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Han Zhou had no idea what these people were thinking, but when he saw that they didn't continue to ask questions, he knew that his goal should have been achieved. It was useless for these people to guess, because he wouldn't continue to answer anyway.

Seeing Gu Zheng burying her head in the quilt, he turned to observe Mo Yixia's expression.

The latter seemed to sense something, turned his head and glanced at him indifferently, moving his lips silently.

"A pleasing answer."

After a pause, she continued, "But at least it's an answer."

The tone was calm, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry, but he probably wasn't angry...

Han Zhou thought silently.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, if Mo Yixia really wanted to make trouble, then he would have no chance to maneuver at all. He would face a choice from the moment he first entered the ward.

Mo Yixia looked at him for a while, said nothing, and closed her eyes quietly.

She had been holding back the fever since she first had it, and now she was very sleepy.

The sky was still gloomy, and outside the window, the rain lines were densely intertwined. The sound of rain was incessant, and the bean-sized raindrops kept hitting the window, making a rhythmic sound.

It looks like the rain won't stop any time soon.

"I'm sleepy," she said.

"Then get some sleep."

Mo Yixia was silent for a moment: "If I can't see you after I open my eyes, then you should be prepared."

It didn't say specifically what preparations had been made, but it was definitely not something worth looking forward to.

Without waiting to hear Han Zhou's answer, the girl no longer resisted the surging sleepiness and soon fell asleep, breathing evenly and seeming to be very at peace.

Looking at the girl's peaceful sleeping face, Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't say it explicitly, Mo Yixia's meaning was very clear. The other party let him go this time.

Or rather, she had never intended to embarrass him from the beginning.

"I won't force you to make a choice."

Han Zhou suddenly remembered what Mo Yixia said on the snowy mountain.

Turning his head to look at the heavy rain outside the window, he fell into a long silence.

It was a good thing that Mo Yixia fell asleep. Not only did all the threats from her disappear, but it also made other people leave the ward consciously to avoid disturbing Mo Yixia's rest.

People came and went quickly, and the ward soon returned to silence.

Gu Zheng poked her head out from under the quilt. She felt that Mo Yixia was pretending to be asleep. She observed carefully for a while, and after making sure that she was really asleep, she let down her guard and fell asleep with her.

Unlike Mo Yixia, she didn't say anything before falling asleep because she knew Han Zhou would not leave.

Seeing that both of them fell into a deep sleep, Han Zhou put away his complicated thoughts and decided to go out for some fresh air, while also taking the time to check the status bar.

There were too many coincidences today. He unexpectedly bumped into so many girls he knew at the same time. After thinking about it, he felt that the reason why he was so unlucky was probably because of that useless "attracting bees and butterflies" skill.

This skill has no benefits, but brings a lot of trouble. After today's incident, he decided to replace this skill and not save points. It's a good opportunity to test the effects of the two new products this month -

[Skill Refresh Pill (Low Level): A one-time item. After taking it, any of your skills will be randomly selected for refresh, and you will permanently acquire a new skill. The original skill will disappear permanently. The purchase limit is 2 times per month. The price is 70 points. The first purchase price is 20 points.]

[Product Level Sublimator: A one-time item that can be used on any product with a level in the current month. After use, the product level has a high probability of being upgraded by one level, and the highest level cannot exceed Advanced. It disappears after use. The price is 100 points, and the first purchase price is 20 points.]

If he wants to replace "Attracting Bees and Butterflies", skill refresh pills are obviously indispensable, but the risk of randomly selecting any skill to replace is too high. He can't bear to give up top-notch skills such as "Long-term Illness Becomes a Doctor" and "Master of Cooking". If they are refreshed, he will be in tears. That's why he plans to use a commodity-level sublimator at the same time.

The skill refresh pills in the mall today are only low-level. There is a chance that they can be upgraded to intermediate level using the product level sublimator. The effect should be improved by then. It would be even better if a certain skill could be specified to refresh. If not, it is not a waste. You can roughly estimate the success rate of the product level upgrader.

The status bar rarely displays specific values, including probability. Usually, more general descriptions such as "larger", "certain", and "smaller" are used. Han Zhou guessed that this is because these data are floating and the value will depend on external conditions.

He spent forty points to buy two items, and while praying, he used the item level sublimator on the skill refresh pills.

"Higher probability" is indeed different. It is much higher than the success rate of making fine food. This time the upgrade was successful very easily. Han Zhou immediately checked the effect of the intermediate skill upgrade pill.

[Skill Refresh Pill (Intermediate): A one-time item. Select three skills. After taking it, one of the three skills will be randomly selected for refresh. A new skill will be permanently acquired, and the original skill will disappear permanently.]

It's not ideal to randomly choose a skill to refresh, but to choose one of the three, but this is acceptable.

Theoretically, the skill refresh pills can be upgraded to a high level, but Han Zhou does not plan to continue purchasing product level sublimators. The second purchase will cost one hundred points, which is not cost-effective.

[Skills: Efficient Learning, Cooking Mastery, Speedy Reading, Long-term Illness Makes a Doctor (Enhanced), Powerful Throwing, Photographic Memory, Attracting Attraction, Adrenaline, Strong Will, Mastery]

Looking at the skill bar, Han Zhou thought carefully for a while, and finally selected the three skills of "Attracting bees and butterflies", "Speed ​​reading" and "Determined will".

The former is the target he wants to replace, and the skill effects of the latter two are relatively ordinary, so he won't feel bad even if they are refreshed. If he can replace them with a powerful skill, he can make a profit.

After selecting three skills, Han Zhou did not hesitate and immediately used the intermediate skill to refresh the pills.

It is worth mentioning that although it is called a pill and the instructions for use also say to take it, this thing is not a real thing, otherwise he would really like to see what happens after others take the pill.

After all, ordinary people don’t have a status bar, nor do they have the concept of skills. They can only see it through the status bar. If they take the pill, they don’t know if there will be strange changes. For example, once they gain a powerful throwing skill, will their bodies show external manifestations such as developed muscles?

Putting away his gradually diverging thoughts, Han Zhou waited silently for a while, and a prompt text appeared in the status bar.

It seems that his luck this time was unusually good. Not only did he successfully upgrade the product level in one go, but he also successfully replaced the skills in one go.

[Used successfully, the skill "Attracting bees and butterflies" has disappeared, and you have obtained a new skill - Animal Affinity]

There was a small problem earlier. I stayed overnight at Ouyang Lianyu's house the night before yesterday. It has been corrected.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 222 Are there any masters?

[Animal Affinity: You are an animal's partner. With the skill turned on, you will be more likely to gain intimacy and affection from animals. The effect will fluctuate according to the animal's intelligence level (negative correlation). In addition, by consuming two points, you will gain weak telepathy ability in the next thirty seconds. When you focus on an animal, you will have a certain probability of hearing the animal's voice. The effect will fluctuate according to the animal's intelligence level. (positive correlation)]

Han Zhou walked down the stairs and carefully looked at the description of the new skill.

Animal affinity, this skill seems to have changed from attracting bees and butterflies to attracting dogs and cats, but in fact, the effect is far stronger than attracting bees and butterflies. Apart from anything else, the words "weak telepathy" are enough to illustrate the value of this skill. Just like "long illness makes a doctor", it carries an unreasonable supernatural element.

If you were to assign a rarity level to skills, Attracting Attracts At Most would be Silver at best, while Animal Affinity would be at least Diamond.

It’s a pity that although the effect is strong, the practicality of this skill is not very high, at least for Han Zhou.

He didn't have a pet, and he didn't plan to work in an animal-related profession. There was no need for animals to like him, and he had no interest in spending points to listen to the animals' voices. Even if he did, he would probably only hear fragmentary thoughts like "I hid the bones in the backyard."

Of course, it was a rare opportunity to experience "mind reading", so he was somewhat curious, so he planned to take advantage of the opportunity when Mo Yixia and Gu Zheng were sleeping to find an animal to try out the effect of this skill.

Maybe you can hear something extraordinary?

It’s a pity that I can’t hear people’s inner voices, otherwise this skill would definitely be a magical skill…

Han Zhou had long coveted Mo Yixia's "mind reading" ability. When he extracted the skill from her, he also expected to obtain an enhanced version of this skill and then listen to this guy's inner voice. Unfortunately, he didn't get it.

At this moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and suddenly thought of a possibility -

If we really have to dig deeper, humans are actually a kind of animal, and an animal with a very high level of intelligence. So, can the mind-reading ability of "animal affinity" be effective on humans?

Han Zhou's intuition told him that it was impossible. After all, the status bar did not study the theory of evolution. The definition of known things should be in line with the basic cognition of the public, and should be clear and concise. It should not blur the definitions and boundaries, nor should it play with various words and idioms like contemporary netizens.

He still remembers how he felt when he first heard the new meaning of “No venture, no gain”…

But having said that, even though he knew the possibility of hearing human thoughts was not high, he was still more keen to verify it than to hear the thoughts of animals.

If you want to hear someone's inner voice, you have to stare at them, so a stranger is definitely not an option, it's impolite, it's best to find someone you know...

Han Zhou walked downstairs to the hospital while thinking about it. As soon as he went down the stairs, he saw Zhong Yin coming out of the elevator.

"Sister Yin?" He was slightly startled, then walked up and asked, "You haven't left yet? Where's Senior Sister?"

"It's raining so hard outside, how can I leave?" Zhong Yin said stiffly, his attitude was neither warm nor cold, "Xiao Ling is waiting for me downstairs."

She had just gone to talk to Ouyang Lianyu alone. Just as Xiaoling said, this was a teacher with a very gentle temper. It was a pity that she was still unwilling to accept her fruit.

She didn't want to talk about it. After all, it was not a good thing to ask someone to do something and then fail. So she asked, "Why did you come down the stairs?"

"Waiting for the elevator is too troublesome. It's not high anyway, so I can just consider it as exercise." Han Zhou said with a smile.

"Oh."

Zhong Yin nodded and turned to walk towards the hospital lobby.

This is too cold...

Han Zhou muttered in his heart, and immediately called out to the other party: "Sister Yin, wait a moment!"

"What's the matter?" Zhong Yin stopped.

She didn't mean to be so cold to Han Zhou, it was just a habit.

For someone like her who is cold and stubborn, the way of getting along with others after the first meeting will be solidified. If she treats others coldly at first, it will be very difficult to greet them with a smile at any time afterwards.

This may also be related to self-esteem. Just like some people are used to treating others in a cold manner, if they suddenly have a conflict with their friends one day, it will be very difficult for them to swallow their pride and apologize afterwards.

Han Zhou was about to say something but stopped himself. He was of course considering using Zhong Yin to verify whether the mind-reading effect of "animal affinity" could work on humans. But he regretted it as soon as he opened his mouth. Zhong Yin's temper was not good. If he couldn't find a reasonable explanation, he would definitely be scolded if he kept staring at her.

"Hmm?" Seeing that he was still silent, Zhong Yin frowned slightly, "Do you have anything to say to me?"

"No, nothing..."

Han Zhou smiled awkwardly. The experiment was not urgent and there was no need to make things difficult for himself. He could just wait until Guzheng woke up before trying again.

As for asking Mo Yixia to verify it, it would be fine. Trying to "read minds" in front of her is simply a show of skill before an expert, and someone might even see through it.

Zhong Yin wanted to just walk away, but thinking that this boy took good care of his sister at school, he should give some return, so he asked again: "Are you really okay?"

"No."

"Oh, then I'm leaving."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Zhong Yin left without looking back, and suddenly seemed to remember something, so he stopped and said, "By the way, Xiao Ling said that you really like the mooncakes we made. If that's the case, I'll ask her to bring you some other cakes when she returns to school."

Han Zhou was stunned: "Thank you."

Zhong Yin didn't respond and left.

Senior schoolmates always say that Yin Jie used to be a lively and cheerful girl. I don’t know what she was like back then…

Looking at Zhong Yin's disappearing figure and thinking of the hearing aid in the other's ear, Han Zhou sighed in his heart, turned and walked in another direction.

It was raining heavily now, and he would definitely not find any animals if he walked out of the main gate of the hospital. He remembered that there were several sturdy trees outside the other gate, and the eaves were also quite dense, so he might be able to find a bird.

It didn't matter if he couldn't find her. He planned to go back after taking a breath. If Mo Yixia suddenly woke up and didn't see him, that would be a serious problem.

The weather forecast for Lincheng was indeed unreliable. As soon as Han Zhou went out, he saw an impenetrable rain curtain. Water droplets were splashing on the ground, as if a layer of fog had covered the outside world. There was no sign of "moderate rain turning into light rain" at all.