When Jiang Han and Jiang Shanrun arrived at the blind box store, there were many people gathered at the door.
There seemed to be a dispute, and Jiang Han saw Xi Tingran among the crowd.
The rain was still falling and there were many people at the door. Jiang Han was worried that his grandfather would be squeezed, so he helped Jiang Shanrun walk under the eaves a little further away from the crowd to watch.
Yi Chuan and Li Jia stood at the door of the blind box shop, while Lei Mo and Yu Zhenzhen pulled Luo Huian at the door.
Yu Zhenzhen grabbed Luo Huian's arm, her expression seemed to be both surprised and happy. She saw more and more people watching the excitement from the corner of her eyes, so she frowned and said earnestly: "An'an, no matter how much you hate taking medicine and throwing tantrums, you shouldn't sneak out alone. Do you know that we and Captain Xi have been looking for you like crazy these days!"
Luo Huian's hands were held by Yu Zhenzhen and Lei Mo, unable to break free, with a painful expression, "Let go, I'm already a clerk in the blind box store, I won't go back with you."
When Li Jia heard this, he immediately shouted, "A clerk at the blind box store? Was it that woman who hid you these days and didn't let us find you?"
Yi Chuan saw that Li Jia was very emotional, and fearing that she might say something wrong, he raised his hand to block her. He then walked up to Luo Hui'an, pushed his glasses habitually, and said sadly, "Hui'an, your parents entrusted you to us when they died. You were in poor health, and the four adults in the research group were all around you. This time you ran away, and we were afraid that something might happen to you, so we stopped doing research and looked for you everywhere. You hid in the blind box store, didn't return to the base for several days, and didn't even think about reporting that you were safe. Not only are we worried about you, but Captain Xi of the base has also been looking for you."
The three adults were talking to each other, completely standing on the moral high ground, and they also involved Xi Tingran, who was quite popular in the Hope Base, and the crowd began to talk.
Wei Xuan and Nie Yu stood behind the door helplessly, not knowing what to do, as the owner was not there at the moment.
Ever since Lu Yao had an accident while traveling at the beginning of the year and joined the dream-fulfilling system, he has rarely returned to school.
After being busy in the shopping district for a few months, I almost forgot about graduation.
I received a notice from my roommate last night that I had to return to school early in the morning to attend the graduation ceremony and get my degree certificate and diploma.
After the graduation ceremony, Lu Yao, wearing his bachelor's gown, walked on the playground with his roommates, planning to take a few final photos.
The three girls in the same dormitory surrounded her, chatted for a few words, and then began to look around.
Lu Yao felt strange, "What are you looking at?"
Zhang Xiangxiang turned his head and looked around, then turned back to ask, "Didn't my childhood sweetheart come today?"
Childhood sweetheart? Whose
Roommate number two also came over and said, "Oh, yeah, I was just saying something was missing. Your childhood friend who is really good-looking, has a cool temper but is always very clingy with you, didn't come to school with you today?"
Lu Yao frowned, raised his hand to hook the hair that was blown by the wind, and looked confused: "I don't have a childhood friend..."
Roommate No. 3 added: "He is handsome, but his aesthetic taste is a little advanced and he likes to wear colored contact lenses."
Roommate No. 2 added: "She is so pretty, and she looks good even with colored contact lenses. She looks like she came out of a comic book."
Lu Yao fell into confusion. Her mother died in a car accident and she was taken to live with her uncle. She lived alone until she was admitted to university and became independent.
Her uncle has a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, who are two years younger than her, but they are not close to each other.
Who are the roommates talking about
Zhang Xiangxiang noticed that Lu Yao looked upset and helped her up, "Lu Yao, what's wrong with you?"
“…” Lu Yao’s hands felt a little cold. He wanted to ask for clarification, but his mind suddenly became dazed. He shook his head slightly, “It’s okay. The wind is a little strong. Let’s take pictures first.”
Except for Lu Yao who opened a shop, several roommates have found jobs.
I have to take leave for the graduation ceremony, and I will be busy with my career in the future, so I am afraid we will have few opportunities to contact each other.
After taking the photos, they were reluctant to part, so they went to the school’s milk tea shop and sat for a while.
Lu Yao received a call from Ji Feiming, saying that someone was causing trouble in the store, and he hurriedly said goodbye to his roommate.
Ji Feiming stood at the door of the blind box shop, looking helpless and upset.
Outside, a group of adults surrounded Luo Huian, and the atmosphere was tense and disgusting.
But Ji was unable to leave, and when she tried to talk and persuade the people outside, no one responded.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier separating him. He could see the people outside and hear their voices, but his presence could not be detected by others.
Faced with the people who were looking for trouble outside the store, the social skills he was so proud of were of no use.
Luo Hui'an had been pulled out of the door, with only one foot left struggling to cling to the glass door. He resisted stubbornly and shouted, "I didn't run out because I didn't want to take the medicine. You used my parents' research results to cheat people everywhere, and you took me with you just to continue to use my research results for your comfortable life in the base. I have already agreed with the owner to stay in the store to study the improved crystal core blind box. Don't bother me anymore."
Although Luo Hui'an has lived in a laboratory since he was a child, he is not ignorant of the ways of the world.
He just wasn't interested in scheming against others, and due to his poor health, he didn't have the energy to care about everything.
After his parents died, his medicine was held in the hands of Yi Chuan and others, and he had to do research for them.
But now the medicine his parents made for him had been finished, and he could no longer find the raw materials to make the same medicine. He didn't have much time left. Fortunately, he had found what he wanted to do and would no longer be at the mercy of Yi Chuan and others.
Xi Tingran looked at Yi Chuan with a stern look in his eyes, "Teacher Yi, what did he mean? Are you kidding me?"
Yi Chuan smiled awkwardly, "Captain Xi, the kid is ignorant and talks nonsense."
As he spoke, he pushed his glasses up, turned to Luo Hui'an, and said gently and tolerantly: "Hui'an, don't be so anxious. Your parents will definitely be disappointed to see you like this. You don't want to go back with us, so you lie like this. A well-educated child would never do such a thing. You are a child, how can you understand research? Aren't I, Aunt Li Jia, Sister Zhenzhen, and Brother Lei Mo the ones who have been busy? You have always been in poor health. If we hadn't been developing medicine for you, you and your parents would have died in the last impermanence plague. Be good and go back to the base with your uncle first, okay?"
Luo Huian was so angry that his eyes turned red because of the confusion of right and wrong.
The glasses Yi Chuan was wearing were left by his father when he died.
Lei Mo and Yu Zhenzhen took the opportunity to pull Luo Huian hard, trying to pull him completely out of the store.
Seeing that he was holding on tightly, Yu Zhenzhen secretly poked his thigh with her fingernails.
The people watching the excitement at the door began to get impatient and someone started to join in.
"If you have something to say, go talk to the side, don't f*cking block the door, I want to go in and exchange the blind box!"
"Oh, life is so hard. My family has been looking for you for several days. Go back quickly and don't cause trouble for the adults."
"How can a little kid survive out there alone? You should go back with the adults."
Luo Huian bit his lip, pushed the two men away, turned around and tried to run into the store.
Someone couldn't bear to watch and reached out to pull him, which resulted in Luo Huian not being able to escape but being caught by Yu Zhenzhen and Lei Mo again.
Wei Xuan took out the crystal core sword from her pocket and waved it at the man's hand, scaring him so much that he suddenly retracted his hand and took two steps back, looking shocked: "What are you doing, little girl? Be careful or I'll take care of you too!"
Wei Xuan held the hilt of the knife, took two steps forward, and mustered up her courage: "Luo Huian is a clerk in the blind box store. If there is anything, wait for the owner to come back and deal with it. You are not allowed to cause trouble in front of the store!"
Li Jia stood aside, holding her breath for a long time. At this moment, she caught the conversation and heard that Lu Yao was not in the store at the moment, so she immediately shouted: "Someone from the blind box store hurt someone with a knife!!! The world has changed, and it is not so blatant anymore, right? Who will dare to come to this store to exchange things in the future?"
Lu Yao pushed the door open and just heard these words.
Ji Feiming looked at the door in surprise as it was pushed open from the outside. Lu Yao walked in, passing through the shadowy figures from another world.
He looked down at the time. Only a few minutes had passed since he called Lu Yao.
When the call was connected, he also heard a female voice next to Lu Yao. She should still be in school at that time.
"Why did you come back so soon?" Ji Feiming asked.
Lu Yao nodded slightly, "I used some special means."
Putting on the magic ring and returning to the park, and then exiting the snack bar, saved a lot of time.
She walked to the door and raised her hand to pull Yu Zhenzhen and Lei Mo apart.
The two men refused to let go and tried to pull harder.
The next moment, they were directly dragged into the blacklist. They felt a sharp pain in their hands, and they let go in shock. They were immediately isolated outside the store and could no longer touch Luo Huian who had been returned to the store.
"It's quite interesting for so many people to gather together and bully a child, isn't it?" Lu Yao looked unhappy.
As soon as the owner came out, Yu Zhenzhen and Lei Mo were ruthlessly blacklisted, and those who supported him silently retreated.
Li Jia snorted coldly and said, "The employees in your store are really bad. They pointed knives at customers. It's because life is hard now. If it were twenty years ago, such a store would have closed down long ago!"
Wei Xuan put away the knife and apologized helplessly: "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry. Xiao Pang didn't want to leave, and these people forced him to leave. I couldn't bear to see it."
Lu Yao raised his hand to stop Wei Xuan from speaking, and turned to look at Li Jia, "You're right, but it's a pity that it wasn't 20 years ago. In my place, people who are blacklisted are no longer considered customers."
"You—" Li Jia was so irritated that he couldn't hold back his anger. He took two steps forward, pointed at Lu Yao, and was about to start cursing.
Yi Chuan held her and walked to Lu Yao, "Shopkeeper, let me explain this to you. Hui'an is the orphan of my friend. When the couple left, they entrusted him to me. Hui'an is sturdy, but in poor health. He needs to take medicine for a long time and has no strengths. But after all, he is entrusted by a friend, and I can't give up on him. I can't watch him wandering alone and suffering. Please be kind and let him go back with me, okay?"
Lu Yao turned his head to look at Luo Huian.
The little fat boy's face turned red, he bit his lips, looking stubborn. When he met Lu Yao's gaze, he shook his head slightly.
Lu Yao turned around to look at Yi Chuan, a middle-aged man with a side-combed haircut, wearing glasses, and having an elegant demeanor.
Ji Feiming stood at the door, feeling a little worried.
This man is very good at exploiting people's psychological weaknesses. The store owner is too young and I'm afraid he can't see through it.
He wanted to remind him, but Lu Yao had already spoken.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly, "I didn't want to take this fat boy in at first. He was seriously ill and collapsed in front of the blind box shop. He was about to die. He asked for help himself and promised that if he recovered, he would stay in the blind box shop and work for me for the rest of his life. You can take him away if you want, but I will pretend I didn't hear your promise and pay for his medical expenses."
Yi Chuan's face was gloomy.
Lu Yao continued, "Since you are his guardians, you must know that his condition is very serious and ordinary medicines are ineffective. He was able to wake up because he used a lot of my good medicine. Let me do the math and give you a discount. Um - just pay 20,000 high-level crystal cores."
Others exclaimed: "Twenty thousand high-level crystal cores... What kind of medicine is so expensive?"
"The lion's mouth is too much!"
Lu Yao ignored others and only looked at Yi Chuan.
Yi Chuan looked grim, speechless, and completely overwhelmed.
Earlier, they said that Luo Huian was sick and ran away from home because he didn't want to take medicine. After so much preparation, they can't just go back and say that the child is not sick.
In order to get Lu Yao to agree to let Luo Huian go, Yi Chuan deliberately exaggerated the deep affection between himself and Luo Huian's parents. The young man was thin-skinned and soft-hearted, and there were so many onlookers around, so they would definitely feel embarrassed to embarrass him.
As a result, he took on the role of guardian. Regardless of whether Luo Huian owed medical bills or not, the owner dared to say this because he was betting that Luo Huian would not be able to find any flaws.
The person took the medicine and no one cared. The child himself said he had to work to pay for the medicine.
If your parents come over and want to take the child away directly, it will definitely not work.
Without Luo Huian, they would know nothing and wouldn't be able to research anything.
Yi Chuan took off his glasses, raised his hand to wipe his forehead, and frantically thought of a solution in his mind.
Xi Tingran had already understood the whole story. He stepped forward to stop Yi Chuan and looked at Lu Yao apologetically: "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry. These people came from other bases and we are not familiar with them. Now it seems that they are suspected of pretending to be researchers. I will take them back for a thorough investigation. I am very sorry about what happened today. I will have someone send two boxes of crystal cores over later."
Lu Yao waved his hand, "The crystal core is no longer needed, take the person away and don't come again."
The crowd couldn't believe what Xi Tingran said.
These people turned out to be scammers. The reversal came too quickly.
After some gossip, some people felt that the owner's asking price of 20,000 high-level crystal cores was too harsh, regardless of whether it was true or not.
The man standing outside the door shouted: "Isn't the store owner too good? She is so shrewd that I am a little afraid to buy her blind boxes."
Someone nearby heard it and rolled their eyes, saying, "You're talking as if you can go somewhere else if you don't want to buy it."
Someone else responded: "If you don't want to buy, leave quickly and don't block the door! I heard that blind boxes of daily necessities are newly launched today, and you can open toilet paper, laundry detergent... I haven't used these things for many years, I'm in a hurry to buy them!"
"There are so many styles, including soap, soap, facial cleanser, towels, mosquito repellent perfume, raincoat, wet wipes... I want every style, and the price is not expensive. If there is no purchase limit, I will buy 20 directly!"
"What kind of magical series is this? Hurry up, I can't wait!"
Words such as "Godly Series", "European Emperor", and "Hidden" all became popular from blind box stores.
Nowadays, many people like to open the blind boxes directly in the lobby after drawing them, and many people also like to watch others open the boxes.
The moment you tear open the box and take out the unknown item, it is so fascinating that you can't resist it.
Occasionally, when I meet someone who offers something I want, I will discuss exchanging it with them.
The residents of the base near the blind box store have gradually become accustomed to the rules of the store and no longer snatch from each other.
At least within the store, the etiquette and manners that had been abandoned for many years have been picked up again.
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Outside the Fairy Tale Square, Xi Tingran and his men blocked Yi Chuan and others in a deserted narrow alley. He raised his foot and stepped on Yi Chuan's chest, crushing him hard, with a cold face: "You pretended to be a researcher, asked the base for a large number of food blind boxes and crystal core blind boxes, and ordered my people to find people for you. You are calculating well."
Yi Chuan's glasses fell to the ground and were broken by a foot.
He didn't even dare to look at it, and begged for mercy repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Master Xi! We won't dare to do it again."
Xi Tingran snorted coldly, "This matter is nothing in this world, I don't really take it to heart. But you guys just wanted to provoke the blind box shop, and you almost implicated the base several times."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xi! We were really wrong!" Yi Chuan curled up on the ground and begged for mercy.
Xi Tingran kicked him mercilessly several times and gritted his teeth, "Get away from here and don't show up in this area again!"
Lei Mo and his companions had been beaten beyond recognition, their faces covered in blood. Upon hearing this, they crawled away.
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After some people at the door dispersed, Jiang Han supported Jiang Shanrun and slowly walked into the blind box store.
Jiang Shanrun walked around the blind box store and stood in front of the crystal core blind box. He tried to open his eyes wide and saw the scrolling note on the top of the blind box machine. A faint light condensed in his narrowed eyes and he said in a long and calm voice: "This blind box is really good."
Luo Hui'an had been paying attention to him, and he couldn't help but say, "I also think that every idea of the shop owner is great, and it perfectly develops all the potential of crystal core energy."
Jiang Shanrun lowered his head when he heard the voice, and his eyes circled in the air for a few times before he saw Luo Huian.
His eyesight was not very good. He took a few steps closer and barely saw the appearance of the fat boy in front of him. He raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Is your father Luo Linsheng and your mother Jiang Ran?"
Luo Hui'an was stunned, "How do you know?"