Chapter Ten: Special Taste

  On the way back to Cloud City, from afar to near, more and more players appeared. It can be seen that most players' attention is not yet focused on leveling up, but are still experiencing the freshness of this holographic simulation game. Two people standing together, shaking hands, patting shoulders, all feeling extremely fresh.

  Gu Fei returned to Yun Duan City and asked Huo Qiu for directions to the tavern. He then headed towards the city's central square.

  Tavern, auction house, bank. Three important buildings, distributed in three directions of the square.

  Gu Fei strode forward and pushed open the door of the tavern.

  The light in the house was not as dim as Gu Fei had imagined, but rather a soft and natural warm tone. There were many players in the tavern, all of whom were in high spirits, and those who came to spend money to get drunk after being heartbroken would not appear for the time being. The wooden frame behind the bar was stacked with rows of wine bottles, and the NPC responsible for serving completely ignored the guests' attitudes, smiling warmly and greeting each person.

  Gu Fei looked around but couldn't compare with Huo Qiu's sharp eyes. At one end of the table, Huo Qiu shouted: "Zui Ge Zui Ge, over here!"

  "Hey, fireball!" Gu Fei waved at him. Suddenly, a blazing fireball appeared in front of himself. The surrounding players were stunned for a moment, but soon understood what was going on and burst out laughing.

  Gu Fei reluctantly waited for the fireball to disappear before approaching the table. The fireball was sulking, once again cursing his friend who had given him this name. Gu Fei listened to his muttering while continuing to look around.

  "Huh? Isn't that...?" Gu Fei suddenly saw someone.

  The fireball glanced back and smiled: "Sword Demon, huh? He's also just arrived recently."

  "This guy circled around and actually came back before me!" Gu Fei said.

  "What?" The fireball didn't understand.

  "He was just leveling up in that place too, I saw him," said Gu Fei.

  "Oh... his level is about the same as yours." Huo Qiu said, pouring wine for Gu Fei, "Come on, Drunken Brother, try some of this wine. With a name like yours, you must be someone who likes to drink, right?"

  Gu Fei smiled bitterly: "Have you forgotten? My name was also given by others, just like yours."

  "Oh... I forgot!" Huo Qiu slapped his forehead, "If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have invited you to drink. It cost me one silver coin!" Huo Qiu regretted it. One silver coin was equivalent to 100 copper coins, and at the beginning of the game, that could be used to buy a basic weapon from the blacksmith's shop. Accumulating that through killing monsters would take quite some time.

  "It doesn't matter, consider it on me!" Gu Fei smiled, his strange level was much higher than the fireball's, so his income would naturally be much more abundant.

  At this time, Jian Gui also found Gu Fei sitting on this side. Their eyes met, and Jian Gui nodded to Gu Fei as a greeting.

  The tavern continued to bustle with activity.

  The door was suddenly pushed open with a "creak", and the entire tavern instantly fell silent, with only a few scattered voices remaining, all of which came from people who had their backs to the door, such as Gu Fei.

  Gu Fei turned back under everyone's scorching gaze and saw a girl.

  A purple robe looked somewhat familiar, but Gu Fei didn't dare to confirm that it was the same one he saw on the mountain slope. On his way back to the city, he had already seen quite a few of the same outfits, apparently the entry-level equipment for some profession.

  The equipment in the game will automatically become the most suitable state, so everyone's figure will be perfectly set off. The one in front of me has a slender and elegant figure, with curves in all the right places, and not a single excess fat can be seen from head to toe. No wonder everyone in the bar is staring blankly, such a perfect figure is flawless and unbeatable.

  In comparison, the girl's appearance was not as stunning as her figure. However, this was still an exceptional face, with eyes that shone like water and a gaze that captivated one's soul. The subtle smile conveyed by the slight upturn of her lips made people feel especially affectionate. With a hint of a smile, the girl nodded slightly to the crowd in the tavern.

  Everyone returned to normal. The scene can be described as dispersing in a hurry. Originally, they were all naked and staring at the girl with burning eyes, now they have to pretend to be dignified and decent, even if they want to take a look, they have to do it secretly.

  The tavern was actually crowded, and by now there were no empty tables. Only a few tables had one or two empty seats. The men at these tables all looked excited. However, no one dared to speak up and invite her over, as the first bird to be shot is always the one that sticks its head out. Whoever spoke up recklessly would become the public enemy, and even if they got a chance to get close to her for a short while, they might end up being tied up and thrown into the moat outside. In order to maintain social harmony, everyone quietly waited for the beautiful girl to make her own choice.

  The girl walked in with a gentle pace, and the fireball also seemed very excited. He and Gu Fei were at a four-person table, but now only two people were seated, and it could be said that the situation was excellent. But unexpectedly, the girl's gaze swept over each empty seat, and her eyes had already passed by Gu Fei and Huo Qiu.

  The fireball looked up with anticipation, only to end in disappointment. It then twitched its nose and exclaimed: "Wow, smells so good."

  "Perfume scent... how can there be perfume scent in a game?" Gu Fei looked at him disdainfully.

  "It's body odor! The game simulated body odor." Huo Qiu said with certainty.

  Gu Fei smiled and didn't bother to respond. At this time, the girl had already walked through more than half of the tavern, seeing that there were no seats available, it seemed like she was about to leave from another door. Suddenly, the girl stopped in her tracks, standing beside Xianggui (Sword Ghost).

  The lone swordsman sat at a table for two, with one seat empty.

  Everyone's breath was suspended, and most people were still puzzled: this girl has a special taste! In terms of appearance, the ugliest one in the entire tavern is the guy she chose now?

  Jian Gui, a top-notch online gamer, was an ordinary man in this regard. At that moment, seeing the beautiful girl stop beside him, his heart skipped a beat. Unexpectedly, the girl didn't sit down but instead gently raised her right hand and patted Jian Gui's back.

  The whole place remained quiet. Do these two know each other? Everyone was thinking. Beauty and the Beast!!! This was what more than half of the people were thinking, while a small portion thought it was like putting flowers on cow dung.

  Jian Gui was taken aback, he of course knew that this girl he didn't know at all. He lifted his head and was about to speak when he saw the girl smile at him and then point to his feet saying: "Your money has fallen off!"

  Everyone, including Jian Gui, looked down with their heads bowed.

  A glittering gold coin fell at the feet of Sword Demon.

  "Oh, thank you!" Xiang Gui subconsciously bent down to pick it up, thinking that this was a good opportunity to invite the young lady for a drink.

  "Don't be polite." When Jian Gui heard the girl's response, by the time he picked up the money, the girl had already walked to the door, turned around and smiled at him, then floated away.

  Jian Gui was completely infatuated, tightly grasping that gold coin, and his Diamond Finger technique was almost mastered.

  "Great figure, beautiful face, and such a nice voice! Ah! I think I've already fallen in love with her!" Huo Qiu muttered to himself. "Zui Ge, you...ah??" Just as Huo Qiu turned around to talk to Gu Fei after the girl left the bar, he found that Gu Fei had suddenly stood up and quickly chased after her.

  "You're really my idol!" Watching Gu Fei walk out of the tavern, Huo Qiu's eyes widened in shock.

  Gu Fei rushed out of the wine shop and looked around, only to see that the girl had already turned into a small alley on the right side, and hurriedly chased after her in quick strides.

  That idiot, Jian Gui! Gu Fei cursed inwardly. Are you still counting your gold coins? You haven't even noticed that the Frosty Memories you left on the table have been swiped by someone?!

  No one would have thought that such a girl would do such a thing. If it weren't for what he saw with his own eyes, Gu Fei wouldn't believe it either.

  How despicable! Gu Fei gritted his teeth, this matter evoked the shadows of his childhood.

  At that time, he was practicing martial arts and consuming a lot every day. Gu Fei followed the principle of eating less but more meals. Every time he had an extra meal, the unlucky child from Er Bo's family would appear: "Hey, Little Fly, how did you eat again on the ground? Quickly pick it up, or San Shu will scold you again."

  "Oh!" Little Gu Fei hastily got down to pick it up, and when he climbed back onto the table, his delicious food had already disappeared along with that unlucky kid.

  Apart from this, all sorts of moves such as "Flying Saucer", "Your Dad is Looking for You" and "Black Cat Police Chief" kept emerging, ultimately making Gu Fei resentful of this kind of swindling technique. Unfortunately, by the time he made up his mind to put an end to this game and give the kid from Er Bo's family a good thrashing, they had already gotten tired of Gu Fei's little snack and didn't deign to play these tricks anymore.

  It's been many years, and every time Gu Fei thinks about this matter, he has a feeling of injustice waiting to be redressed. Today, he finally ran into him.

  Unfortunately, she's a girl, so it's hard to make a move, this matter still needs careful consideration.

  Gu Fei was deep in thought, and had already chased him to the entrance of the alley. He turned around, and their noses were touching.

  Wow! It smells so good! Gu Fei's first thought, then reacted and hastily retreated a step back, only to see that girl gazing at him with charming eyes: "What are you following me for?"

  "Hand it over!" Gu Fei didn't give her a good face, although the close contact just now still made his face feel hot and had a urge to do it again.

  "What's wrong?" The girl pretended to be stupid.

  "Playing dumb? That's the dagger you just took from the tavern: Frost Memory!" Gu Fei said.

  The girl was taken aback. She wasn't pretending to be stupid, but when she saw the person chasing after her wasn't the owner of the lost item, she really didn't think it would be someone coming to ask for it back. She thought it was just some annoying person who had seen her and wanted to flirt with her. She was quite confident in her own beauty.

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  Just having dinner, the power went out! Oh no, lit a candle... I heard that candlelight dinner is a kind of atmosphere, but, candlelight dinner shouldn't have dishes like boiled meat slices that are so spicy and stimulating, right? Finished eating, the electricity still hasn't come back. Sighing, in ancient times, when the power went out, some people made holes in the wall to borrow light, some borrowed moonlight, and some caught fireflies. In modern times, we have streetlights... Under the streetlights, a butterfly is studying hard with a stack of newspapers, but it's not working, recently there haven't been any scandals in the entertainment or sports world, it's just that the weather has turned cool. The autumn wind blows by, and several leaves fall down, scratching against my face like small knives. The fallen leaves weave together to form a large character: miserable! Feeling depressed, I'll go eat some lamb skewers instead... MD, even the lamb skewers are gone, only leaving bones, that thing is too tiring to eat, after eating over 20 of them, I couldn't chew anymore, no way, really can't eat any more, later when I get back, I still have to eat a midnight snack!