashing, saving money?

Those aren’t hard terms to understand.

As a game developer, Chen Ba glanced at the game screen and quickly concluded based on the streamer’s comments: he was working to save money!

"Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" has many areas where money is required; especially after adjusting the values, many items need saving for.

So there’s nothing astonishing about this.

Only this streamer seems quite committed, forgoing school to earn money from work.

"Not worth it!"

Chen Ba shook his head.

While working can indeed earn quite a bit of pocket money, the consequence of skipping school is severe, namely declining grades which greatly displeases the aunt and uncle.

But speaking of...

"Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" still offers a lot of freedom, with no forced way for players to play, even pushing the main storyline is up to them.

Compared to the snobby fans skipping school to go online, this streamer is quite good; at least dishwashing earns money unlike surfing the web!

At double speed, two days flew by.

When the streamer ended his work process, the barrage celebrated wildly like it was a festival, a scene Chen Ba couldn’t quite fathom.

Is it worth getting so excited about?

It’s just dishwashing, did they have to make it look like a liberation from labor prison?

"Huff, huff, huff!"

More excited than the barrage was the streamer Guo Mo in front of the camera.

His face flushed as he navigated the game character towards a shopping mall map, holding back his excitement, saying, "Three years! Do you know how I spent these three years?"

"I washed dishes every day, each session for 12 hours, until my strength was drained, self-esteem hit rock bottom, constantly teetering on the edge of depression!"

"I didn’t wash dishes for three years to prove I’m exceptional, but to tell you all, what I’ve lost must be reclaimed!"

Chen Ba: "???"

Before he could figure out what the streamer was talking about, he saw the protagonist on-screen walk into the sales office.

So what’s he planning to do?

Seeing the sales office, Chen Ba’s face showed even more puzzlement.

Washing dishes for so long just to buy an in-game property, was it necessary to be so excited?

In-game properties can only be seen, not lived in!

"Building No.3, Room 302, 142 square meters, total price 639,000 yuan..."

"Damn! He really did buy it?"

After selecting the floor and room number, and successfully paying, streamer Guo Mo was stunned, and the stream went silent instantly.

No way, he really bought it?

"Living Under Someone’s Roof? Hahaha!"

Guo Mo in front of the camera blushed like a freshly-steamed lobster, opening the [Property Deed] from his inventory and spreading his arms, "Now tell me, who should be the one kicked out of this house?"

Chen Ba: "..."

Who is he? Where is he?