Didi.
My father’s WeChat profile picture is flashing.
When I opened it, I saw that he had sent three messages.
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A string of 11-digit mobile phone numbers.
"Go home for the New Year and add this number. She is your aunt's female colleague in the factory. She has a two-star fire dragon rabbit. She is one year younger than you. The factory is on annual vacation now. If you have time, ask her out for a meal. meal……"
From the failure of the first blind date to the talk of marriage after the eighth blind date.
23-year-old Lu Yuan went from being shy to taking the initiative, then from taking the initiative to being confused, and then from being confused to awakening his will. His thoughts have undergone new changes.
"No time."
Lu Yuan typed two words and saw the words Fire Dragon and Rabbit. It was like seeing a stressor, which brought back bad memories.
The reason why he refused so forcefully, without even looking at the old father's face, also had to do with the last blind date he had been dating for the longest time.
When he decided to date, he asked the other party what he thought about the bride price.
She said it only costs 50,000. She has savings and a two-star pet. You have a house and a three-star pet. After getting married, we will work together.
That year, by the lakeside of the park, the wind was gentle and the sun was beautiful, the lake surface was sparkling, and Lu Yuan's love was flying like willow branches on the shore.
Young Lu Yuan felt that there was light in the other person's eyes and fell in love immediately.
The Nian beast at her feet also cuddled with her Fire Dragon Rabbit to show friendship.
After talking for three months, when she met her parents for the first time, her mother said that the gift was 888,000 yuan, plus the upgrade materials for her daughter's pet beast Fire Dragon Rabbit from two to three.
Because Lu Yuan's pet beast is a three-star Nian beast, and her daughter is not.
Only when the couple's pet beasts are of the same star rating can their family status be equal, otherwise her mother is afraid that Lu Yuan will bully her daughter.
And ordinary evolution is not enough, it is best to use the special evolution route of Yanlong Rabbit.
When this reason was thrown out, Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment.
The amount of the gift was different from what was originally agreed upon. He glanced at his partner, but she turned away and did not criticize her mother. She seemed to acquiesce to her mother's wishes.
Lu Yuan only felt a headache and did not refute on the spot.
But he knew in his heart that the 888,000 betrothal gift was already his father's savings for half his life, not to mention the Fire Dragon and Rabbit upgrade materials later. That was a headache, and he couldn't agree immediately.
You must know that upgrading a two-star pet to three stars is not as cheap as one star upgrading to two stars.
The Dragon Rabbit itself is an ordinary civilian pet. From the one-star Dragon Rabbit to the two-star Fire Dragon Rabbit, most of the materials used are upgrading materials that can be purchased everywhere in the market, and the total price is around a few thousand yuan.
However, the materials used by the Flame Dragon Rabbit that has been upgraded from two stars to three stars are completely different. The quality of various materials has been upgraded by one level on average. Compared with the three-star Dragon Rabbits of other evolutionary routes, its combat capabilities are stronger and its overall cost is lower. higher.
To put it into detail, it is not an exaggeration to say that the price is a hundred times more expensive than other dragon and rabbit evolution routes.
Lu Yuan wanted to question it, and said it was too high, but the woman's mother said in a joking tone:
“How is this bride price so high?
"It's been this number all these years. I'm not just talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, go and ask around. Which family doesn't pay this price to marry their daughter?
“If my family is low, where will I put my face in the future?
"Besides, my daughter will also bring a dowry into your house, and your family is not the only one who pays for the gift. Do you think this is true?"
Lu Yuan subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but he was too stupid to talk to the old lady, so he politely said that we would discuss the matter later.
After returning home, I thought my father would also object.
Unexpectedly, Dad Lu made several phone calls to relatives, and then told Lu Yuan that he could agree to this matter, and the material gap of two to three liters was barely solved.
"Times have changed now. Unlike the past, where the elders introduced us, the two of us can live with almost the same conditions...
"It's rare that you can get a girlfriend. Your mother is still alive in heaven. She will definitely agree to it after she finds out."
The father, who is nearly fifty and has gray hair, sighed and compromised.
At that time, Lu Yuan looked at his father and wanted to support his son.
He wanted to ask his father what the price was.
But looking at the expectation on his father's face and remembering his mother's expectations before she died, he couldn't ask.
Wait until the other party collects the money, sets a date, and prepares to get the marriage certificate that day.
The other person’s mother said again:
"No one lives in the house in your hometown, why not transfer it to your younger brother's name to prepare for future marriage.
"We will all be a family from now on. You won't stop helping your brother, right?"
After Lu Yuan heard this, he was instantly furious.
Originally, the 880,000 yuan gift and special star promotion materials sounded outrageous.
Do you even dare to take the idea of the ancestral home in your hometown?
How can your family marry a daughter?
Obviously he wants to suck the blood of the Lu family and tear out the roots of the Lu family!
He originally disagreed with the previous conditions, but now that the other party had crossed his bottom line, he was completely annoyed.
Do you really think he is willing to compromise anything to get a wife?
"Return the money, I won't get married!"
Afterwards, the woman kept calling to apologize, and her pleas were mixed with all kinds of thoughts.
She said that this was just a test from her mother to see if he really loved her. It was not her intention and she asked him not to be angry...
If Lu Yuan had been carried away by love in the past, he would definitely not be able to see the other person's words clearly.
After rejecting the blind date, Lu Yuan's mind suddenly became clear.
He went back through the past chat records and transfer records and found that the woman used a lot of words during the relationship, overtly and covertly PUA herself.
The money transferred to her bit by bit totaled tens of thousands.
I feel sorry for myself, thinking that those are trivial matters, giving in step by step, compromising, and trying to please, and living like a licking dog.
In fact, this is wrong and incorrect. Both men and women should be equal, caring and considerate of each other.
After realizing the other party's true face, Lu Yuan made a decision in his heart after that blind date:
Never lick a dog again!
If you are so interested in talking about a girlfriend, why not leave time for yourself and your pet, improve your abilities, and become stronger together.
…
Didi didi.
After rejecting his father's ninth introduction in the blink of an eye, his phone vibrated again.
When I opened my profile picture, I saw a greeting from my sister-in-law.
"Going home for the Chinese New Year?" my aunt typed.
Before Lu Yuan could reply, the aunt said again:
"My aunt has found a well-behaved girl for you. I know her family well and the conditions are better than the last one. Let's meet and chat during the Chinese New Year."
Another blind date?
As soon as Lu Yuan rejected his father, his aunt came.
In addition to his aunt, his uncle and uncle also expressed in the family group a while ago that they would help him see if there is anyone suitable.
It’s not easy to go home during the Chinese New Year.
I used to laugh at other people who were so busy taking turns to go on blind dates during the Chinese New Year, but I didn't expect that I would also follow in the footsteps of my predecessors.
When he thought about not having his own free time when he went home during the New Year, he frowned and thought negatively in his mind: 'How about I not go back? '
As a person in society, it is inevitable to deal with people, especially after he starts working, the matter of blind dates gradually becomes his mental burden.
I didn't meet many good girls, but I met girls with weird tempers and PUAs one after another.
Lu Yuan took a deep breath.
Since going home to celebrate the New Year is so annoying, it would be better not to go back. It would be peaceful to spend the New Year alone at school with my pet animals.
"No, if you have that time, why not improve yourself." He replied to his aunt.
"Why do you talk like this? Then you won't look for me anymore. What will your father do? What will you do when you get old?"
Seeing this, Lu Yuan felt a wave of pressure coming over him, using classic PUA tactics of using his elders to pressure others.
"We'll talk about the future later. If things don't work out, the pet beast will be taken care of until the end of his life. Auntie, please stop nagging."
"Ah, living your whole life with a pet beast? This is not possible. I want to tell your father and let him persuade you."
Lu Yuan shook his head, turned off his mobile phone, walked out of the teacher's dormitory, and stretched.
The scenery outside the dormitory is beautiful, and the sun shines through the blue sky on Lu Yuan's body, making him warm and comfortable.
"Ouch!"
The Nian beast's voice suddenly sounded around him. It sounded very excited, as if it had discovered something surprising.
The name of the Nian beast is Dabai. It has red eyes, its hair is as white as snow, and its four palms and tail are pure black.
It has a single black horn on its head, looks like a dog but not a dog, and its feet have sharp claws.
The hair on the body has light gray flowing cloud patterns, and the big black tail wags back and forth, which is very cute.
Generally speaking, the Nian beast is cruel.
In ancient times, when the Nian beast appeared, it was always accompanied by bloody disasters. Ancient people usually used pet beasts such as "firecrackers" and "fireworks" to drive away the Nian beast.
With the change of eras and the progress of the times, the concept of scientific pet raising has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The Nian beast is no longer the enemy of mankind.
He touched Dabai and saw Dabai holding a strange thing from outside, which was a small glass bead.
It looks like a child's toy, but the structure inside is exquisite. The colorful sand is crystal clear, like a nebula formed by starlight, slowly rotating inside the glass bead.
Dabai loves to pick up things, especially small objects that are weird and have some kind of power.
Every few days, it would hold an object in its mouth and give it to Lu Yuan for appraisal, letting him see if it was something special.
Lu Yuan didn't criticize the problem of picking things up randomly, because Dabai understood him. Dabai didn't pick things up randomly. These things were small objects with extraordinary power, but his talent for controlling beasts was a drag on it.
"Alas...Babai."
As he spoke, he slowly leaned down and prepared to take the small object from its mouth.
Lu Yuan's beast-control talent is a life-like ability called "Simulation Hand", which can identify special items and simulate their effects.
This ability is actually useless. Ever since he was a child, he has never identified anything that can be called "special".
This resulted in Lu Yuan being born lacking a talent for beast control compared to other beast control masters. This resulted in Lu Yuan's high school beast control results being unsatisfactory and he was admitted to an ordinary university.
Thanks to this talent, one step is slower, each step is slower, the development resources obtained are less than others, and in terms of combat, he cannot compare with others.
Beastmasters of the same age were moving further and further away, but Lu Yuan stayed where he was, making slow progress and feeling complicated.
During his senior year, he applied to teach in a remote mountain village to calm his mind and get a taste of his remoteness. Maybe there would be something special in the mountains.
At this time, Zhu Bo took his hand, his fingertips were slightly cold, and a strange ripple spread from his fingers to Lu Yuan's right hand, arousing goosebumps on his palm.
In the past twenty-three years, the innate ability "Simulation Hand" that had never reacted suddenly responded, and several pieces of information naturally remained in my mind.
"You have obtained a dream core bead, which can simulate the original era after falling asleep and carry the contracted beast into the dreamland to experience."
In the blink of an eye, the Dream Core Pearl between his fingers disappeared, as if it melted into the palm of his hand, flowed into his body, and became part of his strength.
Lu Yuan's body froze in place, staring at Nian Beast Dabai, his big eyes glaring at his small ones.
"Wait?"
"Did my innate ability take effect just now?"
