Chapter 243
It's no wonder Bei Qiao was puzzled. Qiao Lin was too obsessed with health preservation and always controlled the family's intake of fried foods. Although she was very good at making fried food, she never dared to make more. Bei Qiao couldn't bring any fried snacks home when she wanted to, so she had to eat them secretly outside. When she asked, her mother said that they were unhealthy.
Bei Qiao: What good thing happened to him? He actually took the initiative to make fried food, and such a big pot!
"What's wrong? If you don't want to eat it, give it to your dad." Qiao Lin pretended to take back the stainless steel basin.
"No, no, I love it." Bei Qiao quickly hugged the stainless steel basin full of potato chips in his arms.
"Meow?" Tangyuan smelled the fragrance and came over, trying to put his face into the basin.
"No, you can't eat it." Bei Qiao quickly freed up one hand to pinch the back of Tangyuan's neck and lifted it aside: Be careful not to burn your tongue.
"Meow~" Tangyuan said coquettishly with a pinched voice.
"A cat strip?"
"Meow... Meow!" Just one... Okay, deal!
Worried that Beiqiao would eat too many potato chips, Qiao Lin chased the housekeeping robot out and confiscated Beiqiao's stainless steel basin halfway through cooking. With nothing to do, Beiqiao put down her chopsticks and fed the cat while watching TV while holding Tangyuan.
After a while, the fragrant dinner was ready. If it weren't for the cat strips, Tangyuan would have risked being spanked and gone into the kitchen to beg for food.
"It's time to eat..." With a call, the smell of home wafted out from the kitchen.
Today's dinner was very sumptuous, and even the glutinous rice balls were served with carefully prepared cat food. During the meal, Qiao Lin suddenly mentioned something that happened on his way home from work: "I ran into some former colleagues on the way home from work today, and we chatted for a while."
Oh, here comes the point... Bei Qiao put down his chopsticks: "And then?"
"Then I feel very proud." Qiao Lin pushed the stainless steel basin that he had confiscated before to Bei Qiao: "Don't eat too much, or you will be too full to sleep later." I really envy the appetite of young people who can eat so much at one time.
"I know." Bei Qiao suddenly realized, picked up his chopsticks and continued eating: No wonder my mother cooked so many dishes today, it turns out that I was trying to save her face outside again. If nothing unexpected happens, in addition to a big meal today, there will be other rewards.
Bei Gu, who was eating without raising his head, said: Today's meal is really delicious.
After dinner, Bei Qiao rested for a while, put the gluttonous rice balls back into the cat's nest, and went back to the house to digest the food. It was getting dark quickly now, and the temperature was low in the evening, so Bei Qiao didn't really like to go downstairs for a walk after dinner.
The kids in the neighborhood who used to love chasing Bei Qiao and calling him "Master" have stopped making such a fuss. There's a new interstellar TV series coming out. Now they're more into chasing each other with toy guns, pretending to be space warriors. When they get home, they pester their parents for toys from the TV show. Ideally, a spaceship! Even better, if they can fly into space!
The child’s parents: Yes, I thought the same way when I was a kid, and I was so persistent...and my parents beat me the same way.
Bei Qiao, who was stretching out of boredom, asked: What happened? Why did the kid upstairs run out of the door again?
After handing the uneaten potato chips to the robot for processing and storage, Bei Qiao held the cat and walked around the robot vacuum cleaner, which was circling the floor, to help digest the food. The family's exercise bike was now on the balcony, used as a quilt drying rack. She didn't feel like pedaling to digest the food, so she simply strolled back and forth around the house.
Tangyuan had eaten so much that he barely felt like moving. The cat lay in Beiqiao's arms, a long, furry pile. Beiqiao rubbed Tangyuan for a while, then put it back in the cat bed. He went back inside and lay on the cat sofa, putting on his holographic glasses. "I've been a bit busy today. I'm going to relax by browsing the internet."
Bei Qiao had just seen online that a mall was having an anniversary celebration, so he clicked on it to join in the fun. The mall sold mostly luxury goods, and as Bei Qiao's figure reappeared at the store entrance, he heard the sound of the Million Battle Song coming from inside.
Someone else has spent over a million in there, what a powerful person... Bei Qiao turned around and looked behind him. Due to its strong capital, the holographic map outside this shopping mall is larger than that of other shopping malls. At the end of the holographic world are high-rise residential buildings, which are only one street away from this shopping mall.
Bei Qiao: When I have enough money, I'm going to buy a house nearby. After visiting the square, I can go shopping. The high-speed rail is only a few minutes away, so I can go on a long trip at any time without planning my trip. Space travel is something I can't put aside for now; it feels like it's something I can't achieve through hard work alone, but I can hope to win a boat ticket.
Walking into the mall to the sound of the war song, Bei Qiao looked around. The mall wasn't too crowded, but not too few either. At least for now, there were enough staff in each store to provide one-on-one service while still allowing a few people to chat and slack off behind the counter.
After choosing a familiar store and walking in, Bei Qiao was immediately approached by a salesperson who enthusiastically asked if she needed anything, even though she was wearing the free, blank-out outfit provided by the system. There were no snobby salespeople like those you see in novels, meant only for the protagonist to slap in the face, and no nouveau riche buying up all the merchandise at once. Compared to other stores, these luxury stores were distinguished by their more luxurious decor, more spacious space, finer-quality merchandise, and higher prices... Overall, the shopping experience was better, but it also took a toll on your wallet.
Over the next hour or so, Bei Qiao visited three stores. The salespeople in each store were enthusiastic and the products they recommended were perfect for her, catering to both everyday practicality and fashionable needs. However, for some reason, the salespeople would intersperse brand promotions with every sentence. By the time Bei Qiao finally left, awed by their hospitality, she realized half an hour had already passed.
Bei Qiao: Is the introduction so detailed because I can tell at first glance that I have never bought luxury goods?
Shop Assistant: Wow, this customer is so good-looking, has a good temper, and a nice voice. I've decided to forgive the world for one day!
There were quite a few wealthy people in the area. Bei Qiao hadn't been in the mall for long when he heard the "Million Battle Song" four times. The prices on the first floor were also quite high. So much so that when Bei Qiao went up to the top floor and found a shirt in a clothing store for around 1,000 yuan, he thought it was quite cheap. Unfortunately, the fabric was polyester, the style was too basic, and it wasn't as comfortable as the pure cotton and cashmere shirt that cost over 30,000 yuan.
"Oh, I almost paid for it." Bei Qiao shook his head. Before leaving, he went to the first floor to participate in the somersault lottery. He got two chances to spin the big wheel and finally won a bottle of mineral water priced at ten yuan with free shipping to home, as well as a voucher for a hundred yuan discount on purchases over one thousand yuan.
Bei Qiao didn't think she'd ever be able to afford the things in this mall. Young people are always proud, believing that the world offers opportunities for their own creation. Of course, if she truly couldn't afford these things, she wouldn't regret it. She would only truly regret it if she never won a ticket to the moon.
After resting and digesting his food, Bei Qiao switched interfaces, logged into the other world, and opened the forum. Players were like randomly respawning NPCs in the other world. Except for those with extremely bad luck or those who had just arrived, almost every player had numerous regional forums and groups flooding the forums. The events of Sijin County today were quickly spread through these groups. Whether it was the armor mystery or the sleazy man who was beaten up, both players were very interested. The collective condemnation of the rumormongering man was even more applauded by all the players.
Player A: Hiss, I feel like if I go to Sijin County, I'll have to spend a few days in jail.
Player B: Brother, impulse is the devil, just be patient and it will pass.
Player A: Who is your big brother? I am a girl! I am just obsessed with looks!
Player B: Oh oh.
Player C: Woman... no one will sue you, right?
Player Ding: I reject the old stereotype. I am a boy and I am also afraid of hooligans!
Player C: No, buddy, do you think others don't know you? If there really was a female gangster who liked you, how could you have stayed single for so long?
Player Ding: Who said that was a woman... Woohoo...
Player A, B, and C: ...
Player A: Want to know about this anti-wolf weapon? It's cheap.
Players in the group who saw business opportunities began to take the opportunity to advertise their own compliant weapons. After being blocked by the system, they moved their position to the Chamber of Commerce task interface and continued to post.
The trend of hiring players to save face that Bei Qiao had inadvertently started before has spread to other cities. Players who are good at finding ways to die have successively developed various new businesses and gradually refined their plans to show off. A player who opened a coffin shop in another world saw this and immediately advertised his own mysterious past service.
Mysterious Past, a service available only to players, accepts customization and can be purchased regardless of whether the player has truly cancelled their account or faked their own death. Because the setting of Otherworld is the ancient cultivation of immortality, the types of Mysterious Past stories are largely fixed. The cheapest package involves hiring a Taoist priest with stoic demeanor to publicly perform a scene of shedding tears and vanishing on the spot during the player's burial.
There's nothing mysterious about this vanishing-on-the-spot trick; it's simply a deception, a tactic sometimes used by locals to defraud people. As for why this deception, rather than the actual wind-riding flight, is because the Wind-Riding Talisman and the Flying Instrument are incredibly expensive! The cheapest package simply doesn't allow for such high-quality props, and the shop won't trade at a loss.
If you're willing to spend the money, this service is quite sophisticated! The Taoist priest riding the wind is only included in the cheapest package. If you're willing to spend more, the store can hire a group of people to see you off. If you don't like people seeing you off, you can even have a mythical beast with tears and howling. There are both real and fake ones. It all depends on how much you're willing to pay.
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