As Xiang Fan accepted Lu Qingli's soul-searching questioning, his mind was still spinning - what exactly is the concept of this gift?!
He thought he had just bought an ordinary piece of jewelry, but what he received was actually a rare treasure of the Void Refinement level that could cause a sensation in the sect. This left him completely stunned.
"No! We have to find the culprit, Ling Ruoxi, and ask her for answers!"
Xiang Fan angrily opened the communicator and frantically knocked on Ling Ruoxi's window in the friend list of the Spirit Realm Battlefield.
Xiang Fan: "Ling Ruoxi! What link did you send me?! Why is the value so outrageous?!"
At this time, Ling Ruoxi was sitting with her legs crossed, holding a bag of spiritual popcorn, and leisurely watching the live broadcast of the spiritual battlefield.
Seeing Boss Zero coming to her door, she opened the communication with a smile and an innocent expression:
Ling Ruoxi: "Ah? What are you talking about, Boss? I just picked out a few ordinary gifts suitable for girls."
Xiang Fan: "Ordinary?! You call a Void Refining Level treasure ordinary?!"
Ling Ruoxi blinked and said confidently:
"So what? In our world of girls, gifts of this size are pretty normal, right?"
Xiang Fan felt unwell:
“It’s normal????”
The most expensive gift he'd ever received was a bag of vacuum-packed osmanthus cake his father had someone buy him from a small interstellar shop! How could this crappy thing be compared to a Void Refining-level treasure?!
"This woman is crazy..." Xiang Fan complained in his heart.
However, Xiang Fan was not easily put off. He recalled that when Lu Qingli received the gift, although she did not directly refuse it, her tone was obviously a little off. He could not help but ask:
Xiang Fan: "But my senior sister seems a little angry."
This time, Ling Ruoxi finally burst out laughing, as if she had expected Xiang Fan to say that.
While she was eating some psychic popcorn, she spoke in a tone full of the flavor of someone who had experienced it:
"Boss, you are such a straight man."
Xiang Fan: “???”
Ling Ruoxi: "Look at your senior sister, she is angry, but has she controlled it?"
Xiang Fan: “…”
Ling Ruoxi: "Did she ask the courier from Zhenbao.com to return the item?"
Xiang Fan: “…No.”
Ling Ruoxi: "Did she contact you immediately after receiving the gift?"
Xiang Fan: “…Yes.”
Ling Ruoxi spread her hands, with an expression that said, "Just look, I knew it."
"Boss, you have to understand one thing—girls say one thing and mean another!"
"She says she's angry, but if she really is angry, will she accept the gift? Will she contact you immediately? Will she care how you bought it?"
"What does this mean?"
Ling Ruoxi smiled as cunningly as a fox:
"It means she likes it very much!"
"But I'm too embarrassed to admit it directly, so I have to scold you."
Xiang Fan fell into deep thought.
It seems... that makes some sense?
The senior sister did not really return the items, but went straight to him to "demand an explanation".
Isn't this... a disguised form of recognition?
"So women's minds are so complicated?!" Xiang Fan sighed.
Seeing Xiang Fan gradually being convinced, Ling Ruoxi smiled secretly, and while the iron was hot, she threw out her "ultimate goal":
"Boss, considering that I helped you with your strategy and helped you capture your senior sister, shouldn't you give me something as a reward?"
Xiang Fan was alert: “???”
Ling Ruoxi: "That's easy! Give me ten consecutive ranked matches and help me climb the ranks!"
Xiang Fan: “…”
He thought this woman was going to ask for a huge amount of spirit stones, but it turned out she just wanted to be a leader in the qualifying competition?
Xiang Fan agreed immediately: "Okay."
Ling Ruoxi was overjoyed and immediately shouted excitedly:
"Hurry up, get on board! Boss, I'm already waiting for you in the room!"
Xiang Fan sighed helplessly, opened the Spirit Realm battlefield, and entered the qualifying round.
[Spirit Realm Battlefield·King Ranking·Team Zero]
When Shadow Killer, Youyu Sword Armor, Cangqiong Sword Armor, Gu Master and Xuanwu Guard saw that there were only the boss and Ling Ruoxi on the ranking interface, everyone's expressions suddenly became strange.
Shadow Killer: "Boss, what's going on with you two?"
Ling Ruochen: "Wow, sister, you actually monopolized the boss all by yourself?!"
Xuanwu Guard: "Ruoxi, you're going too far! We need to get points too!"
Gu Master: "I protest! If you don't help me rank up, I'll end our friendship!"
Facing the resentment of her teammates, Ling Ruoxi felt no guilt at all, and even said provocatively while clicking the match button:
"Hehe, the boss agreed. It's because you guys are not as good at flirting as me."
Xiang Fan held his forehead: "..."
So, amidst screams and curses from teammates, Xiang Fan and Ling Ruoxi began today's ranking journey.
6. Ending - A Sigh, a Misunderstanding
During the qualifying match, Xiang Fan suddenly thought of Lu Qingli's expression when she received the gift, and he felt a little secretly happy.
Although the process is a bit outrageous, but... the gift-giving effect seems to be quite good?
At the same time, Li Yuanxiu on the other side frowned as he saw the balance of his virtual account suddenly drop drastically.
"Strange, Zero actually used funds from the payroll account?"
"Could it be... he's finally interested in our collaboration? Is he going to start seriously researching the Nascent Soul mecha?"
Li Yuanxiu mistakenly thought that Zero had finally started working, and was so excited that he immediately sent a private message to Zero:
"Mr. Zero, are you finally willing to accept our financial support? Can we cooperate more deeply now?"
At this time, Xiang Fan was concentrating on helping Ling Ruoxi gain points and did not notice the communication prompt at all.
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