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129: Chapter 129 Casually tossing away a million-dollar package, pretending to be a pro in front of the claw machine.
Tang Luochuan held his phone, opened the pickup code, and walked toward the residential complex's parcel lockers, internally grumbling about the bank's way of doing things. They hadn't even called to notify him before casually sending over items worth over a million. They were certainly bold.
Upon reaching the parcel locker and scanning the code, the locker door popped open, revealing only a black gift box the size of a palm.
It was wrapped in two layers of bubble wrap and looked completely ordinary, no different from the gift boxes you could buy on the street for a few hundred bucks.
He carried it back, tapping his fingers against the box. The metal casing felt hard and rigid, leaving him with zero interest in opening it. Once home, he casually tossed it onto the cabinet in the entryway.
He turned around, curled back up on the sofa, and opened WeChat, wanting to call Zhou Qi and Zhang Ming to continue their gaming session, only to find that neither of them was replying.
He sent a voice message to their group chat: "Can't handle losing, huh!! Damn it! I was born with talent; although I'm rich and have many beautiful girlfriends—all of them top-tier beauties—and I'm definitely much more handsome than you two, you two are better at gaming! Get up and play. Everyone get up and play with me properly. Once you learn, it's all your own skill."
After sending the message, Tang Luochuan placed his phone on the sofa, picked up the gift box again, and began to unbox it.
He was purely humble-bragging, just to provoke those two guys.
Let them say his skill was poor!!
He had many girlfriends, what could he do? If he didn't have time to play, he just didn't have time.
Bored at home, Tang Luochuan checked the time. It was past mealtime, so he called Shen Muyan directly to ask where she was.
Learning that the three girls were already together, Tang Luochuan got into his porsche, ready to head over and mooch some oden.
...
Shen Muyan hung up the phone and sent over her location.
Shortly after, a crowd had already gathered in front of the claw machines on the snack street. Jiang Jinyue, Su Wantang, and Shen Muyan had become the center of attention, with even the owner hovering nearby to watch the fun.
Aside from the three girls being beautiful, it was also because the three of them were practically 'money-gifting maidens.'
They had spent 400 yuan and hadn't caught a single doll.
Jiang Jinyue thought they should just keep trying for one, while Shen Muyan thought they should switch machines if they didn't catch anything after a few tries.
Shen Muyan felt both of them made sense, so listening to either was fine.
So, they just started grabbing at random.
The owner couldn't bear to watch and took out three dolls to give to the girls.
Shen Muyan didn't reach out to take them: "No need, boss, we can do it ourselves."
Su Wantang said: "That's right, a gentleman does not accept handouts!"
The owner pondered for a moment: "That's not what I meant. I just feel that if you keep playing like this, others will think my machines are rigged. They won't come to play anymore, so just take them..."
"Since the boss is offering, just take them! ~" At this moment, a familiar voice came from the crowd. Tang Luochuan had arrived.
He took the three dolls and scanned the code: "Boss, give me 200 yuan worth."
Just kidding. He had the strongest brain and the strongest physical fitness; it was just claw machines.
Last time, he had completely destroyed the street vendor with the ring toss; playing a claw machine would be a piece of cake.
He'd show off this time and brag to Zhang Ming and Zhou Qi later.
Tang Luochuan had already made up his mind. He didn't usually play claw machines, but he had a system.
He hadn't really done ring tosses either, but with the system's buff, he could master it instantly.
"Go, Luochuan!" Su Wantang's eyes lit up immediately. The incident at the night market last time was still fresh in her memory.
That was truly god-tier operation.
"Hmph~~" Tang Luochuan chuckled softly.
The owner took out 300 coins and handed them to him: "200 yuan for 300 coins... we have a 500 yuan package for 800 coins..."
"That sounds like an insult, but no need. I'm afraid my trunk won't be able to fit them all!" Another boastful remark. He couldn't help it; his strength didn't allow him to be low-key. Tang Luochuan took the game tokens.
He walked casually to a claw machine and asked: "Who likes this big blue mouse!"
"That's called Stitch, okay? I like it." Su Wantang quickly raised her hand. Actually, she didn't like it; she just wanted her boyfriend to show off.
Tang Luochuan nodded, took out the tokens, and started inserting them...
Ten minutes later...
"Luochuan... maybe we should switch machines." Su Wantang was starting to lose confidence. They couldn't catch anything at all.
Tang Luochuan was also speechless. He had been foolish; this wasn't a skill-based task at all, it was purely a matter of probability.
The owner must have adjusted the parameters...
"What the hell, I'm not playing anymore." He 'got annoyed' and tossed the tokens onto the table: "You guys play, I'll wait for you."
He immediately walked to the side and looked at several opened cups of milk tea: "Whose are these?"
Among the girls were also Su Yuanyuan and Liu Xin. He didn't mind his own girlfriend's, but he was worried about grabbing one of the other two's.
"Oh, that Boya Xuanjue is mine!" Shen Muyan said without turning her head.
Tang Luochuan picked up that cup, took the straw in his mouth, and sat to the side, drinking it with relish.
Just then, several cars pulled up to the side of the road.
"That's Shen Muyan..." Wang Fangfang looked at the claw machine shop not far away.
Li Jiaqi also looked over curiously.
Everything that had just happened was too awkward. Li Jiaqi had kindly invited a few female classmates from her class and also called a few senior schoolmates who had just graduated and entered society to come out and play.
This woman had a wide network and a quick mind.
Unlike Meng Fanyi, Li Jiaqi knew what she wanted and also knew what things she couldn't get.
And she knew where her bottom line was.
Just like with Tang Luochuan, she had thoughts about this guy, but she would never act on them because she knew she couldn't hold onto him.
But the seniors she had invited all had their eyes on Shen Muyan.
She had originally thought that since Shen Muyan had a boyfriend, telling them would be enough to resolve it, but the development of this society was 'too fast'—so fast that even Li Jiaqi couldn't accept it.
Many people's thinking was: I don't care if you have a boyfriend. As long as I like you, if I can chase you tonight, you can just make a phone call to tell your boyfriend it's not working out and break up immediately.
"Qi Song, let's go." Li Jiaqi said, looking at the senior in the driver's seat.
She didn't want to cause trouble for Shen Muyan.
Qi Song didn't reply. His eyes were fixed on Shen Muyan, then he looked at Jiang Jinyue and Su Wantang.
"Jiaqi, are those two also from our school?"
"That cold-looking one is Jiang Jinyue, she's a freshman! The other one is Su Wantang from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, a junior."
There were five girls over there, and Li Jiaqi knew with her toes which ones he was asking about.
Only those three girls were pretty.
After Li Jiaqi finished speaking, she suddenly added: "Shen Muyan and Jiang Jinyue have the same boyfriend, his name is Tang Luochuan!"
"So what?"
"His pocket money is more than your annual... uh... maybe even more than your entire net worth."
Qi Song was stunned for a few seconds, looking half-believing and half-doubting: "You're blowing this way out of proportion."
Li Jiaqi knew he didn't believe her, so she added: "I've seen it with my own eyes... think about it yourself. For girls like Shen Muyan and Jiang Jinyue, could a guy without some real backing be able to date both at once?"