86: Chapter 86 Today I'm Just Having Fun

After taking the final set of photos, Chen Sheng let out a long sigh of relief; he had finally finished the process.

After bidding farewell to the leaders and politely declining the young woman's kind offer to treat him to a meal, he exchanged green bubble contacts with her. Then, Chen Sheng walked out of Baihuatan Park, swaying slightly while holding the banners.

As he walked, Chen Sheng unconsciously began to hum a song.

"I am the na-na-ge-na-na, na-ge-na-ge-na-na, na-na-ge-na-na, na-ge-na-ge-na-na, Sunshine Rainbow Little White Pony, di-di-da, di-di-da, di-di-da, di-da, di-di-da, di-da, di-di-da, di-di-da..."

(PS: Sunshine Rainbow Little White Pony, Lyrics: Da Zhangwei, Composer: Da Zhangwei)

Originally, it was just out of a tiny bit of guilt over the Da Yang Zi incident, wanting to do a good deed to cleanse his soul, but who would have known he would actually receive banners—two of them at that!

Although the words on one of them were a bit embarrassing to say out loud, these were banners!

The light of righteousness shone upon him; how could any demons or monsters dare to come near?

That tiny bit of guilt in his heart vanished without a trace the moment the banners were bestowed upon him.

So...

Chen Sheng arrived at the parking lot, found his car, and laid the two banners flat on the car body, leaving enough space in the middle for himself to stand, mainly because he was afraid that standing in the middle would block the banners.

After confirming the position, he took out his phone, opened the camera, switched to the front-facing lens, and then looked for the best shooting angle based on the image displayed on the screen.

The light had to be directly on him; only by facing the light could he get that visual effect of the light of righteousness shining upon him.

The framing angle also had to be tricky, preferably a low-angle shot, so he could highlight his tall, great, and luminous presence.

He also had to make sure the banners behind him were included.

Alright! Having said so much, the bottom line is simply that to get this set of photos right, Chen Sheng spent nearly half an hour fussing around in the parking lot.

Even though his stomach had long been beating drums in protest of his unfair treatment.

After taking the photos, Chen Sheng contentedly rolled up the banners properly, opened the trunk, and placed them in the box containing the signed T-shirts.

He randomly found a Ran Mian noodle shop, ordered three taels of noodles, and while waiting, he took out his phone again, imported the photos he had just taken into a photo editing app, and began to make tiny adjustments to the details.

Such as skin smoothing, and whitening...

After a few standard one-click operations, a Handsome Guy comparable to Yanzu appeared on the screen—only a tiny bit worse than all you esteemed readers.

But that was enough.

He saved the processed photos one by one.

Just then, the owner brought out the Ran Mian noodles.

Chen Sheng opened his green bubble Moments, selected a nine-grid layout from the photos he had just processed, and added the caption, "The first time in my life receiving banners, two of them!"

It is often said that the most magnificent showing off is usually presented in the most unassuming way.

After checking it one more time to make sure everything was correct, Chen Sheng clicked post.

Confirming that it had posted successfully, Chen Sheng contentedly picked up his chopsticks, and while eating his noodles, he opened TikTok to scroll through videos.

After a few regular videos from accounts he followed, a summary video of yesterday's international news appeared on his feed.

The video stated that the American Department of Defense claimed that, considering the complex situation in the Middle East had affected American interests, and following a Congressional vote, they would soon dispatch an aircraft carrier strike group to the Mediterranean, with this deployment intended to maintain regional peace...

Alright! A whole bunch of official jargon, not even as practical as a single summary from a netizen in the comments section.

America: You guys fight your own battles, but you cannot touch my cake; whoever touches it gets bombed by my missiles.

Of course, these are just the standard operations of the magical creatures known as "netizens."

Some expert netizens posted their predictions regarding the US dispatching an aircraft carrier strike group to the Mediterranean.

They predicted that America might personally step into the Middle East battlefield.

They predicted that international crude oil prices would skyrocket in the near future, with the intensity of the surge depending on the number of fleets and the duration of their stationing.

As everyone knows, since the Middle East is the main export hub for international crude oil, even if America doesn't personally enter the war, as long as the fleet arrives in the Mediterranean and curbs their key shipping lanes or ports, crude oil transportation will become extremely difficult.

Moreover, the experts analyzed that when the fleet arrives in the Mediterranean, it will inevitably curb those key shipping lanes or ports.

With crude oil being the GDP of the Middle East region, preventing them from selling their oil and forcing them to agree to some of America's ulterior demands is more cost-effective than entering the fray directly.

You have to know that soldiers fighting wars is very expensive.

It is precisely based on such analysis that the prediction of rising crude oil prices was concluded.

Seeing this, Chen Sheng finally understood why crude oil prices would rise by twenty percent over the next three months, though he had a different analysis.

Based on the 21.7% increase provided by his intelligence system, he speculated that America's blockade would not be too long, or at least not very intense; otherwise, the crude oil price wouldn't just rise by 21.7%—it would have to at least double to be considered normal.

Just at this moment, the anticipated phone ringtone sounded.

It was from Old Yu, the idlest person in his social circle, "WTF! You must have gotten super lucky; you ran into Brother Hua yesterday, and today, damn it, you even got banners. Old Chen, tell me, which place did you step in dog shit? I'm driving over right now."

Looking at the water surface without a single ripple, and thinking of his empty Keepnet, Old Yu was so envious he was on the verge of a breakdown.

"Old Chen, a couple of days ago, a Fishing Buddy in the group shared a pay-to-fish pond in Xi'an that just opened. To attract Fishing Buddies, the owner stocked four types of tag fish, and the quantity of each tag fish is quite high. Since your luck is so good, how about we go and fish it?"

"Think about the last time we went to the reservoir; one trip was worth a month of you driving for the ride-hailing app."

Unfortunately, facing Old Yu's temptation, Chen Sheng didn't feel a ripple of interest, let alone excitement. "I'd have to be crazy to go fishing in the neighboring province with you. Can't Shu City and Shu Province contain you anymore?"

"It's not far. I've already asked around; we can take the bullet train there, rent a car upon arrival, and then we'll fish for three days and three nights..."

Beep beep~

Before he could finish, Chen Sheng hung up the phone directly.

On one hand, he didn't want to listen, but more importantly, An Xiaonuan was calling.

"Hubby! You are simply amazing. When I get home tonight, I must choose a good spot to hang them up..."

Following Old Yu... no, following An Xiaonuan's call about the banners, other friends, acquaintances, and people he knew either called, sent green bubble messages, or commented directly in the comment section.

Chen Sheng was tireless in enjoying this.

This was the scene he had envisioned.

Especially hearing and seeing all those sour remarks with his own ears and eyes—that feeling was truly super awesome.

The sky is so bright, the earth is so vast, feelings are so rippling, the heart is so wild, the song is so melodious, the tune is so crazy, everything I see is delightful; today I am just feeling awesome.

Just this feel is super awesome, super awesome!

This feel is super awesome, feel...