Small Fortune

Chen Xu made sure the Virtual Dream Device on his body was still there before he could relax temporarily, what a false alarm.

He checked the time and it was almost seven o'clock. He was thinking of using the time to cook some noodles for breakfast. Suddenly, he remembered something very important, brushed his teeth quickly, put on his clothes, and went out.

"Hopefully, I'll make it in time."

After going downstairs, he didn't even bother to buy breakfast and went straight to the bus stop. He didn't take the usual bus, but another one.

On the bus, he kept looking at the time, looking anxious.

At seven twenty-six, the bus arrived at a stop. He was the first to rush off the bus and ran wildly towards the commercial building across from the bus stop, attracting the attention of many pedestrians.

Chen Xu didn't care anymore. When he arrived at his destination, he glanced at his phone and was overjoyed, "Seven twenty-nine, just in time."

Then, he saw a man and a woman standing in front of the Lucky Box vending machine. His heart tightened, and he rushed over immediately.

"This is the recently popular Lucky Box, I didn't expect there to be one here, I'll scan one." A slightly fat man was filming with one hand holding his phone, and scanning the QR code to pay with the other.

"Look, the box is out."

The man took out the box and said, "This is the packaging of the box, as you can see, it's quite exquisite. Now, let's open it."

He asked his companion to help, and quickly opened the box, filming and saying, "Let's see what's inside. Hmm, it's a lipstick."

He picked up the lipstick and showed it to the camera, "As you can see, there are Korean characters all over it. Now, let's search for it on a certain treasure app."

Before long, he found it, showed the phone, and said, "Take a look, this one is priced at seventy-five yuan on a certain treasure app. Hmm, not bad, at least I didn't lose money."

Then, he stopped filming and said to his female companion next to him with some dissatisfaction, "Can't you come over and help?"

The girl next to him said impatiently, "We agreed to go shopping with me, and it turns out it's for your business."

The man said unhappily, "If I don't find a way to make money, where will I get the money to buy you clothes? Hurry up, let's film another one."

This man is called Xu Ming, a young man in his early twenties. One day, while watching short videos, he saw the Lucky Box and immediately realized the business opportunity. He quickly got a few machines and placed them in places with high traffic.

Riding on the wave of short videos, he made a little money.

However, the trend of short videos comes and goes quickly. These days, the Lucky Boxes he placed are not selling very well. So, he decided to film short videos himself to promote them.

This machine was placed by him, and to ensure that it could attract attention, he bought an Apple X. He had personally put it in a few minutes ago.

To avoid being exposed by onlookers, he came over early in the morning to film.

Moreover, as a novel lover, he understood the importance of foreshadowing. Therefore, he deliberately scanned a box with only ordinary gifts first.

Otherwise, if he scanned an Apple X right away, it would be too stiff and not real enough.

Xu Ming started filming again, "I originally wanted to scan it and give it to my girlfriend, but it turned out to be a men's lipstick. Let's scan another one, what will I get this time, thinking about it, I'm a little excited—"

At this point, a person suddenly rushed over, pushed him aside, and scanned the QR code first.

"Someone actually got there first—"

Xu Ming's heart skipped a beat, worried that the box containing the Apple X would be selected, but then he felt that he wouldn't be so unlucky, and joked in his mouth.

Then, his throat seemed to be pinched, and his face changed drastically.

That person actually selected that box.

He was very anxious, how could it be such a coincidence? Of all the boxes, he had to choose that one? But, the box was in someone else's hands, and there was nothing he could do even if he was anxious. He could only watch helplessly as the person opened the box, revealing the packaging box of the Apple X.

He finally couldn't help it, "That—"

Who knew that the person quickly put the phone in his bag, looked at him vigilantly, and said, "Mine."

Xu Ming looked at him putting away the phone, his face twitching, and said eagerly, "It's like this..."

"Are you still going to snatch it?" The person became more vigilant and took a step back.

Xu Ming didn't expect the other party to be so vigilant, and stammered, "I didn't mean that, I wanted to..."

"Sorry, no time." The person interrupted him and turned to leave.

"No... listen to me."

Xu Ming wanted to call out to the person, but who knew that the other party ran away, disappearing at the door in the blink of an eye. He was completely dumbfounded, how could this happen? Thinking of the phone he bought for ten thousand yuan yesterday, falling into the hands of others like this, his heart ached so much that he couldn't breathe.

His girlfriend, who hadn't quite grasped the situation, asked from the side, "What's wrong with you?"

"The gift I prepared for you was taken by someone," Xu Ming said, on the verge of tears.

Meanwhile, Chen Xu had already boarded the subway and successfully obtained the phone, feeling delighted.

He couldn't remember many details about the Dream Realm, but he remembered the location and number of the Lucky Box containing the phone clearly.

After all, he was used to being poor, so he was particularly sensitive to matters concerning money.

To be honest, he had been trying his luck, but it really was the same as in the Dream Realm. It was a brand-new, unopened phone, worth nearly ten thousand yuan. For him, it was a small windfall.

"It really is black technology."

He sighed inwardly, feeling even more confident about the Virtual Dream Device. It could perfectly simulate everything in reality within the Dream Realm.

To be honest, when he first entered the Dream Realm, he wasn't prepared at all and didn't realize the value of that empty world, only thinking about how to survive.

Using a game as an analogy, he was a newbie player, only knowing how to do quests step by step according to the prompts, without any thought of exploring hidden maps.

"What a pity."

He couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time, he became extremely excited about the next Dream Realm world.

Before long, his stop arrived. He got off the subway, took out his phone, and called his high school classmate who sold phones in the digital plaza, saying he wanted to sell a brand-new Apple X.

The other party immediately agreed and asked him to send the phone over.

After finishing the call, Chen Xu had arrived at the building where his company was located. He arrived at his seat at exactly eight o'clock.

When he turned on the computer, he thought about how he would soon see Luo Xiyun, and suddenly felt inexplicably nervous.

PS: Although I know that with so few favorites, asking for votes is useless. However, it's Monday, and not asking for votes seems a bit out of place, so I'll ask anyway.