Research Failure
With a sinking feeling, Wang Yue went into the restaurant. He played the candle video on his phone again and had Shi Miao make a wish once more.
Unfortunately, after Shi Miao tried it, nothing happened.
Growing anxious, she asked, "Why didn't the wish work?"
Watching Shi Miao wrestle with the problem, Wang Yue said uncertainly, "Do you think it might be because the wish that brought your brother back last time wasn't made on your birthday, so you can't make another one?"
He thought that was the only explanation. Otherwise, it just didn't make sense.
He was especially dejected, and Shi Miao was just as frustrated. They both went home looking like wilted eggplants.
Wang Yue had it a little easier. At last, she'd found something in this world that interested her, only to discover that things had turned out this way.
It seemed there was no way to do it with technology alone. He wondered if the wish-granting candle on his phone might work if he had Faith Power.
It looked like he'd have to start by making money.
But to make money, he'd have to convince his parents. He was still a middle school kid who'd never touched a computer except to play games. If he suddenly claimed he was developing a game, anyone with half a brain would know something was up.
If this were an ordinary world, he wouldn't care. But this world had mysterious forces that could grant people's wishes, so he had to be careful.
Wang Yue remembered a novel in which parents suddenly realized their child had become incredibly clever, and began to suspect that the child wasn't really theirs.
They secretly called in a Taoist priest, who performed an exorcism on the child. It didn't work, and the child