The System Wants Me To Learn To Be A 'Green Tea' (Quick Transmigration) - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The castle’s design was mediocre, and the sound effects weren’t great, but the atmosphere was well-established. The walls were plastered with many zombie models, and if you got close, soft, inflatable arms would pop out straight, giving it a somewhat comical style because of the relatively poor costume quality.

Chen Zhou, who always considered herself fearless, was accidentally bumped by someone while moving forward and stumbled right into a zombie’s embrace. She immediately froze, too scared to move.

In her ears was the zombie’s whooshing sound, against her neck were the cold wooden teeth, and all around her were the sharp screams of others. On the other side were several coffins. Probably to make it realistic, one of the coffins contained a prop of a half-decomposed corpse—it didn’t smell, but it was realistic enough.

Chen Zhou was right next to the coffin. From her position, she was facing the prop corpse, its half-decomposed face staring at her, making her want to scream along with everyone else. Fortunately, her sanity told her it was all fake.

Ye Linmu was jostled away. Just as she turned her head to look for Chen Zhou, she saw a girl screaming and lunging at Chen Zhou. Chen Zhou’s face stiffened, and her body was too weak to dodge.

Ye Linmu: “!”

Chen Zhou’s condition!

She immediately let out a sharp shriek that was louder than the girl’s, then darted forward in two quick steps and threw herself into Chen Zhou’s arms, simultaneously using her hip to push the other girl away.

The pushed-away girl was confused: “?”

In her hand, she clutched a thumb-sized white jade doll, apparently about to slip it into Chen Zhou’s pocket.

Chen Zhou instinctively wrapped her arms around Ye Linmu, buried her head in Ye Linmu’s neck, and took several deep breaths. Only then did she recover from the weak, faint feeling she had just experienced.

“Linmu…”

Chen Zhou’s voice lacked confidence, sounding clearly frightened.

Ye Linmu hadn’t expected the other girl to be so easily startled. The ride wasn’t even that scary.

She soothingly stroked the other girl’s head, thinking she should probably act scared too, but it seemed Chen Zhou needed protection more than she did.

“You! Why did you push me?!”

The girl who had fallen got up, clutching the white jade doll, and looked at the two of them, wronged. Then she held out her hand and loudly wailed: “My protective charm was broken when you pushed me! You have to pay for it!”

Ye Linmu’s hand, which was comforting Chen Zhou, paused: “?”

Conning people?

No way, she’s trying to scam people even in a haunted castle?

Hearing the voice, Chen Zhou lifted her head from Ye Linmu’s embrace. Her gaze fell on the white jade doll with obvious cracks and subtly frowned.

That doll…

The surrounding people, who had been screaming, immediately quieted down and started watching the drama unfold.

Seeing everyone’s attention on her, the girl became even louder. She extended the jade doll in her hand, deliberately stating: “You have to pay for it! This is a protective charm my mother specially asked for me from the Da Jing Temple! It costs over a hundred thousand yuan!”

Ye Linmu was amused by the girl’s self-righteousness: “Are you sure this thing broke just now because of my accidental push?”

Did this person think she could morally blackmail her just because there were so many people around?

Did she not look like she had a brain?

“Of course! If you hadn’t pushed me, I wouldn’t have fallen, and the protective charm wouldn’t have broken! My mother said whoever damages my protective charm is a very bad person, and the Buddha won’t protect them!”

She got increasingly worked up, constantly throwing accusations at Ye Linmu. Chen Zhou couldn’t listen anymore. She leaned out from behind Ye Linmu, pulling Ye Linmu behind her to shield her. In the castle’s dim, greenish-lit environment, she stared at the girl, her expression shadowed, her voice hoarse: “You said this thing cost over a hundred thousand yuan?”

The girl stuck out her neck and shouted: “Of course!”

“My mother said the master told her it was a magic artifact, so of course it’s expensive!”

Right now, the price was whatever she said it was.

Chen Zhou: “Can I take a look?”

Ye Linmu was confused. Why would she look at it now? If the other girl tried another trick, wouldn’t it become even more difficult?

She held Chen Zhou’s hand, wanting to shake her head. They should just call the police for this sort of thing.

Chen Zhou shook her head. Since these people did this, they must have prepared. They wouldn’t let them leave so easily. It was better to clarify things.

The girl looked at Chen Zhou warily, clutching the jade doll tighter: “What are you doing? You won’t try to throw it away and pretend this never happened, will you?”

“I’m telling you, if she doesn’t compensate me today, I’m calling the police!”

Seeing this, the others couldn’t help but shake their heads.

“Bad luck, this is such bad luck.”

“Does this thing really cost over a hundred thousand yuan? That’s too rich.”

“Stop talking. You don’t want her to pin the blame on you later.”

Chen Zhou took a deep breath and said softly: “I just want to look. Don’t worry, everyone is here. If I throw it away, you can call the police, and everyone here can be your witness.”

When mentioned, everyone hesitated for a moment and then said: “That’s right, miss, just let her look. We are all watching. If she really does anything, you can call the police, and we’ll testify for you.”

“Yeah, just let her have a look.”

“If you don’t show her, are you feeling guilty?”

It’s an item worth over a hundred thousand yuan, yet who would carelessly hold it in their palm, only for it to break with a single accidental touch?

This whole thing seemed suspicious!

Being forced into a corner, the girl’s plan to use public opinion to force Ye Linmu to compensate failed. If she didn’t show it now, she would only confirm that she was trying to extort money.

“Just one look!”

Chen Zhou: “Okay.”

The people around also wanted to know if it was real. They all turned on their phone flashlights, and some even started recording.

Chen Zhou took the jade doll under everyone’s gaze and examined it. There was indeed a clear crack on it, which looked quite new, but it was definitely not from today.

Based on the absence of visible fragmented dust at the crack, the fracture was at least a day or two old.

Most importantly…

Chen Zhou weighed the jade doll in her hand and scoffed: “Jade?”

She had been handling jade since childhood. She knew whether it was real jade the moment she touched it.

“What are you doing! You’ve seen it, give it back!”

The girl panicked, afraid of being exposed, and quickly tried to snatch it back.

Chen Zhou raised her hand to block her, the girl’s action causing her to frown even through the clothes.

Others also noticed that the girl was anxious. Could there really be a scam?

“What are you rushing for?”

Chen Zhou sneered calmly: “A trinket made of glass, and you dare claim it costs over a hundred thousand yuan? You certainly have a way with words.”

These words immediately ignited the anger of the crowd.

“I knew it! I said, who would casually hold something worth over a hundred thousand yuan in their hand!”

“Is this extortion?”

“This is too much. The other person did nothing, and she’s trying to extort tens of thousands of yuan.”

Ye Linmu saw that the crowd was already pointing fingers, and she weakly leaned against Chen Zhou, saying timidly: “Sister, how can you try to extort people?”

“This thing is obviously worth just a few yuan at a street stall, yet you’re trying to extort over a hundred thousand from me…”

Chen Zhou also took the opportunity to turn on her phone’s flashlight and shone it on the so-called “magic artifact.” The light shone directly through the object. It’s well-known that while jade is translucent, even the thinnest jade won’t be completely transparent; it will only allow a hazy light through.

But glass is different. When glass is not too thick, light will pass directly through it.

And this was the case. The light shone straight through.

The girl panicked. She urgently tried to snatch it back, but Chen Zhou was taller than her. In addition, Ye Linmu stepped out and blocked her, separating the two to prevent Chen Zhou from getting uncomfortable.

“My mother bought this for me! Give it back!”

The girl jumped up, trying to grab it. Chen Zhou didn’t give it to her. Instead, she calmly called the police in front of the girl: “Hello, Officer. My friend and I are being blackmailed. We are currently located at…”

“No, why are you calling the police? That’s my stuff!”

The girl was even more agitated. She just wanted a little money. Why was this person so unwilling to play along!

After calling the police, Chen Zhou’s face was pale, and her tone was calm: “Since you want to clarify things, let’s clarify them.”

“I can’t just be extorted for no reason.”

Seeing that the situation was bad, the girl immediately tried to run away, but everyone had already realized the truth and immediately surrounded her, giving her no chance to escape.

The girl screamed, pushing the crowd: “Move! Move!”

“Extortionist, we can’t let her go!”

The police arrived quickly and took everyone to the station.

With everyone contributing their accounts, the police quickly finished their questioning. The facts were simple. After listening, the police had someone inspect the item and confirmed that the jade doll was indeed glass and had been broken for some time. The girl was just trying to use the opportunity to extort money.

Initially, her target was not Ye Linmu, but Chen Zhou.

She hadn’t planned on doing this. She wanted to take advantage of everyone being scared, discreetly slip the item into Chen Zhou’s pocket, and then, at the exit, scream that she had lost her protective charm, demanding that the staff search everyone’s pockets. This way, she could naturally target Chen Zhou.

Then she could justifiably demand compensation from Chen Zhou.

“Why would you do this? Do you know each other? Do you have a grudge?”

The police officer asked seriously while taking notes.

“No…”

The girl lowered her face, glanced at Chen Zhou, and whispered: “We don’t know each other, and we don’t have a grudge. I just disliked her.”

“Also, she looks very rich. I… I wanted to ask her for some money.”

The facts were clarified. The girl was detained, and Chen Zhou and Ye Linmu were released.

Walking out of the police station, the two exchanged glances. Ye Linmu couldn’t help but laugh. Chen Zhou looked confused: “What’s so funny?”

Ye Linmu’s voice was filled with laughter: “We truly have a connection with the police station. We’ve been here twice in such a short time.”

“It seems our luck has been really bad lately. We just wanted to go out and have some fun, and we run into something like this.”

“We can’t go to the amusement park anymore. How about this, I’ll buy you a milk tea? We had some fun, and I’m a little thirsty.”

Chen Zhou: “?”

She was confused as Ye Linmu pulled her along to buy milk tea. Ye Linmu handed her a cup of lemon grapefruit tea. Chen Zhou took it, looking even more confused: “?”

Ye Linmu, biting her straw, smiled brightly: “The elders say grapefruit leaves can sweep away bad luck. Since we can’t buy the leaves, we can only drink some grapefruit tea to get rid of the bad luck.”

Chen Zhou: “…”

“It’s just superstition.”

Although she said that, she still took a sip.

The lemon grapefruit tea was slightly sour, but she found it sweet, sweeter than the most popular milk tea she had before. She liked it.