3 Shen Xiaoling, The Hamster (1/2)
Got two hundred dollars!
Upon hearing those words, Shen Xiaoling put her homework aside and immediately flew toward her brother. She was literally flying, her feet barely touched the ground!
”Where?! Where?!” Shen Xiaoling asked anxiously, ”What weapon could possibly cost that much? It's two hundred dollars!”
To her, two hundred dollars was a huge fortune.
”This one.” Hong Xiaofu opened his pack and showed her the huge sword inside.
He laughed, ”Zhao Ming said that if I managed to win this he would give me two hundred dollars!”
”Really? Shen Xiaoling stared at the weapon blankly.
She honestly could not understand why anyone would spend money to buy virtual weapons. Two hundred dollars could cover half of her monthly living expenses; how many savoury crêpes was that?
However, Zhao Ming saw things differently. He joked about the two hundred dollars reward for that weapon because he did not think it was possible to get it. If he could use money to buy that weapon directly, forget two hundred—he would be willing to spend two thousand without hesitation!
That was the top-notch weapon.
”It's true, of course it's true!” Hong Xiaofu quickly took out his phone to text Zhao Ming.
\u003cBrother Ming, what are you doing?\u003e
\u003cDoing homework, there's so much work today. What's up?\u003e
\u003cI got a new weapon.\u003e
\u003cReally? What did you get? Tell me so that I'll be happy about it?\u003e
\u003cDrake War Drum.\u003e
\u003cIs that a joke? It is not easy to obtain that thing. Out of so many people in our area, I have only seen three of this weapon, and you are saying that you have it? I don't believe you, I'm not falling for it!\u003e
Hong Xiaofu fell silent.
Wow, he does not believe it. How could he doubt me?
Without explaining further, Hong Xiaofu took out his phone and took several photos and sent all of them onto Zhao Ming.
For a few moments, nothing came through from the other side.
Then, suddenly, Zhao Ming sent a voice message. He sounded extremely agitated and he was literally screaming, ”Shit! Brother Fu, you were this good?! You really unlocked it?! Look at you! You got it on your first try?!”
\u003cOf course. How's it? I wasn't lying right?\u003e
\u003cGo offline first, I want to go online and see it for myself! Wow you are seriously too good. Brother Fu, you are my real brother! This weapon is something that I have been dreaming about!\u003e
\u003cOkay okay, I'll go offline now.\u003e
After going offline, Hong Xiaofu chatted with Zhao Ming, who went online immediately to make sure that Xiaofu had really gotten the weapon. He finally believed it.
Transferred from Zhao Ming: 1000 yuan
When she saw the message, Shen Xiaoling screamed, ”Oh my god, did he just send you one thousand dollars?!”
”Hehe, now you know how valuable this weapon is?” Hong Xiaofu giggled. However, he did not press Accept.
”I can't take this money. We had agreed to two hundred, we can't do this.”
Shen Xiaoling nodded her head enthusiastically and said, ”Right, right. They have been taking care of us, we cannot do that!”
The two children sat together and shared silly laughter, yet refusing to accept the money.
Although they were poor, they had to keep their dignity.
We will only take it if it is ours. If it is not ours, we will not take a single cent.
We should always uphold these values.
Another message from Zhao Ming came through.
\u003cWhat are you calculating? Just accept it!\u003e
\u003cWe agreed on two hundred, I can't take a thousand from you.\u003e
Zhao Ming sent another voice message, ”Why are you so out-dated and inflexible? If we can make a deal with this weapon, people would buy it for even 20 thousand!”