The Most Random System

Chapter 1073 - 482: Distant Relatives Are Not as Good as Close Neighbors (Part 3)

Lin Li: "Don’t help me, bro, help yourself."Fang Qihuo was stunned for a moment: "Help me? Help me with what?"

Lin Li: "In my gift money, there’s one cent you need to earn yourself."

With that, Lin Li walked quickly into the hall without looking back.

He walked very fast.

As if afraid of being caught and beaten to death.

Fang Qihuo: "(;☉_☉)?"

Wait a minute.

One cent?

Fang Qihuo’s expression changed, and he didn’t even care if opening the red envelope on the spot was impolite. Without hesitation, he opened the red envelope in his hand.

Then, he saw a QR code.

Scan it.

[Congratulations! You discovered a 500-yuan cash red envelope! — Your starting amount is: ¥400.27]

[Fortune descends from heaven! First visit gives you a boost! — ¥458.46]

[Gaining more luck! Almost full amount! — ¥497.13]

[Luck bursting! Success is within reach! — ¥499.87]

[A miracle is here! Just a little bit more! — ¥499.99]

[Congratulations! You’ve entered the withdrawal zone! Just 0.01 yuan more to withdraw 500 yuan in cash!]

[Quickly invite friends to help, to make up the last cent!]

A series of notifications and prompts added up to a gift money of five hundred yuan, but just one cent short.

Fang Qihuo, Yu Liu: "..."

Fang Qihuo turned his head to look at Lin Li’s determined back, completely not planning to look back, no wonder this guy ran so fast.

Fang Qihuo then looked at Yu Liu, his fiancée also just turned her gaze towards him.

"Mhmm." Fang Qihuo’s face showed only a sense of relief and calmness, tilting his head towards his fiancée.

Yu Liu was silent for a moment: "... Okay, your previous evaluation of Lin Li was quite accurate."

However, when Yu Liu pulled out the QR code paper completely, she discovered that besides this card, the red envelope also had two hundred-yuan bills stuck inside.

Seeing this, Yu Liu turned her gaze towards Fang Qihuo.

Fang Qihuo smiled: "Keep it, just consider it compensation for mental distress."

...

Entering the hall, Lin Li naturally needed to greet a large group of familiar and unfamiliar relatives and elders.

The older generation didn’t have phones or computers when they were young, and at night they would chisel, chisel, chisel, without moderation, chisel away, which was tough on the younger ones.

Chirping and clattering chaotically.

In hindsight, he should have waited for Wu Min.

Having acquired photographic memory for only a few months, Lin Li had no idea who some "relatives" even were, having to fake it, listening to their chattering dialects, standing there like a follower.

Seizing a gap in the conversation, Lin Li quickly escaped to the table where the male relatives were gathering.

"Phew—" Lin Li sat down next to another cousin, exhaling a deep sigh of relief.

Wu Lifeng, playing on his phone, looked up, watching Lin Li who looked as though he narrowly survived a disaster, and humorously asked, "What, did greeting people take half your life away?"

Wu Lifeng is Lin Li’s uncle’s son, already in college.

"No way." Lin Li first laughed and denied, then seriously corrected: "It took my whole life."

"But, bro," Lin Li turned his head, pointing at a few relatives he didn’t recognize just now, "Who are that, that, and that? They greeted me but I couldn’t recognize them."

"Oh, that..." Wu Lifeng rubbed his chin, looked towards where Lin Li pointed, thought for a moment, and concluded: "That one means black devil."

Lin Li turned his head calmly to gaze at his cousin upon hearing this.

The cousin gave a sheepish smile, then looked at where Lin Li pointed, clicked his tongue, and explained:

"This is our second aunt’s cousin, that seems to be a distant cousin, and as for this one... I don’t know either, probably a distant relative with no impression."

"Even such distant relatives are invited?" Lin Li raised an eyebrow when he heard.

"The more people, the merrier. Mostly uncle and aunt enjoy it. Brother definitely doesn’t have a clue about this kind of thing."

Wu Lifeng laughed, thinking clan relationships aren’t that important anymore:

"Honestly, rather than inviting distant relatives, brother should have invited some neighbors. After all, distant relatives aren’t as good as close neighbors. If there’s a real problem, it’s the neighbors who can really help."

"Exactly! That’s so true!" Lin Li nodded enthusiastically, very much agreeing with Wu Lifeng’s sentiment:

"Bro, never mind distant relatives, sometimes even close relatives aren’t as helpful as neighbors!"

"You know, I have a friend; he got sick and needed a marrow transplant. He searched all through the relatives but found none compatible, not even his actual dad!

But destiny didn’t abandon him. In the end, a helpful neighbor succeeded in matching! Not only that, but the neighbor also donated his marrow for free, saved my friend, and even hoped to be his honorary dad! Such kindness!"

"Now my friend has a biological dad and a non-biological dad, living happily ever after~"

"That’s what a true good person is!"

Wu Lifeng: "(゜▽゜)?"

"Hey, wait a minute."