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Chapter 63 The Modern World of Electrical Appliances

"Young Master Ding, there are still three items here that haven't been shown yet. Let's continue after we come back from looking at the bicycles! I'll leave the rest here for now." After saying that, Ruan Mumu walked to the window, closed it, and locked it shut.

Then he turned to Ding Xuyang and Manager Zhang and said, "There are six boxes here in total. We've all witnessed this. I'll lock the door when we leave. I hope you won't mind, Young Master Ding!"

After the four of them, including the waiter, walked out of the room, Ruan Mumu took out a lock from her sleeve and locked the door in front of everyone without hesitation. Her movements were natural and smooth, without the slightest hesitation or embarrassment.

Ding Xuyang and Manager Zhang were stunned by what they saw. They wondered to themselves, "Does this person carry the chain with him at all times?" They were very surprised by Ruan Mumu's behavior, but they didn't know what to say. They could only watch her lock the door in silence.

“Let’s go check out the bicycles,” Ruan Mumu said, turning around and smiling at the two of them.

Ding Xuyang and Manager Zhang exchanged a glance, nodded, and then followed Ruan Mumu out of the room.

When the group arrived downstairs, Qiao Tinghao had already taken a test ride by himself and made some adjustments to the brakes.

Seeing the others arrive, Qiao Tinghao smiled at Ruan Mumu and asked, "Is everything ready? Would you like me to demonstrate for you?"

Without hesitation, Ruan Mumu waved her hand and replied, "Go on! Do you want me to demonstrate? Look at my clothes..." As she spoke, she pointed to her clothes, indicating that her attire was not suitable for riding a bicycle.

Qiao Tinghao held the bicycle on the left, easily stepping his right foot over the back and landing steadily on the right seat. Then, he lightly pressed the pedal with his right foot, and the bicycle began to move slowly forward.

Ding Xuyang and Manager Zhang witnessed this novel scene, their hearts filled with astonishment. They had once again witnessed something entirely new—a vehicle that could move forward using only two wheels without any external force.

This discovery completely overturned their previous understanding and gave them a broader imagination of the possibilities of the world.

Qiao Tinghao drove around the yard once, and before stopping, he triumphantly swerved the car, then braked and came to a steady stop in front of them.

"This is a bicycle..." Ding Xuyang murmured to himself, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

Shopkeeper Zhang was equally excited. He circled the bicycle several times, observing it and exclaiming, "What a wonderful thing!"

Ruan Mumu stood aside, smiling as she watched their reactions.

She knew that displaying her items had definitely piqued their curiosity, and now it was time to figure out how to negotiate the price with Ding Xuyang.

"Miss Ruan, these things of yours are all so special. May I ask where you got them?" Ding Xuyang was completely captivated by Ruan Mumu's belongings, but he was also worried about their origin, fearing he might offend someone he shouldn't have.

Although Ruan Mumu really wanted to close the deal, she knew that it was crucial to remain calm, especially at such a critical moment. If she appeared eager to make a move, it would give the other party an opportunity to take advantage. Therefore, she answered bluntly and without hesitation, "Don't ask! My things are from a very legitimate source. Even if I told you, you might not know where they came from, but you can rest assured that these things are absolutely safe and sound, without a doubt."

Hearing Ruan Mumu speak so decisively, Ding Xuyang's initial doubts vanished instantly. He thought, who cares where it came from? The fact that no one has investigated the previous items proves their origin is normal.

"Let's go upstairs and take another look at the rest of the things." After Ruan Mumu finished speaking, she took the lead and stepped onto the stairs. Ding Xuyang and Manager Zhang followed closely behind, leaving Qiao Tinghao behind with a bitter expression as he carried the bicycle back up to the second floor with difficulty.

Ruan Mumu took out her key, opened the door lock with practiced ease, grabbed the lock, strode into the room, walked to the window, and gently pushed it open.

"Miss Ruan, let's see what's left. I'm really looking forward to the next surprise," Ding Xuyang said with a grin.

Looking at the child in front of her, who wasn't much older than herself, Ruan Mumu felt speechless. Recalling her first meeting with him, his ethereal face and earnest demeanor had led her to mistakenly believe he was a mature and composed person. However, in just half a day, he had completely revealed his childish nature.

In Ruan Mumu's eyes, all minors under the age of eighteen were collectively referred to as children. At this moment, she was staring at the remaining three boxes, carefully examining their outer packaging. Suddenly, she was surprised to find that the three boxes contained a tape recorder, a mobile phone, and a voice recorder.

"That Zi Bapi is so unreliable! There's no power supply here at all. Once these devices run out of power, they'll become useless! How could I sell them to someone else? What was he thinking?" Ruan Mumu cursed inwardly.

Just then, the purple elf's voice rang in Ruan Mumu's mind again: "Don't secretly curse me, okay?" Its tone was teasing, as if it had anticipated Ruan Mumu's reaction. Then it continued, "Before you curse me, you'd better understand the situation first."

"Then give me something reliable! This kind of thing that's useless after it runs out of electricity, if I sell it to someone else, wouldn't that be fraud?" Ruan Mumu rolled her eyes in annoyance. Although she didn't know if the purple elf could see this, she just wanted to despise it like this.

Upon hearing this, the purple elf calmly replied, "Have you asked me whether these things can be used again after the electricity is used up?"

Ruan Mumu gritted her teeth and retorted, "Can these things be used again after the electricity is used up?"

The purple elf chuckled lightly and replied casually, "Of course it can't be used!"

"Ugh... You actually tricked me! I'm going to beat you to a pulp!" Ruan Mumu was so angry that her face turned green. She clenched her fists and wished she could rush up and give the purple elf a good beating right now.

Just then, the purple elf spoke again, "I forgot to tell you, I used some energy to configure these three things with a function: solar power generation. When their electricity runs out, they can be automatically recharged by placing them under the sun."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Mumu's eyes widened in surprise, and she murmured to herself, "Really? Is there really such a good thing?"

"Your breathing can take half my life, you know?" Ruan Mumu was completely defeated by this purple elf.

"Little girl, what are you thinking about?" A voice rang in Ruan Mumu's ear, abruptly cutting off her conversation with the Purple Elf.

"Little girl, what are you thinking about?" Qiao Tinghao waved his hand in front of her eyes again, then gently flicked her forehead until she reacted, before saying, "Hurry up and open it! I'll help you." He then picked up the tape recorder and started unpacking it.

Ruan Mumu also quickly disassembled the voice recorder.

Just as Qiao Tinghao was about to open the phone box, Ruan Mumu's voice came, "Brother, let's keep that for ourselves, don't leave it unopened yet."

"Little girl, let me see it first. Even if you keep it for yourselves, you can still take a look, right?" Ding Xuyang said, changing his address from "Miss Ruan" to "little girl," which instantly made the atmosphere a bit awkward.

Qiao Tinghao's face was a little cold. "Little girl" was his exclusive nickname for Ruan Mumu. Hearing other men also call her "little girl" made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Tear it down!" Ruan Mumu instructed Qiao Tinghao.

Qiao Tinghao then slowly opened the phone's packaging.

"Young Master Ding, let's learn about this first!" Qiao Tinghao unpacked the phone but didn't open it immediately. Instead, he put it aside, picked up the voice recorder, and pressed the power switch.

Ding Xuyang looked at the small object with curiosity, not understanding what it was, and quickly asked, "Young Master Ruan, what is this in your hand?"

The moment Ding Xuyang began to speak, Qiao Tinghao had already pressed the record button. Then, calmly, he explained, "This is called a voice recorder. It records our voices. It's often used to preserve important speeches or important audio recordings as evidence..."

"This is a great thing! How long can it record?" Ding Xuyang asked eagerly.

Qiao Tinghao glanced at the recorder and saw that it weighed 32g. He estimated that it could record for about four hours, so he told Ding Xuyang his estimated time.

"Wow! That's amazing!" Ding Xuyang was very excited after hearing this.

Ding Xuyang pressed the stop button at that moment, and then pressed the play button.

The recording slowly played back: "Young Master Ruan, what is that in your hand?"...

Ding Xuyang listened to the voice coming from the recorder, which was exactly the same as his own. He found it amazing and asked with great interest, "How do I use this? Young Master Ruan, please teach me."

Qiao Tinghao taught Ding Xuyang how to use the voice recorder, and then Ding Xuyang tried it out himself. When the voice recorder actually played the recording in his hands, he was incredibly excited.

Qiao Tinghao started fiddling with the tape recorder again, turning on the switch to play the tape, but it was empty.

"Girl, did you forget the tape?" Qiao Tinghao asked anxiously.

Ruan Mumu was also stunned. This thing was obsolete ten years ago. Where can you find it now?

While she was still in a daze, Ruan Mumu felt as if something had been stuffed into her sleeve.

I touched it, and lo and behold! It looks like a cassette tape.

"Master, please praise me. Aren't I a clever little devil?" The purple elf's voice rang in Ruan Mumu's mind.

Ruan Mumu replied insincerely, "You're so awesome!" and then ignored it.

Ruan Mumu took out the cassette tapes and placed them on the table. Then, she took out the last cassette tape, looked at it, and saw that it was an instrumental cassette tape. "Brother, play this one!"

Qiao Tinghao took the cassette tape, skillfully inserted it, turned it off, and then pressed the play button. A beautiful musical melody played from the tape recorder.

"What instrument is playing this song? It's so beautiful!" Ding Xuyang asked excitedly, his eyes filled with amazement.

"Saxophone." Ruan Mumu and Qiao Tinghao answered in unison. The tape recorder was playing the famous saxophone piece "Going Home." The beautiful melody instantly brought a touch of sadness to Ruan Mumu and Qiao Tinghao, because they were thinking of their relatives from their past lives.

"What kind of instrument is the saxophone? It can produce such a moving melody." Manager Zhang was also deeply moved.

"Let's talk about that later when we have the chance to find it!" Qiao Tinghao said casually.

After looking through the other tapes, he changed to a different one. This time, the tape was titled "Dream Chaser," and the melody and lyrics of the song were captivating.

"Girl, do you know what song this is?" Ding Xuyang asked.

“This song is called Dream Chaser,” Qiao Tinghao blurted out again, clearly annoyed that Ding Xuyang always liked to steal the nickname “girl” from him.

Looking at Qiao Tinghao's childish appearance, Ruan Mumu couldn't believe that this was the same boy from the military academy who always had a cold face. Where they couldn't see, Ruan Mumu couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Young Master Ruan, it seems you also know about this. Why don't you show it to us?" Ding Xuyang looked like he was looking forward to a good show, not believing that Ruan knew everything.

Qiao Tinghao turned on his phone, pressed the power button, and after twenty seconds, the phone was enabled. He installed it according to the instructions. Because there was no network, many functions were unavailable, but taking photos and videos worked perfectly.

After activating the camera function, Qiao Tinghao snapped several photos of Ding Xuyang, and then recorded a video for over ten seconds.

"Come here, Young Master Ding, let me show you this." After saying that, Qiao Tinghao moved his phone screen in front of Ding Xuyang. Manager Zhang also quickly stepped forward. Qiao Tinghao flipped through the photos and played the video he had just taken.

"What are all these?" Ding Xuyang looked at the photos and videos on his phone in astonishment.

“Young Master Ding, that’s you inside!” Qiao Tinghao explained.

After his initial shock, Ding Xuyang chuckled smugly, "Hehe, I never thought I was this handsome."

"You're so smug... you're practically drooping your tail." Qiao Tinghao looked at the narcissistic person with disdain. He added irritably, "It's just a beauty filter, what's so great about that?"

"Young Master Ruan, what is the effect of beauty filters?" Manager Zhang asked humbly from the side.

"This phone has an automatic image editing function, which mainly modifies the original image to better suit people's viewing angles, so the resulting images are more pleasing to the eye," Qiao Tinghao explained to Manager Zhang in a more amiable manner.

Ruan Mumu let Qiao Tinghao do his own thing, enjoying the peace and quiet.

“Girl, I’m interested in everything. How about we talk about the price?” Ding Xuyang looked at Ruan Mumu, who was sitting to the side slowly drinking tea.

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