Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

The two walked side by side at a leisurely pace toward the basement of the mall, looking from a distance like an ordinary young couple on a date.

The LEGO store in COEX Mall is located on the basement floor, in a corner. As soon as they entered the store, Jiang Yan saw that the display shelves were filled with all kinds of LEGO toy models.

From the City series to Star Wars, from BioSoldier to DC superhero series, and so on.

As soon as Mina entered, she walked to the display stand that was labeled "New Products".

Jiang Yan followed behind to the display stand and asked curiously, "Which Lego set are you looking for?"

Mina didn't answer immediately; her gaze had already fallen on the display stand with several sports car models.

"this."

Mina pointed in this direction and said softly, "This is what LEGO just released last week. I've been wanting to see it in person."

Jiang Yan looked in the direction she was pointing, examined it for a moment, and then said, "They look quite nice. Which one are you planning to buy?"

He glanced at them and realized that these various sports car models would cost at least a thousand assembly parts.

Jiang Yan asked himself, he didn't have the patience to fight for it.

When asked this question, Mina began to carefully compare several car models.

Her gaze moved back and forth between the several designs, eventually settling on two of them.

One is medium-sized with a relatively simple appearance, while the other is the flagship model in the entire series, which is twice the size and has a more stylish design.

Mina stared at that large car model for a long time.

But in the end, she seemed to have thought of something, her gaze fell on another model, and she walked to the display stand next to it and took the corresponding model box.

Jiang Yan noticed that she had chosen this one, and then glanced at the larger one on the display shelf. He was a little surprised that she hadn't chosen this one.

I was staring at it for so long just now.

"Aren't you going to buy this one? I think that one looks better," Jiang Yan said, pointing to the other one.

"That's really pretty, but my room is too cramped to fit it."

Mina, holding the box, glanced unconsciously at the large car model again before saying with a hint of helplessness, "The room I'm currently staying in is shared by four people, and everyone's space is very limited."

"Once assembled, this will be at least 30 or 40 centimeters long, taking up a lot of space in the room."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan nodded thoughtfully, realizing he had forgotten about TWICE's current dormitory situation.

The dormitory where these nine people live now doesn't offer much personal space for each person. Things will only get better once they move to a larger apartment.

But that would be two or three years from now.

His gaze returned to Mina. He saw that although the other person said she didn't want to buy, her eyes revealed her intention to "really want to buy," which did not escape his observation.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yan smiled and said, "If Mina likes it, then buy it."

Mina paused for a moment, then turned to look at him.

"If you can't fit it in your dorm, you can assemble it and put it in my apartment. I have plenty of space there anyway."

Jiang Yan's current apartment is basically devoid of decorations, except for essential furniture; a Lego model would be more than enough to display it.

Mina didn't reply immediately. A strange look flashed in her eyes, but after a moment, she said softly, "I'd better not trouble you, Hikaru-san..."

However, before she could finish speaking, Jiang Yan had already taken a step and reached out to take the flagship supercar model off the display shelf.

"Huh?!"

Mina looked surprised as she watched Jiang Yan walk towards the cashier with the model box.

As the cashier took the box and scanned the barcode, Jiang Yan glanced back at her and gestured for her to come over.

Mina, holding the box in her hands, walked hesitantly to the cashier. Before she could react, Jiang Yan paid for both Lego models together.

After he paid, the cashier handed him the packaged bag.

Jiang Yan took the package, turned around, and handed it to Ming Jingnan with a smile, saying, "Here you go, consider it a gift from me. You can't refuse."

Mina could tell that although Jiang Yan's tone was somewhat joking, he wasn't actually giving her a chance to refuse.

She couldn't bring herself to say the words of refusal, and in fact, she didn't reject Jiang Yan's decision-making for her.

Mina reached out and took the bag, but as the two walked out of the Lego store together, Jiang Yan reached out again and said, "Give me the heavy one; it's inconvenient for you to carry."

After hesitating for a moment, she handed the heavier bag to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan naturally took the bag, and then the two walked side by side in another direction of the mall.

After visiting the LEGO store, the next stop was the video game store.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the store entrance and went inside.

A row of glass cabinets near the entrance displays various game cartridges and related products.

In addition, there were various Ichiban Kuji prizes displayed on the other side.

Jiang Yan glanced around casually, but his steps suddenly stopped after his gaze fell on something.

Mina noticed that Jiang Yan had suddenly stopped, and curiously leaned closer to ask, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yan pointed in one direction and smiled, "This figurine suits you quite well. Do you want to put one in your dorm?"

Mina looked in the direction he was pointing, and what he was pointing to was a figurine that looked a lot like a penguin.

Looking at the figurine, Mina immediately thought of the time when Jiang Yan said she was as cute as a penguin.

Her lips unconsciously curved slightly, but she quickly suppressed it.

"It looks quite cute, but you still need to be able to win the lottery."

Mina can see that there is a big "C" on the box of this figure, which means that this is a prize that can only be obtained by drawing lots.

"Let's try our luck then."

Jiang Yan wasn't particularly interested in the Ichiban Kuji lottery, but when he saw that Piplup was the C prize in the Pokémon Ichiban Kuji lottery, he changed his mind.

As Jiang Yan approached the cashier, he spoke a few words to the clerk, who then retrieved the corresponding raffle box from under the counter.

Jiang Yan paid for two lottery tickets and turned to Mina beside him, saying, "You choose one first."

Upon hearing this, Mina reached out and randomly drew a card from the deck, while Jiang Yan also drew one.

Before the two could even tear open their lottery tickets, Jiang Yan casually asked, "Mina, how's your luck usually?"

Mina thought about it seriously for a moment and then said, "It's so-so, neither good nor bad. What about you, Hikaru-san?"

When asked the question in return, Jiang Yan replied, "My luck is just so-so."

In his previous life, when he played gacha games, he was at the level where he didn't rely on the pity system.

After saying that, the two tore up their lottery tickets almost simultaneously.

Jiang Yan glanced at the prize ticket in his hand; it was an E prize.

He remained calm, having long been accustomed to his bad luck, and even comforted himself that at least it wasn't a worse F award.

Turning to look at Mina, I saw that her face was full of smiles.

When she saw Jiang Yan looking over, she turned the lottery ticket in her hand towards him so that he could see the words on it—C Award.

"..."

After staring at the lottery ticket for two seconds, Jiang Yan looked down at the lottery ticket in his hand and fell silent.

If this is considered average luck, then what kind of luck is he?