Chapter 043 Chapter 43

Ah Yan had finished watching the 40-minute video without realizing it. She glanced at the number of views of Kaka's video.

I don’t know if it’s because the new account has a lot of traffic, but within three hours of Kaka’s video being released, it already has 500,000 views, and there are a lot of likes, comments, and coins.

"Woohoo! Up is the legendary travel game protagonist!"

“I really like this style, very creative! The opening and ending CGs are so well done!”

"Travel Kaka, I've subscribed to it three times! I hope the quality of future videos will be as high as this."

"Up doesn't talk much, so I feel more involved. Although I don't know what Up looks like, after watching one video I feel like I know him. Modo Modo, please upload the next video!"

"The little Kaka is so cute, I can already imagine him!"

"This year's top 100 reservations! I'm paying attention to it first."

Although there were comments like "Which studio did the best?" and "What a big deal, they will bring more products next", the vast majority of the comments were about novelty and liking the product.

Ah Yan also looked very happy. Most people have good taste.

Kaka just graduated this year. I don’t know whether her [travel man] will provide Kaka with travel expenses. If Kaka’s fan base increases in number and becomes popular, it will be a good thing for her to be able to receive financial support.

A Yan clicked on Kaka's homepage and saw that the number of fans had increased to 70,000, a ratio of about seven to one. She didn't know much about this data, but it was obviously a good start.

While watching the video, Ayan had already passed the video link to Juejue, and asked Juejue to check whether there were any photos in his bag of specialty food.

【Jue Jue】：I don’t have it here, there should be only one.

Ah Yan guessed so, as they shared one copy. She rummaged through her desk drawer and found a single-layer card holder, and put the Polaroid camera that Kaka had sent her.

If Kaka continues to send her photos in the future, she will have to prepare a Polaroid album.

She thought about it and sent two messages back to Kaka.

[Ayan]: Kaka, I've watched the video, it's awesome! From a viewer's perspective, I find it very interesting, like watching a game streamer recording a video of himself playing a game. It's not a good choice for a fan show, but it's a good choice for a leisurely evening viewing. Remember to post it on other platforms as well.

A special animated CG was also made at the end of Kaka's video, showing the people she met along the way, the meals she ate, and finally ending with the Kaka figurine carrying a backpack and setting out on the road again. The beginning and the end echo each other, and the content quality is simply too high!

[Ayan]: [photo.jpg] The beef jerky and yogurt cubes are both delicious~~~Thank you Kaka.

Kaka hadn't replied to her message yet. A Yan watched Ding Ling come back with a lot of food in her hands.

"I'm back late. Sorry for keeping you waiting." Ding Ling quickly put everything on the table.

There is a very popular roasted goose leg restaurant outside the school, nicknamed Goose Leg Auntie. People have to queue up at mealtimes. Next to it is a restaurant that sells freshly made pan-fried dumplings. She also bought mushrooms and shrimps, roasted gluten, and iced drinks. The main point is that it is unhealthy.

"Goose legs! Delicious goose legs. I haven't eaten them for two weeks." Chu Bingbing, who was packing her suitcase, looked up at the goose legs with starry eyes.

"Thank you, little bell."

Ah Yan took the alcohol wipes and wiped the mouths of the cans of drinks one by one, then took out a straw and prepared to eat.

Yi Zhi grabbed a handful of disposable chopsticks from bed number six, Gu Jiasui prepared the dishes, Ding Ling unpacked the packages one by one, and the five of them gathered at the table.

Because she had chewed two pieces of beef jerky before, Ah Yan's masseter muscles, cheekbones and teeth were under great pressure, so she was not really hungry at the moment.

She drank soda through a straw and nibbled on a goose leg slowly.

So delicious!

Ah Yan glanced at the seat next to Chu Bingbing. Her newly purchased luggage was in a mess. It was obvious that there were too many things in it. They were piled up into a small mountain.

There was originally an LV suitcase, a Rimowa suitcase, and a large plastic roller suitcase stuffed under Chu Bingbing's desk. The newly purchased one seemed to be 22 inches, making the already narrow personal space even more crowded.

"Bingbing, do you want to leave your stuff in the dormitory? I think there's almost no room." A Yan said.

Each of their closets is not very big. Chu Bingbing has already occupied the closet of the empty bed, and Ah Yan's closet is just barely enough. Many clothes are rolled up for storage. Fortunately, they are summer and autumn clothes. Winter clothes have not yet been sent over from home, otherwise there would be no room for them.

"Ah, I'll move back into the house tomorrow." Chu Bingbing gnawed on a goose leg with a bitter face.

She was very happy when she received these exquisite and unique things, but now it is really painful to pack them up. The cute little things also take up a lot of space. Fortunately, the house in Lakeside World is big enough and there is enough storage space. She can put these little things in the study room when the time comes.

"Do you want to go out and play together tomorrow?" Chu Bingbing asked.

"We can also go to the Egg Fried Rice Restaurant. I haven't been there yet, and I don't know if it will open tomorrow."

"Ayan, you are very close to the fried rice, right?" Chu Bingbing looked at Ayan.

Ah Yan nodded, "It takes about ten minutes to walk from your neighborhood."

Hearing this, Chu Bingbing put her hand on her chin and said, "It's inconvenient before graduation. After graduation, I can go downstairs and have fried rice every day."

When she said this, Yi Zhiliao laughed, "When we all graduate, Chu Shen still doesn't know whether he will open a store or not."

Will the top students who graduated from Binhai University continue to be restaurant owners? Working in the catering industry is so tiring, and it is definitely not as easy as working in a laboratory.

"I don't have anything to do with Juejue tomorrow." A Yan said.

"I can't." Ding Ling shook her head. She had to continue paying attention to Xiaomei and He Jiajia's situation.

"I can't do that either." Gu Jiasui shook her head lightly. She needed to go back to the old house this week to confirm with her grandfather what Professor Su Jing had said.

"I can, but I probably won't go with you. We can meet at Chu Shen's store." Yi Zhi said after thinking for a while.

She told Chu Shen about the ingredients today. She plans to pack some and send them over to Chu Shen tomorrow... The reason for airfreighting them in advance is also reasonable. It's just in time to bring another batch of fruits to her roommates.

A few of them talked about today's comic exhibition. After eating until they were full, A Yan and Gu Jiasui didn't eat much. Gu Jiasui only broke off small pieces of goose leg gluten with chopsticks, and had a quick taste of two pan-fried dumplings and mushrooms with shrimps. The rest was cleaned up by Yi Zhi.

After dinner, A Yan saw Ding Ling take the initiative to clean up the table and asked her to go out and take out the trash together.

Ah Yan thought that Ding Ling must have something to tell her, otherwise this kind of work could be done by one person without bothering others.

She didn't refuse, and walked out of the dormitory with Ding Ling carrying the garbage bag.

In addition to the bathroom in the dormitory, there are public water rooms at both ends of the dormitory corridor where you can get hot water, wash, go to the toilet, and there is also a public washing machine.

After throwing the garbage into the big bucket, there was no one in the bathroom at this moment, so the two of them stood by the window and talked in a low voice.

"What's the matter?" Ah Yan asked directly.

Ding Ling blinked and said, "Nothing much. I just wanted to tell you about the little ghost girl."

Ding Ling finished telling the story of Xiaomei and He Jiajia, and Ah Yan felt as if he was listening to a metaphysical story on some supernatural radio station, a heartwarming one at that.

She was stunned. Why did Ding Ling tell her this?

"You guys can handle this." Ah Yan pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Well, I want to hear your opinion." Ding Ling looked at A Yan with clear eyes and full of trust.

She felt that if there was any conspiracy hidden here, A Yan would definitely find out.

My opinion? I have no opinion at all! Ah Yan thought silently.

She was afraid that once she opened her mouth she would reveal the fact that she knew nothing and understood nothing.

"I don't have any objection. You will definitely handle it." Ah Yan said calmly.

Ding Ling was stunned when she heard this, and then she reacted immediately.

It's because of one's own attachment to appearances.

She only wanted to ask Ah Yan's opinion, but forgot the focus of Ah Yan's practice now.

Ah Yan had no hand in this matter at all, so since he was not involved in the cause, he was not involved in the result either.

Once Ayan expresses his own opinions or suggestions, he will inevitably be involved in this matter. For Ayan, who has such a status, it is best to stay away from it.

"I understand." Ding Ling nodded vigorously.

The two returned to the dormitory and took turns washing up.

While Ayan was washing away his fatigue of the day, Kaka, far away in the Inner Mongolia prairie, was lying on the grass looking at the stars.

Kaka seemed to be looking at the stars, but in fact he was staring at the [Traveling Man] screen in front of him.

"Congratulations to the player for achieving the [Distant Traveler] achievement. Please keep up the good work. Do you want to wear the achievement badge?"

Another achievement lit up. Kaka looked at the interface. Far Traveler, was this because the special product I sent to the team had arrived? Or was it because of the video she uploaded?

She quickly opened the specific information of the [Far Traveler] achievement.

[Achievement: Far Traveler lv1]

【Traveling through mountains and rivers, walking forward, passing through foreign lands, through grasslands, forests, deserts, mountains...you pass on the stories you see and hear on your journey, and become a distant traveler in the eyes of others. On the road you have walked, decades later, there will still be people who will talk about the traveler who came here that year.】

[Effect of wearing: Travel Reputation +5]

Travel reputation? Kaka shook her head. Does it mean that she will be recognized while traveling? But she didn't show her face.

"System, what is the function of this travel reputation?"

If it were easy for people to recognize me, I would definitely not wear this achievement card.

“The role of travel reputation mainly depends on the player. The higher the reputation, the longer the player can stay in the local area. If the player encounters difficulties and asks for help, there is a high probability that he will get help from the locals.”

Kaka plucked a blade of grass and rubbed it on his nose. "That is to say, for example, if I come to Brother Dada's house, it may be passed on to the second or even third generation of his family in the future?"

"Yes," the system replied.

"If I go to a blind box place and can't find any information, I can go to the village committee town or something and someone may help me. This can be used simultaneously with [Unexpected Encounter]."

"Yes."

Kaka figured it out. Most of the Chinese people are very enthusiastic and proactive towards visitors from afar. So if [Unexpected Encounter] and [Distant Traveler] are worn at the same time, there may be fewer problems in future journeys and more enthusiastic people may be met.

"But this level 1 means I can upgrade it later. How do I upgrade it? Is it based on my reputation on the network?"

"Please figure it out on your own." The system did not respond this time.

If she doesn't want to talk about it, then she won't talk about it. But Kaka felt that it was probably the effect of her posting the video. She took out her cell phone from her pocket and only then saw a lot of messages, from the fleet, from Ayan, and from other local specialties she had sent to fellow villagers she had visited, as well as missed calls!

After replying to the messages and phone calls, Kaka went to the homepage of his newly registered account and took a look. His phone almost froze!

There were so many messages, but Kaka was not ready to read them. She just glanced at her fan count, which was already 122,000 at this moment. It was increasing so fast, and the number of views had reached 800,000.

As expected, the "reputation" appeared because of the popularity on the Internet. Kaka had never seen it before.

Thinking of this, Kaka thanked Ayan, her friend whom she had just known for a week. If it weren't for Ayan's suggestion, she didn't know how long she would have hesitated.

Moreover, it was Ayan who came up with these little ideas to make the journey into a game setting that made it so eye-catching.

I don’t know where the next blind box will go, and where will she send the special products to Ayan then?

Although you can buy things online and have them shipped directly, Kaka feels that it is completely different to personally select and pack the things locally.

Sunday.

Ah Yan thought about it again and again and decided that she wanted to accompany Chu Bingbing to clean up the surroundings and put them in the house. She felt that the last time she met her was just a coincidence.

This time, it was Chu Bingbing who asked me out. It’s not convenient to invite my boyfriend to a single girl’s home.

Therefore, we simply sent Juejue to the Chu's Restaurant first to reserve a seat in case there were too many people at noon, and they could come down to eat directly after they were done.

What a perfect idea!

Dragging a suitcase, even though it was Sunday, Chu Bingbing hesitated for a while before decisively choosing a luxury car with a female driver.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. She didn't want to drag her suitcase and squeeze into the subway anymore.

In the special car, Chu Bingbing sent a message to the property manager, asking whether the property had a professional organizer. If so, it would save her a lot of trouble.

After a while, she saw the reply from her exclusive butler, and Chu Bingbing, who was sitting in the back row, said "yeah".

So——

After getting off the special car, Chu Bingbing's suitcase was taken over by the property manager who came to greet her. The property's storage technician and housekeeper followed them upstairs. After confirming what items needed to be stored and Chu Bingbing's needs, the professionals directly made a list.

After grabbing two bottles of mineral water from the special car, A Yan had nothing to do but sit on the sofa and play with his mobile phone. Then he lay on the recliner on the balcony and stared blankly.

Ah Yan originally thought that he was supposed to help Chu Bingbing clean up, but it turned out that professional matters were handled by dedicated personnel and they did not need supervision.

"Ayan, tell me, if a person suddenly spends a lot of money, like hundreds of millions, to buy something he doesn't need, why is that?"

Chu Bingbing's sudden words stunned Ah Yan.

Ah Yan blinked his eyes. What Bingbing was talking about...isn't she just herself?

What does she mean by asking this question suddenly?

"I'm not talking about myself, I'm talking about others." Chu Bingbing also realized that her words were a bit ambiguous.

This other person, actually she was referring to her own super rich system.

Chu Bingbing pondered for a long time about the special limited-time mission suddenly released by the Super Rich System last month, but she still didn't figure it out until she donated the "Handscroll of Zhou Dynasty Emperors".

Her usual tasks were small-scale transactions of a few hundred thousand, a half million, or a million dollars, but suddenly she was asked to bid for an item and was not restricted from making donations. Chu Bingbing felt that there was a deeper meaning in this.

So, Chu Bingbing wanted to hear Ah Yan's opinion.

Given Ah Yan’s background and perspective, he might come up with an answer that Chu Bingbing herself cannot think of, but that is another matter on another level.

Ah Yan groaned, and she turned around to see that the organizers were working in the study instead of in the living room. She took a sip of water before speaking, "Generally speaking, we call this money washing."

"I buy and sell antiques, artworks, jewelry, etc. at auctions, especially if they are not held in China. The probability of transferring assets out is relatively high."

"After all, the value of these things is hard to explain. It is much higher than the starting price. The record can be said to be the preference of the auctioneer. It is reasonable within the rules."

Money laundering?

Chu Bingbing was stunned when she heard this answer. Her system shouldn't be used for money laundering, right?

But Chu Bingbing actually had another doubt in her heart for a while.

There is a saying that goes, "Every gift from fate has a price tag on it." Where did the money given to her by the Super Rich System come from?

"So it can be done this way." Chu Bingbing said, feeling that she had learned something new.

Ah Yan was rocking the rocking chair, and the two of them did not continue the topic.

She looked at her phone and suddenly exclaimed "Huh".

"Juejue said Yizhi had arrived. She brought the ingredients sent from her farm and went directly to Chu Shen's store."

"So fast, no wonder Yi Zhi didn't come with us. She should have said earlier that she would come in the same car with us." Chu Bingbing said.

After the two organizers finished their work, Chu Bingbing paid them and they went downstairs together.

Chu Bingbing was very interested: "I want to see what the fried egg restaurant looks like."

Ah Yan had already given her a shot of prevention, saying that it was a very ordinary restaurant, but that did not dampen her enthusiasm at all. After all, she hadn't had fried rice with egg for another week.

It was just eleven o'clock when they arrived at Chu's Restaurant. In fact, the store was not open yet. It would not open until eleven-thirty and would close at one-thirty in the afternoon. It would only be open for two hours on weekends.

However - at this time, many people with their pony horses had already come to the door of Chu's Restaurant and lined up on their own.

They seemed very familiar with each other. They lined up in an orderly line, talking to each other, and some even brought their own umbrellas and hats.

Chu Bingbing was stunned when she saw this scene, "Egg fried rice is really so popular."

Ah Yan was a little unsteady at the moment. How could the two of them sneak in under the watchful eyes of so many people?

It doesn't feel good to be watched by everyone trying to use the back door.

A Yan sent a message to Jue Jue, the door of the restaurant opened, and A Yan and Chu Bingbing slipped in. Chu Shen calmly looked at the diners who were ready to run in and wanted to rebel.

"It's not time for dinner yet. This is a friend who came to help."

He closed the door again and looked at his uninvited guests today, two living ancestors, a big sister, and a friend of the living ancestor.

"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat fried rice with eggs now?" Chu Shen asked.

Chu Bingbing rubbed her hands in embarrassment. She also saw the team outside. "Are you ready? Do you need our help with anything?"

"Help me try the new dishes. If you're not hungry, you can wait a little longer, or have a bite first and then we can eat together when I'm done." Chu Shen looked at her.

"The ingredients from Yizhi's farm have arrived. I'm going to try them today."

Chu Shen didn't expect Yi Zhi to act so quickly. After he told him about it yesterday, the ingredients arrived today.

He has to go back to school tomorrow, so some of the ingredients need to be used up as soon as possible.

After getting a new recipe for meat and potato stew yesterday, he practiced hard in the Kitchen God Space for an entire night.

"New dishes?" A Yan's eyes also lit up.

No more egg fried rice? Although egg fried rice is also delicious, it’s finally time to change it up.

"Well, but I'm still trying it out. It's not time to officially put it on the shelves yet. Everyone, please try it and give me some suggestions." Chu Shen explained gently.

When treating living ancestors, we must serve them.

I hope the new dishes will increase my favorability! Please add it to me! Please, I haven’t even tried his kitchen yet!

"I'm not in a hurry. Where's Yi Zhi?" Ah Yan looked around and found that Yi Zhi was not there in the hotel lobby.

"I'm here." Yi Zhi came out from the kitchen with a paring knife in her hand.

"I have nothing to do, so I'll just scrape some potatoes."

In fact, she could peel the potatoes with just a tap of her fingers and her spiritual power, but there was no need to waste spiritual power on such a small thing that could be done with her hands.

The potatoes that were sent to her were all carefully selected by her and the black soil had been brushed off with a brush. Yi Zhi knew they were delicious just by roasting them herself, and she couldn't even imagine what they would taste like if cooked by Chu Shen.

A Yan and Chu Bingbing were too embarrassed to come over and eat and drink for free, so they just helped out with the work together.

Ah Yan wiped the wooden tables and chairs three times to disinfect them, Chu Bingbing mopped the floor three times, the tap water was too cold, Zhu Jue washed the large amount of fruit that Yi Zhi brought, and then put on gloves and divided it into small plates.

It was Chu Shen's suggestion to package the fruits. Since it was Yi Zhi's family farm, he had tasted these fruits before and found the quality to be absolutely excellent. The customers of his store would definitely be the popular group.

"The restaurant we went to last time provides high-end seasonal fruits. Later I saw online that many people went to ask about their suppliers." Chu Shen said while wearing a mask. He was dressed in a chef's uniform in the restaurant, looking very stylish.

"It's easy to know whether your farm has set up an online store and WeChat. Send it to me later and I'll ask the diners to send it to their group chat."

Half an hour passed in a flash, and Chu's Restaurant was open!

"It's finally open, Boss Chu, I missed you so much, why didn't you open yesterday!" the first diner who entered the restaurant confessed loudly.

"You don't know? Boss Chu was cooking outside yesterday?"

"What? Boss Chu has someone outside? Is he secretly raising a wild person outside?"

"Pfft! What do you mean by savage? It's as if Boss Chu did something he shouldn't have done."

"We old people are not comparable to those new savages outside." An old diner said with a clear sense of superiority.

Chu Bingbing's mouth twitched as she listened to this. She could tell the difference between the old and the new even when eating. "They are the old people, the newcomers are the savages, and we are nothing."

"You are our family." Chu Shen finally didn't say that you are all living ancestors. No one else can make him get up early on Sunday morning to make a huge portion of fried rice with eggs.

As the first wave of diners came in and sat down in an orderly manner, Yan and his team quietly acted as waiters.

Each person was given a small fruit plate with a few strawberries and cherry tomatoes. This treatment immediately shocked many diners.

"Is this the new fruit plate? How much is it?"

"I remember the girl and her boyfriend were friends of Mr. Chu? Are they here to help out part-time?"

"It's free, it's for tasting." said A Yan.

"Oh, I can still take advantage of Boss Chu, I must eat it!"

The restaurant didn't provide forks, so diners started using them.

"Fuck, this strawberry, I don't know what to say, it's just like the rich strawberries I ate when I was a kid, sour and sweet, absolutely amazing!"

"The same goes for the cherry tomatoes. They burst with juice when you take a bite. They taste so good! They have just the right amount of moisture."

As the seated diners were excitedly eating the fruit, Ah Yan saw a man walking in with a selfie stick, speaking in an impassioned tone:

"Family, who knows! Did you know that at yesterday's Bincheng CG Comic Exhibition, the legendary golden egg fried rice appeared. Today I will take you to the restaurant where the chef who is said to be the chef of the golden egg fried rice is, to see if it is really that magical!"

"If something comes out of this food, food safety must be cracked down on!"

Ah Yan's body was shocked. Is this guy here to cause trouble?