"Big Sis Yao Yao, eat up. Try this." Xu Xin glared at Happy while she picked up some food to divert everyone's attention.
Happy had been paying attention to Xu Yao from the start, so he obviously noticed her actions. He frowned. Then, he saw Xu Yao's expression change. She immediately frowned too.
"Big Sis Yao Yao, what's wrong? Is the food not good?" Xu Xin also noticed Xu Yao's abnormal reaction.
Xu Yao quickly shook her head and chewed while she forced herself to smile. "Of course not. I was thinking of something just now. It's nothing. The food you made is very delicious. It's no wonder why Happy refuses to let you go."
"Big Sis Yao Yao, you're teasing me again. I really…" Xu Xin cast a glance at Happy. She felt embarrassed and angry, but she did not say her subsequent words.
At that moment, Happy found himself unable to continue watching.
"If you can't eat coriander, spit it out. The toilet is over there. Don't go getting an allergy later." His tone was neither cold nor indifferent, and it caused the people at the dining table to become stunned.
"Big Sis Yao Yao, you can't eat coriander? Ah, I didn't know."
Xu Xin was a girl who was not very s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to certain details. When she heard Happy's words, she was immediately worried about Xu Yao, and she did not notice that her other three good friends had discovered something else from the situation. When they saw Xu Yao stare at Happy in shock before she immediately got up, covered her mouth, and ran to the toilet, they realized that what Happy had said was true. Their gazes when they looked at him became puzzled.
One of the girls asked tentatively, "Happy, how did you know that Xu Yao doesn't eat coriander?"
"She was eating really mechanical. Who wouldn't be able to guess?" Happy rolled his eyes after saying that.
"But based on your tone just now, you sounded like you even knew that she was allergic to coriander. We didn't know about this," another girl said with curiosity and the spirit of gossip burning in her.
"Ask her this question when she gets back."
It was only at that moment that Happy remembered that Xu Yao had never touched coriander while she was in the university and that she did not tell anyone that she was allergic to coriander because the body part which was allergic to coriander was a rather embarrassing spot…
'This is bad!'
Happy suddenly felt a headache build in his head. He seemed to have unintentionally revealed some information he should not have.
At that moment, Xu Yao walked out of the toilet with Xu Xin accompanying her. There was a slightly apologetic look on her face. "Sorry."
"It's fine. Just tell us next time if there's anything you can't eat. We're all classmates and friends. It's fine."
"Okay."
"By the way, Xu Yao. Will you get any allergies from eating coriander?" A girl deliberately cast Happy a glance.
Xu Yao was dazed. "Where did you hear that from?"
"Don't bother about that. Is it true?" The girl was very cunning with the way she worded her question.
A hint of shyness flashed on Xu Yao's face, but she soon covered it up and said resolutely, "Of course not. I just don't like the taste of coriander."
"Is that so?" The s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e girls still noticed how stiff Xu Yao acted.
Only Xu Xin remained ignorant of all that. She just asked Xu Yao whether she experienced any discomfort anywhere and whether there was anything else she could not eat.
Xu Xin's friends were anxious for her and thought she was just too pure. She had actually brought such a huge rival in love into the apartment, and there was no doubt that she would cause a lot of trouble in the future.
The meal ended in a strange atmosphere.
When it was time to wash the plates, Xu Yao volunteered, but Xu Xin refused her offer while saying that she was a guest and told Happy to chat with the others in the living room.
"Happy, I heard from foreign magazines that you earn tens of billions worth of silver every day, and if it was converted, it would be worth billions in RMB. Is it true?"
The girls' spirit of gossip burned, and it was so hot that Happy felt a little awkward. He really did not want to talk about such a topic, so he immediately pretended to be an idiot of the situation.
"Hehe, I wouldn't know where they obtained that data. They might be talking about the money entering the clan, but we also use up a lot of money every month. In any case, you can't believe their words."
"That's what I think as well. If you could really earn that much per month in a game, then wouldn't all the businesses in the real world go bankrupt? Everyone would just move into the game." One of the girls seemed to have found some sort of psychological balance.
'In truth, there are already quite a lot of industries that have moved into the game and are prepared to set up their business there.'
Happy would naturally not say that.
"Perhaps there will be great developments in the game, but it should not be as exaggerated as you think it is," he answered in a normal tone.
"That's right. The foreign media always love exaggerating facts."
The girls agreed with Happy's words.
Only Xu Yao did not say anything. She was a relatively high ranking member in Mu Clan, so she had an extraordinary clear insight on the cash flow in the clan. She was also very s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to it.
Because of that, she knew that a part of what the foreign media said about the numbers was real. There were nearly one hundred thousand members in Mu Clan, and there were ten thousand occupations who could earn huge bucks. They earned around one hundred thousand each month, and they made up part of Mu Clan's income.
Happy was clearly humoring the girls.
Just when Xu Yao was wondering whether she should say something to leave, she suddenly noticed Happy's gaze sweeping over her c.h.e.s.t, and she immediately stiffened up.
She could clearly sense that his gaze was not filled with any disrespect, but was strangely focused.
Chapter 575 - An Information Revealed Carelessly
"There aren't many snacks in here, so you'll have to bear with what we have." Happy brought out a few bags of red ginger and the snacks that the Three Lonely Wolves had left from the bedroom and placed them on the dining table.
"Xin, pour us some water, will you?"
Happy noticed that when he placed the snacks on the dining table, Xu Yao's eyes instantly fixed themselves on the small bags of red ginger, but she said nothing.
"I didn't expect that Xin's man would be so caring. Xin, if you dump him, remember to tell me." Xu Xin's friends seemed to only have noticed at that moment that Happy was actually being very close to them.
"What are you thinking about, you crazy girl?"
"But what even are these snacks? Drunkard Melon Seeds and Drunkard Peanuts? Don't you have cotton candy?"
"You've just eaten a full meal, you know? And you're still thinking of eating?"
"Whether you eat it or not, I don't care. I'm just bringing it back to boast about it."
The girls attacked each other.
Happy intentionally cast his gaze outside the window, and through the corner of his eyes, he noticed that Xu Yao had poured herself a cup of hot water from the water dispenser. She put some red ginger inside, picked up the cup, and the nervousness and uneasiness on her face faded by a large margin.
"What is that? It's so red. It looks really tasty."
"Red ginger water. My mother suffered from hemorrhage when she carried me. Now, she seems to still be ill because of it. When I was young, I was weak, and the elderly said that you can replenish your vitality if you eat this. I got better when I sniffed some red ginger water, and in time, I grew used to it," Xu Yao explained while hugging the cup. While she spoke, she sniffed the fragrance coming out of the red ginger water.
The other four girls, aside from Xu Xin, were all very s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e girls. They could tell that Xu Yao seemed to have become much more energetic than before. When they heard her words, sent
imental and pitying looks appeared on their faces.
When they turned their heads around, they noticed Happy looking outside the window with an indifferent look. He seemed to be in a daze, and they could not help but be puzzled. "What a coincidence. Happy has red ginger as well."
"That's right, I never saw you bring out this stuff before, and I never saw you prepare snacks for the Three Lonely Wolves." Xu Xin still did not notice that there was something off and stared at Happy seriously.
"If you don't want to eat it, leave it. And here I am, being generous for once."
Happy's words immediately defeated the girls.
"You consider yourself generous with just a few bags of snacks?! You stingy millionaire! The world is so unreasonable!"
"That's right! Bring him back to the university and let the people ridicule him in public! Hmph! You're treating us this way even when there are so many beauties as your guests? Your standards are too low!"
"That's right." Xu Xin giggled on the side.
Xu Yao held her cup quietly, but she cracked a smile. She felt a little gloomy inside. Usually, boys would not hide red ginger in their bedrooms.
"Xin, have you washed the plates? Why are you helping them?" Happy did not show any p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e or anger. He just reminded her languidly, and she cried out in surprise.
"Ah! I forgot to turn on the water!"
She jumped up from the couch and ran into the kitchen.
"What a clumsy girl, let's hope she doesn't break anything."
Right when Happy muttered those words, the sound of a plate crashing and Xu Xin's scream rang out from the kitchen.
The girls looked at Happy as if they were staring at a monster!
"Really, good things never come, but bad things always do. Eat, I'll go check." Happy also felt tense, and he quickly ran into the kitchen.
Xu Xin was picking up the shattered pieces of the plate on the floor in a flurry of motion. When she saw Happy enter, she was distracted, and she cut herself on the finger. Red blood instantly poured out.
"Be careful."
Happy felt tense. He rushed to Xu Xin and did not bother about how men were not supposed to touch women anymore. He grabbed Xu Xin's hand and shoved it under the tap to clean her wound before he went into the bedroom to get a bandaid. He put it over her wound carefully.
Xu Xin's face turned red. She pointed at the fluttering bands by her finger and asked curiously, "What kind of shape is this?" .
Happy answered instinctively. "This shape is rather eye-catching and will remind others that your hand is injured so that they will not bump into you carelessly."
"Do you want to tie a butterfly knot as well? Why are you two so cheesy?"
The girls and Xu Yao had come to stand outside the kitchen at some point in time. They watched Happy being busy and Xu Xin blushing red with envious gazes, and so they teased them.
"Xu Xin, are you alright?"
Xu Yao was clearly much more reasonable than the other girls. She walked over to look at Xu Xin's wound, and she immediately stared at the bandaid over her fair finger.
The bandaid was not the usual type. It was not the one that the person just wrapped around the wound. Instead, there were two flaps intersecting at the end, causing the bandaid to look like a red scarf.
Xu Yao was instantly stunned upon seeing it.
"Big Sis Yao Yao, do you think that this shape is very strange? Happy said that 'This shape is rather eye-catching and will remind others that your hand is injured so that they will not bump into you carelessly.' Isn't that weird?" Xu Xin intentionally imitated Happy's tone with her injured finger up, and she looked very mischievous.
"Alright, stop flaunting your lovely butterfly knot. We know that you're very lovey-dovey with each other. Let's go."
"Oh, okay. You go first. I'll clean up."
"Don't. Let me." Happy sighed in resignation. "You're injured. If I continue making you work, there'll be a lot of people who will come causing trouble to me tomorrow."
When the women heard it, they put on expressions that said that Happy was supposed to do this and that he was at least sensible.
Xu Xin shook her bandaged finger as a show. "Your bandaging skills are pretty good. I'm fine now."
"I said it's fine. I'll wash the plates." Happy rolled up his sleeves in a familiar motion, but he did not notice that Xu Yao, who had been staring at the bandaid over Xu Xin's wound, noticed keenly that the way he rolled his sleeves was incredibly unique.
It was very similar to the way she did things when she did house work. She would first fold her sleeves three times before she pushed everything up.
It was so similar! Why was it so similar?!
Xu Yao finally realized that there were many details in her life that were very similar to those of Happy.
And Happy had also prepared red ginger. Could it really be a coincidence?
Xu Yao's thoughts were a mess, and she stood with a dumbfounded expression. She did not even know what the people around her said later on.
In time though, she left the mysterious base together with the other girls.
*****
Once Xu Yao and the others left the apartment, Happy washed the plates while thinking about his actions. A soft sigh left his lips.
In the end, he could not help but bring out the red ginger. He had even let Xu Yao see the bandaid he used to cover Xu Xin's wound unintentionally. Thankfully, it was just a tiny detail, so Xu Yao should not have realized anything.
Her hands were on her h.i.p.s while she watched Happy wash the plates seriously.
*****
After leaving, Xu Yao was filled with complicated emotions.
When she returned to the university, her phone vibrated a few times before she finally picked it up. The voice that came over was very deep. "Why did you only pick up after so long? By the way, did you gain anything when you went over to Happy's today? Does Happy have any plans for the future?"
Xu Yao was silent for a while before she lowered her head and inhaled the fragrance from the red ginger water in her cup. Then, she raised her beautiful face. "We didn't talk about anything related to the game."
Chapter 576 - Joined!
The more Happy's understanding toward Joined Finger increased, the more he could sense the damage and profound secret within it. Regardless of whether it was its damage of long-distance attacks or close-distance attacks, it could change at will in many forms, and it possessed neverending mysteries.
Happy also grew to understand the charm of Joined Finger, and he had the urge to help the Murong Clan right their name!
In TV dramas and wuxia novels, Joined Finger always appeared only for a moment, and it never left behind a huge impression. Instead, techniques like Six Pulses Divine Sword gained the great fame of the supreme sword technique!
To Happy, Joined Finger was not inferior to Six Pulses Divine Sword.
The other might have a great presence and could cause astonishing damage with the sword qi, but it was still something with form.
Perhaps in terms of the number of attacks that could be delivered in one go, Joined Finger was slightly inferior, but it placed an emphasis on being formless, and it could kill without sound. And based on its power alone, it was actually slightly above Six Pulses Divine Sword.
Within just a few short days of training, Happy pushed Joined Finger from the third realm to the sixth realm due to Nine Yang Divine Skill aiding him with an endless supply of qi.
Right then, Joined Finger's damage did not lose to a normal attack from Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm at Grandmaster Realm. In fact, it was even greater.
After training nonstop for a period of time, Happy also gained a deeper perception and understanding of the positioning of Joined Finger in real battles.
The finger technique placed an emphasis on surprise attacks, and it was unpredictable. If he used it together with fist techniques, he could catch his opponents off guard, and its might would be much greater than what Young Fallen Rain sh
owed.
If anyone fought against him without knowing about his abilities, even some of the Inaction Realm martial artists might end up with more than what they bargained for!
There were a large number of martial artists at the peak of Moksha Realm in the forest. Their weapons were connected with each other, and light as well as shadows intersected with each other. They surrounded Happy while he was dressed in normal blue robes. All sorts of weapons came charging at him, and Happy was surrounded by danger.
He was like a ship in a storm that was about to topple over at any moment from a furious wave!
However, since Happy was confident enough not to wear any equipment while he faced four martial artists at the peak of Moksha Realm, it was only natural that he was not worried about them working together to fight against him.
He attacked as swiftly as lightning.
Clang! Clang!
Each time the quartet moved together to get close to him, he would quickly deliver two attacks with his fingers.
Happy easily got out of the encirclement and continued to attack with his fingers. His qi continued to deliver astonishing finger-generated gusts of wind from six of his fingers.
Sometimes, he would even use his fingers to clash head-on against his opponent's weapons.
The sound of steel rang.
Happy remained unharmed, but his opponents looked incredibly terrified, as if they had seen a monster.
Happy ignored that reaction. His goal was to attack as many times as possible. Joined Finger did not have any defensive moves. Its attack was its defense. That was why when he attacked opponents who were of sufficient skill to absorb combat experience from them, he could continuously increase the level of Joined Finger.
However, as the level for Joined Finger increased, those in Life and Death Realm could no longer satisfy Happy's needs. Even some of the normal Moksha Realm elites could not last for a long time in his hands.
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