Amid the enthusiasm of Chikongzhou cardholders to sign up, Ke Jin naturally submitted the materials he had prepared long ago and waited for the results while being busy.
A week later, the official website of the Chikongzhou Card Pool General Administration published the card pool ranking list of card users who submitted their information. Ke Jin took a look and found that he was ranked 59th. This result was quite unexpected for him. After all, his card pool had only been in operation for half a year, and it was completely incomparable with those old card pools with deep foundations. It should be that the popularity of the card pool added a lot of points to him.
Ke Jin also took a look at the card pool of his acquaintances: Su Yufeng ranked 192, and Gu Qianqian ranked 1650. Ke Jin also looked for Ning Qiyuan's ranking, but... he didn't find it.
"Um??"
Ke Jin was stunned for a moment, and searched again carefully, and indeed did not see Ning Qiyuan's name. Based on his understanding of Ning Qiyuan's card pool, the other party has been expanding the pool in recent years, and is at the forefront in Chikongzhou in terms of scale and influence. He is not on the list, which can only mean one thing - he did not submit the information to the Card Pool General Administration and automatically gave up the registration for this exhibition.
"Ning Qiyuan and his team are rapidly expanding the card pool. They are obviously very ambitious." During dinner, Ke Jin expressed his doubts. "This Seven Continents Expo is a good opportunity to expand the influence of the card pool. Why would he give up participating? It always feels very strange."
"Maybe they don't have time." Qi said disapprovingly, "After the setback in Qixing City last time, they must be trying to make up for it somewhere else. They are probably trying to find another joint venture, so how can they have time to participate in the exhibition?"
"It is not necessary for the card envoy to be present in person to participate in the exhibition. Their card pool is so large that they are not short of manpower. They can completely entrust the preparation of the exhibition matters to the people below." Ke Jin still felt it was strange.
"Maybe he thinks it's meaningless." Oloy interrupted, "If it's true as we speculated before that he has a lot of power behind him, it's entirely possible that he doesn't think highly of this kind of exhibition." For example, I think this exhibition is quite boring. Only these local unsophisticated card users are eager to try it. They are really surprised by the rare things.
Ke Jin thought about it and felt that what Ou Nuo said made sense, so he stopped worrying about it and turned to the next topic.
"This time, the top 200 card users from Chikongzhou are eligible to participate in the exhibition. I have already made an agreement with Director Tai and will go to the venue next Monday. Please help me look after the house while I am away."
The two people, one big and one small, who were eating stopped what they were doing, raised their heads together, and spoke in unison.
"Watching the house?"
Qi and Oloy looked at each other and said in unison.
"I want to go too! It's enough to have this guy (this kid) to watch over the house!"
Ke Jin: “…”
Ke Jin: "Don't get excited, both of you. Just listen to what I have to say..."
"What's there to say?" Oloy said first, completely forgetting that he was just looking down on that shabby exhibition. "Anyway, I'm going. I, am, going!"
"Why can't I go?" Qi was a little angry and aggrieved. "Didn't you agree to give me a vacation after the chain card pool opened? I've decided. I'm going to go to the exhibition for vacation! And I'm going to take Xiaoju with me!"
"Okay, okay, I didn't say you can't go, I'm just leaving first." Ke Jin hurriedly explained, "The Chikongzhou Kachi General Administration attaches great importance to this exhibition. They asked us to go there a week in advance to set up the booth, so I have to leave first. There is no point for you to go with me so early. If you just want to see the exhibition, you can go in a week. Gu Qianqian will also go to play by then, so you can go with her."
Qi & Oloy: "Oh..."
Qi & Oloy: "Okay, I (we) will go with you next Monday."
Ke Jin: “???”
***
A one-person trip somehow turned into a three-person trip, and Ke Jin was quite embarrassed.
Qi insisted on going there earlier together, and he could understand that - this exhibition was held in Qingyu Continent, and Qi had never been to that continent before. Given his habit of observing and strolling, it was understandable that he wanted to go there earlier and walk around the surrounding area.
But Ounuo insisted on going so early, which made Ke Jin feel a little strange. Although he had finished his final exams and was now on vacation at home with nothing to do all day, but——
"Ounuo, I'm going there to set up the booth, so I'll be very busy. I won't have time to accompany you to walk around the area then." Ke Jin reminded.
"It doesn't matter." The boy said nonchalantly, "I don't want to stay at home alone anyway. It's boring."
Ke Jin raised his eyebrows in surprise, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
Could it be that... Ounuo is afraid of loneliness? And since I am the person closest to him, he is more attached to me, and he has to follow me wherever I go?
Thinking of this, Ke Jin sighed softly.
A child with this kind of personality would actually leave home alone. I don’t know how bad his relationship with his family was and how strained it was that he ran away in anger.
And what on earth were his family thinking? Aren't they worried about a child this young who had been away for so long? It's been half a year, and when I searched the information platform, no one had posted a missing person notice for Ounuo. This family is really... so careless...
***
A week later.
In the terminal, a sweet female voice announced, "The spacecraft to Azure Star - Qingyu Continent - Qinglan City is now ready for boarding. Passengers, please take your luggage and go to Gate XX to queue for ticket inspection and prepare to board the plane..."
Bai Fan glanced at the long queue at the boarding gate, but was not in a hurry to join it. He continued to look down at the e-book in his hand.
A few days ago, he received the graduation certificate issued by the principal at the graduation ceremony of TKS Advanced Card Design Academy. With the third place in the comprehensive score of this class, he officially graduated from TKS Advanced Card Design Academy.
After the graduation ceremony, Bai Fan notified his family immediately. In addition to informing them of his return date, he also told them about his future plans - he would return to Azure Star to fulfill the agreement he made with Ke Jin half a year ago and continue to work as a card master in his card pool. Of course, this time it would no longer be a short-term part-time job, but a long-term full-time job.
Bai Fan was a man who valued his promises. Although Ke Jin had asked him to think it over, he remained true to his original intention after half a year. When Bai Fan sent Ke Jin the news that he was going back, for some reason, he was actually a little excited. A strange joy filled his heart, and he wanted to tell the whole world about it.
——Finally, I can go back.
——This is the path I have chosen.
——This is what I finally discovered: what I really want to do.
Ke Jin was naturally very happy about Bai Fan's return, but he also told Bai Fan: I am not in Qixing City now, I am preparing for a global card pool exhibition in Qingyu Continent. If you are interested, you can stop by and have a look when you return to Azure Star.
Bai Fan agreed without hesitation - his career development focus is now set on Azure Star. As far as he knows, this should be the first time that Azure Star has held a large-scale exhibition that brings together card users from the seven continents. Not to mention that he will definitely go to help Ke Jin, the significance of this exhibition in the Azure Star card pool world alone is worth it for all card users and card masters to go and see.
So Bai Fan quickly refunded his space flight ticket home and changed his ticket to the venue of the exhibition - Qinglan City, the capital of Qingyu Continent.
In the terminal, as the boarding information was repeatedly broadcast, the gate finally began to check tickets. Seeing that the waiting line began to shorten, Bai Fan finally put away his e-book and went to the gate with his luggage.
After showing his flight ticket, Bai Fan passed customs smoothly, followed the crowd into the boarding gate, and soon boarded the spacecraft.
Because Bai Fan boarded the plane late, when he walked into the cabin, most of the seats were already occupied. Bai Fan checked the seat number on the ticket and walked to the middle of the cabin, and then... he found that someone was already sitting in his seat.
The man was wearing casual sportswear that didn't fit in with the other passengers. He didn't look like he was going on a long interstellar journey. Instead, he looked more like he was just going out for a walk. Moreover, compared to those passengers who started chatting online or watching TV series as soon as they sat down, although this man sat obediently on the seat, his upper body was not idle at all. He kept looking around, as if everything he saw was new and interesting.
"Sir, you took my seat." Bai Fan said expressionlessly.
The other party didn't react at all - because he was staring intently at the video playing on the tablet of a little girl next to him.
Bai Fan was a little displeased, so he had to pat the other person's shoulder and repeat it again.
"Sir, you took my seat."
The man finally turned around. He looked very young. Bai Fan guessed that he was about the same age as himself, no more than 25 years old. Bai Fan was also a little concerned about his pure golden hair color. He felt that this golden color was very pure and did not look like it was bleached or dyed. In the Aquarius galaxy, there were very few people with natural golden hair. He had only seen one case so far. The child named Ounuo who followed Ke Jin had this kind of natural and beautiful golden hair.
"Huh?" The blond young man looked at Bai Fan strangely, "How do you know this is your seat?"
“…”
Not wanting to waste time talking, Bai Fan directly showed his flight ticket and pointed to the row of numbers with his seat number.
According to Bai Fan's experience, if the other party is maliciously occupying the seat, he will definitely adopt a domineering attitude and refuse to admit it; if the other party just accidentally sits in the wrong seat, he will immediately stand up and give up his seat while apologizing.
But this person had neither of the two reactions.
"Aha!" The young man actually shouted in surprise and slapped his thigh excitedly, "So this is what the numbers mean! I thought it was strange before, and wondered what the point of writing these messed-up things on the ticket was... So that's it!"
Bai Fan: “…”
However, this strange excitement only lasted for a moment. The other party seemed to react quickly and turned his head away from Bai Fan's gaze. When he raised his head again, he had already put on the expression of a mature adult.
"Uh, sorry." He said seriously, with a serious expression and a solemn tone, "I'm very sorry, I misread the number, so I sat in the wrong seat."
Bai Fan: “…”
Bai Fan: "Why don't you get up?"
"Ah! Sorry!" The other person immediately jumped up from his seat and quickly moved to the aisle, gesturing with his hands, "You sit, you sit."
Although this person is a bit weird, his attitude of admitting his mistakes is still good.
Bai Fan felt a little better. He nodded to him lightly, put his luggage on the luggage rack, and sat down calmly.
But the man did not leave. Instead, he stood in the aisle looking around, with a confused look on his face, as if he didn't know where to go.
"Aren't you going to find your seat?" Bai Fan couldn't help but ask.
The blond young man looked at Bai Fan and scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I don't remember my seat number."
"It's written on your flight ticket." Bai Fan reminded him, "Just find it and take a look."
"But I already threw the ticket away." The blond young man spread his hands innocently.
"Throw it away?" Bai Fan was stunned. "You will have to check your ticket again when you get off the plane. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to pass through customs without a ticket?"
“What?” The young man’s eyes widened and he almost screamed, “I have to check my ticket again after getting off the plane?! What kind of broken rule is this?!”
Bai Fan: “…”
Bai Fan: "Could it be... this is your first time riding a spacecraft?"
"What's wrong with you..." The other party just said halfway in surprise, and was suddenly stunned. He quickly changed his expression and pretended to be nonchalant.
"No, no, actually I've taken this ride many times. I just forgot to check my ticket this time...haha, hahaha..."
“…”
Looking at the other person's forced smile, Bai Fan suddenly remembered the title of a post he had seen before.
——【Help! This is my first time riding a spacecraft, how can I pretend to be someone I ride often? Urgent, waiting online!】
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