In the evening, while Yuan Tiantian was checking the day's earnings, the mechanical voice of Si Mo, devoid of any emotional inflection, rang out.
"Congratulations to the host. The total business turnover of Tiantian's Food Store has reached 88,888 yuan. You are rewarded with one spin on the system wheel. Please use it promptly. It will disappear in 10 minutes."
Hey? The wheel reward for reaching a certain turnover is finally here again!
Yuan Tiantian put down the money in her hand and opened the wheel. Sure enough, a system wheel immediately appeared on the interface. Seeing the items on it, Yuan Tiantian was a bit stunned. They were all furniture items.
There were a total of five slots. Two were "Thank You for Playing", and the other three were 10 floor lamps, 10 screens, and 10 hanging ornaments respectively.
Yuan Tiantian started to spin the wheel. Finally, the pointer landed on the floor lamp. She directly retrieved the item and put it into the system warehouse. Only then did Yuan Tiantian see the detailed description of the floor lamp. After reading it, there was only one thought in her mind.
Did Si Mo give her special treatment? Otherwise, how could things come just as she wished?!
Floor Lamp: In the style of an ancient palace lantern, designed as a floor - standing lamp. After this floor lamp is lit, people within the lighting range will have a 5% increase in mood. The energy source it consumes is purple gold. One piece of purple gold can last for a month under all - day use. The initial floor lamp comes with half a piece of purple gold.
It's in the style of an ancient palace lantern. Wouldn't it be a perfect match for the two antique private rooms in the store? However, what is this purple gold? And there's only half a piece. That means under maximum consumption, these 10 floor lamps can only last for half a month.
Thinking of this, Yuan Tiantian took out a floor lamp from the system warehouse. It was about 1.3 meters tall. She had to admit that it was really beautiful, with a strong ancient - style palace lantern design. In the middle of the lampshade, Yuan Tiantian saw a purple crystal - like stone placed right in the center. She subconsciously reached out to touch it. The next second, the palace lantern lit up brightly, emitting a faint purple glow. It was very faint but really nice.
Sure enough, under this light, Yuan Tiantian did seem to feel a bit more cheerful. She felt inexplicably happy.
It seemed that the stated effect was real. After a careful observation, Yuan Tiantian reached out again to touch the purple gold in the lampshade. As she expected, the lamp went out. It seemed this was how the floor lamp was used.
However, even if she used the purple gold sparingly, it would probably only last for about a month. What should she do after that? Use candles here? The brightness might not be enough.
"Forget it. Let's cross that bridge when we come to it. We'll figure it out later."
Yuan Tiantian finally thought to herself, and then she was about to go to rest. It was already very late that night, and Xiaojiu was already sound asleep beside her.
However, in the middle of the night, a series of sobbing sounds woke Yuan Tiantian up. She opened her hazy eyes. Xiaojiu was also woken up by the crying. She was sitting there on the bed blankly, her lips slightly pouting, looking like she was about to cry. Obviously, she was startled but still drowsy. Yuan Tiantian quickly patted Xiaojiu on the back a couple of times to lull her back to sleep. Then she got up and headed towards the balcony. The crying was coming from there. Was there a new visitor from another plane?
Opening the door, Yuan Tiantian saw Sheng Jing also walking out.
"Did it wake you up?"
Yuan Tiantian turned to ask. Sheng Jing nodded.
"Let's go and take a look."
Yuan Tiantian and Sheng Jing walked to the balcony, but they saw nothing. The crying sound that they had just heard seemed to have disappeared.
"Did we mishear?"
Of course not. Just as Yuan Tiantian finished speaking, Sheng Jing suddenly put his hands together, murmured a few words that she couldn't understand, then separated his palms and pushed them forward. Yuan Tiantian saw a transparent child floating in mid - air in front of her. Its facial features were a bit strange, with its eyes bulging out and its lips gaping widely.
"Yikes!"
Yuan Tiantian was startled. Looking at the thing in front of her, she was a bit scared and subconsciously hid behind Sheng Jing.
"Humph, it's no fun~"
The floating unknown creature suddenly snorted in the direction of Yuan Tiantian and Sheng Jing. However, its delicate voice lacked any real intimidating power. Strangely enough, it had a bit of a cute contrast with its appearance.
"Who are you?"
Yuan Tiantian calmed herself down and asked. Hearing Yuan Tiantian's question, the floating unknown creature immediately giggled.
"They all call me the Strange Baby~"
They? Who were they? Yuan Tiantian was a bit curious. "Where are you from?"
"Where am I from?"
The Strange Baby repeated the question in a high - pitched voice. Then Yuan Tiantian saw a look of confusion appear on its strange face.
"I don't know. Daddy gives me a person every day and tells me to scare the new people. Today I saw a strange house, so I came in. Then, then I saw you guys!"
"Where is this place? I want to go back. I haven't completed the task Daddy gave me today."
Yuan Tiantian: "......"
So, this Strange Baby was from a special spiritual world, and she was being used to scare people?
"You can't go back for now. You have to wait for my notice."
Yuan Tiantian didn't know if the other party could understand, but she still explained the situation. Hearing that she couldn't go back, the Strange Baby immediately started crying. The eerie sound instantly filled Yuan Tiantian's ears. Her hair stood on end. Fortunately, there were no other residents around the food store, or else they would have been scared to death!
"Stop pretending. Turn into your physical form quickly."
Sheng Jing looked cold. Hearing the Strange Baby's crying, he immediately frowned, and his expression turned a bit unfriendly.
"You're so boring."
The Strange Baby, who had been crying just now, immediately complained after hearing Sheng Jing's words. There was not a trace of crying in her voice. The next second, Yuan Tiantian saw the floating transparent figure start to gradually solidify and transform. Finally, it turned into a little girl about 10 years old.
She had two ponytails that hung down in front of her chest. The strange face that Yuan Tiantian had seen before was gone. She was a very delicate - looking little girl.
"Are you really the Strange Baby?"
Looking at her current appearance, Yuan Tiantian really didn't think so. Seeing Yuan Tiantian's question, the little girl immediately raised her head.
"Yes, but I've advanced in cultivation recently. Now I'm a Baby Spirit!"
Was there a difference? Yuan Tiantian didn't understand. But for now, the problem was how to arrange for this Baby Spirit, and she should at least know the other party's name. She couldn't just keep calling her "Baby Spirit".
"You can just call me Ling."
Yuan Tiantian had no objections. Then she led Ling into the bedroom. Seeing that there was nothing wrong here, Sheng Jing left.
After entering the room, Ling started to get excited. She rummaged around here and there and was especially fond of Xiaojiu's toys.
"Ling, it's time to go to sleep."
Hearing Yuan Tiantian's words, Ling blinked her eyes and looked at her innocently.
"But I don't need to sleep."
She, as a Baby Spirit, didn't need to rest.
Yuan Tiantian was instantly at a loss for words. She resisted the urge to palm her forehead and forced a smile.
"That was in your previous world. Here you do."