Slacking off in the Game of Survival

Chapter 12 Qian Family’s Siblings

Capital planet.

Qian Chi was pacing back and forth in the room, feeling extremely restless.

Qian Chi would originally ring up his friends for a celebration after successfully advancing after a tough run. But ever since he found out that one could only be eliminated in the game’s instances and would not be offered the option to quit after advancing further, he started panicking.

Although he had previously told Qian Yue, “You can just get eliminated in the first instance,” as a sibling who had known her for so many years, he knew very well what kind of person his older sister was!

“What is my sis doing?”

“Why hasn’t she called to scold me yet?”

“Could it be that she’s already on her way back home with a knife?!”

His friends couldn’t bear to watch anymore.

Yuan Dongqi teased, “Seriously, young master Qian? You’re all scared because of a girl?”

“Get lost! She’s not just any girl. Watch your mouth, she’s my sis. My biological sister!”

A few friends smiled knowingly but remained silent.

The affairs of the Qian family were no secret in their circle.

Qian Yue was indeed Qian Chi’s older sister, and the Qian family was not a household that favored boys over girls or had lofty standards.

There were no messy affairs like illegitimate children. However, the siblings had been lost for seven or eight years during their childhood.

When they were found and brought back, Qian Chi was still young, and there was still time to teach him everything(etiquette) slowly. As the only son of the Qian family of his generation, he is considered an influential figure in their circle.

But Qian Yue was already seventeen or eighteen at that time. Rumors say that she has a bad temper and a wild personality. Before being found, she was planning to drop out of school and work at a repair shop. Full of rebelliousness, she was an odd one out among her generation of wealthy young ladies.

Perhaps it was guilt towards their daughter, as the Qian family’s parents dared not interfere too much. They never scolded her, whether it be hiring private tutors or going to school, they left everything up to her. They even covered for her when she skipped classes.

Later, when it was time to choose a university, free-soul Qian Yue flew off to another planet. Since then, she was almost nonexistent in the second-generation rich circle in the capital planet.

Last they heard the name “Qian Yue” was when the Du family’s second young master was forced to go on a blind date with her. Rumors say that she was dark-skinned with a strong physique, and Du Ershao only took one look before he left in a huff.

…

Yuan Dongqi sighed, “Can you stop pacing about? It’s making me dizzy. Maybe your sis didn’t even advance.”

Qian Chi firmly stated, “That’s impossible!”

“Confident in that girl… I mean, your sis?” Yuan Dongqi said casually, “Why don’t you just call and find out?”

“…,” Qian Chi remained silent.

If he had the courage, he wouldn’t be so anxious and afraid.

But it couldn’t go on like this either. The more Qian Chi thought about it, the more panicky he became. Finally, with a determined heart, he took a deep breath and dialed the phone with trembly
fingers—

Ten seconds.

Qian Chi held his breath, while the others teased him by winking, only to be glared back at without exception.

Thirty seconds.

Qian Chi listened intently, the beeping wait tone making everyone in the room involuntarily nervous.

Forty seconds… Fifty seconds…

No one answered!

Just as the wealthy young men in the room were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw Qian Chi throw his holophone and explode!

“It’s over! My sis must be sharpening her knives!”

Meanwhile, the one thought to be sharpening her knives— Qian Yue— had slept til noon the next day. She opened her holophone, and was bombardard with apology messages from Qian Chi.

At first, he subtly tried to find out what she was doing, sending a bunch of cute emojis, hoping to let it be bygones with a bit of cuteness.

After a while, he started changing the topic, calling her now and then. In the end, it turned into a series of increasingly sincere apology essays.

He was just a few steps away from repeating “I was wrong” and “I’m sorry” hundreds of times.

Qian Yue quickly scanned through the message titles without even bothering to read the details. With a cool attitude, she replied,
“Okay, noted.”

She tossed her holophone aside and got up to shower.

To be frankly honest, when Qian Yue first learned about the news yesterday, she was undoubtedly angry. But after sleeping on it, she became much calmer.

Looking at the beautiful reflection in the mirror, Qian Yue expressionlessly gestured a slashing motion on her neck.

Accurate and quick.

She muttered to herself, “Nevermind, let’s just consider it a longer nightmare.”

Qian Yue thought about it and felt annoyed. She used to uncaringly skip even the blind dates arranged by her parents, but unexpectedly, she got trapped by a game.

“… If I had known it would be like this, I would have dealt with it earlier.”

Because she had decided to be eliminated on the day of entering the game, Qian Yue paid no attention to any news related to “Ten-Day Plan,” and had not even logged into the game forum.

Qian Chi, on the other hand, was diligent in researching, reading various technical posts, and actually learned a lot.

But Qian Chi felt he had to be cautious during this period and dared not send messages to Qian Yue too frequently, let alone mention the game in front of her.

Soon came the day of the start of the next instance.

The nutrition pod closed, and Qian Yue’s vision flickered, once again arriving in that familiar white room.

“Welcome back to ‘Ten-Day Plan.'”

“Player currently possess 30 attribute points in temporary storage. Would you like to allocate them manually or randomly?”

Qian Yue, “Randomly.”

“The attribute points have been randomly allocated and and stats have been restored. Please confirm.”

Name: Qian Yue

Occupation: Beggar

Level: 2

Health: 115/115

Stamina: 110/110

Mental Points: 85/85

Qian Yue confirmed without any objections.

“Based on player feedback, the following additions have been made to this closed beta test—”

“Added the Super Mall.” “Issued advancement rewards.” “Starting from this instance, before players officially enter the instance, each person will receive an advancement reward of 1000 yen and have one shopping opportunity. This opportunity cannot be stored or accumulated.”

“The player’s current total balance is 1000 yen. Would player like to enter the Super Mall?”

Qian Yue realized halfway what this was about. This feature should be an optimization aimed at the existence of the Item Merchant.

With so many players in the closed beta, it’s inevitable that some would have bad luck and not be able to buy any items in an instance.

Therefore, the game deliberately added a Super Mall to give players a chance to restock before entering the instance.

Such an opportunity, would likely be welcomed by most.

However, Qian Yue still chose “No” directly.

She thought to herself: I’m just going in to go through the motions, no need to bother with the hassle. Maybe while other players were still deliberating on what to buy, I’d already be out.

What Qian Yue never expected was that before entering the instance, she immediately regretted it the moment she saw the name of the instance—

“The second instance, ‘Dark Rock Incident,’ has started. Good luck.”

[TL Note: Hi all I’m back! apologies for the unannounced semi-hiatus, updates at eruisreads will be daily from now till the 17th to make up for missed chapters, then it will be back to one every other day. Happy reading~]