“Little Lin, do you have any plans for tomorrow, the weekend?”
On the phone, Xia Hongyao’s energetic voice could be heard.
“No!”
Jin Yingzhen was going back to Goryeo tomorrow, so Lin Baici didn’t need to accompany her anymore. He wasn’t interested in going shopping, eating delicious food, and wandering around alone.
“Then I’ll take you to a good place tomorrow.”
Xia Hongyao boasted, “You can look forward to it now!”
“How good is it?”
Lin Baici laughed, “I just hope we don’t encounter God’s Ruins again this time!”
“We won’t. The place we’re going to is in the city. If a meteor falls, my sister will definitely take the Divine Hunters in immediately!”
Xia Hongyao signaled to Lin Baici not to worry. This time, they were just going to enjoy themselves.
After chatting for a while and setting a time, they ended the call.
Lin Baici returned to the dormitory and saw his newly bought Alien laptop lying on the bed, barely used.
This won’t do. Such an expensive computer shouldn’t be left unused.
Lin Baici started playing games.
After playing for about an hour, the welcome party ended and his roommates came back.
“Oh my god, Lao Bai, so you’re Lin Dashifu!”
As soon as Fang Mingyuan came back, he hugged Lin Baici and said, “Please give me the MP3 format!”
“Me too!”
“I want it too!”
Zhang Zhixu and his group, about thirty people in total, didn’t go back to the dormitory. Instead, they came straight to Room 906. Since there wasn’t enough space in the dormitory, they stood in the hallway.
“What Lin Dashifu?”
Lin Baici smiled bitterly. He didn’t expect so many people to have watched his chanting videos.
Qian Jiahui took out a few coins from his wallet and threw them to Lin Baici. “Here, sing a three yuan song!”
Haha!
Everyone burst into laughter.
“Lao Bai, how did you chant the sutras so well? Does someone in your family become a monk?”
Hu Wenwu was very curious.
“No, it’s just a hobby. I usually listen to the sutras and meditate. If you listen to them a lot, you’ll learn.”
Lin Baici shrugged. “Hey, let’s talk about something else!”
“What should we talk about? What scent does Mi Qin have?”
Xu Daguan smirked.
“It’s peach scent!”
Lin Baici rubbed his nose. “Her skin is really good!”
“Better than dumplings?”
Everyone knew that Bai Jiao lived up to her name, as white as milk.
“Let me put it this way, if you guys want to find a soft girl, a good wife and mother, Mi Qin is definitely suitable!”
Lin Baici commented.
“I actually want that. Among the people in our major, except for you and Qian Jiahui, no one is qualified to pursue Mi Qin!”
Fang Mingyuan knew his own worth.
Everyone agreed with this statement, even Xu Daguan didn’t refute it. But Liu Yu didn’t like hearing it.
“You shouldn’t underestimate yourself!”
Liu Yu thought to himself, when I become an official in the future, I won’t even bother sleeping with someone like Mi Qin. At least I’ll aim for A-list celebrities.
“You’re just a frog in a well!”
Someone retorted, making Liu Yu feel uncomfortable.
“Lao Bai, have you ever thought about becoming an internet celebrity? I’ve seen your videos, they’re very popular!”
“Yeah, which company are you planning to sign with?”
“Big official, aren’t you a streamer? Do you have any suggestions?”
Everyone discussed it eagerly, not because they cared about Lin Baici’s future, but because they wanted to understand this industry. After all, everyone wanted to become an internet celebrity now.
It’s easy, free, and makes money quickly.
“Cough cough, this is a long story!”
Xu Daguan didn’t want to tell these people the truth, at least not easily. Shouldn’t he treat them to a big meal?
Want to freeload?
Not a chance.
But Xu Daguan noticed that Lin Baici had started playing games again and didn’t care at all.
Lin Baici’s thoughts of being an UP主 had long since faded. Even if he wanted to become one, he would consult Hua Yueyu. After all, she was the top streamer at Shark TV, and she was much more popular than Xu Daguan.
The group chatted until lights out, and the conversation was still lively.
“Can we go to sleep now?”
Liu Yu was unhappy. When he was washing up and going to the bathroom, he deliberately slammed the door, making a loud noise.
“What’s wrong with this kid?”
“Jealous, maybe?”
“Can’t stand seeing others doing well!”
Although they hadn’t been together for long, many people already disliked Liu Yu. He thought he was very cunning, but in reality, his emotions were written all over his face. On the other hand, Xu Daguan was always cheerful and had many friends.
“Let’s all go to sleep and talk another day!”
Lin Baici got up and escorted everyone out.
“Why sleep? Let’s stay up and have fun!”
Zhang Zhixu shouted, but when he saw that Lin Baici didn’t want to chat, he went back to the dormitory too.
Lin Baici got on the bed and lay down. After a moment, Hua Yueyu sent a video call.
Click to answer.
“Xiao Bai, are you asleep?”
“Not yet!”
In the video, Hua Yueyu had obviously just taken a shower. She was wearing a yellow Pikachu pajamas, her hair was tied up, and she was drinking milk.
“Shall we go play together tomorrow? I’ve booked tickets for Disneyland!”
Hua Yueyu had been looking forward to this weekend for a long time.
“I have plans tomorrow!”
Lin Baici sat up.
“With a girl?”
Hua Yueyu saw Lin Baici nod and pouted, “Well then, let’s make plans for another day!”
Fang Mingyuan, Qian Jiahui, and Xu Daguan exchanged glances.
“With a girl!”Xu Daguan made a mouth shape and stretched his neck, wanting to sneak a peek at Lin Baici’s phone.
“My roommates are going to sleep. I’ll continue talking another day, okay?”
Lin Baici didn’t want to disturb others.
“Well, you should rest early. Bye.”
Hua Yueyu ended the video call and considered whether to rent a house outside of school for Lin Baici so they could chat anytime at night.
Ah!
Or maybe they should just live together and chat face to face.
“Old Bai, is this your girlfriend?”
Qian Jiahui was very curious about what kind of girl Lin Baici liked.
“No!”
Lin Baici lay back down and rubbed his nose. Although the window was open, the smell in the dormitory was still strong, especially Xu Daguan’s stinky feet. It was unbearable.
“She’s pursuing you, right? Otherwise, why would she video call you so late at night?”
Fang Mingyuan analyzed.
In his opinion, if a girl wasn’t interested, she would have used the excuse of “taking a shower” to brush him off.
“Big official, what does the girl look like? Did you see her?”
Qian Jiahui couldn’t sleep. “Should I go buy some beer?”
There was a student entrepreneurship in the dormitory building, and they set up a small convenience store. Every night, they would go to each dormitory to sell food, mostly instant noodles and sausages.
“I didn’t see her!”
Xu Daguan blinked his eyes. “But her voice sounds good, and it’s somewhat familiar!”
“Do you think so too?”
Qian Jiahui got excited, as if he had discovered a new continent. “Does she look a bit like Hua Yueyu?”
“Yeah, she really does!”
Xu Daguan was surprised, but in his heart, he felt that she couldn’t be as cute and sweet as Hua Yueyu. After all, I, Xia Hongyao, am the cutest and sweetest little fish in the world!
…
On Saturday, at 9 o’clock in the morning, Xia Hongyao drove a jeep to the school gate to pick up Lin Baici and take him to the nice place she mentioned.
“Do you have a special liking for this kind of car?”
Looking at the plain and unremarkable green color, Lin Baici couldn’t love it.
“I drive whatever is available!”
Xia Hongyao wasn’t a car enthusiast.
These cars were all used by the Security Bureau, but not many people drove them. With their salaries, they could afford Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars.
There were more cars in the city area, but the speed was not fast. Xia Hongyao drove for over an hour and arrived at the southern part of the city.
This was the old city area, which could be seen from the low and dilapidated buildings.
“As long as these houses are demolished, every household will be millionaires. But with the current real estate market situation, it’s not easy to demolish them.”
Xia Hongyao parked the car on a pedestrian street.
There were quite a few pedestrians shopping!
“There are more than ten famous old restaurants on this street!”
Xia Hongyao parked the car and walked with Lin Baici.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, they turned into an alley. Since it was daytime, the lights on the signs were not on.
Lin Baici took a look and saw that they were all small bars and dance halls.
“Do you like rock music? There are several underground music halls here, where bands that don’t have the qualifications to perform on stage often come to perform!”
Xia Hongyao led Lin Baici through twists and turns, opened an iron gate, and walked in.
After passing through a dim corridor that was over thirty meters long, there was a downward staircase. On the staircase, there were some peanut-sized colored lights hanging.
“Are you taking me to do underground transactions?”
Lin Baici surveyed the surroundings. He always felt that this place was more prone to criminal activities.
After going down the stairs, there was a corridor that was over thirty meters long with doors on both sides of the walls.
Xia Hongyao walked to one of the doors.
“Remember, it’s this door. If you come alone, don’t go the wrong way!”
After Xia Hongyao finished speaking, she pushed open the door.
Inside was still a corridor. At the end of the corridor, a jazz music drifted into Lin Baici’s ears.
It was a bar.
Gurgle!
Lin Baici felt hungry.
Glass tables and sofas were scattered around. In the southwest corner, there was a small stage where a dwarf in a green suit was performing magic.
In the north, there was a bar counter. A bartender in a shirt and vest was meticulously mixing cocktails.
“It’s my first time coming to a bar!”
Lin Baici looked around. There weren’t many people, about twenty of them, mostly men and few women. They were either drinking or chatting.
“Why do you seem a bit disappointed?”
Xia Hongyao was surprised.
“On TV, there are many women in those bars, right? White-collar workers, women who seduce rich men, you can approach them and drink together.”
Lin Baici treated Xia Hongyao as a buddy, so he didn’t pay much attention to these things and said whatever he thought.
“Haha!”
Xia Hongyao couldn’t help but laugh and patted Lin Baici’s shoulder. “Look at how naive you are!”
“I’m just curious!”
Lin Baici rolled his eyes.
“The kind of bar and nightclub you mentioned, there are plenty of them. The one we came to is called ‘Dragon and Beauties,’ a place only known by Divine Hunters.”
Xia Hongyao explained, “Sometimes when Divine Hunters encounter something they can’t handle, they will post tasks and rewards here. If you accept the task and complete it, you can get the bounty!””There is also the most cutting-edge news from the Hunter Circle here, as well as a place to buy or sell Divine Taboos. In short, you can treat it as a place where hunters exchange information.”
Not everyone visits the Origin Forum and trusts others. After all, it’s the internet. If you get scammed, you won’t even be able to find the person to chop them up.
But it’s different offline.
“Does the Security Bureau allow such a place to exist?”
Lin Baici was surprised.
“It’s better to loosen control than to block it. Instead of letting the Divine Hunters secretly gather elsewhere, it’s better to have them right under our noses!”
Xia Hongyao is obviously a regular here. When she led Lin Baici towards the bar, the bartender had already greeted them proactively.
“What would you like to drink?”
Xia Hongyao sat down.
“A beverage!”
Lin Baici followed Xia Hongyao’s lead and sat on a chair by the bar. He turned his head to look at the people in the bar and asked, “Are these all Divine Hunters?”
“Two glasses of ‘Red Heart Cherry’, for sure!”
Xia Hongyao gestured for Lin Baici to look at the old man in the private room at five o’clock. “He’s not actually that old. It’s caused by a contamination of the rules. He has offered a reward of ten thousand Meteor Coins. As long as someone can purify the contamination on his body and make him young again, they can get this money.”
Lin Baici looked over.
This guy is so old, hunched over, with skin like old tree bark, full of wrinkles, and drooping down. He’s so ugly that you don’t want to look at him a second time.
[A poor guy whose life energy has been stolen. His body has become like a leaky sieve, no matter how much divine power is injected, it can’t be replenished unless the Divine Taboo that stole his life energy is destroyed!]
[He is sustaining his life by sucking blood!]
“That woman is actually a man, also caused by contamination of the rules.”
Xia Hongyao pursed her lips. “You have to be careful, otherwise, after the date, you’ll feel sick for the rest of your life.”
Lin Baici took a look.
Oh my god!
She’s so beautiful?
Wearing a purple low-cut evening gown, with wavy reddish-brown hair, every movement of her eyes seems electrifying.
Apart from her intelligence level D, judging solely by her figure and appearance, Xia Hongyao is definitely a top beauty. But compared to this woman, she is completely overshadowed.
[Don’t make contact! Don’t make contact! Don’t make contact!]
[Otherwise, you will gradually become more feminine in both body and mind!]
The woman in the evening gown is very perceptive. She turned her head, met Lin Baici’s gaze, raised her glass, and smiled slightly.
If it were a normal day, Lin Baici would politely return the smile, but not today.
Come on, he doesn’t want to become a woman.
“Your Red Heart Cherry!”
Two glasses of beverages were placed on the bar.
[These beverages contain a small amount of divine power. They are brewed with two fruits from the God’s Ruins and have been processed by special means to ensure that they are not contaminated. You can taste them with confidence.]
“Try it, it tastes good!”
Xia Hongyao picked up the tall glass and took a sip of the pink drink.
“Do they use Meteor Coins here?”
Lin Baici took a sip. It was sweet with a hint of sourness. When the drink touched his tongue, he felt a slight electric shock, making him slightly numb.
“For sure!”
Xia Hongyao looked at Lin Baici. “How does it feel? Actually, I suggest you drink alcohol. The cocktails here are not available outside.”
“It’s great!”
Lin Baici indulged himself in the bar, drinking cup after cup without getting drunk.
“Hongyao, why haven’t I seen you at the bar recently?”
A female voice suddenly sounded, followed by the sound of high heels tapping on the ground.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Lin Baici didn’t see the person speaking, but he still trembled slightly. There was an impulse that erupted in his chest, making his breathing slightly rapid.
“I have a volume of Ghost and God Records”
“Be careful, this is a woman who can make men ejaculate with just her voice!”
Food God’s comment.
A woman wearing a wine-red cheongsam, with the hem just an inch above her knees, and black hair coiled up on her head, walked over.
She wasn’t wearing stockings, and she was also wearing a pair of red high heels.
“Shu Yi, let me introduce you. This is Lin Baici, my buddy, a super talented newcomer that my sister also values highly.”
Xia Hongyao’s words not only made Nangong Shu look at Lin Baici, but also attracted the attention of everyone sitting in the bar.
Xia Hongyao didn’t have any defensive or secretive thoughts, so everyone knew that her sister was Xia Hongmian, who was famous.
Or rather, because everyone knew that her sister was the famous Xia Hongmian, she was safe.
“Xiao Bai, this is Nangong Shu, the owner of this Dragon and Beauty Bar. You can just call her Aunt Shu!”
With a high ponytail, she could be called Aunt Shu, but Lin Baici wasn’t that familiar, so he called her, “Boss!”
“What’s wrong? Do you think I’m too old and not worthy of being your aunt?”
Nangong Shu teased.
“At your age, even my sister thinks you’re too old!”
Lin Baici replied casually. With money in his pocket and his strength increasing, he is now confident.
Or rather,
Whoever has ten million in their pocket would be confident enough to ask Chang’e how much she wants!【After a hearty meal, it’s suggested to rinse your mouth with Old Clam Defeated Fire!】
“Hehe!”
Nangong Shu chuckled lightly.
This laughter made Lin Baici feel as if a cat was scratching inside his heart, causing an unbearable itch.
The proprietress was actually quite beautiful, her whole body exuding a mature charm, and her figure was obviously well-rounded.
However, after hearing her voice, people rarely paid attention to her appearance, completely captivated by her voice.
After a few exchanges, Nangong Shu turned to Xia Hongyao, “Let’s go upstairs. I recently found a little trinket, quite interesting.”
“What is it?”
Xia Hongyao was curious, but she looked at Lin Baici.
She couldn’t just leave her friend here, but it didn’t seem appropriate to bring Lin Baici to Aunt Shu’s room.
“You go ahead, I’ll just drink here!”
Lin Baici guessed that Nangong Shu wanted to inquire about some information about Palm Harbor. After all, with Xia Hongyao’s intelligence, she wouldn’t even know if she was being pumped for information.
“Feel free to drink, feel free to play, it’s your first time here, Aunt Shu is treating!”
Nangong Shu smiled slightly and took Xia Hongyao away.
Because of the proprietress, the bartender was very enthusiastic towards Lin Baici, “Would you like to try Scarlet Lover? It’s our signature drink, but the alcohol content is a bit high.”
“Bring me one!”
Lin Baici didn’t care, “If you can get me drunk, I lose! What kind of tasks do you have here?”
The bartender handed Lin Baici a menu.
“We update it once a week, the later ones are harder!”
Lin Baici casually flipped through it.
The bar door was opened again, and a young man walked in.
He came here by reputation, but after scanning around, he saw Lin Baici sitting at the bar.
“Really? The lamb is delivering itself to the slaughter?”
The young man was none other than Zhuang Du, codenamed Mechanical Tuna, a member of the Lost Coast who had observed Lin Baici outside the Haijing Institute of Technology’s playground yesterday.
Zhuang Du pretended to be nonchalant, sat next to Lin Baici, and snapped his fingers at the bartender, “Give me your best cocktail!”
After Zhuang Du finished speaking, he took out a metallic top and started spinning it on the table.
So, little lamb,
How should I cook you now?