Chapter 472: Never break a promise (Bonus chapter for the alliance leader donation from ykybki)

After returning to the hotel, Qin Huai pulled Zhao Cheng'an into the group at the first opportunity. As soon as Zhao Cheng'an entered the group, he received a warm welcome from the group members. Chen Huihong initiated a group call immediately, and all members joined in seconds.

Chen Gong stopped working overtime, Qu Jing stopped writing her thesis, and even Shi Dadan, who was traveling outside with his wife and children, quietly slipped out of the hotel room, squatted in the hallway, and put on headphones to participate in the video call.

After simple and polite pleasantries, everyone started eating melons crazily. First, Qin Huai told the story of the mayfly's memories he had seen, which made everyone sigh in amazement. Even Chen Huihong slapped her thigh and lamented that she really hadn't observed carefully back then and hadn't discovered that there was a mayfly spirit creature in the kitchen.

After Qin Huai finished speaking, Zhao Cheng'an told everyone about the wonderful experiences of his previous lives. Qin Huai had already heard most of the experiences in the Fen Garden kitchen, but Zhao Cheng'an had forgotten to tell a small part at the time, and now that he remembered, he continued to tell them.

Everyone listened with great interest and raised their hands to speak actively—a lively scene Qin Huai had never seen before.

It could be seen that not only had he, the system novel male lead, never seen a mayfly, but this group of spirit creatures had also never seen one. They had only heard the name but never seen the person. Today, meeting in the same WeChat group, each of them wished they could ask all the questions they had accumulated for thousands of years in one go.

The questions included but were not limited to: Have you mayflies ever succeeded in tribulation? How have you not gone extinct with the way you play? Do you mayflies meet each other? Is there any special way of communication? Questions like these were asked for a full hour.

Zhao Cheng'an answered them one by one with great patience, though he couldn't answer most of them because he didn't know either.

According to Zhao Cheng'an, mayflies really do succeed in tribulation, although it is very rare, but it really happens.

As for why mayflies court death so much and haven't gone extinct yet, according to the seniors who succeeded in tribulation, the appearance of mayflies doesn't mainly rely on reproduction, but on being born directly between heaven and earth. They belong to the type where the Heavens can't stand it and just scatter some descendants for this race. Usually, they don't meet each other because the time they are awake is indeed very short.

Of course, Zhao Cheng'an held a skeptical attitude toward this statement. He felt that the seniors made it up to trick him, because he also planned to wait until he succeeded in this tribulation and go back to make up some stories to trick others.

As for Zhao Cheng'an's skill as the Thief King of Beiping, it wasn't a mayfly's innate skill. Mayflies as spirit creatures don't have any innate skills; they just reincarnate many times. Zhao Cheng'an's skill in stealing things was practiced diligently day by day in the original world. The most important thing for every mayfly that hasn't undergone tribulation in this life is to wait for tribulation and enjoy the human world and life during tribulation.

To travel the human world better, one must have a skill. Therefore, even though mayflies often sleep for decades before waking up for a day or two, during these times they are awake, they will seize the time to practice a survival skill diligently, so that they can live without worry after failing their tribulation in the human world.

Hearing Zhao Cheng'an say this, Chen Huihong was moved and started to pull and step on the spot: "Luo Jun, look at others! The preparation work is so thorough even though the time they are awake is so short. Look at yourself again!"

Luo Jun:?

"Chen Huihong, you muddle-headed fool who failed your tribulation for several years without knowing it and only found out before you died—do you have the qualifications to talk about me?" Luo Jun roared.

No one paid attention to Luo Jun's roar, because everyone was concerned about the things they wanted to care about.

"So it's possible to recognize each other directly like this." Qu Jing suddenly realized, looking like she had opened the door to a new world, which scared Qin Huai into stopping her immediately.

"Qu Jing, your situation is different from Zhao Cheng'an's. Zhao Cheng'an was famous for having a problem with his brain before; he was outspoken in his first life and said everything. Moreover, Old Master Xia's psychological endurance is beyond ordinary people. He not only accepts that Zhao Cheng'an is a spirit creature, but also accepts that I have a game system. You can't learn from him!"

"And you also confessed to your parents in your previous life; there is no value in learning."

"Do you think Old Master Xia is richer or Luo Jun is richer? Qin Huai, can you send me the list of properties after you receive it from Old Master Xia? I can help you analyze which properties are more valuable." Chen Gong was focusing on assets.

"Everyone has gifts. Looking at it this way, it seems I'm the only one in the group who didn't send anything. Maybe I should send something. But my wife knows all my assets, and sending a large sum of money out suddenly... If I had known, I would have saved some private money." Shi Dadan was self-PUA-ing.

"Qin Huai, are we still eating the hotel breakfast tomorrow?" Zhao Cheng'an had completely gone off-topic.

"Probably not. We still have to eat casserole shark fin when we get on the plane tomorrow. If Old Master Xia has a whim and makes two more dishes, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish the afternoon meal," Qin Huai was instantly led off-topic by Zhao Cheng'an.

"Makes sense."

Luo Jun, who was ignored, was very unhappy. He stared at his phone and questioned Qin Huai: "The plane back to Hangcheng tomorrow, Qin Huai, are you still going back to Shancheng?"

"Oh my, Luo Jun, don't rush Assistant Xiao Qin. Assistant Xiao Qin is doing serious business outside. Look, he spent two months in Hangcheng and pulled Little Zhao into the group. Little Zhao is also a pastry chef and is good at that 'opening pastry' thing. It just so happens that Assistant Xiao Qin is not good at it, so they can learn from each other's strengths and make up for weaknesses. We can eat more snacks in the future. You have to look with a long-term perspective," Chen Huihong advised. ===== CHAPTER 473 =====