181: Whatever you think, you get

"A 'Mysterious Surprise Item' with a hidden function that can bring a mysterious surprise?"

The second unlocked feature left Ye Su stunned.

"It's all 'mysterious,' 'hidden,' and 'surprise'—it's like they said nothing at all."

But the system's description was only that long, and no matter how many times Ye Su read it over, he couldn't make heads or tails of it.

"Forget it, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. Since it says future intelligence might refresh a [Mysterious Surprise Item], I'll just wait until it refreshes to see what it's all about."

Although he didn't know what a [Mysterious Surprise Item] was, judging by the previous [hidden easter egg], Ye Su believed this thing definitely wouldn't be bad.

He waited a while longer, but finding no further system prompts for new features, Ye Su knew the upgrade had ended. With a thought, he closed the system.

...

After six in the evening, Chen Xinyi returned from work. After they finished eating, they held hands and took a walk outside the residential complex, working up a sweat.

After returning and showering, they changed into pajamas and lay comfortably on the sofa, each looking at their own phone.

Ye Su quite liked this way of spending time together.

They could spend all day out eating, drinking, and having fun, or they could each curl up on one side of the sofa, undisturbed, without exchanging a single word.

With the [Item Appraisal] skill, Ye Su could finally relax without worrying too much about his [Antique Expert] persona collapsing.

No longer needing to constantly study and learn various antique trivia, Ye Su picked up his novel again to continue reading the latest chapters updated by the authors.

"Hey."

Just as he was engrossed in reading, his soles were suddenly tickled by Chen Xinyi's feet, making Ye Su instinctively pull his feet back.

"What are you doing?"

"Today is the 19th."

"Oh."

Ye Su carefully recalled, but couldn't think of what special day the [19th] might be.

"Tomorrow will be the 20th."

At this, Ye Su finally understood.

So she was reminding him that tomorrow was [May 20th].

"Today is the 19th, so tomorrow is naturally the 20th, isn't it?"

Ye Su pretended not to understand, intending to tease Chen Xinyi.

Sure enough, seeing Ye Su's indifferent attitude, Chen Xinyi immediately grew anxious:

"Tomorrow is May 20th."

"I'm not stupid. We just finished the May 1st holiday two weeks ago, and it's not time for the Dragon Boat Festival yet, so of course it's May. I'm very clear on that. Besides, if it were June, I'd be preparing for summer vacation and heading back to my hometown."

"Oh, right. You have a little over a month left until summer vacation, then you're going home."

The two of them would bicker and "wrestle" at the drop of a hat, though it always ended with her being bullied. However, after living together for a month, Chen Xinyi had gradually grown accustomed to this life.

Now, thinking that she might not see Ye Su for a long time during summer vacation, Chen Xinyi felt a strange sense of loss.

Having lived together for a long time, their tacit understanding went without saying. Even if Chen Xinyi just wiggled her hips, Ye Su would know what position she wanted.

Seeing the disappointment flash in Chen Xinyi's eyes, Ye Su naturally knew what she was thinking.

"Summer vacation is still over a month away. Why are you worrying about this? Are you jealous because I'm young and still have summer vacations?"

Teasingly comforting Chen Xinyi, Ye Su took the opportunity to counterattack, using his toes to tickle the soles of Chen Xinyi's feet as well.

Teased by Ye Su and having her soles tickled, it was her turn to reflexively pull her feet back. Chen Xinyi's mood was, as expected, no longer so downcast:

"What would I be jealous of? You only have one last summer vacation left, anyway."

"Even if it's the last one, I still have a summer vacation to take. Unlike you, who has to work in July, work in August, and will have to deal with delayed retirement in the future."

Ye Su shook his head and made a face at Chen Xinyi, chasing away her last bit of sadness about him going on summer vacation.

"So what if you have a summer vacation!"

The triggered wage slave pounced directly onto Ye Su, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him frantically.

"Stop shaking! If you shake any more, my brains will be scrambled!"

Chen Xinyi ignored him, looking very much like she wanted to go down with him.

Helpless, Ye Su had to use a move he learned from Stephen Chow's version of Royal Tramp, finally managing to suppress Chen Xinyi.

And Chen Xinyi, who had been turned around and left with disheveled hair, finally remembered the main point.

"Don't change the subject. Tomorrow is [May 20th]. Have you prepared a gift for me?"

Ye Su actually didn't mind Chen Xinyi's behavior of directly asking for a gift.

It wasn't like they couldn't afford it; on a day when many people received gifts, it was perfectly normal for her to ask for a surprise.

Not to mention, he had known from the very beginning that Chen Xinyi had also secretly prepared a surprise for him.

On the contrary, Ye Su found it exhausting when people wanted something but wouldn't say it, as if their mouths were just for show, leaving everything for others to guess.

"What 'May 20th'? That's all a consumer trap set by capitalists. Smart people like us shouldn't fall for it."

"I don't care!"

Hearing that Ye Su really hadn't prepared anything, Chen Xinyi immediately acted like a rascal, wiggling on Ye Su like an earthworm and making a scene: "I want a gift too!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Ye Su couldn't stand it when Chen Xinyi acted this way, so he had to raise his hands in surrender: "You'll definitely get a gift."

"Really?" Chen Xinyi was half-doubting.

Ye Su said irritably: "Really..."

"Yay!"

Chen Xinyi cheered happily, like a child who had finally gotten a toy.

Seeing this, Ye Su took the opportunity to ask: "Then what did you prepare for me?"

Ever since he learned in the early morning that Chen Xinyi had spent a large sum of money to prepare a gift for him, Ye Su had been itching to know what she had secretly prepared.

"That's none of your business." Chen Xinyi made a mysterious face at Ye Su.

"So weird."

Although Chen Xinyi wouldn't reveal a single thing, Ye Su was confident that the gift he had prepared would definitely be more expensive than what she had spent a large sum of money on.

In this regard, Ye Su didn't want to be outdone by Chen Xinyi; otherwise, who knew how long she would gloat about it.

...

The two of them were peaceful that night, simply resting and sleeping.

Seeing that Chen Xinyi was already asleep, Ye Su first used the [Sleep Aid Service] on her, then patiently waited for the first piece of intelligence from the level three system.

"I hope it refreshes with intelligence related to the [Mysterious Surprise Item], so I can see what this new feature is all about."

[Ding!] As soon as it hit twelve, the system's notification sound rang out. Ye Su immediately opened the system and focused intently on the intelligence page.

[Today's Intelligence (Level 3): The lucky cat ornament on the Cartier counter in Da Gu City is a [Mysterious Surprise Item]. After obtaining the lucky cat ornament, the Host can activate the ornament's Hidden Attribute and receive the mysterious surprise brought by the lucky cat.]

"Sure enough, ask and you shall receive!"

Seeing that a piece of intelligence related to the [Mysterious Surprise Item] had really refreshed early this morning, Ye Su cheered aloud.

Fortunately, he had used the [Sleep Aid Service] on Chen Xinyi first, preventing her from being woken up by his cheer.