Chapter 1 of 10
Chapter 1
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At the small garden of Qingteng University, Chen Xiaobei carefully took out a brand new phone from his chest, held it with both hands, and said with a silly smile, "Bingbing, happy birthday!"
Yao Bingbing had always dreamed of having one, but now she said with disdain, "I don't want this broken phone. From now on, I'm breaking up with you."
Boom—
Chen Xiaobei felt as if he had been struck by five thunderbolts, his mind instantly blank.
He couldn't believe that the cold and heartless girl in front of him was the girlfriend he had been dating for over half a year!
As a rural kid, Chen Xiaobei had not only skipped classes to work part-time but also saved half of his living expenses. After more than three months of hard work, he finally managed to buy the phone.
Who would have thought that he would receive such a sarcastic result?
"Why!?" Chen Xiaobei roared.
"Because you're poor."
Yao Bingbing lifted her handbag and mocked, "LV limited edition, you wouldn't even be enough to buy one. My new boyfriend can buy as many as he wants with just a swipe of his card! Is that reason enough?"
"I never thought you would be such a person!" Chen Xiaobei said angrily.
"Don't be naive! This is how the world works!"
Yao Bingbing said with disdain, "Blame your bad luck for being born to a pair of smelly farmer parents, destined to be a nobody! I, Yao Bingbing, will never be a farmer's daughter-in-law!"
"You can say that about me, but not about my parents!" Chen Xiaobei's eyes narrowed, and his black pupils reflected a cold and piercing gaze.
"You... Why are you glaring at me? In public, are you going to hit a woman?" Yao Bingbing was startled; she had never seen Chen Xiaobei with such a sharp and cold look.
"I won't hit you, but one day, I'll make you kneel before me and say you regret it!" Chen Xiaobei's voice was icy, each word deliberate.
"Daydreaming! From now on, I, Yao Bingbing, will have nothing to do with you!" Yao Bingbing huffed and turned to walk towards a BMW car in the distance.
The car door opened, and a young man pulled Yao Bingbing inside, his hand naturally resting on her leg.
"Shi Mingwei!?"
Chen Xiaobei's eyes almost burst with anger!
He never expected that Yao Bingbing's new boyfriend would be Shi Mingwei.
This guy was Chen Xiaobei's classmate, from a family in the jewelry business, who often bullied Chen Xiaobei. He never imagined that Shi Mingwei would secretly poach his girlfriend, which was utterly outrageous!
"Damn it! I will definitely take revenge!" Chen Xiaobei clenched his fists and growled.
"Farmer! Do you even deserve to compete with me?" Shi Mingwei stuck his hand out of the car and gave Chen Xiaobei the middle finger, a blatant insult!
"Shi Mingwei! You bastard!" Chen Xiaobei, enraged, raised his hand to throw the phone.
Ding—
But at that moment, the brand new phone suddenly lit up.
"Does it automatically turn on? Could it be a knockoff?" Chen Xiaobei frowned, still wanting to throw the phone.
Ding—
Ding—
Ding—
But the next second, messages started popping up on the phone screen one after another, as if the senders were giving out red packets for free!
"Are these people all crazy? Their names are so ridiculous..."
Chen Xiaobei subconsciously complained and then quickly opened the chat app to grab the red packets as fast as he could.
He was already so poor that he could barely afford to eat, so he would take whatever he could get!
Too slow, the red packets were all gone!
Too slow...
Too slow...
Chen Xiaobei looked at the phone screen with a gloomy face. Despite the red packets still popping up, he hadn't managed to grab any.
"Are these crazy people all single for thirty years? How can I compete with them?" Chen Xiaobei was deeply discouraged and tried to speed up his finger movements.
Ding—
Congratulations, you have grabbed a red packet from the Monkey King, obtaining three magical monkey hairs, which have been stored in the treasure box.
"Damn! I really grabbed a hair!" Chen Xiaobei's face turned black.
Can red packets contain hair?
Is this a new feature?
Chen Xiaobei, who had never used a high-end phone, decided to try it out and found the treasure box icon.
When he clicked on it, three golden hairs appeared on the screen.
Below the image was a line of text: Magical monkey hairs, can change shape according to the user's will. Do you want to extract them?
Chen Xiaobei clicked to extract them.
Whoosh—
A golden light flashed, and Chen Xiaobei found a golden monkey hair in his hand!
"Grass! What the hell is this?" Chen Xiaobei screamed in shock.
Looking at the phone screen again, he saw that only two of the three monkey hairs remained!
Even if Chen Xiaobei had never used a high-end phone, he couldn't be so naive as to believe that a phone could transmit physical objects; that would defy science!
"Could it be... those crazy people are real deities? But why are Xiang Yu and the Bull Demon King among them? They aren't deities..." Chen Xiaobei was very puzzled.
Glancing at the group name, it read: "Three Realms Red Packet Group."
Chen Xiaobei knew this much.
The Three Realms refer to the Heavenly Realm, the Earthly Realm, and the Human Realm!
In other words, besides the deities, there were also many humans and demons in the red packet group!
Guan Yu, Qin Qiong, Xiang Yu... all those famous historical figures were in the group.
What stunned Chen Xiaobei the most was that Li Bai and Du Fu were also there!
As for the demons, there were many familiar ones to Chen Xiaobei, such as the Bull Demon King, the White Bone Demon, and the Spider Demon... truly shocking!
"No wonder the red packets keep popping up, and I can't grab any. There are tens of thousands of members in this group... I'll try it out first!"
Chen Xiaobei calmed down, held the magical monkey hair, and silently wished for it to transform into an extra hand to help him grab red packets.
"Whoosh!"
Chen Xiaobei blew on the monkey hair.
And... he really grew another left hand, with flesh and blood, moving freely!
"Grass! What the hell!"
Now he could confirm the authenticity of the Three Realms Red Packet Group, but Chen Xiaobei was left speechless.
"Why did I make such a foolish wish? An extra hand, how can I face people in the future? Do I have to cut it off?"
Ding— The magical monkey hair will expire in three minutes.
"Thank goodness there's a time limit! I was scared to death..." Chen Xiaobei felt relieved.
He thought, if the monkey hair didn't expire, he could blow out mountains of gold and silver and live a life of luxury.
"Damn! I forgot to grab red packets!"
Chen Xiaobei slapped his forehead and immediately used all three hands to click the screen frantically.
This was a genuine group of deities! Even grabbing a hair would be a treasure! He couldn't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"The enemy's firepower is too strong; I can't keep up with them..."
Three minutes were almost up, and Chen Xiaobei still hadn't grabbed anything.
But, just as the third hand disappeared, the phone vibrated twice, making Chen Xiaobei jump with excitement.
"I grabbed it! Double kill!"
Ding—
Congratulations, you have grabbed a red packet from Laozi, obtaining the Eight Trigram Evolutionary Divine Pattern, which has been stored in the treasure box.
Ding—
Congratulations, you have grabbed a red packet from the God of Marriage, obtaining three marriage talismans, which have been stored in the treasure box.
Chen Xiaobei's face was filled with joy, and he felt incredibly elated!
Then, the red packets gradually stopped popping up.
A chat window popped up with a profile picture.
Laozi: Cough, cough, fellow Daoists, good evening! Today is a great day for the Three Realms Network. From now on, this Three Realms Red Packet Group will be our new paradise... (omitted 8,000 words).
Jade Emperor: Well said, Laozi! (three clapping emojis)
Tang僧: Top the post!
Xiang Yu: Top your lungs! Keep sending red packets!
Bull Demon King: Jade, I just grabbed a set of the Rainbow Silk Robe, and I'm sending it to you now!
Fox Fairy: Sure, Bull, love you! (three hearts)
Princess Iron Fan: (three kitchen knives)
...
The group started to flood with messages, and there wouldn't be any red packets for a while.
Chen Xiaobei immediately switched his old phone's SIM card to the new phone and rushed to the bus stop.
He didn't even have the time to check the two red packets he had just grabbed; he only wanted to do one thing!
Return all the humiliation, doubled!
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