Chapter 52: First Client
The moods of the two were not good, and thus, there was little communication afterward.
Leng Qing Qiu returned to her bedroom, while Lu Zhiyin slept on the sofa for the entire night.
Without any dreams, the next day, Lu Zhiyin woke up early as usual.
“…”
Looking at the dim alley outside the window, Lu Zhiyin was still somewhat confused. The events of yesterday felt like an unreal dream to her.
“…It’s not a dream.”
She pinched her face, and the repulsive pain mercilessly pulled her out of her unrealistic fantasies.
Slowly sitting up from the sofa, Lu Zhiyin hugged her legs.
She looked towards the kitchen.
Today, she didn’t want to cook for Leng Qing Qiu anymore. She wanted to rest a little…
“Anyway, she doesn’t have to go to school today, so it should be fine if she makes her own breakfast, right?”
Speaking of which, Lu Zhiyin hadn’t cooked that many times before, had she? Leng Qing Qiu probably wouldn’t mind her slacking off a little.
Her gaze lingered on the sofa and coffee table for a long time, finally spotting her phone lying quietly in the corner of the sofa.
Lu Zhiyin opened her phone. No one had sent her any messages, which was normal, as her only Qiuqiu friend was Leng Qing Qiu.
Hesitantly opening Qiuqiu, Lu Zhiyin stared at Leng Qing Qiu’s profile picture, lost in thought for a moment.
“I don’t want to make breakfast today, sorry.”
In the end, she sent this message. She didn’t know if Leng Qing Qiu was awake or if she would even check her phone, but Lu Zhiyin still sent it. Perhaps she was afraid Leng Qing Qiu would find some “slick guy” to mess with her?
Lu Zhiyin had developed a psychological shadow regarding that so-called childhood friend.
Closing her eyes, Lu Zhiyin exited Qiuqiu and opened the game called Heroic Chronicle.
“Hmm, my rank hasn’t changed.”
After a brief look at her rank, Lu Zhiyin was about to continue climbing when she accidentally noticed a small red dot on her friend icon.
Casually clicking on the friends list, she saw a friend request.
“You’re very good at the game, can you help me rank up?”
These ordinary words instantly energized Lu Zhiyin.
Her body trembled, and Lu Zhiyin felt her hands shaking. This was her first client.
“Calm down… calm down… *sigh…*”
Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhiyin placed her hand on her chest, trying to calm herself down… er, if only there weren’t those two soft lumps in front of her, the effect would probably be better.
In any case, Lu Zhiyin accepted the friend request with some excitement.
Coincidentally, this person was online.
After accepting the friend request, Lu Zhiyin finally had time to observe the client’s nickname and avatar.
Her first client’s avatar was a cluster of purple lilacs, and the nickname was Ziyan. From just the avatar and nickname, Lu Zhiyin couldn’t determine the person’s age group.
But it didn’t matter. As long as she could make money, she didn’t care about her client’s age.
Blinking, she stared at the empty chat box. After a short while, the client sent a string of numbers.
“Add me on Qiuqiu first, then we can discuss the price, and it’ll be convenient for account login.”
Looking at the message from the client, Lu Zhiyin felt that the client was right. So, she quickly opened Qiuqiu, entered the numbers, and sent a friend request.
Soon, the request was accepted.
“Um, hello there.”
As soon as the friend request was accepted, Lu Zhiyin eagerly greeted the client, attaching an emoji of someone peeking from the door.
Well… although Lu Zhiyin was much more lively online, she still needed emojis to supplement her communication.
She had no prior experience taking orders, so Lu Zhiyin tried her best to appear enthusiastic.
“Yes, hello. Are you taking on boosting jobs?”
The client on the other side replied quickly, which was quite pleasant, as there was no bad habit of leaving a message for a while before replying.
“Yes, yes, are you looking for a ranking up service?”
Due to extreme nervousness, Lu Zhiyin asked a question that was quite redundant.
If they weren’t looking to rank up, this client wouldn’t have contacted her, right?
“Yes, what are the prices?”
Asking directly about the price was quite straightforward. Such direct communication made Lu Zhiyin feel more at ease. She disliked trying to guess people’s thoughts and also disliked haggling.
However, another question began to trouble her. Although she had some skills in her previous life, she had never been involved in the game boosting industry, nor had she ever hired a booster. Therefore, she was not very familiar with pricing.
But even if she understood the boosting industry in her previous life, it might not be useful in this world, right? After all, it was a different world.
Sitting in her wheelchair, Lu Zhiyin dazedly looked at her phone screen, pondering the pricing.
Fearing that the client would think she was being perfunctory and leave, Lu Zhiyin didn’t think for too long before tentatively sending a message.
“Three yuan per star, what do you think?”
Following the words was an emoji of a puppy with a question mark.
Lu Zhiyin didn’t know if the other party could accept this price.
For low-tier games like this, Lu Zhiyin could win about eight matches per hour, which converted to an hourly wage of around 24 yuan. That was a decent income, but Lu Zhiyin couldn’t guarantee that she would get orders every day.
She was a little anxious.
“It’s a bit expensive. How about two yuan per star? I want to reach King.”
The client began to bargain. For money, Lu Zhiyin really had no room to haggle. After all, this was her first client. Earning a little less was better than earning nothing, wasn’t it?
Thinking this, Lu Zhiyin readily agreed to the client’s proposal.
Next was the account login process.
Once she logged into the client’s account, Lu Zhiyin casually opened the client’s profile page, and what greeted her eyes was a dazzling array of skins.
It seemed this client was also a rich girl. Although she didn’t know why this rich girl minded that little star, Lu Zhiyin was still quite satisfied.
Having skins to use made her mood a little better, and perhaps the ranking up speed would also be faster.
Thinking this, Lu Zhiyin opened the rank interface. What she saw was Diamond V with one star. From now on, reaching King would earn her a hundred yuan, which was quite a good deal for Lu Zhiyin.
Quickly immersing herself in the game, Lu Zhiyin stopped paying attention to anything else.
Meanwhile, at the house of the Principal of Lu Zhiyin’s school, a pink-haired girl wearing a school uniform was engrossed in reading an online novel.
“Found a dark slave to do the fighting, lucky me.”
Shaking her head, the dark slave fighter the girl was referring to was naturally Lu Zhiyin.
Having someone else help her rank up while she leisurely read a novel felt absolutely wonderful.
As for the person who was helping her rank up at a price much lower than the market rate? She couldn’t care less.
Author’s Note: There should be one more update later.
