"You make sense," Yi said.
"Let's go."
Chen Yi didn't pay attention to this little episode as he walked arm in arm with Jiaye down the street, enjoying the surroundings and occasionally whispering sothing into Jiaye's ear with a smile, while Jiaye likewise leaned on Chen Yi's shoulder, her eyes curving like crescent moons.
"Mhm-hmm."
The Tuberculosis Rabbit shrugged its shoulders without speaking, holding the rose tightly in its hand as it quickly caught up to Yi and followed behind him, occasionally slling the rose it held.
...
After the group had left,
the fluffy teddy bear just ran into a small alley, took a cigar out of its own fuzzy pocket, placed it in its mouth, and started puffing away while sitting on top of a trash can.
It excitedly counted the 10,000 Points that had just been credited to its personal panel.
"Damn, I knew these people had money!" it exclaid.
"Screw it, that's a month's worth in one go!"
"Should have asked for 20,000!"
Just as the plush bear was excited about its windfall, it was suddenly grabbed by two black-clothed n from the shadows.
They quickly pressed a handkerchief soaked in anesthetic over the nose and mouth of the teddy bear.
It was knocked out in an instant.
"Hurry, take this one away. The group with Chen Yi earlier showed kindness toward him," one of the n said.
"This might be our best chance to get close to Chen Yi!"
...
Ti passed by quickly.
At around 10 p.m., Chen Yi, who was sitting in a street-side restaurant having dinner, received a ssage from Wang Qi. The other party had arrived at Sky City and was asking for specific directions.
Chen Yi sent the location casually.
A few minutes later, he saw Wang Qi, drenched in sweat, jogging into the noodle shop.
"Phew!"
Wang Qi, barely seated and having yet to wipe the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand and shouted, "Boss, give a bowl of noodles, extra spicy with lots of cilantro, add noodles, add egg, add tofu skin."
Only after nodding with a smile to the Tuberculosis Rabbit and its party, did he grin at Chen Yi.
"Didn't keep you waiting, did I?"
"No."
Chen Yi swallowed the last bite of his noodles, wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and then looked at Wang Qi with curiosity. "What did you do to get all sweaty?"
"Ah, don't even ntion it," Wang Qi started, still panting slightly. "Didn't I tell you that I had a way to get you to the Void Starfield? There's an A-level Prop that has just the effect. I've seen it before—it's a reward from a map boss."
"But back then, I didn't choose that reward because the Prop was literally useless. The only thing it did was allow a player to travel once across the starfields for free."
"Even though traveling once across starfields does cost a fair amount of Points, it's just a million or so for short distances. Unless you're going to a far-off starfield, this Prop is basically useless."
"And for new players, it's even more useless."
"Because to use this Prop, players must be in a starfield when they activate it, and new players are generally on their own planets, with no chance to use such a Prop."
"Not to ntion the qualifications to use it."
"But for you, this Prop is just what you need, because there's no rule that new players can't use it. This Prop can take you to the Void Starfield."
"Only, by the ti I rushed back to the Qi Daddy Starfield, the Map Reward had been taken by another player who had cleared it. Then I started to contact that person, and it took quite a while to track down that player, who said they had sold the Prop through a Star Map."
"I traced it all the way."
"That's why it took a little while, and I ran all the way back, worried I'd delay things."
"Am I still in ti? Didn't delay too long, did I?"
"You're on ti."
Chen Yi stood up and took the bowl of noodles loaded with toppings from the boss, placed it in front of Wang Qi, and said seriously, "Thanks."
"This Prop is a big help to ."
"The A-level Prop you brought last ti, the one that lets hear the language of the Void Clan, was a huge help too. Li Yi said you paid quite a price for that."
"Thanks, I rember this kindness."
"If you ever need anything, just call on ."
"Hey..."
Wang Qi scratched the back of his head with so embarrassnt and muttered, "Li Yi still hasn't changed that habit."
Li Yi was good at everything.
He just had a liking to inform others about the value of the gifts he gave. Now that he was promoted, not only did he talk about his own gifts, but he also felt the need to ntion those given by others.
He always felt it was a bit awkward to talk about these things face-to-face.
He preferred it when others discovered it inadvertently and saw their shocked and touched expressions.
It gave him a secret thrill.
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