Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 736 Compensation

Zhao Xuan cursed and ran forward, clutching his arm. Just as he was about to open the coffee shop door and run out, a strange scent suddenly approached his ear.

"..."

His pupils dilated instantly, and a chill ran down his spine as he saw the axe resting beside his neck in the reflection of the glass door.

Yu Shijiu's seemingly perpetually smiling face slowly approached him, her lips moving.

"really?"

"..." Zhao Xuan was first terrified, then astonished: "What do you mean, real or fake—wait, you mean, you mean double the cake as compensation?!"

Zhao Xuan was genuinely shocked, and his mind was in complete chaos.

No... Could it be that Yu Shijiu really chased after me with an axe because of those cakes I swung down?!

No, is Yu Shijiu really sick?!

"Four times the amount."

Yu Shijiu's voice rang out again: "Double is not enough. You also have to compensate me for my mental distress, lost time, and lost physical labor."

Zhao Xuan: "?"

What exactly did Yu Shijiu mean by those words?

"Don't you understand?"

Yu Shijiu noticed the doubt in Zhao Xuan's eyes, frowned, and said:

"You're so stupid. That means you have to compensate me with at least four times the amount of cake."

"..." Zhao Xuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Okay, four times, no, I'll give you six times the cake."

"!"

Yu Shijiu was genuinely happy this time, and exclaimed joyfully, "Really?"

Zhao Xuan: "...Of course it's true, so could you please move your axe away from me?"

Yu Shijiu then noticed that his precious axe was still pressed against Zhao Xuan's neck. He smiled awkwardly and slowly put the axe away.

"Take it away, when are you going to pay for my cake?"

He Lingling just bought five cakes. If it's six times that, then it's thirty cakes?

Yu Shijiu felt he had hit the jackpot, and the axe quickly disappeared from his hand.

"You won't lie to me, will you?"

Yu Shijiu stared intently at Zhao Xuan, who was breathing a sigh of relief, and asked suspiciously:

"That's thirty cakes."

"..." Zhao Xuan was speechless and couldn't help but roll his eyes:

"Why would I back out over thirty cakes? I've earned enough points to buy thirty cakes, okay? Do you think I'd run away? What a joke! Who do you think I, Zhao Xuan, am—"

"Too."

Yu Shijiu nodded in agreement: "It's okay, you can't beat me or outrun me anyway."

Zhao Xuan: "..."

Zhao Xuan patted his chest hard, which was so angry he almost choked, and turned to walk towards the front desk with a forced smile.

"Thirty cakes, right? Can we buy the same flavor?"

—What do you mean I can't beat you or outrun you?! If it weren't for the fact that this isn't the right time to fight, he would have already activated his talent and gone down in a fight to the death with Yu Shijiu!

Regardless of what Zhao Xuan was thinking, he maintained a rather "cold" demeanor on the surface, saying, "Then I'll take thirty servings of strawberries—"

"I want different flavors."

Looking at the trembling female player behind the counter, Yu Shijiu, standing beside her, gave her a sweet and gentle smile and said obediently:

"Sister, do you have thirty different flavors of mini cakes?"

“…Yes, there are,” the female player nodded repeatedly, somewhat fearfully, stammering as she explained the remaining cake varieties: “There are strawberry, banana, mango, blueberry, peach, apricot…”

"Alright, alright, are you going to list the dishes? Just the ones you mentioned, one of each flavor, and you'll have thirty servings in total."

Zhao Xuan impatiently interrupted the female player: "How long will it take? How long will it take?"

"...No, a guest who will be here soon."

The female player laughed awkwardly and explained, "But, but, but you accidentally broke some things in the store just now... So, how are you two going to compensate us?"

"..."

Zhao Xuan was taken aback by the question and subconsciously turned his head—Yu Shijiu was staring at him expectantly, even tilting her head and blinking her eyes in confusion.

Pretty...pretty cute—what a load of rubbish!

Zhao Xuan asked incredulously, "You don't expect me to pay for even this?"

"?"

Yu Shijiu looked bewildered: "Isn't that right? It was your fault to begin with!"

If Zhao Xuan hadn't ruined his cake, he wouldn't have grabbed an axe to chop people up, right?

The final "ya" sound reignited Zhao Xuan's anger. He glared at Yu Shijiu with a furious look, as if he were looking at a scoundrel, and squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth:

"I'm telling you! This is absolutely unacceptable—"

"Zhao Xuan."

He Lingling, who had been silently observing for a long time, finally spoke up (she absolutely refused to admit that she had been silent because she wanted to see Zhao Xuan get chased and hacked to pieces), reminding him:

"You are the culprit."

Xu Han nodded in agreement: "Yeah, yeah! If you hadn't provoked Shi Jiu and those innocent cakes, Shi Jiu wouldn't have chopped you with an axe."

Even Shi Yuan subconsciously wanted to nod, but of course, she wisely held back.

— Several of the people present have connections, so it's best for her, an ordinary player with no connections, to stay out of it.

Faced with the three men's definition of "culprit," Zhao Xuan could only grit his teeth and suppress his anger: "...Fine, fine, fine, fine."

He absolutely must kill those three shameless people in the guild tournament!!!

Zhao Xuan took a deep breath and turned to look at the part-time female gamer who was trembling with fear and sweating profusely.

"How many points do you think we'll have to pay out?"

Zhao Xuan still found it somewhat absurd that people in towns had to pay compensation for damaged property.

Was there such a rule before? He doesn't recall it ever existing. Or is it because of the recent reforms at Dawn Games?

Zhao Xuan had a vague feeling that something was not quite right.

The part-time female gamer had already bent down and quickly taken out her calculator to start calculating, and even kept looking up at the damaged sofas and chairs—actually, they were okay, they could still be used after some repairs.

"...Um, if you include the cost of the cake, you'll probably have to pay...no, I mean give the store 3,586 points..."

The part-time female gamer looked at the astonishing score calculated on the computer, her voice growing softer and softer.

The other players watching gasped in surprise.

The payout of over three thousand points is an astonishing amount, enough to equal the total points an average player earns from entering a single game instance!

Xu Han couldn't help but let out a sound, and carefully moved closer to Yu Shijiu, grabbing her arm.

Hmm... if Zhao Xuan changes his mind and says he won't pay, he'll just drag Shi Jiu far away...

"That's all the points you have?"

Zhao Xuan's heart was bleeding. Even for him, giving away more than three thousand points would be painful!

But on the surface, he still maintained a cold, indifferent expression, gritting his teeth as he said:

"Okay, here you go, let's go—"

As Zhao Xuan finished paying out the points and was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of Shi Yuan, who had remained silent the whole time—

"...Shi Yuan?"