Xiao Mu waved his hand, signaling the skinny man to move away.

The skinny man looked displeased, angrily shouting, "If you don't buy from me, you'll still have to buy at the ticket office. Without a ticket, no one can enter the archives."

Xiao Mu ignored him and continued walking towards the archives with the honest man.

Outside the archives' doors, they were stopped. The guard told them to buy tickets before coming back.

The ticket booth was right at the entrance. When they inquired there, it was as the skinny man said—all tickets for the next ten days were sold out.

"Need a ticket? Tickets for today, ten Energy Fruits each." A scalper saw Xiao Mu and the honest man lingering at the ticket booth and slowly approached, offering them tickets.

"How about eight each?" The honest man tried to haggle.

"If it's too expensive, then don't buy." The dark-skinned man spoke roughly.

"Uh, with that attitude, never mind, just give me one." The honest man ultimately chose to tolerate, taking out a voucher worth ten Energy Fruits reluctantly handing it to the dark-skinned man.

"Here's your ticket." Even after taking the voucher, the dark-skinned man lacked enthusiasm, casually tossing a ticket to the honest man.

"Friend, why don't you buy one too?"

Holding the ticket, the honest man advised Xiao Mu.

"Want it or not?"

The dark-skinned man's gaze also landed on Xiao Mu, still with a poor attitude, showing some perfunctory interest.

Xiao Mu had just finished a cellphone chat and, hearing this, waved towards the dark-skinned man, signaling him to go away.

This attitude, however, angered the dark-skinned man, who sneered, "Without a ticket, you can't enter the archives. If you don't buy now, you'll be begging me to sell you one later."

"Wait, what did you say?"

Xiao Mu suddenly called out to the dark-skinned man, who was about to leave with his sarcastic remarks, displeased by his arrogant tone, he pointed at the dark-skinned man, "Do you believe that even without a ticket, I can enter the archives?"

"That's some big talk!"

The dark-skinned man stopped, closely analyzed Xiao Mu for a moment, and sneered, "If you can enter the archives without a ticket, I'll give you all the vouchers on me."

"Alright, you said it."

Xiao Mu couldn't help but laugh, looking at the dark-skinned man, "Don't go anywhere, just wait here and see how I enter the archives without a ticket."

"Friend, keep an eye on him for me, and I'll split some vouchers from him with you later." Xiao Mu said, looking at the honest man who came along with him.

The honest man was bemused, unable to comprehend why Xiao Mu was picking a fight with the dark-skinned ticket seller, momentarily forgot to respond.

The dark-skinned man, however, boldly declared, "No need to watch, I'll stay right here and wait to see how you enter the archives without a ticket. But first, if you can't get in, what do you owe me?"

Xiao Mu smiled and replied, "If I can't get in, I'll give you as many Energy Fruits as you have vouchers on you."

"You said it yourself!"

The dark-skinned man laughed, pulling out and counting the vouchers from his pocket; he had vouchers worth a total of three hundred fifty Energy Fruits.

After counting, he informed Xiao Mu of the amount and began urging, "Go ahead, weren't you saying you could get into the archives without a ticket? Go on, then."

"No rush!"

Xiao Mu remained calm and unhurried.

The dark-skinned man boldly stared directly at Xiao Mu, "Alright, I'll wait, but if you're not in within ten minutes, you lose."

Xiao Mu chuckled, ignoring him while his eyes fixed on the office location of the archives.

Within two or three minutes or so, someone walked over from the office side.

Upon seeing Xiao Mu from afar, this person was at first startled, but after hearing Xiao Mu's telepathic message, he relaxed and quickly approached with swift steps.

"Haha, old... haha, it's you, we haven't seen each other in ages, old... old... you actually have time to come here?"

The person approaching was visibly delighted, patting Xiao Mu's shoulder vigorously.

"Director Du, is this person your friend?" The dark-skinned man was dumbfounded upon seeing this person.

"Yes, you are... Xiao Zhang, right? Why aren't you selling tickets and standing there?"

Du Wenzhen turned his head to glance at the dark-skinned man, only remembering that his surname was Zhang.

"Yes, yes, Director Du, goodbye!"

The dark-skinned man grinned apologetically, trying to slip away discreetly.

"Hold on, friend, you lost. Hand over those vouchers worth three hundred fifty Energy Fruits."

Xiao Mu quickly grabbed the dark-skinned man.

"Friend, it's just a misunderstanding, a mere misunderstanding. Had I known you were Director Du's friend, I wouldn't have dared to bet with you." The dark-skinned man immediately pleaded.

"Old... old... Xiao Zhang, what happened?"

Du Wenzhen initially intended to ask Xiao Mu but turned to address the ticket seller, Xiao Zhang.

"Director Du, it was just a misunderstanding. I didn't know beforehand that this... this person was your friend." Xiao Zhang looked bitterly regretful.

"You may think it was a misunderstanding, but I don't. Friend, hand over those vouchers worth three hundred fifty Energy Fruits, or don't blame me for being unfriendly." Xiao Mu wasn't willing to let him off the hook.

Before Du Wenzhen's arrival, this Xiao Zhang hadn't shown much friendliness towards him.

"Director Du, please speak to your friend. Only five percent of the ticket sales revenue is my commission, the rest is for the public account. Please, I'll give all of my five percent to him as compensation, will that work?" Xiao Zhang pleaded with a tearful face to Du Wenzhen.

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