Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Fragrance of June (Extra Chapter for Messi’s Championship)

After one round, Mei Fang was brought back by Xia Yuan, with Lin You Xi waiting beside them.

“Ah Fang… really tried his best.”

Xia Yuan extended her hand, which had turned red from being squeezed by Mei Fang, “I almost cried.”

“… If that’s the case, then let Ah Fang rest a bit.”

Lin You Xi shook her head, “I’ll sit alone.”

“That won’t do… if Ah Fang can’t, I’ll sit with you again.”

Xia Yuan said as she prepared to sit on the wooden double dragon ride with Lin You Xi. At this moment, Mei Fang stepped forward again.

“If we’re sitting twice, we should sit twice. How can I go back on my word?”

If things aren’t balanced here, You Xi will definitely be sad and hurt.

You are a big man, Mei Fang.

Sitting twice on a roller coaster isn’t that easy?

Lin You Xi pulled Mei Fang onto the ride, while Xia Yuan went down to find their dad to watch over them.

“Are you forcing yourself?”

“No, not at all… it’s quite fun, you know. This roller coaster… has a very realistic feel, just like touching wood…”

Lin You Xi interrupted him, holding his hand, “Your hands are all sweaty.”

“That’s Yuan Yuan’s sweat, don’t think too much about it…”

Lin You Xi placed Mei Fang’s hand on her leg, looking at him with a gentle smile, “You can also rely on me like you did with Yuan Yuan.”

“Mmm…”

Oh no, suddenly feeling a bit moved, what should I do…

You Xi’s hand and legs are cool, perfect for cooling down.

Although she doesn’t compete with Yuan Yuan, when there’s a chance to be alone, her offensive momentum isn’t weak either.

Just as Mei Fang was about to say something casually, the roller coaster started moving again.

Phew…

Yes, I’m pretending.

Mei Fang wanted to be more composed and calm.

This is for the legendary prosperity of balancing everything!

If I can’t handle this now, how can I ever have any other ambitions in the future!

Mei Fang tightly held Lin You Xi’s hand. Lin You Xi smiled slightly and closed her eyes, savoring the happiness.

The wooden double dragon reached its highest point.

“Woah woah woah—”

Mei Fang’s appearance was completely disheveled by the strong wind.

After riding the roller coaster with Lin You Xi and meeting Xia Yuan and Xia Xun, he couldn’t hold back and kept vomiting into a trash bin.

“Ah Fang is really afraid of roller coasters…”

Lin You Xi felt very sorry for Mei Fang, “We shouldn’t force him to ride anymore in the future.”

“Yeah… Ah Fang is quite pitiful,” Xia Yuan also felt very sorry, “It’s all my fault for asking too much, and Ah Fang always tries to prove himself. Riding twice was too much.”

“But Ah Fang still needs to train to overcome his fears so he can move forward.”

“I agree,” Lin You Xi nodded, “Today’s amount was indeed too much.”

The two seemed to feel sorry for Mei Fang, but also didn’t seem to feel sorry.

Xia Xun followed the three around the amusement park, some rides made him dizzy just watching, but Mei Fang could accompany his daughter and You Xi even ride twice. He admired Mei Fang very much at this moment.

This kid really had a tough time…

After leaving Happy Valley, they ate briefly at McDonald’s before driving hurriedly to Bai Mei County.

The three fell asleep together in the back seat.

Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi both leaned against Mei Fang, who was sleeping with his mouth open, drooling.

“…”

Seeing the harmonious scene in the mirror, Xia Xun recalled the days when the three of them graduated from kindergarten, rode in his car, and celebrated Yuan Yuan’s 6th birthday. He felt very satisfied.

The children have really grown up…

Less than a week after the specialized high school exam results came out—

Mei Fang and Lin You Xi got A+ in all three subjects, which is an absolute admission score; Xia Yuan got A+ in Chinese and English, and A in Math, but her actual score was much lower than required, so she passed easily.

On the day of knowing the admission results, the excited Xia Yuan showed a super Ah Fang energy-style hug in front of Xia Xun’s father, but in the end, Mei Fang cleverly included Lin You Xi, turning it into a super group hug, making it more about team spirit rather than a special hug between a boy and girl.

Being admitted to Jiangcheng Shi No.1 High School meant they didn’t need to take the high school entrance exam, but Mei Fang, Lin You Xi, and Xia Yuan were asked by teachers to participate, since their scores affected the number of people on the school’s red list and teacher resumes. They agreed, wanting to make the most of their final middle school years.

The school, relieved of升学 pressure, exempted them from evening self-study and weekend classes, giving Mei Fang time to improve his game-making experience.

In the spring of 2011, the game development engine Unity3D officially updated to support Android environments, allowing direct packaging into APK files. Mei Fang had already started working on two small text-based games early in the year, using the前世 “Life Reopened Simulator” and “Reigns” as references.

“Life Reopened Simulator” was a well-known web game where players essentially clicked to choose their story paths.

At the start, players chose attribute points and initial random talents, then continuously clicked to trigger events. Based on their attributes, different outcomes were rolled, and each playthrough could even earn points from the previous life. The goal was to live longer and better.

For this game, Mei Fang saw no need for changes. He wrote the planning document and code himself. He didn’t need art, just wireframes were enough. This game aimed to win domestic acclaim, so he handed over the story text requirements to Xia Yuan to help set it up.

Xia Yuan was happy to participate in game creation and diligently filled in content for Mei Fang. Since the text volume was large, she recruited Yue Xinyi, a former class representative and friend of Lin You Xi, to write together. Due to her frequent reading of novels, her writing had great creativity, which Mei Fang found more engaging.

“Reigns” was also a clicking choice game where you played as kings throughout history, managing policies to maintain民心, religion, economy, and military within reasonable ranges to extend your reign. It was more fun on touch-screen phones, allowing left-right swipes to make decisions.

This game would involve card art and could become a series but remain small in scale.

Last year, Mei Fang bought a new graphic tablet, saying he’d give his old one to Guo Yun. He assigned this task to his classmate Guo Yun to help draw the cards, emphasizing not to let this interfere with her studies since she still needed to take the high school entrance exam, unlike him who was free.

However, Guo Yun treated this assignment as a way to pass the time, completing all the card drawings in just two weeks. The quality was good, recognizable, and unified, fitting the indie game focus on gameplay fun and sufficient art.

These people didn’t cost Mei Fang any salary; they were unpaid contributors. After all, they never thought they could make money from this. Mei Fang didn’t dare pay them, fearing it might be impolite.

As for other junior high school friends:

Zhang Ming actually passed the entrance exam for Bai Mei No.1 Middle School’s science experimental class last year, something Zhang Ming couldn’t achieve in the past.

Mei Fang sensed this change was closely related to Lu Xueqing, who also passed the science experimental class.

However, they left their current class next semester, and Mei Fang never had the chance to ask properly.

If it truly was his persuasion that led to this outcome, it would be a beautiful butterfly effect.

Peng Xue hadn’t interacted much with Mei Fang recently. Mei Fang only heard occasionally from Xia Yuan that her cousin, who played folk music, lived with her and wanted to learn guitar or another instrument. Mei Fang asked Xia Yuan to remind her to focus more on the high school entrance exam and play those things during the summer.

Apart from game progress, Mei Fang had Lin You Xi learn the PhoneGap framework, letting her and a privately recruited C Station employee develop the C Station mobile app.

This framework used a lot of JavaScript, which Lin You Xi easily mastered. Mei Fang oversaw the project planning and development schedule, progressing orderly through milestones.

The flower sea of May quietly ended, and the fragrance of June arrived mid-month. After a brief struggle and preparation, the high school entrance exam became trivial in the eyes of Mei Fang’s trio.

Their junior high school life came to an end.

(End of Chapter)