Chapter 62: Blood Skeleton (2/2)
I nodded, deriving great pleasure from this pleasant surprise. Free advertisement by the system was incredibly rare and difficult feat to replicate in practice. I didn’t think I would be able to trigger one.
Lin Yixin put up her own Cyan Skeleton for bid, and the system rang again.
Ding~!
System Announcement (Trade): Player “Wind Fantasy” has listed “Cyan Skeleton” for auction. 3-star Attack, 5-star Defense, 4.5-star HP, 1.5-star Agility, 36 BN. Starting bid of 300 gold. All players are welcome to make a bid!
As expected, both skeletons were valuable enough to impress the system. Although there was a 5% trading fee on all auctioned items, listing it at auction ensured price bumping and competition. Therefore, ultimately the system favored the player, especially when it promoted the goods as well.
Lin Yixin checked the time and said without looking up, “Meet me in front of the eastern gate of the university in half an hour.”
“Oh?”
“Is there a problem?”
“No, it’s just, it’s been many years since I’ve waited for a girl in front of a gate…”
Lin Yixin couldn’t suppress a smile. “Come on, are you really embarrassed by this?”
I scowled at her briefly before saying, “My stomach will never be embarrassed as long as you’re the one who’s paying the bill!”
“How low can you get? Well, see you~”
“Mn.”
We entered an inn in Floating Ice City and logged off after that.
……
It was a hot night in summer, so I thanked my lucky stars that we had moved to a new house with air conditioner in every room. When I entered the living room, I saw a bunch of empty food boxes on the table. Du Thirteen and Gui Guzi had already finished their dinner, but they left all the cleaning to me.
I cleaned things up a little and dumped all the food boxes and trash bags downstairs. Then, I went outside and walked straight toward the eastern gate of the Suzhou University of Science and Technology.
I put on a Semir brand T-shirt and came to a stop at the transport station in front of the eastern gate. Then, I plunged my hands into my pockets and waited for the university’s campus belle to come out and receive me with an exaggerated pose. At the security room, the security guard watched me closely as if I was a random thug on the streets.
Occasionally, groups of students would walk out of the campus for some fun in the cybercafes or some fun with the girlfriend. Then there were the shameful little shits who carried thick, black-covered books with them while keeping their heads bowed. They even lowered their caps to make sure that no one could see their faces. I glanced at their books and noticed that the title read “A Classic of Xuanhuan, VRMMO: The Legendary Thief.” Hmph hmph, I know that’s a pirated copy. That poor author must not be earning any money at all...
I waited for a moment, but Lin Yixin was taking longer than I expected. There was no way I missed her either; she was the kind of person who turned heads wherever she went.
Just as I was thinking this, the beauty I was waiting for finally showed up. She wore a white dress, and she was holding a handbag. She had appeared from a tree-lined avenue.
I walked up to her and asked concernedly, “Are you tired?”
Lin Yixin shot me a look of astonishment. “What are you plotting?”
“Hah. Where are we eating? Should we ring a car?”
“Mn.”
Lin Yixin arrived at the roadside and waved her hand a little. A black sedan immediately moved next to her before rolling down the windows. A middle-aged man nodded at her, and after a short conversation that I couldn’t hear Lin Yixin beckoned me. “Come on, get in the car!”
I looked at her suspiciously before glancing at the front of the car. I know that triangular logo, it’s Mercedes-Benz!
What was the relationship between the driver and Lin Yixin? She couldn’t be… The more I thought, the more confused I became. When I sat next to Lin Yixin, she looked at my face and wore a complicated expression. “What on earth are you thinking?”
“Nothing… where are we going?” I asked.
“Land of Sweet Dreams.” Lin Yixin leaned lazily against her seat and cocked her head toward me. Cunning dancing in her eyes, she smiled. “It’s the best restaurant in the entire Suzhou District. Tonight I’ll show you what a real meal is~”
A bit of hesitation crept into my voice. “Is it very expensive?”
“Well, it’s definitely not cheap.”
Lin Yixin let out a short laugh before closing her eyes slowly. She looked very tired for some reason. The way her breasts rose up and down slightly shot tingles up my spine.
I abruptly looked up and saw the driver staring at me very suspiciously through the back mirror. He seemed to be extremely concerned for Lin Yixin’s well-being.
The driver let out a cough and drove onto an overpass. Then, he asked, “Xin’er, aren’t you going to introduce your friend to me?”
Lin Yixin “oh”-ed affirmatively before looking at me. “He’s a friend, a gamer in Heavenblessed. He’s not someone you need to know.”
The middle-aged man snorted once before saying, “Look, I’m not trying to be strict, but you really should be careful when making friends.”
Lin Yixin nodded obediently before raising her eyebrows suddenly. “Hey, let’s get off the overpass!”
“What for?”
“Leave the car keys to me and go home on a public transport yourself.”
“But…”
“Is there a problem?”
“No.”
We drove off the overpass and stopped next to a transport stop. Then, the middle-aged man got out of the car and allowed Lin Yixin to take over as the driver. When she shot me a glance, I wordlessly moved to the front passenger seat.
We got on the overpass once more. This time, Lin Yixin and I were alone.
“Who was that?” I tried for a while, but I just couldn’t hold back any longer.
Lin Yixin looked at me and smiled. “Not telling!”
“Fuck…”
My heart beat like a racehorse. Even now, I was still wondering about the nature of Lin Yixin’s relationship with that middle-aged man. Some time later, I asked another question. “Yiyi, does this car belong to that middle-aged guy?”
“Hey you!”
Lin Yixin scowled at me and scolded. “You can stop guessing already, it’s not what you think. That’s all you need to know, get it?”
“So, what is the model number of this car? It looks pretty cool!”
“Oh, it’s the latest MB-100.”
“MB-100，MB……”
“MB-100? Mother bucker…”
I laughed. “We didn’t need to travel this far for a meal, you know.”
“Heh, is that so?”
Lin Yixin smiled but didn’t say anything else. The car entered an industrial zone, and soon we came to a stop in front of an elegant-looking restaurant. We booked an open-air table next to the dining hall.
There was a group of young people enjoying what looked like a birthday drinking party inside the dining hall. Among them, there was an impressive-looking young man wearing branded clothes from head to toe drinking from a wine glass and holding a woman with a heavy makeup in his arms. The people around him often referred to him as “Young Master Le.”