Have You Eaten?

Rustling...

One minute... two minutes... three minutes passed...

Li Xian suddenly let out a sigh of relief and muttered to himself, "Thank goodness... the scar just disappeared; it didn't heal. If it had healed, I'd have had to go to the hospital and get cut open again!"

That had really scared the hell out of Li Xian. Cold sweat was still breaking out across his back.

Just thinking about that room full of disinfectant, and the doctor in a white coat and mask, holding a scalpel and leering at his lower half, made his skin crawl.

Once was enough. Going back a second time would be too much.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, then couldn't help looking at his reflection in the mirror. "Who's this handsome devil? How can you be so good-looking? Are you leaving us slightly chubby guys any chance at all?"

A looks rating of 70 definitely made him a handsome guy. The little bit of flesh on his body and face couldn't hide his striking good looks.

Li Xian was very satisfied with the change. Who didn't want to be handsome? Weren't they all trying to develop toward the ideal of "Pan, Lu, Deng, Xiao, Xian"?

Those five characters summed up every man's dream!

Li Xian had the "Deng" part down, and he already had the "Xian" part. He was working on "Pan," while "Lu" could wait. As for "Xiao," that was a little tricky. With his personality, he was probably out of luck there.

Forget it. Collecting all "Five Words of Truth" would probably get him struck by lightning. He couldn't risk showing off like that!

After admiring himself in the mirror for five minutes, Li Xian pulled himself together and went back to the bedroom to change into clean clothes.

With a thought, he opened the character stats panel.

Host: Li Xian, male, 24 years old, height 181 cm (increased by 3 cm), weight 185 (slightly chubby).

Title: Quick Shooter

Level: lv1

Looks: 70.

Charm: 50.

Strength: 51.

Stamina: 53.

Agility: 40.

Unique Passive Skill: [Wish Come True]

Skill Card Slots: 4 [Iron Fist Boy], [Driving with One Hand is Super Cool], [One Shot Into the Hole], [Unlucky Bodyguard].

His looks had improved by leaps and bounds, while his other stats were still dismal. But the effects of the increase in looks had made Li Xian even more eager to complete missions and earn stat points. If he raised his stamina to 70, wouldn't he be bursting with energy?

His height and weight hadn't changed at all, which was to be expected. The system was awesome, but it couldn't make him lose weight. Li Xian seriously suspected that, with his body type, 70 might already be the upper limit for his looks.

Did he really have to lose weight?

Maybe not.

After thinking it over, he still couldn't find the motivation.

Li Xian was a lazy homebody who'd gotten used to being fat. He couldn't suddenly change his lifestyle—not for now, anyway.

Self-discipline and spending money were two different things. The former depended entirely on willpower, while the latter meant doing whatever you wanted. Of the two, Li Xian preferred a life of doing whatever he wanted.

Of course, everyone hoped to improve themselves in every way.

But that wasn't a reason to force themselves, nor did it mean they had to push themselves into it. Sometimes, it was better to let things take their course.

Taking it easy, staying calm, and keeping healthy could be better than pushing yourself too hard.

After checking his stats, he returned to the system inventory.

He immediately started a crazy ten-draw. A dazzling flash of light passed, and a string of system notifications appeared in his mind.

[Congratulations, you obtained Functional Drink +1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Elastic Chest Binder +1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Calming Drink +1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Strong Hangover Relief Tablet +1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Advanced Yordle Height-Increasing Insoles +1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Wealth Card: Shopping Random Discount Card ×1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Wealth Card: Currency Conversion Card ×3.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Unpretentious Cookbook +1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Yordle Elastic Deodorant Socks +1.]

[Congratulations, you obtained Purple Gold Ashtray +1.]

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A pile of junk!

A chest binder, socks... What the hell were these things?

Looking at the assorted stuff in his inventory, Li Xian felt like he'd been screwed by a thousand dogs. Ten draws, and he hadn't gotten a single Skill Card or even one Buff Card.

He hadn't expected to hit the jackpot with a great skill, but damn it, couldn't the system at least give him one?

Both of his last two ten-draws had gotten him Yordle products. He took out the new insoles to have a look and felt a little better. Tsk... they'd even made him a centimeter taller.

Li Xian stuck the four-centimeter Yordle Height-Increasing Insoles directly onto the heels of his feet.

With the insoles, he was 182 centimeters tall. Put on a pair of three-centimeter elevator shoes, and he'd be a heartthrob who stood 185 centimeters tall.

A new pair of shoes was now on the agenda. Li Xian took out the socks next. He didn't have smelly feet, so they wouldn't do much for him, but the material was really soft and comfortable to wear. They also covered the insoles perfectly.

A chest binder was something women used. Li Xian had no idea what the system was thinking by giving him one of these things. Was it jealous of his big chest?

Well, this thing would probably rot in the inventory.

The two Wealth Cards were probably the best items from this draw. He already knew what the Shopping Random Discount Card did. This one had a spending limit of ten million, five million more than the previous card.

But another one-percent discount was still useless.

Li Xian rubbed his chubby face as he studied the Currency Conversion Cards. He could use them three times.

[Currency Conversion Card description: Use this card to randomly convert RMB in your possession into another currency. (Each conversion cannot exceed ten million.)]

This card was pretty damn powerful!

Seeing what it did, Li Xian raised his eyebrows and thought, System Daddy, you're even more badass than Heaven and Earth Bank! This is incredible—you can even change money just for fun.

As expected of the Super Money Spending Game.

The effect of the Wealth Card was easy to understand. Take out one million, use the card, and watch it change, change, change... into one million US dollars.

Of course, that was if he got lucky. If he didn't, he might end up with one million Zimbabwean dollars.

Another gamble on luck. Just what he liked.

Life was about taking a chance. Who knew? A bicycle might turn into a motorcycle.

He put away the two precious Wealth Cards, then turned his attention to the other odds and ends.

Sexual function... No, Functional Drink... It probably had the opposite effect of the Calming Drink. Li Xian had no plans to try it out. It was the only bottle he had, so he'd better not use it as a test subject.

That left two items. Li Xian took them out.

The Purple Gold Ashtray was a large, round ashtray fifteen centimeters in diameter. It was gold all over, with a faint purple sheen, and looked incredibly opulent.

Unable to resist, Li Xian picked it up and took a bite. He nearly chipped a tooth.

This ashtray was much harder than gold, and it was probably denser, too. It weighed at least ten or twenty pounds in his hand. Whether or not it was valuable, it would make a pretty handy weapon.

One swing, and someone's head would split open.

Ahem... Li Xian wasn't that violent, of course. At most, he'd use it to show off.

He lit a Yellow Crane Tower 1916 cigarette, took a deep drag, and flicked the ash into the ashtray. The cigarette's golden filter actually went well with it.

When he finished the cigarette, Li Xian noticed something strange: not a single bit of ash had missed the ashtray.

That made no sense...

He leaned closer to take a good look, and immediately understood why.

The ash seemed to be stuck to the ashtray, completely motionless. The thing must have some kind of suction.

Thinking of that, Li Xian gently blew on it.

Sure enough, not a single bit of ash flew off. It stayed firmly stuck to the ashtray.

"Damn, this is practical! I won't have to worry about ash getting everywhere anymore." Li Xian smiled, lit another cigarette, and set down the ashtray. Then he picked up the cookbook.

It was a hardcover book. The four black characters on the cover—"Unpretentious Cookbook"—looked plain and simple. It certainly lived up to its name.

He flipped it open and glanced at the table of contents. The dish names looked very ordinary: seafood noodles, bamboo-tube rice, Grilled Cold Noodles, wonton soup, clear-broth hot pot, beef burgers, and so on. They couldn't have been more ordinary.

But as he flipped further and saw the ingredients each dish called for, Li Xian couldn't help blurting out, "What the hell do you mean, unpretentious? I need king crab and A5 Wagyu just to make a burger!"