Updating the lucky draw pool?
Hearing this, Liu Chen thought, "This is bad. Most of her system rewards are stored in the system!"
'System?'
'Currently upgrading, progress at 0.3%.'
Seeing the upgrade progress increase by 0.1% in just one second, Liu Chen's heart finally calmed down.
However, Liu Chen had grown accustomed to the occasional appearance of the lucky draw roulette since rebirth, and the absence of the roulette now left her feeling a bit lost.
Fortunately, knowing this was temporary, Liu Chen managed to rally her spirits and joined Ren Yu for lunch with Zhou Jun.
After lunch, Zhou Jun left in his driver's car, leaving Liu Chen and Ren Yu standing on the roadside.
"You've been distracted today. Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing. Perhaps it's the first time I've spent such a large sum of money, and it doesn't feel quite real."
Ren Yu looked deeply at Liu Chen. He obviously didn't believe this reason, but since Liu Chen didn't want to talk about it, he didn't press further. Instead, he shifted the conversation to "League of Legends."
"League of Legends officially launches on July 3rd. Ten thousand reservation gift packs have already been distributed, with most coming from the promotional links on Tencent's side."
"Isn't that only three days away from today?"
"Yes. Are you nervous?"
Liu Chen shook her head. "Not nervous, just excited."
Ren Yu's eyes lit up with a smile at these words.
"You're more confident about this game than Shen Hong is."
Liu Chen shook her head.
"I've always been confident. However, I think we can add another promotional channel. Do you know about Weibo?"
"A trending mobile app recently? I've heard of it."
"We can do promotions among the gamers on Weibo. I think the effect might be better than you expect."
"Okay."
The two stood on the roadside discussing the promotion and initial operation of "League of Legends" for an hour. Finally, Ren Yu mentioned that he had to go to the airport or he would miss his flight, thus concluding their conversation.
After sending Ren Yu off, Liu Chen hailed a taxi home. In the taxi, the radio was playing news about the Shanghai World Expo next year.
Liu Chen suddenly remembered that since her rebirth, she had been focusing on buying property in Beijing and had overlooked the city of Shanghai!
With this thought, Liu Chen sent an invitation in their QQ group of four:
"Should we go to Shanghai for a trip together? Lai Jielun has been there before, right?"
Mi Zhuzhu: 'Okay, okay!'
Lai Jielun: 'Okay.'
Ren Mo: 'Sure, I'm bored staying at home anyway.'
Liu Chen: 'Then let's depart tomorrow?'
"Tomorrow???"
Mi Zhuzhu, munching on an apple and trailing behind Liu Chen, grumbled as she watched Liu Chen pack her suitcase.
"Who decides to go on a trip today and departs tomorrow?"
Liu Chen tossed a bottle of sunscreen, a system product, into her suitcase, and replied without looking up, "Wasn't it the same for my mom's wedding?"
Mi Zhuzhu's eyes widened.
"That was different! Aunt Liu's was a surprise, and it was also because of our college entrance exams. Shouldn't we prepare more for our trip to Shanghai? I haven't even bought sunscreen yet, and my hair isn't done. If we go to Shanghai and people see us, they'll think we're so unfashionable and from the countryside. I'll be so embarrassed!"
"Pfft!" Liu Chen couldn't help but laugh at Mi Zhuzhu's description. She sighed and looked at Mi Zhuzhu, who had finished her apple and thrown the core into the trash can.
"It's not as exaggerated as you think. We're not celebrities, just ordinary people on the street. People won't bother to care what we wear. Even if we dress up beautifully, they still won't pay attention?"
Mi Zhuzhu still hesitated. "But it's Shanghai! I had a neighbor when I was little whose family was from Shanghai. She dressed so fashionably. Chenchen..."
Looking at Mi Zhuzhu, Liu Chen saw herself the first time she traveled to Shanghai in her past life, imagining it as a fierce beast that would devour anyone not fashionable.
But in reality, Shanghai is a large city. Undeniably, there are more fashionable young people, but most are still ordinary people.
"Zhuzhu, are you silly? Since we're going to Shanghai, why don't we get our hair cut and permed in Shanghai? Why not buy clothes in Shanghai?"
Mi Zhuzhu's hesitant expression froze. "Hey? That's right! Why not?"
"Exactly. So let's not treat it like a tourist trip, but just like going shopping."
Upon hearing "shopping," Mi Zhuzhu's hesitation vanished instantly, replaced by eagerness. "Then I'll go back and pack now. I'll just bring a change of clothes. I'll buy the rest in Shanghai!"
Having convinced Mi Zhuzhu, Liu Chen then remembered to tell Liu Fang about her trip to Shanghai tomorrow.
Glancing at the time, it was nine in the evening. After some thought, she decided against calling and opted for a text message instead.
The next day, the four met in Liu Chen's living room. After checking their IDs, they set off for Shanghai with their backpacks.
When Liu Fang saw the text message and called back, Liu Chen's phone was turned off. Sitting in her shop, Liu Fang felt a bit restless and sat down next to Sister Li.
"Sister Li, I feel like ever since I got my marriage certificate with Chen Long and moved into his place, Chenchen has become a bit rebellious?"
Sister Li, while wiping frost from the side of the freezer, heard Liu Fang and asked, "What specifically makes you think she's rebellious?"
"She's going out with her friends without consulting me, just informing me and then leaving."
"Oh! Sister Liu, I don't think that's necessary. Your Chenchen is a smart girl. It's fine for them to travel together, there are no safety issues. If you consulted her, would you really not let her go?"
"Of course not!"
"So what's the difference between her texting you and waking you up late at night to ask? I'd say Chenchen is considerate of you and didn't consult you on purpose."
Liu Fang opened and closed her mouth. She felt Sister Li made sense, but she still felt something was off, as if Liu Chen was becoming distant from her.
...
At this moment, Liu Chen and the other three were getting out of a taxi near the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street intersection. It wasn't that the driver didn't want to drive further in, but there were too many people, and cars couldn't get through.
Fortunately, the four were traveling light. The boys' backpacks only contained a change of clothes, and Mi Zhuzhu and Liu Chen had packed only one outfit, planning to do some major shopping in Shanghai!
Mi Zhuzhu took out a compact camera and aimed it at the Xizang Middle Road sign, then stood beneath it and smilingly handed the camera to Lai Jielun.
"Lai Jielun, can you take a photo of me and Chenchen?"
The four had booked a Home Inn hotel on the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street. They headed east along the hotel's address, towards the Bund.
Perhaps due to it being summer vacation, the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street was teeming with people. Walking through it, it felt like you didn't need to walk; the people behind would push you forward.
Liu Chen was also dumbfounded. The first time she visited Shanghai was after 2015. By then, Taobao, JD, and Suning were locked in an e-commerce battle, and physical stores were in decline. Even on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, it was only relatively busy on weekends.
But the current crowd on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street had refreshed Liu Chen's understanding of the word "busy."
"Let's go ahead. We'll turn into the alley across from the five-story Meters/bonwe, and walk about fifty meters in, and that's where our hotel is."
Liu Chen held her phone in her left hand and pulled Mi Zhuzhu with her right. Ren Mo and Lai Jielun followed behind. The four were squeezed forward by the crowd.
When they spotted the five-story Meters/bonwe, all four were almost moved to tears.
Apologizing as they went, they turned towards the alley on the left. Only after squeezing into the alley did they finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although there were still many people here, most were just passing through, heading towards the other end of the alley.
"Wow, Chenchen, look! I took a photo of the pedestrians on the pedestrian street."
Liu Chen looked at the compact camera Mi Zhuzhu handed her. It displayed a photo taken from a photographer's perspective, a long, seemingly endless stream of people.
"Zhuzhu, you can organize the photos from your Shanghai trip and post them on Weibo."
"Hey? That's right! I was only thinking of posting them on QQ albums!"
The four checked into the hotel. Liu Chen lay back on the double bed, feeling completely relaxed.
At this moment, Mi Zhuzhu's exclamation came from the bathroom.
"Wow! Chenchen! Look at my Weibo!"
Liu Chen responded with an "Mm?" and then reached for the phone she had just placed on the bed. She opened Weibo and searched for 'Zhuzhu'.
Clicking on the Weibo name with Zhuzhu's avatar, which appeared first in the search results.
Followers - 3207
"I posted this morning on Weibo with a photo taken on my phone of us going to the airport for our graduation trip. It has over twenty thousand likes! And my Weibo followers were only in the three hundreds this morning, now they're over three thousand!"
"There are also many comments asking where we're going. Should I reply?"
Liu Chen held her phone in front of her eyes and quickly scrolled through the comments under Zhuzhu's Weibo. Weibo now wasn't like later, filled with advertisements. Most comments were genuine.
As she scrolled, Liu Chen replied:
"No need. We can release the photos from this trip after we get back to C City to avoid anyone coming to find us."
Mi Zhuzhu, sitting on the toilet, immediately nodded and then closed Weibo. After tidying up, she got up.
"Chenchen, let's go buy clothes! I can take some photos too!"
Meanwhile, Mi Zhuzhu's Weibo follower count was still slowly climbing. Many people interested in beautiful and academically gifted girls were leaving comments, asking her to post more photos of Liu Chen and tell stories about her.
However, Mi Zhuzhu didn't see any of this. She was currently holding her fully charged camera and leading Liu Chen out to go shopping.