I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 348 - 268: The Dead of Night, the Perfect Time for Mischief

Just as the middle-aged stall owner predicted, Su Yue, unwilling to accept defeat after winning only a bottle of mineral water, was about to pay for more rings to keep playing.

Just then, Lin Li, who was standing nearby, raised his hand again to stop Su Yue from paying.

"Hey, hold on. It’s my turn to play now. It’s not too late for you to pay after I’m done..."

’This damn kid... always ruining my business...’ Seeing Lin Li foil another almost-guaranteed sale, the middle-aged stall owner couldn’t help but get angry.

"Alright, you go ahead and play then!" Su Yue nodded. Drawing from her own failures, she gave Lin Li a tip.

"Lin Li, these plastic rings are really light. Don’t throw them too hard, or they’ll fly right past the target."

"Mm." Lin Li smiled and nodded. He glanced at the disgruntled middle-aged man and sneered inwardly again.

"Su Yue, see any prizes on the ground that you like? I’ll win it for you."

"Huh?"

"I’m asking which prize you like."

Su Yue pointed to a prize in a large box in the corner. "I like that one..."

Lin Li’s gaze followed her slender finger. She was pointing to a brown teddy bear, a plush toy about thirty to forty centimeters tall.

Although it wasn’t the most expensive prize at the stall, it was one of the biggest, making it far more difficult to win than any of the others.

Looking at the brown teddy bear, Lin Li commented casually, "You’re a grown-up, why do you still like stuffed animals?"

"..." Su Yue rolled her eyes at him. "What a classic clueless-guy comment. A girl’s love for stuffed animals isn’t defined by age."

"Is that so?"

"It is."

"Alright." Lin Li nodded, then picked up a plastic ring. He swung his arm back, ready to throw.

"Are you really going for the teddy bear?" Seeing this, Su Yue quickly tried to dissuade him.

"That bear’s pretty big; it’s hard to land a large ring on it, let alone a small one like this. Maybe we should aim for something else... Huh?!!!"

Su Yue was about to suggest Lin Li aim for a different prize, but before she could finish, she saw him toss the ring. It landed perfectly around the box holding the teddy bear.

"You got it, Lin Li! You actually got it!!!" Su Yue gasped and shouted with glee.

"Yeah. Didn’t think I’d get it on the first try." In contrast to Su Yue’s excited shouts, Lin Li was completely calm.

’Damn it, that stuffed bear cost me 150 yuan!’

The middle-aged stall owner had often used this cute teddy bear to get lots of girls playing the ring toss to spend a ton of money.

He was incredibly frustrated that the prize had been won so easily—and with a small ring, no less.

"Congratulations, young man! Your luck is amazing..." The middle-aged stall owner brought the teddy bear over to Lin Li. With a stiff, insincere smile, he congratulated him.

"Heh." Lin Li just chuckled, taking the teddy bear from the man and handing it straight to Su Yue.

"Thank you, Lin Li!" Su Yue said, beaming as she happily hugged the box containing the teddy bear.

"Don’t mention it," Lin Li said confidently. "Besides, this is just the beginning! See anything else you like? Just point it out, and I’ll win it for you."

"Umm..." Su Yue carefully scanned the many prizes on the ground, then shook her head. "I don’t really like any of the other prizes..."

"Really? Okay then, I’ll just toss these wherever," Lin Li said with a nod. He then quickly threw the remaining nine plastic rings one after another.

WHOOSH, WHOOSH, WHOOSH...

In less than half a minute, Lin Li had thrown all nine remaining plastic rings.

By now, a few onlookers interested in playing had gathered around Lin Li and Su Yue. When they saw where Lin Li’s nine rings landed, they all gasped in utter amazement.

"Damn, that’s insane..."

The middle-aged stall owner’s expression was already sour from losing the teddy bear. When he saw that every single one of Lin Li’s nine rings had also landed on a prize, the fake smile plastered on his face completely collapsed.

"One hundred, one-twenty, one-thirty..." The middle-aged man muttered to himself, his composure completely shattered. He was quickly calculating the cost of the nine prizes Lin Li had just won. The final sum was enough to break his heart.

The prizes from those nine rings, added to the teddy bear from the start, had a total cost of one thousand five hundred yuan.

Hugging the teddy bear, Su Yue turned to Lin Li. Her bright eyes sparkled, and her pretty face was a picture of astonishment. "Lin Li... you... how did you land every single one? How did you do that?"

If you’d spent nearly two months fighting Mutant Beasts in the wilderness and possessed the power of a Second Order High Rank cultivator, then with that level of control over your own strength, winning prizes with a few plastic rings wouldn’t be very difficult.