Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm-Chapter 689 - 399. The special treatment given by the state: living off a beautiful senior schoolmate_2

Yang Fan found it a bit strange, "What privileges?"

Ling Shuiling laughed, "You've developed twenty-eight different flavors of the Wheat Tree. Now you're recognized as a senior expert who has made a significant contribution to the nation, so the country has given you some extra privileges.

"The sleeper tickets were originally sold out long ago, but I used your account to buy them. There are tickets available anytime, anywhere."

Yang Fan blinked, "So someone's seat was taken by us?"

The female secretary replied nonchalantly, "Maybe, but that's the railway company's problem."

Several tens of kilometers away.

A middle-aged woman looked at the text message popping up on her phone, her face filled with frustration.

"Dear passenger, we sincerely apologize to inform you that due to technical adjustments, some cars on your booked train have been canceled. We will refund you in full and compensate you with a 200 Xia Yuan voucher."

She turned to her husband, "What's the deal with this technical adjustment?"

The husband seemed quite understanding, "It's the cold wave disaster period now, the environment is too harsh. Maybe the car inspections found some faults."

Although the middle-aged woman felt it made sense, she still complained, "It was so hard to grab this sleeper ticket. I finally got it only to have this happen."

"Buzz!"

Their phones simultaneously vibrated.

The middle-aged woman glanced at her phone, finding it was a mass message from the government.

"Great Xia's Supreme Administrative Office Emergency Notice: A global frost disaster is imminent. To respond to the disaster and protect the safety of all Great Xia People, starting now, the whole country except for special departments will be on a temporary seven-day holiday. Specific return-to-work time awaits further notice."

The couple was stunned.

The husband was bewildered, "What the heck is a frost disaster? There're too many natural disasters, aren't there?"

The middle-aged woman agreed, "The country says it's a global disaster, and they're giving a seven-day holiday. This seems serious."

She suddenly thought of the forcibly refunded high-speed train ticket and suddenly felt it wasn't a bad thing, "Honey, it seems we benefited!"

Just as she finished speaking.

"Buzz!"

The phones vibrated continuously again, this time sending the "Frost Disaster Response Guide."

"Dear citizens, a frost disaster is a dreadful ultra-low temperature calamity, signaled by a widespread extreme cold cyclone that can envelop a city..."

The couple carefully read the official advice, growing more and more alarmed.

The middle-aged woman stood up, "Honey, you go to the commercial center to get the disaster relief package, and I'll check on mom and dad."

The husband immediately responded, "Got it!"

The so-called "disaster relief package" was precisely what Great Xia had prepared in advance.

After the recent anomaly with the Weather Tree, Great Xia urgently dispatched massive supplies to various places, which even caused a minor sensation in the media.

The government kept silent, and the issue passed just like that.

In fact, these supplies were transported to various cities, then reassembled into "disaster relief packages," each containing enough rations for an adult for seven days.

This time the government issued a notice, offering the relief packages at half the market price to all Great Xia civilians, advising them to collect the packages quickly and stay put at home for some time.

*

Shapudian.

Capital Glory City.

Inside a Xia's Fast Food Restaurant.

Zhou Furu was having lunch with his "Bai Yueguang" senior, Ma Miaodan, also known as Zhang Qianqian.

He had just finalized the school he would attend, coincidentally the same as Ma Miaodan, and it was also a prestigious local school.

Ma Miaodan was a year older than him and a grade higher in school, so she was his senior.

Recently, the two had been going out on dates every day.

Zhou Furu's parents were busy with work and hadn't had time to monitor him closely.

They had no idea that their son, in just a few days after arriving in Glory City, had gotten a rather beautiful young Shapudian girlfriend.

Interestingly, most of their date expenses were covered by Ma Miaodan.

Zhou Furu felt quite embarrassed about this, always feeling like he was living off her.

However, his parents practiced a "frugal upbringing" strategy, strictly controlling his pocket money, so he could only be a young man living off a woman.

"Here! Try this!"

Ma Miaodan picked up a piece of chicken and smilingly offered it to Zhou Furu.

The height was a bit delicate, with the chopsticks neither too high nor too low.

Zhou Furu was startled for a moment, instinctively raising his bowl to take the chicken.

But Ma Miaodan unexpectedly lifted the chopsticks higher, dodging the bowl in Zhou Furu's hand.

Her hand trembled a bit but quickly steadied.

"Open your mouth!"

She giggled.

Zhou Furu was dumbfounded, feeling his heart race a little.

For a young man, such an action was indeed too intimate.

Unbeknownst to him, this was Ma Miaodan's mother's teaching.

First meal together, second time picking food for him, third time feeding him directly—step by step, methodically capturing the heart of the Great Xia boy.

Zhou Furu eventually opened his mouth, and Ma Miaodan swiftly fed the chicken to him.

He chewed subconsciously, his mind coming across the phrase "indirect kiss."

"Is it delicious?"

Ma Miaodan asked with a flowery smile.

Zhou Furu suddenly found the girl in front of him dazzlingly beautiful, "Delicious!"

Ma Miaodan gazed at Zhou Furu, finding this Great Xia boy adorable, even feeling a pleasure in "fostering" him.

After these few days of interaction, she increasingly felt that compared to her peers in Shapudian, Great Xia youths were indeed superior in knowledge and quality.

She heard from her father that other relatives in the family, after hearing about their approach, were considering finding a Great Xia son-in-law for their single women of marriageable age.

Her mother also told her that her peers in the family envied her greatly!

"Buzz~"

Their phones buzzed simultaneously.

Ma Miaodan quickly scanned it, and her expression changed, "Oh my god! So many people died?"

This was an urgent notice from the Great Xia Disaster Response Command, stationed in Shapudian.

It roughly described the situation of the frost disaster and mentioned the situation in Guangren City, Dongli Kingdom.

Currently, over ninety percent of the city had lost power. Many people, driven by the severe cold, attempted to flee Guangren City with their families, only to be frozen into white sculptures shortly after stepping out.

The authorities estimated that the death toll in Guangren City would exceed 2.5 million.

The notice announced a temporary seven-day national holiday in Shapudian and urged everyone to return home or to nearby safe places quickly, as disasters could strike anytime.

Honestly.

The Great Xia Disaster Command advising all Shapudian people felt a bit incongruous, but no one found it inappropriate.

Zhou Furu put down his phone and seriously said, "Qianqian, let's hurry home after we finish eating."

Ma Miaodan nodded with a bit of regret, "Alright."

She had actually planned another activity: to visit a newly opened commercial center nearby.

Following her mother's advice, she planned to hold Zhou Furu's hand for the first time, methodically progressing their relationship, but now it seemed they would have to wait a few more days.

"Buzz!"

The phone buzzed again.

There was a new message.

Ma Miaodan, after reading the message, cheerfully said, "The commercial center is offering a ten percent discount on disaster relief packages, quite nice!"

She sighed a bit, "Before you Great Xia People came, the prices here skyrocketed. The worse the disaster, the higher the prices. Offering discounts during a disaster is something I'd never even dream of before."

Zhou Furu responded, "In Great Xia's domestic markets, if someone is caught doing that, they get executed immediately."

Ma Miaodan agreed wholeheartedly, "They should all be executed."

She curiously asked, "You're a Great Xia person, shouldn't you get a bigger discount on the relief packages?"

Zhou Furu looked around at the nearby people, then whispered, "Twenty percent discount! The country gives us fifty percent, my parents' company subsidizes another thirty percent."

Ma Miaodan couldn't help but exclaim.

The stark difference between a twenty percent and a ninety percent discount made her deeply understand for the first time what being a Great Xia Person meant.

In these times of frequent natural disasters, having the identity of a Great Xia Person was undoubtedly the greatest security.

She suddenly felt she should try harder to firmly hold onto this Great Xia boy.

Ma Miaodan sweetly smiled, "Shall we go to the commercial center later to check out the disaster relief packages? It should be relatively safe there."

Zhou Furu hesitated for a moment, internally preferring to stay with his beautiful senior, so he readily said, "Sure!"