novelslam Chapter 34 An Unintentional Success
Chapter 34 An Unintentional Success
Wearing a hat and mask, and dressed in newly bought clothes, Zhou Huai was carrying some drinks and snacks he had bought at noon when he rang Sun Yichang's doorbell.
He planned to pretend to be a department store deliveryman if Han Ga-in opened the door.
However, it took several attempts before someone came to open the door.
It was Sun Yichang. Zhou Huai was excited as soon as he saw her.
"Who are you?"
Sun Yichang opened the door and asked with a puzzled look.
She looked sleepy and her hair was messy; she had clearly been sleeping in her room.
"Fishball, that's me, Zhou Huai."
Zhou Huai wasn't sure if her mother was home, so she didn't take off her mask and just whispered something.
"Why are you here?"
Sun Yichang was quite pleasantly surprised.
"I came here because I wanted to see you."
Zhou Huai started playing straight.
"My brother and my mom have both gone out, but I don't know when they'll be back. Let's go to the rooftop."
After a brief moment of thought, Sun Yichang made the suggestion.
If Mom suddenly comes back and sees Zhou Huai at home, they'll probably argue again.
"OK."
Zhou Huai had the same thought; he was also a little afraid of his mother, especially after she saw him kissing Yuwan this morning.
Soon, the two arrived at the 13th floor, the floor where the rooftop is located.
There's an elevator at Sun Yichang's place, so there's no need to climb it.
"Zhou Huai, how did things go this morning, with that female worshipper?"
She didn't know what to say for a moment, so she just asked casually.
"I rescued the person, and the fat monk was arrested by the police. Oh, and your phone."
As Zhou Huai spoke, he took out Sun Yichang's phone from the system space.
"You found it! Did you secretly open it?"
Sun Yichang was both surprised and a little embarrassed.
"No, when I found it, it wouldn't turn on. I took it to get it repaired on the way here, and it still hasn't turned on."
Zhou Huai didn't want her to know, so he quickly said...
"No wonder there wasn't a single mark on my phone screen; you took it to get the screen replaced."
Sun Yichang believed it immediately, because her phone is now as good as new.
"I need to call my brother right away. I asked him to go out and look for it at noon, but he hasn't come back yet."
As she spoke, Sun Yichang turned on her phone.
"There are quite a few missed calls, all from your brother."
Zhou Huai leaned closer to look, and the caller ID showed his brother's name.
"Yes, I played it myself several times, and my brother probably played it several times after he went up the mountain."
Sun Yi smiled and dialed the number back.
The call connected quickly.
"Hey bro, I found my phone. A kind person picked it up and brought it over."
"That...is that Nini?"
"Who are you?"
Sun Yichang felt that the voice sounded familiar.
"I'm Chen Ling, your brother..."
Chen Ling on the other end of the phone hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
"Sister Ling, what happened to my brother?"
Sun Yichang sensed something was wrong and quickly pressed for an answer.
"Here's what happened..."
After leaving Yulong Temple, the two drove past a department store nearby.
Chen Ling thought she needed to buy something before going to Sun Yixing's house, so she got out of the car and went into the store to buy it.
Because it was a highway and parking wasn't allowed for long, Zhang Yixing didn't go in with them.
But not long after, Li Zemin arrived in his car.
As soon as he saw Zhang Yixing's car, and having just taken some drugs, he became reckless and floored the accelerator, crashing into it.
Li Zemin died on the spot, while Zhang Yixing was rear-ended and fared slightly better, but was still seriously injured.
"Sister Ling, how is my brother doing now? Was the surgery successful?"
Sun Yichang, suppressing her grief, continued to ask.
"I don't know either, he hasn't come out yet."
Chen Ling on the other end of the phone was also completely at a loss.
"I'll go there right now, I'll go there right now."
Sun Yichang's body was trembling violently, and Zhou Huai quickly hugged her.
"Okay, at Anjia Hospital."
"Sister Ling, does my mom know?"
Sun Yichang asked another question.
"I couldn't get through to you using your brother's phone, so I called your aunt."
After saying that, Chen Ling hung up the phone. She was in no mood for anything and even blamed herself.
"Waaaaah... It's all my fault. If I hadn't asked my brother to go out and find some help..."
As soon as she hung up the phone, Sun Yichang couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears. She also felt guilty.
Zhou Huai took out a tissue to wipe her tears and then comforted her.
"Sister Ling just said that it was Li Zemin who maliciously hit your brother. How can you blame yourself? Blame that villain. He died on the spot. He deserved to die."
"Zhou Huai, let's go to the hospital."
Sun Yichang calmed herself down a bit.
"Okay, I'll fly you there."
Xinghe Residential Area is quite far from Anjia Hospital. After a brief thought, Zhou Huai made this decision.
Although the teleportation potion is more convenient, he needs to use it sparingly, in case someone around him is in danger and he can't get there in time without it.
"fly?"
While Sun Yichang was still in a daze, Zhou Huai put a bamboo dragonfly on himself, picked her up (in a princess carry), and flew into the sky.
"Fishball, aren't I amazing?"
Zhou Huai whispered something in her ear with a smug look on his face.
"This...this is amazing!"
Sun Yichang found it hard to believe, but it was true. Zhou Huai really did take her flying, and quite fast at that.
"It's the bamboo dragonfly on my head. It's a super high-tech product that I got by chance."
Zhou Huai just made it up, after all, nothing could be more outrageous than the system.
"Zhou Huai, that's so cool."
Sun Yichang's complexion visibly improved.
This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Huai wanted to take her flying; the magic of the bamboo dragonfly directly mitigated her sadness.
[System notification: Sun Yichang's current favorability rating has increased from 80 to 82.]
Upon hearing the system notification, Zhou Huai remembered that he still had 500 favorability coins.
"Doubao, help me with the lottery. It will cost 500 favor coins."
He thought that if he could draw a Senzu Bean (which costs 2000 Favor Coins to buy directly from the shop), Sun Yixing would be able to escape danger.
[Okay, master. 】
The giant turntable reappeared and then spun rapidly.
"stop."
This time, Zhou Huai targeted the area with disposable props.
However, the system's lottery is a bit shady; it will move a little bit more before finally stopping completely.
[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the special item
X-ray glasses, special props, permanent items—Zhou Huai was shocked.
It's like trying to plant flowers with care but they don't bloom, while planting willows without intention and they thrive.
"Fishball, after we graduate, will you be my girlfriend?"
To further increase his favorability rating, Zhou Huai resorted to his ultimate move.
Upon hearing this, Sun Yichang was stunned.
Don't you like me?
Zhou Huai continued.
"Zhou...Zhou Huai, we'll talk about it later. I can't give you an answer right now."
Her face flushed instantly, and she stammered.
"All right."
[System notification: Sun Yichang's current favorability value has increased from 82 to 85. Reward: 500 Favorability Coins.]
"Doubao, try again."
[Okay, master. 】
This time, Zhou Huai didn't call for it to stop; he let it stop on its own.
[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the one-time item
"..."
Zhou Huai was at his wit's end.