Free Web NovelChapter 1185: Chapter 1184: New Invention
The front desk lady and another man were stunned, both exclaiming in unison, "So amazing!" The man opened his mouth wide in disbelief, and Lin Zai felt his guess was indeed correct: Kai Ao Star’s technology was definitely not as advanced as Earth’s. The front desk lady looked at Lin Zai with admiration and asked, "How do you take it out?"
"Just focus your mind, and the thing you want will appear," Lin Zai slowly explained to the front desk. As he spoke, the front desk lady quickly retrieved the bottle of water. At this point, she felt that Lin Zai was definitely not an ordinary person, and she changed her attitude, grinning as she said, "Feel free to stay as long as you like."
She handed a room card to Lin Zai. "Thanks." Lin Zai looked at the room number and planned to go over and rest. "Wait a minute, brother, take me with you. It’s a double room, we can chat--how nice!" The man, feeling at ease, followed Lin Zai, who wanted to learn more about the planet, agreed, "Alright, I’m Lin Zai, how should I address you?" "Zhao Shuai, everyone usually calls me handsome guy. Haha, you can call me handsome guy too." "Interesting, handsome guy. Alright, quite narcissistic," Lin Zai thought to himself, but he was also infected by Zhao Shuai’s humor and couldn’t help but laugh.
Just as they entered the room, Zhao Shuai jumped onto the bed and lay there, sprawling like a "big" character, saying with a smile, "It’s so comfortable, I’ve been running around for days, finally I can rest." Lin Zai couldn’t help but be curious, "Do you have troubles? You seem very tired." "Not really, it’s just that my dad wants me to go home to inherit our billion-dollar fortune, but I’m not interested." Zhao Jin said nonchalantly, "Billion-dollar fortune? And you can’t afford the hotel? Who would believe that?" Lin Zai thought Zhao Shuai was certainly bragging, expressing disbelief. "Wow, don’t doubt me, I just won’t go home, and my dad froze my credit cards. Otherwise, would I be in this situation? Back in the day, I was the son of the Imperial Capital’s richest family; plus, I’m handsome and kind, how many girls’ dream lover was I? The number who wanted to marry me could go around Kai Ao Star several times." "Okay, okay, I believe you, I believe you, alright?"
Lin Zai thought that if Zhao Shuai kept bragging, he wouldn’t get any sleep. He lay down on the other bed. "Anyway, I’m going back home soon. Come with me, let my dad thank you for your favor of giving me a room... well, not a whole room, at least half a room. Then you’ll know I’m not lying." Zhao Shuai sat up and spoke to Lin Zai, "Okay, okay, we’ll talk tomorrow, alright?" Lin Zai felt exhausted from the high-intensity work recently, and he thought he could fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes, so he gave Zhao Shuai a perfunctory reply and closed his eyes.
"Haha, you’ll believe me when you come to my house and see what true luxury is, what exquisite carved beams and painted pillars are." Zhao Shuai continued to enthusiastically describe his wealth and popularity until he turned and saw Lin Zai was already asleep. "Ah, this guy, really, doesn’t know how to chat at all. Fine, I’ll go to sleep early too; wrinkles would be bad, I need my face to make a living." Without Zhao Shuai’s chatter, Lin Zai quickly fell asleep, luckily Zhao Shuai didn’t have any bad habits while sleeping, otherwise Lin Zai couldn’t guarantee not to kick him out. Early the next morning, a ray of sunlight filtered through the window slats on the floor, and Lin Zai opened his eyes. He looked at Zhao Shuai sleeping soundly beside him, murmuring in his dreams, "Don’t leave, Xiaowei. I truly love you." Lin Zai chuckled, suddenly realizing how long it had been since he’d felt this kind of atmosphere.
For years, he’d been busy developing his products, with no romantic involvement, no family (Lin Zai was an orphan), a great figure in front of high technology, but as small as an ant in kinship and love. "Maybe in this new environment I can feel something?"
He thought about this. Just then, Zhao Shuai awoke, and the guy still muttered, "Ah, that sleep was so comfortable. Huh? You’re up, brother? You rise early!" Lin Zai was speechless, glanced at the clock—it was already past ten. Zhao Shuai took out a phone to check the time, "Oh, it’s ten already, no wonder the sleep was so good." Lin Zai was surprised at Zhao Shuai’s phone; it was a small, flip phone, exactly like the "Xiaolingtong" on Earth. "The technology on this planet is indeed lower than Earth’s; my spaceship’s landing only activated the anti-detection system and wasn’t discovered. Perhaps my technology can provide convenience for my extraterrestrial journey." Lin Zai confirmed his guess and thought through his approach. "What are you looking at so intently, brother?" "Oh, this phone is something everyone should have, right? You don’t?" "No problem, just go buy one; brother, do you have anything left from what you took out yesterday? Just anything would be enough to buy a few phones." Lin Zai chuckled at Zhao Shuai’s way of speaking, nodded; yes, he should have one, otherwise communication is inconvenient. "I’m curious, brother, who are you? A cosmic creature, superpower possessor, or?" Zhao Shuai kept muttering, "Alright, alright, I’m just a scientific researcher, but recently I’ve been working in technology-isolated places researching, feeling out of touch with the world, tell me what’s new lately?" Lin Zai felt he shouldn’t reveal that he’s from another planet to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"Hey, didn’t realize you’re a scientist. I’m the right person to ask; I know everything from astronomy to geography, ancient to present—" Zhao Shuai started to brag once again. "Okay, okay, I asked about recent events, specifically any scientific inventions or discoveries." Lin Zai intervened timely. "Science community, hmm, the Internet, do you know? It’s something that lets you know world news anytime, anywhere, quite miraculous, not exactly a recent invention, just recently seems to be getting popular," Zhao Shuai described the Internet as he kept elaborating. "I’m not asking about this, anyway, I’m clearer than you on the Internet," Lin Zai thought to himself, but then he reconsidered that the average person isn’t much exposed to scientific research subjects, people like Zhao Shuai who only care about playing wouldn’t know much. Better to ask the right people later, "Let’s go have breakfast," Lin Zai said. "Great, let’s hurry, I’m starving," Zhao Shuai said and jumped off the bed following Lin Zai. Just as they approached the front desk, Lin Zai noticed a group of people gathered around exclaiming, "Wow, so magical."
"What’s this name? And there’s such a thing? "Amazing, we should hand this to our town government." The front desk was noisy, Lin Zai had already reached the door, Zhao Shuai squeezed in from the crowd, "Isn’t this Lin Zai’s stuff? You guys haven’t seen much, huh?"
