Chapter 18: Qin Tian's Head-Pat Kill

"Qin Tian, are you... okay?"

Xia Nuannuan's timid voice sounded.

"I'm fine."

Qin Tian turned his head to look at her and smiled slightly, "You weren't scared, were you?"

Xia Nuannuan nodded in a panic, then hurriedly shook her head, saying, "No, no."

In fact, she was indeed a little bit scared.

But she also knew that Qin Tian getting so angry and even hitting that girl was all for her sake.

She felt no fear or dread toward Qin Tian, only full gratitude and affection.

Qin Tian raised his hand to the top of her head, rubbed it gently, and chuckled, "As long as you're not, go back to doing your problems!"

Xia Nuannuan blushed and said "mm," then looked worriedly in the direction Jin Lili had left.

"Don't worry about it, I'm here, it's fine!"

Qin Tian guessed her thoughts and comforted her in a calm tone.

"Mm!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded again, set her mind at ease, put on her headphones, and buried her head in her work again.

Before long, Xu Hao and Zhang Peng returned, bringing the packed food and two boxes of rice for Qin Tian and the others.

"Master, what happened here?"

After sitting down, Xu Hao sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off and asked in surprise.

He was a regular at this internet cafe and felt the change in the atmosphere here too clearly.

It was too quiet around them, and many people kept glancing over.

"Eat some food, you won't get fat!"

Qin Tian handed the chopsticks to Xia Nuannuan and then told Xu Hao about what had just happened.

"This woman... is a bit troublesome!"

After listening, Xu Hao frowned and said.

"You know her?"

Qin Tian asked suspiciously.

Xia Nuannuan, while eating, also quietly pricked up her ears.

"I guess you could say I know her, but we're not close."

Xu Hao nodded, looked at Qin Tian, and said, "Master, this woman Jin Lili is a bit troublesome. Why don't you and Sister-in-law go back first? I'll think of a way to handle it."

"What do you mean?"

Qin Tian's expression became serious.

Xia Nuannuan and Zhang Peng were also looking at Xu Hao with nervous expressions.

"She herself isn't much, but she has a lover who has some influence in Yucheng. He has dozens of people under him who follow him for a living, mainly doing things like guarding venues, fighting for others, and collecting debts."

Xu Hao's expression was a bit heavy as he added, "They are all young people in their teens and twenties with no education, and they'll do anything when they get reckless."

"I understand."

Qin Tian nodded in realization, his expression not changing much.

But Xia Nuannuan, beside him, was already scared pale. She tugged on Qin Tian's sleeve and suggested tremblingly, "Qin Tian, let's listen to Xu Hao and go back first!"

"Yes, Xia Nuannuan and Haozi are right, Qin Tian. A wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him. Why don't you avoid them for now?"

Zhang Peng also chimed in to persuade him.

Qin Tian pondered for a long time, looked at Xia Nuannuan, and said, "Nuannuan, why don't you go back first? See you at school in the afternoon."

He had no intention of leaving.

First, with his current combat power, there was no need to be overly fearful.

In the end, they were just a bunch of small-time thugs; it would be a good chance to test his current skills when they arrived.

Second, hiding for a while wouldn't help.

Snakes have their paths, and rats have their holes; those people were experts at digging up information.

Who knows, they might find him at school or even go directly to his house in a couple of days, which would be even more troublesome.

Besides, he didn't want to leave this trouble for Xu Hao alone.

"No, then I won't go back either."

Xia Nuannuan naturally understood what he meant and shook her head like a rattle-drum.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. Believe in me."

"No, I'm not leaving."

"Nuannuan..."

Qin Tian had a bit of a headache.

It wasn't that he couldn't protect Xia Nuannuan, but he was afraid of scaring her again.

"Master, you don't need to worry too much. My dad knows Jin Lili's lover; he should be able to give me some face."

Xu Hao said.

However, Qin Tian, with the soul of an adult, heard the lack of confidence in his tone.

It seemed that this "face" wouldn't be so easy to give.

"Forget it, everyone just do what you need to do. When soldiers come, block them; when water comes, earth covers it. Believe me, there's a way to solve it."

Qin Tian smiled calmly.

Seeing his confident and composed appearance, the three of them looked at each other.

………………………………………………

Qin Tian had already made his decision, and the three of them didn't say anything more, only able to do their own things half-heartedly.

After eating and drinking his fill, Qin Tian continued to play ranked games to climb the ranks.

After selecting his hero, he suddenly remembered something. With a thought, he pulled up the system's personal attribute page, his attention landing on the skills column.

【Comprehensive Combat Level 5】

Unlike the experience packs for high school subjects he had redeemed before, this skill level was directly at level 5.

Qin Tian immediately felt more confident, set his mind at ease, and continued to wreak havoc in Summoner's Rift.

Until four o'clock in the afternoon, the things Xia Nuannuan and the others were worried about did not happen.

Qin Tian had already played Xu Hao's game account to 1,500 points with an almost perfect win rate.

He bought a name-change card in the shop and changed the game nickname to "Tian Ge Online Game Specialty Store."

That's right, this was the name of the game boosting shop he and Xu Hao were opening.

Xu Hao also understood the process of opening the shop.

Deposits, advertising, and recruiting passersby experts all required money.

After Qin Tian and Xu Hao discussed it, they each took out 2,000 yuan as investment capital, and all profit dividends would be split 60/40 as previously agreed.

After the matters were discussed, the three of them bid farewell to Xu Hao and left the internet cafe.

Evening self-study started at 7:30, so they had to go back first and then go to school.

Better safe than sorry.

Worried that Xia Nuannuan might run into Jin Lili's group on the way, Qin Tian insisted on seeing her home.

Zhang Peng's way home was in the opposite direction, so the three of them parted ways at the entrance of the internet cafe.

"Qin Tian, are you planning to open a Taobao store?"

Xia Nuannuan asked curiously.

When Xu Hao and Qin Tian were discussing it just now, she had been listening with her ears pricked up, and she admired Qin Tian even more in her heart.

Everyone else was still a high school student, only knowing how to study and play wildly, but Qin Tian was already thinking of ways to make money.

And the money he made was quite a lot!

She had seen it with her own eyes yesterday.

A few thousand yuan didn't mean much to her, but she had a concept of it and knew that for an ordinary high school student, it was a huge sum of money.

And Qin Tian had earned it just by playing a few games.

"Yeah, I'm planning to earn a bit more money."

Qin Tian nodded with a smile.

"Are you... very short of money? Do you want me to lend it to you? I, I don't mean anything else, I just want to help you too. I have a lot of savings, and I don't need them for now."

Xia Nuannuan's face was a bit nervous as she tried her best to organize her words.

She had heard her mother say that men are all concerned about face.

A woman with high emotional intelligence should learn to give her man face in public.

Qin Tian couldn't help but laugh, rubbed her head again, and politely refused, "No need, I'm not short of money. This is just planning for the future. Don't worry, if I need it, I'll ask you."

"Mm-hmm, it's a deal!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded happily, her big eyes squinting slightly, enjoying his gentle and doting head-pat kill like a cat.

She really liked this feeling. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====