Part 2
[ Tsk tsk, the clicking of the person above’s abacus has reached the trash planet where I am. ]
Mu Jiayi looked at the cold, mocking eyes of Zong Ling on the other side and began to regret it too. I haven’t really messed this up, have I?
Why is the reaction from the opposite fans so intense?
Mu Jiayi didn’t dare to delay. He had to complete at least one goal of today’s connection. “Alright then, since Mr. Zong is unwilling, I won’t force it. But since we chose to connect, it wouldn’t be right to do nothing. How about we take on another challenge?”
Ning Yunyi looked at the other person’s self-confident appearance and smiled. “Sure.”
Fearing the other person would refuse, Mu Jiayi immediately said, “Weāll do the same as last time: no tips, only ‘Heartbeats.’ Within five minutes, whoever has the most Heartbeats wins, alright?”
This time, Ning Yunyi didn’t agree immediately. “I have a condition. If I win, I need you to choose ‘Truth.'”
Mu Jiayi was a bit hesitant, but thinking he couldn’t possibly lose, he said, “Then I demand that you can only choose ‘Dare.'”
He absolutely had to find out the other personās identity for the Crown Prince.
If he won the “Dare,” he would make the other person remove the virtual cartoon avatar and reveal their true face to him. By then, the other person’s identity would naturally be impossible to hide.
If he solved the matter that was troubling the Crown Prince so easily, his status in the Prince’s mind would immediately rise by a level.
Ning Yunyi agreed with meaningful depth: “As you wish.”
Soon the challenge began. During the five-minute countdown, the Heartbeat values on both sides began to soar.
Mu Jiayi spoke with self-confidence: “I have one hundred slots here. If I win this time, after the challenge ends, I will randomly draw one hundred people from the fans who gave ‘Heartbeats’ and give away entry slots for the restaurant on opening day. Because the new products are limited, the restaurant will only serve three hundred people that day. The more Heartbeats you give, the greater the chance of winning!”
He offered one-third of the slots in one go; he didn’t believe these people wouldn’t be tempted.
So what if the flavor was good? Could it compare to the practicality of enhancing mental power?
Sure enough, as soon as Mu Jiayi said those words, the Heartbeat value immediately surged by a large margin.
Ning Yunyi watched this scene quietly. Looking at the confident appearance on the opposite side, he suddenly laughed. “Since Mr. Mu is so generous, then how can I be stingy? How about this: in a while, I will have a great joyous event. At that time, I will draw ten fans from those who gave ‘Heartbeats’ today and send each of them a gift.”
Mu Jiayi laughed at this. Ten people? And only a gift? Does he think he’s dismissing beggars?
To his surprise, he then heard Ning Yunyi continue: “It is a physical food gift personally made by me.”
Personally? Food? Physical?
When these three words combined, the heads of those online went blank. Realizing what it meant, they howled; everyone went crazy!
This wasn’t just flavor! It was something that could actually be eaten!
The mental power enhancement restaurant wouldn’t just be open for one day, but real Ancient Blue Star gourmet foodāthis might happen only once in a lifetime!
Charge!
The online audience on the other side didn’t understand what it meant at first. After someone explained, they suddenly rushed to the other side like crazy.
Sorry! Although this side is also good, that side gives too much! Waa!
Mu Jiayi originally thought he was bound to win. After he mentioned the hundred slots, the Heartbeat value was clearly much higher than the other sideās. But in the next moment, he watched helplessly as the number of people online plummeted.
The Heartbeat value on the other side increased wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye, soon overwhelming his by a long shot.
It was as if it were mocking his arrogance and embarrassment.
Mu Jiayi pursed his lips, unable to say a word for a long time.
The countdown ended in this eerie atmosphere.
Mu Jiayi stared dazed at the “Failure” pop-up. Seeing the mocking smile revealed by Zong Ling on the other side, he almost lost his composure and threw the things beside him.
Ning Yunyi saved the list of participating fans. “On the day of the joyous event, I will draw ten people. At that time, those ten can privately message me their addresses in the background.”
“So now, Mr. Mu wouldn’t go back on his word, would he?”
“For the ‘Truth’ I want to askāis Mr. Mu ready?”
Ning Yunyiās three sentences caused Mu Jiayiās face to turn deathly pale. He had been too confident and had never considered that he might lose.
Food products that could enhance mental powerāwhat an enormous temptation that was.
Yet this person didn’t play according to the rules. How did he dare? Was he not afraid that sending items out would expose his address?
But what if the other person had a way to send them everywhere without being exposed?
Mu Jiayi forced a smile. “Naturally not. Mr. Zong, what do you want to ask?”
He was worried the other side would truly ask whether Zong Ling was still a member of the Zong family. Once that was exposed, even if he had comforted Zong Ling not long ago saying it was fine without the title, in truth, he cared very much. Without the Zong family, Zong Ling was nothing. By then, would he have to find another partner to play Little Lehman’s adoptive father?
Zong Lingās expression was even uglier. He stared at Mu Jiayi with gritted teeth and sneered, as if saying, if I lose face, don’t think you’ll have an easy time either.
He had said it: Mu Jiayi should never dream of unbinding from him in this lifetime.
Mu Jiayiās face was ashen.
But as the next sentence was asked from the other side, his face turned ghastly in an instant.
“Then Mr. Mu, think carefully before answering this ‘Truth’ question: do you know what the main ingredient used in the so-called new products that can enhance mental power at the restaurant you livestreamed is?”
As soon as Ning Yunyi spoke, the livestream rooms on both sides were filled with confusion.
It took a long time before someone asked in bewilderment.
[ What does the host mean? What main ingredient? Wasn’t Mu Jiayi invited to the restaurant to taste new products? How could he possibly know the restaurant’s secret recipe? ]
[ Exactly. How could food that can change genes be casually told to others? ]
[ It’s over, I think he really knows. Look at his face, it changed as soon as the host asked. ]
[ Waa, could he have some interest entanglement with that restaurant? Deliberately promoting it? ]
Cold sweat dripped from Mu Jiayiās forehead. Under the piercing gaze from the opposite side, he was completely unable to speak.
He had thought the other person might know some hidden things, such as about the Mu family or the situation of the Zong family.
Who knew he would actually publicly ask such a question? But how did he know?
How did he know that he knew?
And to ask it at this exact moment.
Mu Jiayi finally regretted it. He had wanted to find out the other personās true identity for the Crown Prince to gain the Prince’s favor.
Who knew a single wrong step would likely destroy the Prince’s plan if he didn’t answer well.
Mu Jiayiās throat felt parched. “I…” He took a deep breath, gambling that the other side was only guessing or probing for the secret recipe for the mental power enhancement food. “I don’t know. How could the restaurant tell me such a secret thing?”
Ning Yunyi: “Are you sure? We are playing ‘Truth’ right now. Mr. Mu shouldn’t be a sore loser.”
Mu Jiayi cleared his throat. “I’m sure. I truly do not know.”
Ning Yunyi then smiled at him. “Is that so? Then how does Mr. Mu explain this video?”
He manipulated his wristband, and soon a video was played for the camera.
In it, except for Mu Jiayi and Zong Ling, everyone elseāincluding Aias in the cage on stageāwas blurred out, but the host’s voice remained unchanged.
In this way, Ning Yunyi publicly, in front of several million people online in both rooms, made the obscure secrets of the Capital Planetās Underground City known to all, thoroughly stripping them bare.
When Ning Yunyi had seen Mu Jiayi and Zong Ling at the Sector F Underground City back then, he had subsequently followed the thugs tracking Aias back, and while he was at it, hacked into the other party’s ID to save this surveillance video.
He hadn’t expected it to actually come in handy.
This video was exactly the scene of the shifter Aias being auctioned at the Underground City auction house. He had blurred out everyone else including the voices, except for two people: Mu Jiayi and Zong Ling.
Everyone online was stunned. After all, only a small portion of people knew that shifters could have their mental power extracted.
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thank you for the chapter!