Chapter 85

After being looked at by everyone for a while, Lin Lai was the first to feel uncomfortable. She coldly spat out two words: "Boring!" Then she turned and walked out of the ward.

Ye Mei also looked around and finally said, "Zhang Qiu, I'm sorry! Since you have so many classmates here, we'll leave first."

After saying that, Ye Mei also walked out of the ward. The remaining dozen or so female classmates looked at each other, and one of them couldn't help but comment, "What's with the attitude? Just because she's a bit prettier?"

Zhang Qiu was also speechless. However, the way things had developed today had already exceeded his expectations.

At that moment, he had indeed hoped to embrace Ye Mei and Lin Lai, which would have brought him one step closer to completing his mission.

Unfortunately, Zhang Qiu did not get his wish. Lin Lai left after coldly uttering two words.

But thinking about it, it made sense. Zhang Qiu's current charm was dazzling to the female classmates in his class, but it was far from enough for Lin Lai, a provincial-level beauty.

As the saying goes, a thin arm cannot resist a thick thigh. Zhang Qiu estimated that the charm of a provincial-level beauty should be as thick as a thigh. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the charm of others, but even if he could, he probably wouldn't be able to see Lin Lai's provincial-level charm.

"Thank you all so much for coming to see me! Thank you for comforting me! I'll treat you to a big meal another day!" Zhang Qiu said, somewhat embarrassed.

After all, he had taken the first embrace from these girls, and treating them to a big meal was a way to make up for it, so he wouldn't feel like he owed them. However, thinking about it, he still felt that he was being taken advantage of, which made him somewhat embarrassed.

"You're our classmate! It's only right to come and see you," a female classmate said with a smile, the one who had first embraced Zhang Qiu.

"But I still thank you all," Zhang Qiu said. In fact, he knew that this girl was just saying it nicely. Who wouldn't say such a proper reason? If not for his recent increase in charm and the way he had displayed it to these girls, would they even know who he was?

Charm isn't just about being strong; it also needs to be displayed.

For example, someone might be very rich but very ugly. From an economic standpoint, he is undoubtedly very charming, but if others don't know he is rich, is he still charming? And if he encounters a face-obsessed person who isn't materialistic, would his wealth still be charming?

Therefore, displaying charm is also a very important aspect. Otherwise, no matter how high your charm is, if you can't display it, it's useless.

Now, Zhang Qiu's charm was almost completely displayed to the girls who came to visit him, which is why the absurd scene just happened.

Because Zhang Qiu's charm was too high, these girls might even feel that they were taking advantage of him.

Although the mainstream view is that intimate behavior between men and women is beneficial to men, there are always some women who feel that they are taking advantage of men. A typical example is female fans of a certain male celebrity.

"Zhang Qiu, since you're fine, we're relieved. We'll leave first, then!" At this point, a female classmate said this. After she said it, several girls who felt the atmosphere was somewhat awkward or the scene was somewhat shy also chimed in.

People have a herd mentality. Once someone suggested leaving, it had a chain reaction, and everyone decided to leave together. However, before leaving, they called a doctor for Zhang Qiu.

It was better that they left. Zhang Qiu could now be alone and sort out what had happened.

He had fainted suddenly after using the Absorption Technique on Lin Lai. At that moment, he felt as if a red light had rebounded, and then it was as if his brain had been hit, and he lost consciousness.

Now, thinking about it, he must have encountered a backlash.

Thus, it was almost certain that Zhang Qiu couldn't handle provincial-level charm.

It was unclear whether it was because the treasure's level was not high enough, or because his own charm level was too low, or because his mental power was too low, which prevented him from handling provincial-level charm.

He had once absorbed Xiang Yufei's charm, which was quasi-provincial. If the upper limit was quasi-provincial, then that was it.

Quasi-provincial, in a strict sense, still belonged to the municipal level. This level is like a person's nominal age, a special case, so it was listed separately. However, from the rewards given by the mission, quasi-provincial was mostly the same as municipal.

In other words, Zhang Qiu could only handle municipal-level charm. For higher levels, he couldn't do anything about it.

Especially for those who had a grudge against him and had high anger values, he couldn't touch them. Otherwise, something like this would happen again, and it might be even more serious.

Zhang Qiu felt that he was lucky to have survived this time.

He needed to clear his thoughts and remind himself not to lose himself, thinking that having treasures and techniques meant he could do anything. Even though others didn't have techniques or treasures, they still had ways to deal with him.

Such mental things would naturally be countered by other mental things. For example, higher-level charm or charm with anger values and hostility.

At this moment, the doctor came over. After examining Zhang Qiu, he found that there was no major issue and discharged him.

Just as Zhang Qiu was about to pay, the doctor said that the expenses he had incurred were already paid by a lady surnamed Lin. Unless Zhang Qiu continued to stay in the hospital, he didn't need to pay again.

A lady surnamed Lin? It must be Lin Lai. As for why the hospital called her a lady and didn't reveal her real name, Zhang Qiu didn't think too much about it. Perhaps Lin Lai had asked them not to reveal her real name.

"She even paid the medical fees, she's still considerate. No wonder I chose her as my goddess!"

After completing the discharge procedures, Zhang Qiu changed back into his own clothes and collected his belongings. However, he found that only the items in his pockets were there, and his backpack was missing.

This made Zhang Qiu anxious. The backpack contained the Charm Peach Treasure! If it was lost, it would be a matter of life and death for Zhang Qiu.

In this state of anxiety, his mind focused entirely on the Charm Peach Treasure. Suddenly, he felt a vague shadow appear in his mind, flickering.

Zhang Qiu had a sudden idea and immediately closed his eyes, trying to capture the flickering shadow.

Then he suddenly felt a sense of connection in his mind, confirming that this shadow was the Charm Peach Treasure. Zhang Qiu discovered that he could sense the location of the Charm Peach Treasure and the people around it.

He could even sense whether they were men or women. Men's aura was more intense, while women's aura was more gentle, fitting the characteristics of yin and yang.

"I didn't expect my mental power to be able to sense the location of the treasure! I wonder if this is a new function or an existing one." Zhang Qiu was puzzled, but he also knew that if not for this unexpected incident, he wouldn't have discovered this function.

Thinking about this, Zhang Qiu closed his eyes again and tried to sense the location of another treasure, the Purple Sandalwood Beads.

After sensing for a while, Zhang Qiu really sensed eight beads strung together. However, why were there only eight? This puzzled Zhang Qiu for a moment, but he quickly understood. The beads' function was to protect and ward off disasters. Perhaps when Xiang Yufei blocked the bullet for him, it was because of the beads that the bullet didn't hit her but passed through her armpit.

Perhaps at that moment, one of the beads broke. Zhang Qiu guessed this, and it was close to the truth.

Then Zhang Qiu sensed that these eight beads were connected to a gentle aura, and the area around this gentle aura was also filled with gentle auras.

Zhang Qiu thought, "This must be Xiang Yufei at work! Her work environment is entirely composed of women, so naturally, the auras around her are gentle."

This way, he could sense Xiang Yufei's location and even monitor her movements as long as she didn't take off the beads. Discovering this unexpected function made Zhang Qiu feel quite satisfied.

Taking out his phone, he saw many messages. A few were from Xiang Yufei, nothing special, just informing him that his father's funeral arrangements were complete.

Then she told him that she had planned to return the money, but after returning to her hometown, the person who had bought her house found her. She thought it was something else, but after discussing it, she found out it was about the household registration.

The family who bought her house couldn't move in because Xiang Yufei's family hadn't moved out their household registration. Initially, the family hadn't planned to move their household registration, but in recent years, they wanted to do so and found that the house, though sold, still had the original household registration.

What made them frustrated was that the people who had sold the house to them had disappeared, and no one knew where they were. They had been trying to find them to discuss moving out the household registration.

When they heard that Xiang Yufei had returned, they immediately tried to find her.

Xiang Yufei's hometown was a small county, and although it was considered a city, there were fewer outsiders, so the neighborhood was relatively stable.

This time, when Xiang Yufei was handling her father's funeral, she naturally had to notify her relatives, and her movements were known to the family who had bought her house, so they came to find her.

After explaining the situation, Xiang Yufei agreed to handle the household registration after some time. Therefore, she decided to use the remaining money to buy a house instead of returning it to Zhang Qiu.

After reading this, Zhang Qiu felt relieved. Although he didn't want to take advantage of her, if Xiang Yufei had returned the money, it would mean there would be no further connection between them, which would be a regretful thing.

In addition, there were messages from Ning Lan. She invited Zhang Qiu to have a meal and chat after the joint exam.

Zhang Qiu looked at the time and saw that it was scheduled for today. He hadn't replied, which made him sweat.

So he immediately replied, agreeing to have a meal together at noon today. (To be continued)

PS: Recently, my schedule has been messed up, and I feel like I can't keep up. It's not that I don't want to update, but my body