Naive Ning Rongrong suspected nothing. Eagerly, she opened the Red Envelope feature and, copying what Xiao Wu had just done, sent one out herself.
[A Red Envelope from Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou!]
In the library, Li Yuan saw another Red Envelope appear.
Anyone who had claimed one knew how wonderfully strange it felt.
Almost by reflex, he tapped it instantly!
The next second, something appeared in his other, empty hand.
A sky-blue, silky-smooth... nursing cover, still warm with body heat and carrying a faint, sweet scent.
Li Yuan: "..."
He looked down at the pink carrot in his left hand, then the plain sky-blue one in his right.
At that moment, he sank into deep thought.
Who am I?
Where am I?
Why am I holding a pair of girls' panties and a nursing cover, both still warm from their bodies?
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: !!!!!]
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: @Loves Eating Carrots, you ********! (Language garbled; unrecognizable)]
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: *******!!! (60s voice message)]
The Little Demoness fired off several messages in a row, each one following the last like a volley of cannonballs.
Xiao Wu was cursed to high heaven. Even her rabbit ears drooped.
Feeling guilty, she hardly dared look at the chat.
[Child Without Parents: Are you two fighting?]
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: No, no, we're just having a friendly chat... Right, @Loves Eating Carrots? (wink)]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Right, we're just joking around.]
[Child Without Parents: Huh? Why does the Group Chat have a Red Envelope feature now? What's that?]
At this, Ning Rongrong's eyes darted, and she smiled like a little devil.
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Oh, that? It's something great. It's so much fun! Isn't that right?]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Exactly! It's so much fun. You'll regret it if you don't try!]
Fresh from their own public humiliation, the two instantly formed a "we're not going down alone" alliance and fixed shining eyes on the new "Little Angel."
[Child Without Parents: Then I'll try it.]
[A Red Envelope from Child Without Parents.]
Anyone who regularly grabbed Red Envelopes knew they were addictive.
Seeing one and not tapping it felt like ants crawling through your heart.
In the library, Li Yuan's mouth twitched as a third Red Envelope popped up on the Screen.
Pink carrot in his left hand, plain sky-blue in his right... and now another one?
He hesitated for a second.
"Grab it!"
Li Yuan still couldn't resist the damned temptation of a Red Envelope and tapped to claim it.
This time, what touched his palm felt different. It wasn't soft fabric.
He looked down. In his palm lay a delicate little pendant shaped like a lifelike angel with her wings spread wide.
[Congratulations, host. You have obtained an Angel Pendant.]
Meanwhile, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, waiting to see Qian Renxue's reaction, seemed to exchange conspiratorial looks through their Screens. They held back their laughter until their stomachs hurt.
[Child Without Parents: Hm? What happened? Nothing's changed.]
[Loves Eating Carrots: That can't be right!]
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Huh? Check carefully! See if anything on you is missing, especially... ahem, something close to your skin...]
[Child Without Parents: No. Wait, the pendant my grandpa gave me seems to be gone. What happened?]
Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu were dumbstruck.
Why?
Why were they the only two who'd randomly lost panties and a nursing cover?
It wasn't fair!
They looked at each other, on the verge of tears. Their humiliation from earlier felt twice as bad.
Just then, Qian Renxue finally caught on.
She remembered Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong's overly "enthusiastic" recommendations, her inexplicably vanished pendant, and the small-print notice beneath the Red Envelope feature.
The truth was ready to burst into the open!
[Child Without Parents: Oh, I see! You two were trying to trick me!]
[Child Without Parents: Did you really think I was stupid? Good thing I'm sharp. I almost fell for it. Come out and explain yourselves!]
If you didn't choose an item yourself, the Red Envelope picked one at random. Even counting the accessories you wore, there was a good chance it would select something against your skin.
Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong: "..." (shivering, not daring to make a peep)
[Li Yuan: Ladies, stop arguing for a moment. I have something big to announce!]
[@All Members, everyone make a peep.]
[Ice-Snow Smart: Peep!]
[Big Cat in the Night: Peep!]
[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Peep!]
[Single Living Housewife Who Runs an Academy: Peep!]
[Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: Peep!]
[Little One in the Forest: Awooo! (I'm not a mouse. I'm not going to peep.)]
[Ice-Snow Smart: Wait, why are we peeping? (finally catching on)]
[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Because you started it. (eye roll)]
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Spit it out. Don't you know I'm busy?]
[Li Yuan: Is that any way to speak to the Group Leader?]
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: That's how I speak! What, got a problem? (arrogant)]
(Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall has been muted for five minutes.)
[Li Yuan: Go on, run your mouth! Why so quiet now?]
(Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall has been unmuted.)
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Damn you! Try that without muting me! Can't you do anything but abuse your privileges?]
[Li Yuan: What, you don't like it?]
Pope Palace.
"AAAAAH!"
"Li Yuan, you deserve to die!"
Bibi Dong was so furious she nearly threw the "brick" in her hand. Her beautiful face flushed faintly with anger and humiliation.
That damned Li Yuan!
He thinks he can do whatever he wants just because he has the privileges.
And there's nothing I can do about him.
[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Tsk, tsk. See? Play with fire and you get burned.]
The other "spectators" in the group wholeheartedly agreed. Rows of "+1" messages and thumbs-up emojis swept past.
[Li Yuan: All right, that little interruption is over. Back to business. I have something big to announce: our Group Chat has been! up! grad! ed!]
[Li Yuan: No more chatter. First, I'll hand out some Group Chat upgrade rewards! Once those are done, we can keep talking. (rubbing hands)]
Li Yuan knew empty promises and castles in the air might work in the short term, but only in the short term.
If you wanted the workhorses to get moving, you had to offer real rewards.
The Group Chat was no different. Without tangible rewards to help them along, everyone's enthusiasm would last three minutes at most. Before long, the group would be deserted.
[Loves Eating Carrots: There are rewards too? That's amazing! Long live Group Leader Brother! (cheering)]
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: What kind of rewards? It's not like I need money.]
[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: I doubt it's money. The rewards must be really good!]
[Ice-Snow Smart: Exactly. Group Leader Brother is so powerful. How could his rewards be ordinary?]
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Hmph! What a bunch of ignorant bumpkins! It's just a few little handouts. Why get so excited? You've never seen the world! (lofty disdain)]
[Single Living Housewife Who Runs an Academy: Oh? Big talk. Then don't claim yours later. Who are you trying to impress with all that bluster? (middle finger)]
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Fine, I won't! Is there anything good I haven't seen? As if I'd care about your junk!]
[I'll say it right here: even if I, Bibi Dong, were to die—jump off the highest peak in Douluo Continent, starve to death, or die penniless—I would never claim a single thing from your lousy group! (every word ringing with conviction)]
[Li Yuan: 666. I hope you keep that defiant spirit!]
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Hmph! I never regret anything!]
Pope Palace.
Bibi Dong reclined against a cushioned couch, looking with contempt at the "bumpkins" in the group who were thrilled by a few rewards.
They all come from humble little families. They've never seen the world!
She was Bibi Dong, Pope of Spirit Hall, with the wealth and resources of the world at her fingertips. What rare treasure or secret soul tool hadn't she seen?
Could this lousy Chat Group possibly produce something she'd never seen before, something that would tempt even her?
Bibi Dong lifted her chin proudly, her violet eyes full of disdain.
If I claim today's reward, I'll write my name backward.
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