Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 117 Doomsday Rumors? Why didn’t I think of that?

Time flies and it is already the end of December.

The Candy Crush game has been online for a month and a half.

Because it is free to download, the traffic is still considerable.

The main monetization channel is still in-game purchases, by purchasing game props to pass the next level.

So far, the profit has exceeded 30,000 yuan.

Lin Ruoxi was very content, because at this rate, the cost could be recovered in just over half a year.

But Xue Rui looked very dissatisfied and never looked at the background data.

Evening study time, at Lin Ruoxi's house.

Lin Ruoxi liked the feeling of sitting with Xue Rui, but now there was nothing to do together, and Xue Rui lay in her quilt every day with his iPad.

She wanted to sit down and watch a movie with Xue Rui. Whenever she suggested watching a movie, Xue Rui would lift the quilt, pat the bed and ask her to lie down and watch it together.

But grandma would come in and take a stroll from time to time...

"Let's play another game." Lin Ruoxi suggested.

When playing games, Xue Rui would always be by her side.

Xue Rui thought about it for a moment and decisively refused: "No."

In the future, Candy Crush will be a game with hundreds of millions of monthly active users. If Candy Crush can't even take off in his hands, it will be useless to do anything else.

"Aren't you cold sitting outside? Come in and warm up."

Xue Rui made room for Lin Ruoxi and patted the bed with a smile.

It was very hot in his house, but in Lin Ruoxi's old residential area, he didn't know what was wrong with the heating, so it was just barely not cold. After staying outside for a long time, his hands were still a little cold.

Lin Ruoxi's body stiffened. She walked to the living room and took a look. The light in grandma's room was still on, but the light in the living room was off.

Looking at the pitch-black darkness, she felt a sense of security.

With a "click", Lin Ruoxi locked the door.

"What do you want to do? This bed is too small." Xue Rui suddenly hugged the quilt tightly.

He was just talking about it, but was Lin Ruoxi going to do it for real? He couldn't resist the temptation.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to pick the fruit, it’s just that the old lady and her mother are watching him too closely.

Lin Ruoxi wouldn't lie, so you can tell the answer if you ask.

He wasn't afraid of the old lady, but his mother...

He will be finished then...

"It's too small..." Lin Ruoxi was a little disappointed.

The bunk beds are really too small, only one person can lie on them, two people will fall off.

She looked around the room and saw that this one was also too small to accommodate a bigger bed.

She pursed her lips, thinking that when she made money in the future, she would definitely buy a big house and a big bed for Xue Rui.

Lin Ruoxi sat in front of the computer and looked through the user reviews again.

Sometimes her beautiful eyes frowned, sometimes she smiled happily.

From time to time, I type a few words on the keyboard.

Xue Rui opened the game interface and took a look. Lin Ruoxi and the user started arguing.

When someone gave the game a good review, Lin Ruoxi would reply with a thank you.

When someone gave a bad review to the game, Lin Ruoxi replied with "idiot".

I still used the developer account to reply.

"Don't pay attention to these comments, they are meaningless." Xue Rui smiled helplessly.

What's going on? He has never seen such a software review section.

Most developers ignore users, but Lin Ruoxi takes every comment seriously.

“But when I saw them swearing, I…” Lin Ruoxi felt a little aggrieved.

She thinks the games made by Xue Rui are very good, so why would someone criticize him?

"You can't please everyone." Xue Rui shook his head and didn't try to persuade him any further.

Lin Ruoxi is so bad at scolding people that she can only use the word "idiot".

Fortunately, a user can only comment once, otherwise Lin Ruoxi would have been scolded and cried.

“Don’t talk to people online.”

Xue Rui warned that with Lin Ruoxi's personality, she would suffer a lot in online wars of words.

"Hmm..." Lin Ruoxi nodded.

"What kind of dumplings do you want?" Lin Ruoxi asked.

"Didn't you just have dinner?" Xue Rui said with a smile.

"We have to eat dumplings on the Winter Solstice, otherwise grandma says our ears will freeze off." Lin Ruoxi said.

"winter solstice?"

He eats dumplings but not the fillings. His mother often scolds him for having many bad habits and never asks him what the fillings are.

He thinks dumplings are best with a little filling in the skin, which is chewy.

But dumpling skins without fillings are tasteless, so he is not completely unselective about fillings...

Lin Ruoxi actually cared about what filling he had, which made him feel warm inside.

After looking at the iPad calendar for a long time, he couldn't find the winter solstice icon, so he had to go to the web page to check.

“Let’s not talk about dumplings. You should first make an iOS calendar and integrate the traditional lunar calendar into it.” Xue Rui felt a toothache.

The iPad's built-in calendar doesn't even mark the lunar calendar solar terms, and doesn't do any local adaptation, so users have to figure it out on their own.

Xue Rui thinks Apple is too arrogant.

However, this arrogant attitude also leaves some scraps for developers to eat.

It is not difficult to develop a small tool like a calendar, and if it is done well, it will bring you a steady stream of profits.

There is basically no calendar software in the market now. Although it is not a big cake, it is right in front of you and you can't just eat it.

Anyway, the college entrance examination is already a pass for Lin Ruoxi, so it would be nice to find something for Lin Ruoxi to do in her free time.

"Calendar?" Lin Ruoxi obeyed and began to look up relevant information.

Xue Rui casually scrolled through the webpage and found that it was full of information about "the end of the world in 2012". He had heard so much about it in school that his ears were callused. Tomorrow is December 12st, the same day as the winter solstice.

At this point in time, the internet is flooded with concerns about the end of the world.

Xue Rui was shocked by the times...

The influence of the doomsday rumors was much greater than he thought.

Even the official media came out to refute the rumor with a group of scientists...

"Was it so outrageous back then?" Xue Rui was shocked.

Thinking back carefully, I have indeed heard outrageous news before, such as someone thinking the world was ending and spending all his savings...

"Let's have pork and green onion stuffing tomorrow."

Xue Rui turned off the iPad, stood up and sat next to Lin Ruoxi.

Neither he nor Lin Ruoxi cared about the "doomsday rumors". They were just as calm as usual and decided to think about what to eat on the winter solstice tomorrow.

The next day, the students were absent-minded in class.

Because three o'clock in the afternoon is the end of the world.

Even the teacher was interested and talked about this topic with the students.

However, most of them were to dispel rumors and tell students not to be nervous.

Adults with poor cognitive abilities would be panicked, let alone these students?

No wonder the teacher would specifically remind us of this issue.

Today, many boys muster up the courage to confess their secret crush to the girls.

It feels like if I don’t speak out what’s in my heart, I’ll never have the chance again in the future.

Doomsday rumors have brought many couples together.

Xue Rui thought these students were so cute.

However, no one confessed to Lin Ruoxi, which surprised Xue Rui.

He thought to himself, it’s the end of the world, why are you still afraid of the head teacher?
It seems that he doesn't really believe in the "doomsday theory".

When it was lunchtime, Xue Rui went to eat with Gu Muxue as usual.

Many people around were discussing whether the world would end at three o'clock in the afternoon, and many students were so worried that they had no mood to eat.

"Mu Xue, today is the winter solstice." Xue Rui bought a plate of dumplings and brought it over.

"Thank you." Gu Muxue's mouth corners slightly raised.

She felt that Xue Rui was very mature. He did not worry about the end of the world like other students. He only cared that today was the winter solstice.

She actually didn't believe it, but she still felt it was a bit too bland.

Today is such a special day, but Xue Rui didn't confess to her...

Gu Muxue pondered for a moment and asked, "Xiao Rui, if today is the end of the world and you only have one ticket..."

Xue Rui's chopsticks froze. How did the boomerang hit him?

"Stop. No matter how many tickets there are, I will not get on the boat until you get on." Xue Rui interrupted.

Gu Muxue felt sweet in her heart. She was very satisfied with Xue Rui's answer. She picked up the chopsticks and peeled a dumpling skin for Xue Rui.

"The end of the world is just a rumor." Xue Rui said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Mei Lili and the girl next to her became unhappy:
"The Mayans' predictions were very accurate. All their previous predictions have come true, and the end of the world is the last one."

Xue Rui was stunned. Traditional culture has declined a bit these days, but we shouldn't regard foreign things as the norm, right?

Besides, what do they mean by being so harsh on me? Are they hoping that the earth will explode?
He couldn't quite understand the train of thought of these girls.

"The Mayans predicted the emergence of cars and rockets thousands of years ago, and they have all come true. I think it is true," said Mei Lili.

The girl next to him echoed: "Not only that, there is also World War..."

"It's a pity that the Mayan civilization perished, otherwise..."

The two people's loud discussion attracted many students to participate.

In an instant, Xue Rui was surrounded by such chaos as if there were a swarm of flies flying around.

How does he eat?

"Then let me ask you, they are so awesome, why didn't they predict the demise of their own civilization?" Xue Rui said sarcastically.

"This..." Many people choked.

The Mayan civilization perished, leaving behind only a few prophecies.

If they could really predict the future, why did they perish?
Xue Rui's rhetorical question made many people fall into deep thought.

Xue Rui cleared his throat: "We must have confidence in our own culture. Our five thousand years of heritage includes Pangu creating the world, Nuwa mending the sky, and Dayu controlling floods..."

"What natural disasters and man-made disasters have you not survived? Do you believe in the predictions of foreigners? Isn't he meddling too much?"

Many people have not yet reacted to Xue Rui's words.

When they thought about it carefully, they realized that this was indeed the case.

The most awesome civilization is actually ourselves...

The students looked at Xue Rui with surprise; they had never thought of this.

"Well said!" Teacher Guo, who was eating nearby, suddenly stood up and applauded.

In the morning, he told the students not to believe in rumors;

But the students ignored his words...

He sincerely admired Xue Rui for being able to find so many examples from a cultural perspective to refute his argument.

But...he is the Chinese teacher!
"Why didn't I think of that?" Teacher Guo muttered to himself.

The students around saw the teacher clapping and subconsciously followed suit.

Xue Rui smiled at Teacher Guo, stretched out his hand and pressed it down, signaling the students to be quiet: "Don't be superstitious, let's go eat."

Gu Muxue sat there from beginning to end, watching Xue Rui convince the students around him alone, with surprise flashing in her eyes.

"If you don't eat dumplings during the winter solstice, no one will care if your ears freeze off." Xue Rui picked up a dumpling for Gu Muxue.

Gu Muxue: “…”

Xue Rui just said not to be superstitious, and now he says that if you don’t eat dumplings, your ears will freeze off…

(End of this chapter)