Chapter 82 - PTSD (2/2)

Zhang Heng was a little surprised, but he knew why she had approached him. Even then, he still took the Advanced Mathematics workbook from her. Then, he very patiently wrote down a derivation process in great detail. After that, he looked at his mobile phone and told her, “I’m sorry. My girlfriend is looking for me.”

A flash of disappointment flickered in the girl’s eyes. She forced a smile, fumbled a thank you, before plodding back to her seat, crestfallen.

Now that he had sown the seed, he had to see this lie he fabricated out of kindness to the end. Zhang Heng packed up his things and left.

To his greatest surprise, however, it turned out that he really did receive a message on his phone. It was the bartender lady.

Zhang Heng opened the pdf file she sent him as he walked towards the elevator with his bag. It turned out to be the long-overdue game-points service form that he had asked her ages ago.

He briefly scanned the doc.u.ment. In addition to an identification service, there was also a list of items for sale – these were not game items, but a collection of bizarre things. When compared to these items, the tulewood box that contained them would easily be considered as ordinary.

These peculiar objects included blood from a cow’s first birth and the 45th feather of a crow, a bunch of things that made no sense. Amongst these were other normal items but seemed unusual because of their inclusion in the list.

Zhang Heng texted the bartender lady just to be sure.

[Penguin?]

She replied after a moment.

[Why? Are you trying to hit on me?]

Zhang Heng continued,

[No, I’m not talking about QQ. I just saw that ‘penguin’ is on the list of things for sale!]

Business must have been slow because the bartender lady replied to him almost instantly.

[Oh, why? Do you plan on buying one? They’re relatively cheap. One game point for two. You’ll even get a freezer for free!]

[No need for that. Thanks.]

Zhang Heng just wanted confirmation. There was no point in keeping two penguins in the dorm, having no knowledge whatsoever about the creatures. Besides, the school had refused to install air conditioners for the dorms even after everyone had repeatedly demanded for them. The dorms were like furnaces during the summer. Not everyone could take the stifling heat, let alone the poor penguins.

He continued to scroll down the list before something caught his eye.

[What does ‘extra game’ mean?]

[It means precisely what it says it is, but you’ll need to have 500 game points, and you can only choose from the previous game script. Its duration is also fixed at 60 days.]