In the restaurant, the two of them ate in silence. It should be said that they were silent only in words, because during the meal, although Lin Xi said nothing, her overly lively big eyes were always roaming around Chen Chu.
Chen Chu sighed: "If you have anything I want to ask you, just ask, but I may not tell you."
“…” Lin Xi.
She was just happy about the first half of the sentence, but the second half gave her a chill.
Chen Chu was immediately amused by Lin Ping's resentful expression.
"Actually, I don't want to gossip about you. I'm just worried about myself." Lin Xi put down her chopsticks and sighed.
Chen Chu glanced at her and thought, your forced worrying is too obvious, but he still cooperated and said, "What are you worried about?"
"I'm worried that I'll end up in the Soul Locking Tower." Lin Yan didn't wait for Chen Chu to speak, and said directly, "Don't think I'm worrying about nothing. You know my luck. If the space door really opens, I will definitely be swallowed up."
Chen Chu frowned. He really had no right to question Lin Yan's bad luck. If the Soul Locking Tower was really opened in the imperial capital, the probability of Lin Yan entering was really high.
"The conference lasts for three days, but we can actually leave after two days." Chen Chu also put down his chopsticks and thought seriously. "The third day of the conference is an exchange meeting for the official organization's internal personnel. It is mainly for everyone to exchange some materials or information that are not sold in the conference. We don't need to participate. After the auction tomorrow, we can leave directly."
"Is the Soul Locking Tower really going to be opened?!" Seeing Chen Chu's serious analysis, Lin Yan suddenly panicked. She said she was afraid that she would enter the Soul Locking Tower in order to find a way to get some gossip about senior Chen Chu, but she didn't really want to go in.
Seeing the girl's face turn pale with fear, Chen Chu could no longer hold back and said with a smile, "I was kidding you. The headquarters scheduled the exchange conference at this time, which means that no subspace will be opened in the imperial capital within these three days. Otherwise, even an S-level subspace would not be able to withstand swallowing so many people at once."
"That's good." Lin Xi was frightened and patted her chest to calm herself. This was an S-level subspace, she would be dead if she went in... Wait, why does it feel a little wrong? Lin Xi looked up at Chen Chu, only to see that someone had picked up the chopsticks again and was concentrating on eating.
Are you trying to scare her on purpose
When Lin Xi came to her senses, she felt disappointed, but there was nothing she could do. She could only turn her grief and anger into appetite and eat a big meal.
The next day.
The auction was held on the 20th floor of the hotel at 10 a.m. Lin Yan and Chen Chu arrived at the entrance of the venue half an hour in advance. Before she even reached the entrance, Lin Yan saw a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the venue. Out of curiosity, Lin Yan also gathered over, but as soon as she approached, the lottery box began to shake.
[Liang Han, male, 29 years old, perfectly won the remaining 5% in the lottery box with 95% winning rate.]
95% of the winning rate is not winning, this is too unlucky, it can be compared with her. However, who holds a lottery with such a high winning rate
While Lin Xi was sighing, several people finished the lottery one after another.
"Look, what did you win?" A 95% winning rate is roughly equivalent to a 100% winning rate, so when people see someone coming to draw a prize, they ask what they won, rather than whether they won or not.
"One hundred wood energy stones."
"I have more than you, one hundred and fifty fire energy stones."
"Liang Han, what about you?" someone asked the third person who remained silent after the lottery.
“…Thank you for participating.” Liang Han’s face darkened.
“Hahahaha…” the crowd burst into laughter.
"No way, you can't even win with a 95% chance of winning. This is too shady, you are not the chief."
"Go, go, go, stay away from me, and don't pass on your bad luck to me."
"Why did your department send you to the auction? Go find someone else to go, or you won't be able to buy anything."
"Get lost!" Liang Han was so angry that he wanted to curse, "Does your lottery box really have a 95% winning rate?"
"Liang Han, you can't blame the organizers for your bad luck. At least fifty people have been drawn here just now, and you are the only one who didn't win." And this lottery box was originally used by the organizer to warm up the auction, so the winning rate is so high. To put it bluntly, it is to give a small gift to each superpower who comes to the auction.
"That's not right. With a 95% winning rate, there must be two people out of fifty who won't win," Liang Han said unwillingly.
"Are you looking for unlucky teammates? Give up. Those who can come to our conference are all lucky ones from various departments. Unlucky people like you are one in a million. Did you offend a curse master before coming here and get cursed?"
"Too vicious. You still want to find a non-African teammate. Who is willing to be your teammate?"
Some things, how should I put it, might not be a big deal at first, but once there are a few people who add fuel to the fire, it suddenly becomes a big deal.
"You want to hold me back, right? Fine! I'll wait here. I don't believe I can't find the second 5%. Whoever wins the same 5% as me, thank you for participating. I'll personally give him 200 energy stones." Liang Han was so excited that he vowed to find a non-African like himself to prove that he was not the most unlucky one.
"Only 200 energy stones, that's too few. If it were 2,000, I would go find a curser to curse me right now and just be your teammate for once." Someone started to make a fuss.
"Get out of here, how can the curses of the curser be the same?" Liang Han was a little reckless, but he was not stupid.
"That's difficult."
"I, I, I want to draw a lottery!" Lin Yan couldn't hold back any longer after hearing this. She kept raising her hands behind the crowd, almost jumping up. She had originally wanted to try to find Liang Han in the crowd so that she could complete the divination task, but before she found him, the lottery was drawn over there, so she couldn't complete the divination task in time and was deducted a little merit. Just when she was feeling uncomfortable, she heard Liang Han say that he would give her 200 energy stones...
Yes, the person Liang Han was talking about was her. Lin Xi was so confident in her luck that she was resurrected in an instant.
Chen Chu came here with Lin Yan, so he naturally noticed what happened near the lottery box just now. Suddenly seeing Lin Yan becoming extremely excited, he was slightly stunned at first, and then seemed to understand something. The smile on Qingjun's face could no longer be concealed, and he followed Lin Yan through the crowd without making a sound.
"Do you have an invitation to the auction?" the staff in charge of the lottery reminded, "Only those with special abilities who come to the auction are eligible to draw the lottery."
In the Psychic Material Exchange Conference, departments that can participate in the high-end material auction on the second day need to meet one of the following two conditions. First, the department must have spent more than three million points in yesterday's material purchase. Second, there must be an S-level Psychic in the department participating in the conference.
Only if you meet any of the above conditions can you get the invitation letter to the auction.
"Here." Before Lin Yan could say anything, Chen Chu handed over his invitation. Chen Chu was an S-level psychic, so the organizer of the conference sent the invitation directly to his room.
When the staff saw Chen Chu's invitation, they were surprised and admired, and then they said politely, "You two have a chance to participate in the lottery. The winning rate of this lottery is 95%. 99% of the prizes are energy stones, and 1% of the prizes are small fire energy crystals. They have not been drawn yet."
In simple terms, 95% of the people who came to the lottery could get energy stones as prizes, but the quantity was slightly different. But to be honest, everyone who could come to the auction would have energy stones (except Lin Yan), so the only prize that was still attractive was the fire energy crystal.
"Good luck to you two." The staff signaled that the two could start drawing the lottery.
Lin Xi glanced at Chen Chu.
"You draw first!" Chen Chu let Lin Yan draw first.
Lin Yan didn't hesitate to reach in and randomly picked out a card. Chen Chu waited until Lin Yan finished drawing, then reached in and randomly picked out a card.
"Did you win?" Liang Han looked at the two of them excitedly.
"Liang Han, why are you so excited? It can't be... Thank you for participating?!" The tone of the person who spoke suddenly changed, because he saw the words "Thank you for participating" clearly written on the slip of paper unfolded by the girl who had just drawn the lottery.
There was an eerie silence in the field for a moment, and then Liang Han shouted excitedly: "I told you, I can't be the only one with bad luck. Look, isn't there someone else who is as unlucky as me?"
The only two calm people in the scene were probably Lin Xi and Chen Chu.
Lin Xi looked as if nothing had been expected: It really lived up to my luck value of -99.
Chen Chu's emotions were a little complicated under his expression of "as expected": Lin Xi had bad luck, but the amazing thing was that she not only accepted it calmly, but also learned how to apply it. Her mentality was really good.
After Liang Han finished shouting, he realized belatedly that his behavior was inappropriate. It was already tragic that the girl didn't win the prize, but he actually acted so excited. It was really inappropriate.
"I'm sorry, I just..."
"It doesn't matter. Does what you just said still count?" Lin Wei interrupted the man and asked with bright eyes.
"ha?"
"200 energy stones." Lin Xi reminded.
"Yes, of course it counts." These are what he just said, how could he forget them.
"Then if you give me the energy stone, I will also be considered a winner. Thank you, you are such a good person." Lin Xi's thank you was from the bottom of her heart and was the most genuine. The strong emotion made the tall and burly man opposite her feel a little embarrassed.
"No." Liang Han took out 200 energy stones from his space props and gave them to Lin Yan happily. It was strange. He didn't win the lottery, but he still gave away 200 energy stones. Why was he so happy
Lin Yan collected the energy stone and then turned back to ask Chen Chu: "Senior, how many energy stones did you get?"
Chen Chu then remembered to look at the note he had drawn. He opened his palm, unfolded the paper, glanced at the words on it, his eyes slightly stunned, and then handed the note to the staff.
The staff member exclaimed: "Fire energy crystal?!"
Lin Yan was immediately envious: "How come we are in the same branch but the luck is so different?"
"See? See? Bad luck isn't contagious." Seeing this, Liang Han excitedly went to grab the colleague who had just avoided him for fear of being infected with bad luck.
His colleague rolled his eyes and thought, you idiot, I was just kidding you, but you took it seriously.
The fire energy crystal was won, so the lottery lost its appeal. In addition, the auction was about to start, so the crowd quickly dispersed. Lin Yan walked into the venue, took a look, and couldn't help but sigh silently, an auction is an auction, the specifications are different.
The layout of the auction was completely different from the market stalls in the auditorium yesterday. The layout of the auction was much more high-end. In the center of the venue, next to each chair was a small round table covered with a pure white tablecloth and placed with various fruits and snacks. As long as someone sat down on a chair in the venue, a waiter would come over and pour wine, just like a banquet.
"We are located over there." Chen Chu pointed to a place in the center of the venue and walked over with Lin Xi.
"Chen Chu." When passing the third row, Tang Lanyue discovered Chen Chu.
When Chen Chu saw her, he just nodded lightly and continued walking forward without stopping until he sat in his own seat, never looking back.
However, Tang Lanyue's gaze kept following Chen Chu and she was reluctant to look away.
"Yueyue, the auction will start soon." Li Jiamu glanced at Chen Chu in the distance and reminded Tang Lanyue in a low voice, with a dim light in his eyes.
Tang Lanyue then withdrew her gaze and stared at the auction catalog in her hand with a bit of loneliness, but from time to time, her eyes would involuntarily glance behind her again.
In the back row, the waiter poured red wine for the two people who had just sat down. Before he stood up to leave, Lin Yan moved her wine glass, put her elbow on the table, and leaned over to ask, "Senior, have you always been so lucky?"
Chen Chu looked at the envy in Lin Yan's eyes and decided not to provoke this unlucky girl. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. I rarely draw lots. Maybe I was just luckier today."
"enough!"
"Huh?" Chen Chu looked at the girl in confusion. Enough, what do you mean enough
"Senior, can you help me with a small favor that will only take up a little of your time?" Lin Xi looked at Chen Chu hopefully.
Chen Chu just picked up a black grape from the fruit plate and was caught off guard by the girl's wet eyes. Suddenly he couldn't bear to eat it. He looked away, put down the grape in his hand, replaced it with a piece of watermelon, and took a bite.
"What help?" Chen Chu asked.
"Wait a moment." After receiving Chen Chu's reply, Lin Xi immediately turned around and began to communicate with the system.
"System, I want to draw a lottery." Yes, Lin Yan wanted to draw a lottery, and she wanted to borrow Chen Chu's good luck to help her draw a lottery. This idea came to her the moment Chen Chu drew the energy crystal, and once this idea came to her, she could not get rid of it.
During the two days of divination in the amusement park, Lin Xi's merit value exceeded 300 points again, of which 166 points were deducted for repairing the ruler, 2 points were deducted for the system operation in the past two days, and an additional 3 points were deducted for the failure of divination by Tang Lanyue, Li Jiamu and Liang Han just now. Lin Xi now has 151 merit points left, which is just enough for her to draw a prize without being too embarrassed.
Lin Yan actually wanted to draw a lottery a long time ago, but because her luck was so bad, she didn't dare to do it, for fear that she would draw another "Thank you for participating" and waste 99 merit points. So she wanted to accumulate more merit points before drawing a lottery together, so that she could win by quantity, for example, if she drew it more than ten times in a row, she would win once.
But it’s different if it’s someone else, such as today’s koi student Chen Chu.
After the system mall changed to the lottery mode again, Lin Yan turned back and looked at Chen Chu. Then, under the other party's surprised gaze, she gestured with her hands and said, "Senior, suppose there is a huge turntable in front of you with many prizes. Which one would you choose?"
Chen Chu listened to Lin Yan's words in silence and understood her gestures. But what was he doing? Was he asking for help just to do something childish like this
"Just pick one, right here, a circle this big." Lin Yan was afraid that Chen Chu would click on the wrong place, so she pointed at the lottery number with both hands and circled again.
Chen Chu could finally see that Lin Xi was serious.
Although he didn't know why Lin Xi did this, the girl would be disappointed after being rejected, and might even be disappointed for a long time. Compared to just clicking casually to get by and ending the matter immediately, Chen Chu decisively chose the latter.
"This one." Chen Chu randomly pointed at one within the range that Lin Yan pointed.
Lin Yan had been prepared for a long time. When she saw Chen Chu's choice, she acted decisively and clicked directly on the position where Chen Chu clicked. Her speed was so fast that Chen Chu had no time to react.
"Congratulations to the host, you have won item No. 015, the old man sticker. Please go to the item column to check the product properties."
"YES!" Lin Yan clenched her fist excitedly. She really did absorb some good luck.
The heat from his fingertips startled Chen Chu. He looked at Lin Yan, but saw the girl suddenly clench her fist in excitement. She seemed to be happy about something and didn't notice anything at all. Was it an accident? Chen Chu stroked his fingers and unconsciously reached for another piece of cold watermelon.
Lin Yan really didn't notice that the moment her fingertips touched, all her attention was attracted by the system's prompt sound. Not just now, but now, Lin Yan is still immersed in the joy of winning the prop. Although the name "Old Man Sticker" doesn't sound like a powerful prop, it's better to have it than not.
Look at the properties, look at the properties, and see which family this old man belongs to. Lin Yan excitedly clicked on the item properties.
[Name: Old man sticker.]
[Guide to use: This is an old man who likes to grow gourds. His gourd vine can produce seven gourds at a time. The gourd brothers love the old man who grew them and swear to protect him. Come on, put on the sticker, and you will be the most handsome old man on the street. The gourd brothers will never make a mistake.]
Gourd… The old man in the Gourd Baby’s house? ? The old man who is always caught by the snake demon like Tang Monk? Why does this prop feel a bit ominous
[Tip: A normal crisis will produce one baby, a major crisis will produce seven babies, please protect your home. ]
(End of this chapter)