Chapter 276: Watching the Hippopotamus Bare Its Teeth
"Yueyue, why haven't you dressed up yet? Aren't we going out on a date today?"
"Right away! Wait for me!"
After hearing Jiang Xiyue's answer, Linzhou felt relieved and looked out the window. The weather was clear today and only gauze-like clouds could be seen in the blue sky.
It has been a long time since the Chinese New Year. Today is February 14th. Because it is Valentine's Day, the two of us decided to go shopping after a long time.
Of course, because it was a date, Jiang Xiyue, who usually goes out with her hair down, tied her hair up today and put on makeup.
He no longer has to worry about the club. Since the general framework was set up, the entire club has been operating very well. Even during the holiday period, it released a five-minute short film.
Of course, he had also seen the short film. The whole process was extremely standardized, with someone responsible for each step. The key was the use of 3D rendering technology.
With this technology, the production cost will be reduced, at least cheaper than pure hand-painting.
In general, this group of people is quite good, and now the club can run independently of them, which is perfect.
However, he still has to come up with the key direction.
Flexing his neck, Lin Zhou saw Jiang Xiyue standing in front of him, turning around, "How are you today? Don't you look good?"
Nodding, Linzhou said nothing, reached out to pick up the prepared schoolbag, and extended his hand towards the girl.
"Leave."
"Well, the first stop is the escape room. I specifically chose the most difficult one." Jiang Xiyue was very happy. She had a lot of experience in escape rooms.
Ten minutes later, the two men drove away, but when Lin Zhou heard about the escape room, he went back to the room.
But he didn't tell Jiang Xiyue what he was taking.
Following the navigation, the two came to a shop in a corner. The owner was a young man, who was also their senior at Jianda University. He opened this shop just to start a business here with his girlfriend.
Anyway, business is pretty good thanks to word of mouth from classmates.
Looking at the rules introduction on the wall, Linzhou spoke softly.
"Senior, do you have any prizes for the escape room here?"
"Yes, it broke the record. You can choose whatever you want from that wall." The boss senior was very generous. He pointed to a large display cabinet at the back, which contained various figures and electronic products of similar value.
After a quick glance, Linzhou roughly knew that the wall was at least about 100,000.
"Is your prize authentic?"
"If it's fake, I ate it. By the way, there is a special prize pool for students in our school. Whether you can break the record or finish it within the specified time, there will be prizes."
The boss waved his hand with a confident look. The two of them had made an appointment online and could start right away.
Because we arrived early, there were not many people in the store.
As soon as he entered the first room, Lin Zhou heard the door being closed. Looking at the girl next to him, he asked in a low voice, "Yueyue, do you want to play or do you want a prize?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Jiang Xiyue's face was full of confusion, and she tilted her head to look at Linzhou.
Seeing the confused look in the girl's eyes, Linzhou touched her head and said, "It's okay. You look for clues first. I'll try to see if I can pass the level quickly."
After hearing Linzhou's words, the girl looked around the room obediently.
After finding the Morse code in the gap of a book, Jiang Xiyue picked up a pen and listed them one by one. After finishing them all, she opened the safe on the wall according to the code.
"Zhou Zhou, I found the key!"
After the call, no one responded. Jiang Xiyue, who was holding the key, turned around and saw Linzhou squatting there, staring blankly in boredom.
"Found it?"
"Yes, I found it." Jiang Xiyue nodded, walked over, and was about to insert the key into the lock, but found that the lock was open.
Looking at Linzhou squatting there, she seemed to understand the meaning of what Zhou Zhou had just said.
It was the first time she discovered that this guy actually had this kind of skill.
Seeing Jiang Xiyue's questioning look, Lin Zhou raised his head slightly, "Want to learn? I can teach you right now. This kind of pin lock, I can only brag if I give it a piece of instant noodles, but it can really be opened with a piece of wire."
The girl shook her head like a rattle. She had no interest in this technique at all.
So, the two of them walked into the next room. Linzhou looked at the several turntables on the wall, went up and fiddled with them a few more times, and he was somewhat unable to hold back.
This thing...are you sure it's not put here to insult your intelligence?
There are magnets behind the several turntables. As long as they are sucked into the corresponding position, the door can be opened. It can be said that the difficulty is much simpler than that of the lock.
However, this time Linzhou did not go up and open it directly, but held Jiang Xiyue's little hand.
"Let me help you find clues."
"Okay, Zhou Zhou, look at the notes on the wall, that should be it." Jiang Xiyue pointed at the notes scattered in various places, with a smile on her face.
This time Linzhou didn't say anything. He looked at the notes and found the music box and some special marks in the music score.
In total, it took them ten minutes to find all the passwords and unlock the door directly.
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In the last room, Linzhou looked at the lock on the door, his expression gradually distorted. No wonder the boss was so confident.
This broken door has a lock from a safe, or a safe that is kept by two people...
Simply put, there are two sets of passwords and two keys.
But Linzhou didn't say anything. He went up and first observed the lock, then the keyhole, looked around the room, and finally looked away.
This place seems to be a replica of a safe, and it looks quite strict.
But Linzhou was still confident that he could open that lock. The equipment he had now was definitely enough. It would be troublesome if he had to use a fingerprint lock or a password lock.
He still has some ideas about this purely mechanical thing.
"Zhou Zhou, look at this!"
Standing in the room, Jiang Xiyue held up a copper bar used to pretend to be a gold brick and showed it to Linzhou, muttering softly.
"I wish I had one like this."
After seeing the copper bar, Linzhou just nodded and replied, "Okay, if you want pure gold, just sell your house and it will be almost enough."
"No, that's our home." The girl put down what she was holding and began to look for clues attentively.
But apart from the copper bars, the only thing left in the room was the fence.
At this time, Jiang Xiyue had lost her patience and turned to look at Linzhou.
"Zhou Zhou, I don't want to play anymore. Can you open this thing?"
"Well... let me try..." Linzhou took out his small tool kit, poked it into the keyhole twice, then gently rotated the combination dial and continued to observe.
Two minutes later, the girl heard a click.
Immediately afterwards, the door was opened and the boss stood at the door, looking at the tool kit in Linzhou's hand, his eyes gradually began to change.
"No, do you want to prepare a case, junior?"
"What case do you need to prepare? It's time to replace your door. The words on other parts of the code wheel have been worn off, but the two numbers on the code have not fallen off. Anyone can open it." Linzhou's face was full of disgust.
Fortunately, the two keyholes are not high-defense ones, otherwise I would have to look for clues honestly today.
The two came to the front and sat on the sofa. The boss came over immediately and handed Linzhou a Coke and Jiang Xiyue juice. "Junior brother, go and pick a gift later. Although it didn't break the record, I believe you can break it."
"No need for gifts. I already have the ones on your wall at home. But you can't give me those roses over there." Linzhou was very calm and bargained seriously with his senior.
When the senior heard that Linzhou wanted roses, he immediately showed an expression that said you might as well kill me.
He prepared that bouquet of flowers for his girlfriend. It was Valentine's Day. She had been with him for two years, so it was okay to show his appreciation.
But since it was the customer's request, the senior student gritted his teeth and prepared to take the roses behind the counter and buy another bouquet after closing time.
Seeing his senior coming out with a big bunch of roses, Linzhou was puzzled. What was the problem? Where did the communication go wrong?
Although he was helpless, he still suppressed his greed when he saw the roses that were obviously carefully prepared.
"Senior, I'm talking about the scented candle on your bar. The white rose one is pretty. Can you give me one?"
The senior who had experienced many ups and downs felt relieved and quickly found two brand new rose aromatherapy diffusers and handed them to Linzhou.
Lin Zhou, who received the prize, did not say much. He stood up and looked at Jiang Xiyue, "Yueyue, where is our next stop?"
"The zoo is very close to here." Jiang Xiyue also stood up.
When they reached the door, Lin Zhou turned around and said, "Senior, I wish you an unforgettable Valentine's Day!"
Looking at the two people who looked like an old couple, the senior who had become a boss sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette and hummed a little tune.
The two people who walked out were standing under the tree, looking at each other, and then they both smiled.
"Stupid Zhou Zhou, why are you so mean!"
"I'm talking about scented candles. They look pretty good."
"Let me tell that senior from our club that her boyfriend is not the idiot that she claims he is."
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In short, this time we came to play the escape room, not only because we wanted to play, but we also had a mission, and the two of us completed it very well.
As for the next stop, the zoo, I must go there.
Because Jiang Xiyue said she wanted to see a hippopotamus baring its teeth, which was too easy to do, and she didn't even have to go to Africa to find a black man to see it.
As the two were driving, Linzhou suddenly thought of something and spoke softly.
"Yueyue, let's stop at a flower shop later. I'll buy you some flowers. How about 999 flowers?"
Hearing this number, Jiang Xiyue, who was driving , frowned. After a long while, she replied to Lin Zhou, "No, 999 flowers. Even if you take them to take a bath, you have to use them many times. It's too wasteful. I think nine flowers are enough."
After the words fell, Linzhou's mouth curled up, but he still planned to buy nine flowers, 999 flowers, which would not fit in this car...
"Okay, if you say nine, then that's nine. It's just a small matter and your word counts."
"What about the big thing?"
"Let's discuss it..."
"A baby?"
“Stop making trouble…”
