"What a hassle..." Ren Suo sighed as he looked at the gift boxes piled on the ground.
When he returned home last night, the four guys hadn't come out of the guest room yet. Ren Suo almost thought that the guest room was connected to a different time and space. After they entered, they were teleported to different worlds and began their journey as the protagonists. For example, they became prisoners being escorted to be beheaded in a carriage, strangers looking for blood therapy, penniless people waking up in the cemetery, and small villagers who picked up a rusty sword handle...
Ten minutes later, they came out together and said goodbye to Ren Suo, saying that they would officially celebrate in the daytime and everyone would disband tonight.
Although Qiao Muyi claimed that she had no place to sleep and wanted to sleep in the guest room of Ren Suo's house, Dong Chengling immediately said that she could sleep with her. They had just slept in the same bed a dozen days ago.
The person who finally successfully occupied the guest room was Ren Xingmei.
Seeing Dong Chengling pulling Qiao Muyi to teleport home so resolutely, Ren Suo couldn't help but nod. Sure enough, among his bound people, Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling should be considered the couple with the best relationship.
Ren Suo has always believed that whether or not one can sleep in the same bed is an important criterion for testing friends, because other people's sleeping posture and whether or not they snore will greatly affect another person's sleep. For example, he had a roommate in his university dormitory who snored extremely loudly, and his snoring could make the entire wooden bed vibrate slightly.
Fortunately, that roommate is a mobile game player and goes to bed the latest every night, so everyone gets along well. The only problem is that if they wake up in the middle of the night, they basically can't fall asleep again.
Dong Chengling and Qiao Muyi were able to sleep together more than ten days ago and even sent selfies to provoke Ren Suo. They can still sleep together more than ten days later, which shows that they have a very good compatibility.
They agreed to go out and play early the next morning, so Ren Suo didn't play any games and went to bed to sleep. The next day, he was woken up by Xiao Jiu who went into bed. Xiao Jiu first hugged him and said "Happy birthday, big brother", and then asked Ren Suo in a low voice when his birthday was.
Ren Suo had actually forgotten about this, and after thinking about it, he whispered that it was September 21, the day he and Xiao Jiu met at the comic convention.
He did think about asking Xiaojiu to celebrate his birthday with him, but he quickly rejected the idea: cultural symbols such as birthdays and names are actually not important if analyzed with absolute rationality.
But humans have given these symbols special meanings, which is the biggest difference between humans and ashes. Xiaojiu is not Ren Suo's accessory, she is also a unique creature. Ren Suo does not want to tie her to himself so casually, but hopes that she has her own birthday symbol.
Of course, the biggest reason is that Ren Suo didn't have time to buy Xiao Jiu a birthday present, so he put it off until next year...
Xiao Jiu was very satisfied with this day, and hurriedly pulled Ren Suo to get up. Dong Chengling, Qiao Muyi, and Ren Xingmei had already woken up, and Gu Yueyan and Lin Xianyu came a little later. A group of people went to the city to play for a day, went to the game center, watched a movie, and went ice skating...
Bai Ji and Zhao Huo, who heard the news, wanted to come, but... they had classes.
After eating all four cakes at the dinner party at night, everyone left their gifts and left together, without leaving any behind.
That's why Ren Suo was staring at the pile of gifts in front of him in a daze.
Celebrating birthdays is already troublesome enough, and then I have to give others birthday gifts...
As the bond level increases, more troubles will occur.
Ren Suo began to open the gifts, thinking that he would give back whatever others gave him.
First came Dong Chengling’s gift, a very small box. Ren Suo couldn’t guess what it was. Could it be a cell phone?
When I opened it, I saw... a bunch of keys.
Ren Suo blinked and used "Data Stream" for the first time in a long time to explore the information of this key:
"The key to Dong Chengling's security door, the key to Dong Chengling's door, the key to Dong Chengling's balcony, the key to Dong Chengling's guest room, the key to Dong Chengling's bedroom."
"...Do you want me to go over there by myself on Saturdays and Sundays to accompany Xiaojiu?" Ren Suo scratched his face. As for this gift... he thought it was pretty good. After all, he also gave his key to Dong Chengling.
But what should he give Dong Chengling on his birthday? He has already given away his keys...
It's so hard to return a gift.
Next came Qiao Muyi’s gift, a square flat box.
In fact, Ren Suo wanted to refuse Qiao Muyi's gift, because Qiao Muyi had given him a pair of noise-cancelling headphones just a few days ago. If he wanted another gift, he would feel embarrassed. He was not the kind of person who could accept other people's kindness calmly. Even if his parents gave him a mobile phone and a computer, he would do some housework for the first time to show his attitude.
However, Qiao Muyi made it clear that this was a very cheap gift and was light to hold, so if Ren Suo didn't want it she would have to throw it away, so Ren Suo finally accepted it.
When I opened it, I saw... a white mask.
Ren Suo picked up the mask and checked it with the data stream. It was not a magical item. Although it looked like it was made of high-end materials, it was not that expensive. It was indeed very cheap. However, there were six words written on the mask:
Mr. Mu is the best.
Mr. Mu...Qiao Muyi...Ren Suo suddenly remembered something and took out his phone to check. He found that Qiao Muyi had changed her WeChat nickname from 'Xiao Qiao' to 'Mr. Mu' without knowing when. He had not noticed it because he had noted Qiao Muyi's real name before.
But you wrote these six words on the mask... Let’s not talk about whether Ren Suo needs a mask or not. Even if he needs it, he won’t wear it. It’s so shameful.
And how should he send this back? Ren Suo thought about it. Qiao Muyi seemed to have always called him Xiao Suo. Should he send a black mask with "Xiao Suo is the best" written on it?
Let’s not talk about whether Qiao Muyi would like it or not. Even if she really wore it, Ren Suo felt that Yu Kuangtu would mock him madly for his gift selection skills.
Another gift that is hard to return.
Then came Bai Ji's gift, a white scarf, which she said she had knitted herself.
But…but Lian Jiang was cold, but not cold enough to need a scarf. In Tianlian Academy, apart from Bai Ji, only a few female teachers and students who wanted to wear couple outfits with him wore scarves. Ren Suo didn't need a scarf at all given his physical condition.
Moreover, this was a scarf he had knitted himself, so if he was giving a return gift, he had to add the sincerity of making it himself.
However, Ren Suo's skills were all focused on playing games, and he had no skill at all in manual work.
Should I fold 888 little stars and give them to him? That would be so troublesome and also so naive. Bai Ji would definitely not like this kind of gift.
Why do you always give gifts that are difficult to return?
Next came the gift for his younger sister. Ren Suo thought his younger sister was the best. After all, they had celebrated more than a dozen birthdays together. She knew him well and knew that she didn't like to receive expensive gifts. So most of his gifts were joke-like reward coupons such as "coupons for running errands" and "coupons for playing games together".
Then Ren Suo would also give her a similar birthday gift, which didn't cost money but showed his sincerity.
This year, my sister also gave me a reward voucher. Ren Suo opened it and saw
"Looking for sister's lap pillow ticket"
「Voucher for chatting with my sister」
"Travel voucher with sister"
Ren Suo flipped through it, looking speechless.
"I... I have always been a bronze rank, but you don't have to not even give me a 'game-playing ticket'..." Ren Suo muttered.
Moreover, the reward coupons his sister gave him this year suddenly changed to a different field. Ren Suo didn't know how to respond to the "Looking for Brother's Lap Pillow Coupon"? Why did it feel so weird?
This adds another problem to me.
Finally, it was Zhao Huo’s birthday present. Ren Suo was also very curious. It was obvious that he just found out about his birthday today, so how could he still tinker with birthday presents?
Could it be one of his wives who was placed in the glass cabinet? If Zhao Huo really gave it to him, Ren Suo would not dare to let it out. It would be troublesome if Xiao Jiu saw it. It was not because he was afraid of polluting Xiao Jiu, but because he was afraid that Xiao Jiu would follow the template of the figurine and not wear clothes...
Zhao Huo’s gift was quite heavy.
Ren Suo opened Zhao Huo's gift with great anticipation and saw
A hammer.
It is not an ordinary hammer, but the exclusive weapon of a certain god in a popular superhero movie. It is a hammer called Thor's Hammer. The hammer head is very large and it is not used to hammer nails, but to hit people.
Ren Suo picked it up and shook it, and the hammer actually lit up.
There was also a note from Zhao Huo in the box, which read: "This is Thor's hammer, it can be cranked to generate electricity. Just rub it up and down vigorously and it will light up. Pretty cool, right? No need to thank me, we are friends, it's only natural for me to give you a hammer."
Ren Suo silently opened Taobao on his mobile phone and soon found his target: a hatchet that could play beautiful melodies.
We are friends, so it is only right that I give you a music player that can be used to kill people.
Along the way, Ren Suo suddenly realized that Zhao Huo was the least troublesome person. Since Zhao Huo's gift was so shameless, Ren Suo could naturally respond simply and rudely.
Oh, even less worrying are Gu Yueyan and Lin Xianyu, they didn't give anything. But for Ren Suo, not giving anything is the best gift. If he really needs something, he will buy it himself, not let others give it to him.
After tidying up, Ren Suo turned on the Small World game console and summoned his clone to do the work.
He glanced at his apron-wearing clone and suddenly asked, "Do you have a birthday present for me?"
The clone looked at him and said nothing.
"Forget it, just squeeze all the juice out of that box of oranges." Ren Suo waved his hand, "Remember to remove the orange pulp. I like orange juice with orange pulp... Hmm? Why did your action mode automatically switch to escape mode again? Switch back to servant mode."
The clone went to work, and Ren Suo continued with his strategy for "Hunting Night".
Luna was still in her super small form at this time, staying in the playground waiting to recover. Ren Suo estimated that the debuff of her super small form could not be eliminated until the next moon phase.
Fast forward to the time, and sure enough, when the moon phase changed from waning to new (completely invisible), Luna suddenly returned to her original state. Fortunately, the natives of Moon Mask were relatively generous and were not surprised to see Luna's sudden transformation.
"Okay, let's go see if there are any missions... hm?"
The missing moonlight as the waning moon turned into a new moon seemed to fall on Luna, renewing the miracle she possessed:
"Your miracle is to complete the Moon Ritual with a companion of the opposite sex, and gain a large amount of experience points for character tag roleplaying."
"Your price is that you must maintain physical contact with a partner of the opposite sex for a period of time."
Ren Suo blinked his eyes: "...This game is too hostile to singles, isn't it? So customizing your character is already losing at the starting line?"