What? My cheat code is making my own gold coins explode?

Strangely enough, just as Zhao Si was about to return the unopened lemon tea, a straw was suddenly thrust into it, deflowering the lemon tea on the spot!

Then the other person leaned closer, lowered their head, and with slightly parted lips, bit down on the straw of the fragrant lemon tea in Zhao Si's arms, taking a big gulp that took away one-sixth of the drink. With a slight movement of her throat, "Xilin" made some faint swallowing sounds. After savoring it, her whole face fell:

"Wow! What's that smell? This...this...this..."

"The lingering sweetness of glutinous rice is the smell of foot odor."

"Oh? So you like this kind of drink?"

"No, it's just a habit."

"Don't look to the left!"

Regardless of why the other person leaned in and lowered their head to drink lemon tea in their lap, such ambiguous behavior, if seen by others, would probably lead to criticism and condemnation on online forums...

Oh, no one's looking this way, that's good. It's strange that not a single person is curious when there are so many people.

"No, why do you have to buy two cups if you don't like it?"

"Want to give it a try..."

The young girl in front of him looked away, just like Zhao Si had done earlier, and an awkward silence fell between them.

Can't you say something? Zhao Si felt like his toes were about to split open again.

For no apparent reason, Zhao Si smelled the scent emanating from the little girl's hair. Realizing that his actions had gone too far, he immediately stopped his nose from smelling it, but he could definitely smell the scent.

It wasn't the delicate fragrance of a young girl in her prime, but rather the smell of organic solvents, similar to a mixture of alcohol evaporation, gasoline, vinegar, and various fruit aromas.

From a personal perspective, it would be like to take Zhao Si back to the time when he was surrounded by X-20, CT04, Tamiya panel lining fluid, lighter fluid, grout sealant, and gloss and matte varnish.

Although a single sip of this tea can make you feel ten years younger, I do miss it.

Zhao Si had no idea where all these idiotic thoughts came from. Even with the 3M mask on his face, he didn't dare to smell the solvent.

"Look, I've tried it, you can drink it now~"

“…Young lady, you’ve already opened and drunk this, it would be impolite for me to drink it too.”

Almost unable to keep up with this person's train of thought, Zhao Si pulled away, shoved the lemon tea back at the other person, picked up his own glue, and ran away.

Tsk.

As she watched the other person walk towards the gashapon area, "Cirin" stepped forward.

Although she didn't understand why, this was the one person she couldn't let go of.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: This chapter was actually from yesterday. I went out to play on my birthday yesterday and didn't update, so my perfect attendance days were deducted again. So sad, bro.

Ahem, there will be another update before 6 PM tomorrow.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Time Awakens

"Phew, it's safe."

Zhao Si took out the thin foam paper he always carried in his backpack, packed the two boxes of glue he had bought on this shopping trip, and then put them securely into his backpack.

Was that woman a pervert? She was definitely a pervert!

However, Zhao Si dared not shout it out directly in this environment; otherwise, he would be seen as ordinary and confident.

"Should I leave here?"

I have to leave here.

"But there are gashapon machines over there."

Stop playing with your B-grade glue, are you crazy about pulling cards?

So Zhao Si ran to the row of gashapon machines, ignoring the gashapon machines selling anime fashion items, and ignoring the Ultraman and Masked Superman gashapon machines—he simply didn't want to play gashapon with those two, but Gundam could.

"Tsk tsk tsk, 40 yuan for a single MSE draw, that's really expensive. You can get it for less than 40 yuan on Taobao."

Zhao Si looked at the contents of the prize pool above. As expected, it was exactly the same as he remembered: three red Exusiai and three red Druids were there, and their weapon expansion packs included an extra gacha.

Not only that, it also contains three Red 00s and their accessory packs, including Zeta, Bestiary, Iron Rider, GM, Wind Spirit Modified, Ascendant Freedom, Destiny, and more... What kind of pool is this? There are so many items!

Zhao Si looked at the other gashapon machines with some suspicion, and found that they all had the same prize pool. An inexplicable sense of unease filled his heart.

"Were you drunk when you were editing the prize pool? You put so many popular items in the same gashapon machine."

For no apparent reason, Zhao Si wanted to turn around and run away, but after seeing the three-red Exusiai on the gashapon machine... OK, he couldn't move his feet.

Well, since we're already here, it's no big deal to try it four or five times. I've already been ripped off by buying glue from a physical store before, so I won't miss out on this experience.

Zhao Si couldn't help but recall that he had twisted his elbow once before, and then he got an MSE Destiny Gundam, but on his way home he couldn't help but take it apart to look at it, and then... and then he lost an elbow joint.

But the fate of that MSE shouldn't be associated with these gacha pulls.

"Oh dear, these are all mistakes I made when I was young."

As Zhao Si walked over, there happened to be a beautiful woman with gray hair and blue eyes next to him. She was pushing up her red-rimmed glasses and had a very resolute expression, as if she was about to make a decision that would go against her ancestors.

As for Zhao Si... he wouldn't bother with such an outstandingly good-looking guy; he could just go to the gacha machine to explore the dark world of anime.

"Okay, scan your code... Oh no, the network crashed and there's no signal. Bandai, your code is gone."

I don't know which idiot set up this gashapon machine in this remote corner. Not only is there no signal to scan the QR code, but they also set up WiFi. Thinking that this was his first time at this gashapon machine, Zhao Si turned on his phone's WiFi and his phone showed that he was connected to the network.

Huh? Is that so? Could it be that I used their Wi-Fi before?

Zhao Si looked around. The crowd was bustling, and apart from the gashapon machines, there was only a millet shop nearby. There were no chairs or anything to rest on. Sigh, he couldn't possibly stay here for too long.

"Did you notice it?"

Just then, the gray-haired woman standing nearby suddenly spoke up.

"Who? Me? Are you asking me?"

"Yes, we should have realized it sooner."

Zhao Si turned his head and met the other person's azure eyes.

Another one who's a C-rank. Zhao Si thought to himself, if someone with such obvious local features can have blue eyes, there's probably no other way besides wearing colored contact lenses.

"So what are you still running away from?"

"Me? I'm not running away from anything."

"Perhaps they're reliving the past and don't want to wake up."

Zhao Si was puzzled by the question, but he still answered it honestly. He breathed a sigh of relief after the woman nodded in approval.

I always felt like I was dealing with an elderly woman, all rigid and inflexible.

"Then I'll stay with you for a while, hmm—?"

The other person's voice trailed off, as if they could read Zhao Si's mind. Before Zhao Si could turn and slip away, a slender hand landed on his right shoulder—

Good weight!

There's no way to run away!

Namo San, what terrifying power!

Zhao Si had already become obedient and turned back to listen to what the other party said:

"My name is Fu Hua. Um, could you help me turn this machine? I'll pay for the gashapon capsules."

That's it?

Zhao Si peeked over and saw that the woman who called herself "Fu Hua" had already pulled out six gashapon capsules of the same color. He curiously opened one of them and glanced at the head sculpture.

Wow, the green lens has no antenna, so it's a Jim.

Zhao Si couldn't help but turn around and laugh out loud. When he turned back, he didn't immediately start using the gashapon machine. Instead, he leaned against the side of the machine, turned on his phone's flashlight, and checked the gashapon capsules inside.

"The outer shell of Jim's gashapon is green, and inside... there are only two or three green ones, and the rest are the colors of other gashapon."

Zhao Si peered around, glancing at the color of the gashapon shells in the front prize pool and then comparing them to the stock inside from the side.

“Miss Fu, I think you can try twisting it yourself. If there are only three Jims left, compared to the total of more than thirty in stock, you can’t possibly release them for the seventh time in a row.”

Then the seventh MSE Jim appeared.

Seeing Fu Hua's face turn completely dark, Zhao Si dared not be negligent. He immediately tried to open a gashapon capsule. In no time, a red capsule popped out and rolled down the slide. Zhao Si bent down, picked it up from the capsule, and was about to hand it to Fu Hua to open, but to his surprise, she refused.

"You drive."

Fu Hua turned her head away, not even daring to open her eyes to see what color it was. It wasn't a buddy's job; it was just a gashapon toy, there was no need for this.

Zhao Si glanced at the pile of seven Jim gashapon toys out of the corner of his eye. Each one cost 40 yuan... Hmm, that's definitely necessary.

Zhao Si twisted open the gashapon capsule in his hand, revealing the head sculpt inside. He nodded in satisfaction, put it back in its place, snapped his fingers at Fu Hua with a "snap," and said:

"Lucky! Three red 00s, that's great stuff."

Including this gacha pull, Fu Hua in front of me has already spent 320 yuan. 320 yuan for just one different gacha pull, what luck!

"Miss Fu, you should avoid gacha pulls and similar things in the future."

"I... I'm just a little unwilling to accept it."

When Fu Hua caught the gashapon capsule, her expression visibly shifted from gloomy to cheerful. She tossed the capsule up and down in her hand, saying:

"Actually, I don't know much about these things, but after seeing you participating in the lottery, I felt a little itchy to join in."

"Gambling is harmful, gambling is harmful."

Zhao Si casually replied to the other party, and then openly used the gashapon machine to draw his own stuff.

To be honest, Fu Hua has already taken seven Jims and one three-red 00 from this pool, so whatever else she pulls out is within expectations, okay?