Chapter 27: Who Ate My Apple?

May Day has finally arrived!

For high school seniors, the countdown to the college entrance exam is like a funeral bell deciding their fate, drawing closer day by day, making them wish time would pass even slower.

But for the vast number of children and office workers, this represents liberation and relaxation.

Bai Guagua is still a child, so she couldn't sleep early in the morning; she snuck over to Zhang Wei's bedside, plucked a hair from the pillowcase, and used it to poke his nostril.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Wei suddenly opened his eyes, which were bloodshot, giving her quite a start.

Absorbed Bai Guagua's Resentment, +123.

"I didn't have a dream," Zhang Wei said expressionlessly.

Bai Guagua blinked her large eyes, immediately grasping the meaning, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "No way? Didn't anyone say anything strange to you in a dream? Or say they wanted to take you away?"

Zhang Wei shook his head, feeling a little disappointed inside.

If there really were a visitor from beyond the heavens, from an unknown but highly advanced civilization, who wouldn't want to go for a trip?

We always thought humanity's gaze was already fixed on the vast, boundless universe, but the facts prove that what we can see is still just a small patch of sky from the bottom of a well.

"I see," Bai Guagua said, resting her chin on her hand and pondering for a moment. "How about you take me to the amusement park today, and when I leave, I'll take you with me, how about that?"

Sigh, truly a young girl who knows nothing of sorrow.

Zhang Wei sighed and said earnestly: "Guagua, you've already grown up, you're an adult now, how can you still play with those childish things? It's very uncool."

Bai Guagua hated being treated like a child most of all, so she thought for a moment and said: "That's true, then let's go to Emei Mountain to see the monkeys."

Zhang Wei felt a pain in his gut at the mention of monkeys; he had almost been crushed into a little pancake by a monkey himself.

"Guagua, you're still young, you're still a child. The monkeys at Emei Mountain are so fierce, they even dare to bully adults; if you go, aren't you just serving yourself up as a snack for them?"

Bai Guagua's bun-like face puffed up with anger: "Zhang Wei! What do you mean by that? One moment I'm an adult, the next I'm a child. Am I a dough figurine to you, to be stretched or squeezed however you like?"

Absorbed Bai Guagua's Resentment, +119.

Zhang Wei really had a headache; he had to promise several humiliating terms before he could coax the girl away, and he dove back under the covers.

Soon, he sat bolt upright from the covers with a 'whoosh', gasping for air like a corpse coming back to life, his previously dull eyes now frighteningly bright.

The balance of Resentment Value in his brain showed: 168,480.

And this number was still jumping, still increasing; the notifications for Resentment Value income refreshed from time to time, sometimes over a hundred, sometimes ten or twenty, and in just a few minutes, it had jumped to 170,000!

170,000 Resentment Value!!

Zhang Wei finally understood why many nouveau riche acted so arrogantly—he really wanted to be arrogant for a bit now too.

The same video, sent out by hundreds of people, spread to the eyes of thousands overnight; on average, each person provided ten or twenty points of Resentment, which added up to such a massive sum for him.

What good classmates, what good schoolmates.

Suddenly, Zhang Wei's energy returned. After thinking carefully for a while, this seemingly massive "fortune" wasn't actually very useful; lighting up one star cost ten thousand, hmm... if the cost for each was the same, he could light up seventeen.

But this was like a headless fly bumping into walls; this was cultivation, it was evolution, not playing a matching game.

Not receiving a Dream Teaching remained a huge problem. Without a corresponding framework to guide such an important matter, he would regret it deeply if he took the wrong path.

This matter was temporarily unsolvable, and the Resentment Value had turned back into a pile of numbers, so Zhang Wei had to open the Lucky Draw to take a look, only to find that the patterns in the circle seemed different.

Could it be that as the human body underwent Awakening, the things inside here updated as well?

Zhang Wei was now "wealthy" and bold, so he decided to splurge again.

Resentment +10.

Resentment +10.

Zhang Wei said 'hehe', the consolation prize had increased tenfold; did this thing also know he had Awakened and wanted to keep up with the pace?

However, he had long been mentally prepared, and continued to spin it round and round...

After spinning more than thirty times, just as Zhang Wei was feeling bored and wanted to stop, something floated out as the pointer came to a halt.

He saw an apple sitting in the space, red and plump, with what looked like a bite taken out of it.

Zhang Wei was stunned; he subconsciously took it out, only to find in his palm—an apple with a large bite taken out of it by someone.

…………

……

Damn it!!

Zhang Wei almost let go and threw the apple away to smash it to pieces; what kind of nonsense was this???

Who did this???

Stand up and show yourself, ah ah ah!!!

Zhang Wei, who rarely had emotional fluctuations, was truly agitated. This was too bullying, wasn't it? Was there anything more disgusting than this? What did they take us Earthlings for? Uncultured peasants who had never eaten an apple?

It really was just as Bai Guagua said, a top-tier item dropped by Jobs the Great Demon King!

Here goes...

Zhang Wei's right hand moved backward in a throwing motion, just about to toss this disgusting thing out the door, when his nose suddenly twitched, catching a whiff of a crisp, exotic fragrance.

Hesitating for a moment, he brought his nose close to the apple and sniffed; immediately, a fresh fragrance hit his nostrils, and his spirit lifted.

... It really was the scent of this thing, and it was truly "unheard of"; he was certain no variety of apple had ever had such an alluring fragrance.

Zhang Wei fell silent.

Time passed bit by bit, and after counting to 36 seconds, Zhang Wei took a bite with a solemn expression, and a line of clear tears slid from his eye sockets.

Forgive me... *Crunch*... I have fallen... *Crunch*...

Just after the first bite, his stomach felt as if a pool of clear spring water had been injected into it; all the sour, foul odors seemed to be squeezed out, and he let out a burp strong enough to suffocate someone.

It was so damn delicious!!

Zhang Wei let out a heartfelt exclamation and reached out to wipe away his tears.

This wasn't him being pretentious, but rather being hit by the sour, foul odor rising into his nasal cavity.

Fine, even if you are an apple leftover by an immortal, I still feel a bit put off...

Zhang Wei smacked his lips, resisted the urge to take another bite, and called out aloud: "Gua, come here quickly."

After a while, Bai Guagua pushed the door open and entered the room, saying discontentedly: "You're the 'Gua'! Would it kill you to add one more character?"

Absorbed Bai Guagua's Resentment, +16.

Zhang Wei raised the apple in his hand: "Eat this, you are not allowed to leave any leftovers."

Bai Guagua took a disgusted look at it, her face full of surprise: "You wouldn't, would you? You secretly bought an apple, ate half of it, and only then remembered me? And you want me to eat your leftovers?"

Absorbed Bai Guagua's Resentment, +123.

Zhang Wei thought for a moment, then said helplessly: "It didn't look good, so I thought it wouldn't taste good and tried a bit first, but it turned out the taste was actually quite good. If you don't believe me, take a sniff."

Bai Guagua sniffed it half-doubtingly, her puzzled expression immediately turned into surprise, and she took a cautious bite, ending up so satisfied that her big eyes narrowed into slits.

The girl finished off the apple in a few bites and had no suspicions. She didn't know how long ago it had been since she last ate an apple, nor did she remember what it tasted like; she simply assumed apples were just this delicious.

"Zhang Wei, I want to eat more." Bai Guagua lowered her head, her eyes showing some guilt, but she still couldn't control the mischief of her cravings.

Because it was really delicious!

Zhang Wei:...

Suddenly he felt that these hundred-odd thousand points of Resentment Value wouldn't last long, after all, he couldn't refuse such a pitiful request.