Chapter 095 Chapter 95

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ayan and his friends were woken up early, and the breakfast was, unsurprisingly, the dumplings they had made last night.

After breakfast, fruits and snacks were placed in the living room. The family looked at the time and saw that it was almost half past eight, so they started to go out to visit their neighbors in the family building to wish them a happy new year.

"If someone knocks on the door later, should I open it or not?" Chu Shen, who had also gotten up and eaten, felt a little embarrassed.

The owner of the house has gone out, so I am left here.

It was mainly due to the customs in some places. For example, if an elderly person in his family passed away within the year, it would not be appropriate to visit other people's homes to wish them a happy new year.

Although A Yan Zhu felt that his family didn't mind this, but thinking about how they mentioned that there were many old professors in the family academy, Chu Shen decided to stay here honestly on New Year's Day, and at most go out to the mall to watch a movie.

"No need to open the door. They know we are going out to pay New Year's greetings, so we don't think anyone will come. They will know if there is no response when we knock on the door." Zhu Jue said.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to come back." Chu Shen nodded.

Suddenly, no one was in the room. Chu Shen stayed alone in Zhu Jue's room. He thought for a while and couldn't help but recall what happened last night.

After watching the Spring Festival Gala last night, I received New Year's money from three elders. I couldn't refuse it, but I didn't feel like watching it either.

This morning, I secretly opened it and took a look. There were three 500-yuan red packets for New Year's Eve. I also spent the New Year at someone else's house and received red packets from uncles and aunts. Chu Shen felt that he owed more.

Although I know that the uncles and aunts don't need this little money, my coming here would be like them spending money for nothing.

There was no way to give the money back, let alone gifts. Chu Shen was very distressed for a moment.

However, it seems that my uncles and aunts all like egg fried rice very much. If that doesn’t work, I’ll have to cook all the few specialties I have one by one.

Chu Shen made a silent plan in his heart. He had not bought a ticket back to Bincheng yet. However, during the Chinese New Year, A Yan Zhujue's family would inevitably have relatives and friends visiting. He himself had already passed the Chinese New Year, so he would stay for about another week and cook a few more meals for his uncles and aunts before going back.

Chu Shen looked at his phone. It was obvious that everyone in the dormitory group had gotten up one after another. There were continuous Happy New Year emoticons and blessings, and he also sent a few.

He saw Yuanye bubbling up and poked at it to start a private chat.

[Chu Shen]: Brother Ye, are you still in Ningcheng? Are you going out to watch a movie today?

He estimated that Mr. Xiao was most likely unable to go out today, and Ping An was still in his hometown. He also didn't know whether Brother Ye had finished his work. If they still had to shoot on New Year's Day, it would be too much.

Most importantly, Chu Shen really wanted to find someone to share their terrifying experience in Jingshan last night!

Although he experienced it with his young lover last night, both Ayan and Zhu Jue were obviously much calmer than him.

And because it was Chinese New Year last night, everyone prepared to go to bed after staying up late. He felt that it was a bit inappropriate to talk about ghosts in the early morning, but Chu Shen really wanted to find someone to complain to!

Yuanye quickly replied "OK".

Chu Shen thought about it again and again, and asked him weakly: "Brother Ye, are you afraid of ghosts?"

In the hotel, Yuan Ye, who was having breakfast, fell silent when he saw the message sent by Boss Chu.

He might know what Chu Shen was going to say to him.

Should I say I am afraid? Or should I not be afraid?

Yuanye thought for a moment and replied "I'm not afraid". If Boss Chu wanted to tell him about what happened last night, it would be a good opportunity to hint at the situation of the young couple and Ah Yan's roommate.

After a moment, Chu Shen asked him if it was convenient for him to make a voice or video call. Yuan Ye replied yes, and the next second, a video call was made from the other end.

Yuanye put his cell phone on the stand and ate glutinous rice balls while looking up at the camera.

"Brother Ye!" Chu Shen's tone was obviously very excited.

"I want to tell you something!"

Yuanye had a calm face and said, "Go ahead." He continued to eat breakfast in an orderly manner.

"Why don't you finish eating first?" Chu Shen thought for him.

"It's okay, just say it." Yuanye was fearless.

Chu Shen babble and describe what happened last night to Yuanye with his hands and feet gesticulating.

"Brother Ye, you should have come with us to Jingshan last night. You didn't know that we ran into a ghost last night. We were wearing the bloody wedding dress from the movie. I was so scared that my phone flew out of the window!"

"And you know what? That female ghost was pretty good. She actually helped me pick up the phone." At this point, Chu Shen touched his chin with an expression of disbelief. The glutinous rice balls in Yuanye's mouth were almost stuck in his throat, and his expression was inexplicable.

Yuanye thought to himself, that’s me, your brother, otherwise who would pick up the phone for you.

That was the crucial moment when he escaped last night!

But it was because he was in the state of a fierce ghost in red at that time. When he picked up the phone for Boss Chu, he was able to mobilize the Yin Qi and did not show his hand. Otherwise...

Looking at Yuanye's expression, Chu Shen looked like he had found a close friend.

"Isn't it incredible? I still shudder when I think of that scene now. Do you think that female ghost is some concubine from the Forbidden City?"

"Hmm." Yuanye ate and hummed, thinking to himself, you're just making a blind guess.

Chu Shen looked at his expression and immediately felt that Brother Ye was just being perfunctory.

"Brother Ye, you didn't believe it, did you? I'm not kidding you. They and I saw it together yesterday! But because I was leading the way with a flashlight, I was scared to death, while Ayan and Zhu Jue were very calm."

Yuanye moved his ears at this moment and finally heard the topic he wanted to hear.

The young couple was very calm, which means that they had recognized themselves at that time!

Yuanye is lost in thought at the moment, so there has been no news until today, and no rumors on the Internet. Is it because the young couple has quietly made a move?

Ever since Yuanye returned to the hotel last night, he has been feeling a little uneasy, so he has been searching for topics related to "Jingshan" and "ghost" on several different social apps, trying to refresh the latest related topics, but nothing has been found.

"But I guess they were also scared, but because I encountered it first, they had a buffer." Chu Shen guessed.

"Besides, you would never imagine it." Chu Shen's voice became higher again.

"We also met Ding Ling..." Chu Shen kept talking, and Yuanye stopped moving the spoon in his hand and listened silently.

Chu Shen's video call lasted for a while, and he hung up after satisfying his desire to talk.

He made an appointment with a few people to watch a movie together, but he didn't know when A Yan and Zhu Jue would finish, so he sent the location address and asked Brother Ye to come over to check in.

On the other side, the last two glutinous rice balls in Yuanye’s bowl had already cooled down, and he got more information from Boss Chu.

Ding Ling went to the Great Wall a few days ago, and the young couple also met Chu Shen there.

Yuanye frowned as he thought about it. He searched the topic of "Jingshan Ghost" on his phone again, but there was no latest one. Because he was always searching, the big data pushed him rumors about Jingshan ghosts from a long time ago.

Yuanye felt that it was most likely Ah Yan and the others who helped to suppress it. To be more precise, they suppressed those people who were into metaphysics. He just didn't know what excuse they gave.

"As for Ding Ling and A Yan... they should have a special relationship, but there is still too little information..." Yuan Ye guessed in his heart.

When they met at the Great Wall, there must have been another secret that Boss Chu was completely unaware of.

Yuanye felt a little sad for Boss Chu in his heart. This guy knew nothing and was simply a naive person.

He thought about it and decided that no matter what, the young couple did not call him out in Jingshan last night, and most likely helped him secretly, so he should be grateful.

Immediately, Yuanye edited the message on his phone and sent private messages to the two people.

...

In Ning's family compound, Ayan and Juejue followed their parents around to pay New Year's greetings. When they were almost done, they went home and received new messages on their phones.

Ayan and Juejue looked at Yuanye's WeChat on their phones and looked at each other in surprise.

"Thank you for your help last night. Boss Chu said he wants to go to the movies today?"

Ah Yan blinked his eyes and asked, "What did we do for Yuan Ye?"

Zhu Jue shook his head slightly, "I don't know."

They only had a brief encounter with Yuanye last night, and he quickly disappeared from their sight in the form of a female ghost in red.

Ah Yan tilted his head: "Is he thanking us for not exposing his disguise as a female ghost?"

"No, he shouldn't know that I can see it."

Logically speaking, there is an information asymmetry between them. In Yuanye's cognition, he knows that the other party is dressed as a woman, but he should not know that the other party is dressed as a female ghost.

The two of them walked home hand in hand. The pockets of their down jackets were already filled with red envelopes. Ah Yan and Jue Jue were both deep in thought.

What on earth is Yuanye thanking for?

Should they ask, or should they not ask?

The two of them were concentrating on thinking about the problem, and walked downstairs of the unit as usual. Zhu Jue opened the door and a white light flashed before his eyes.

A Yan and Zhu Jue realized something was wrong at the same time.

The familiar wooden house, the familiar counter, and the familiar pretentious boss.

The plane canteen appeared again.

"Eh? Long time no see. Happy New Year." The moment Lu Chen saw the young couple, his expression went from surprise to calm.

They are the first ones to enter the store every month, and even he, the shop owner, doesn't know why.

Ah Yan was stunned for a moment, "Happy New Year, Boss Lu."

"Happy New Year." Zhu Jue said.

“Are you two distracted?” Lu Chen was a little surprised when he saw the expressions of the young couple. Why did they look so confused? They were the most core VIP customers of the store, and the decoration of the store had not been changed. Did they not wake up after the New Year?

"We were opening the unit door on our way home, and he came in without paying attention." Ah Yan's mouth twitched.

Lu Chen had never expected this answer. He opened his mouth and resisted the urge to roar, "How did it become your unit's door?"

As the owner of a convenience store in the plane, he had to appear calm enough. Although he was already quite familiar with the young couple, he still had to maintain his demeanor as a master.

Oh my god, he has no control over the door of the Plane Convenience Store. Lu Chen has no idea who the random customers are until they meet face to face.

But, but, this was the first time Lu Chen saw this door delivered to the door of their unit.

According to the guests who had come in before, some were in the wild, some were in the garden, some were on the street, some were in the ruins, and some were on the beach. Basically, they were all in open and sparsely populated outdoor areas.

This door in his store, he won’t go to these two people’s homes next time, right?

Lu Chen complained in his heart and called upon the plane system at the same time.

"System, what's going on? Will the canteen's storefront randomly go to people's homes in the future? Isn't this an invasion of privacy? Customers will be scared to death."

Lu Chen put himself in other people’s shoes and thought that if most people saw an inexplicable door suddenly appear in their home, it would be simply terrifying!

Especially the doors that appear completely randomly, who knows if a bad guy will come out in the next second.

"VIP customers who are assessed by the plane system as having high consumption potential will be automatically provided with special services such as entering the nearest store and refreshing on time."

After listening to the system's reply, Lu Chen briefly explained to the young couple in plain language. In short, VIPs have priority to enter the store.

"Are we all VIPs of this level?" A Yan was a little surprised.

Although she and Juejue bought almost everything every time they went into the store, it was only within their means and could not be compared with the rich.

In the past, she and her high school classmates could get VIP access to luxury stores, high-end beauty salons, clubs, etc. This was the first time for her and Jue Jue to become VIPs of such high-end places.

"High-end, VIP service is excellent." Ah Yan gave Boss Lu a thumbs up.

Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the young couple was not angry. Then he heard her continue, "Then we will provide VIP services. Can we come to the study room for extra time later? Is there a VIP room? This way, it won't delay your opening."

Ah Yan's tone was very sincere. Nowadays, all kinds of ordinary small shops have gold card and silver card VIPs, and many places have exclusive lounges.

Lu Chen:......

You really think of this as a study room, don't you?

He did not explore any new alien world dimensions this month. Lu Chen has already been to three dimensions: ancient times, interstellar future, and the end of the world.

For a novice shop owner like him, the three existing dimensions are enough to support his development for a long time. He naturally understands the principle of biting off more than he can chew.

Now, he is not as excited about traveling to a new dimension as he was at the beginning. He wishes he could visit more worlds and see different scenery.

Since going to the plane of the end of the world, Lu Chen realized very deeply that he was really lucky in the first two planes. On the one hand, there was an absolute protection mechanism within the plane's convenience store. On the other hand, even when he went out in a disguised plane identity, he did not encounter any serious problems.

However, the experience of going to the end of the world had a huge impact on Lu Chen, who grew up in a peaceful society with abundant resources, had never seen blood in his life, and had seen despair of human nature.

Frankly speaking, these three planes can all make huge profits by reselling modern items. In comparison, the ancient times should be the safest. Even though there is imperial power, there is no high-end technology in the interstellar age or supernatural powers in the end times.

Although his first trip to the apocalypse had left Lu Chen with some psychological trauma, he wanted to resolve his PTSD, so he went to the apocalypse again this time.

This time he specially customized items without modern time and date marks, as well as things with deliberate misprints. All kinds of scarce apocalyptic items were once again sold in large quantities, and the money earned allowed Lu Chen to successfully complete another upgrade of the Plane Convenience Store, expanding both the store and the warehouse.

In fact, Lu Chen now has an empty room that he has not figured out how to use. He originally wanted to expand it into a reception room.

Because the canteen had not been upgraded and there was no new separate reception room, in order to ensure the privacy of the guests, only one group of guests could be received at a time, so the efficiency was indeed a bit low.

Lu Chen was originally struggling with whether to turn that room into a waiting room or a VIP room, and was planning to get a reception robot from Interstellar to make it more mysterious.

【Upgrade Mission: Store Expansion】

[Mission description: After going through three dimensions, you have accumulated a fixed customer base. Is your store now a little crowded? The VIP customer of the canteen has made a special request to the store owner. It is your choice to listen or not.]

[The vacant area of ​​the store can be upgraded to a VIP reception room/canteen customer waiting room/warehouse/other uses]

【Mission Reward: ???】

Lu Chen looked at the store expansion mission that suddenly appeared in front of him. This has always been there. The previous mission description was just "upgrade the store to expand", but now there is obviously an extra section in the mission description...

Is this because of Ah Yan's request? Lu Chen's eyes flickered. If the young couple came before, he would have to tell them verbally that they were VIP customers, but just now he had learned from the system that the two of them were already VIP customers recognized by the plane system.

Can the wishes of VIP customers have an impact on my mission? Lu Chen thought to himself that this unknown mission reward must be different depending on my choice.

Although he doesn't like being influenced by others, but... this is the first time such a situation has occurred, and Lu Chen wants to try it himself.

Lu Chen thought to himself, "Expand the store to become a VIP reception room."

The convenience stores in the planes were all initially decorated, and the next moment, Lu Chen saw the words "Store expansion completed".

【Mission Reward: Customer Potential Scanner】

Lu Chen muttered to himself, and the reward was equipped on his chain glasses that he used to pretend to be a master.

Seeing something new, he naturally looked at the young couple first.

He was also very curious about the two of them.

【Customer potential: ???】

【Customer rating: VIP (upgradeable)】

【Client Plane: Modern Blue Star】

[It is detected that the current customer has special commodities that can be traded. Prompt! Prompt! ]

Lu Chen was stunned. What special items did the young couple have? There were so many tips! What on earth was it? And why was there a question mark for the potential? Didn’t the system say that the consumption potential was high?

A series of thoughts flashed through his mind instantly, and the next second he spoke directly to the two of them.

"Hey guys, our store has added a VIP reception room. Would you like to take a look?"