RMWDS -Chapter 236 New Year’s Eve Interlude

At 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.

Under the watchful eyes of countless tourists and live-stream cameras, Miao Yunyōu came out to announce the result.

At the center of the raised platform was a high-precision electronic scale. It was entirely pure white, with a clean, minimalist design. The glass weighing surface was spotless. To ensure everyone could see clearly, all the resort’s display screens were now synchronizing the weighing data in real time, eliminating any suspicion of tampering.

Miao Yunyōu picked up the microphone. Her tone was bright and straightforward, her voice clearly carried through the speakers to every corner of the crowd:

“Everyone, take a look. This high-precision electronic scale has been professionally calibrated and is completely accurate. From the moment we sealed this gold until now, we have never privately touched or altered anything. Everything has been fully transparent. Now, we will publicly weigh this piece of gold to see exactly how much it weighs.”

In front of everyone, she opened the acrylic sealed box and gently placed the glittering piece of pure gold onto the glass scale.

The surrounding noisy crowd instinctively quieted down. Countless eyes locked onto the projection screens. In the livestream, the comments instantly flooded the screen. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the final number to settle.

The digits on the screen fluctuated slightly, jumping a few times before stabilizing.

Finally, it stopped at:

11.376 g

The moment the number appeared, the crowd erupted. Gasps, sighs, and cheers mixed together.

According to the on-site tally, two people had guessed the exact number perfectly.

Miao Yunyōu’s eyes lit up. She raised her voice, sincerely delighted:

“Alright! I announce the official result. According to on-site statistics, there are two tourists who correctly guessed 11.376 grams!

Congratulations to these two lucky winners—they will share this piece of pure gold!

I will also be giving each of them a free accommodation voucher!”

The surrounding crowd immediately let out envious exclamations—

“Nice! Even split, that’s still over 6,000 yuan each!”

“Ahhh, I was only off by two milligrams!!”

“It’s fine, I’ll try again tomorrow. I’ll definitely get it right tomorrow!!!”

Miao Yunyōu raised her hand.

“Alright, now we begin dividing the gold!”

Under everyone’s gaze, a chef wearing plain traditional cloth clothing walked slowly onto the stage. He wore heat-resistant, non-slip gloves and held a high-temperature torch. His expression was solemn and professional, carrying the calm aura of a master craftsman.

Gold itself is soft and has a relatively low melting point. Under the blast of the flame, it didn’t take long for the solid gold to soften and melt, transforming into a pool of flowing, luminous gold liquid. The molten gold was rich and warm, gleaming with a pure radiance under the sunlight.

It was… extremely tempting.

Next, the chef steadily poured the scorching gold liquid into a custom-made mold prepared in advance.

The liquid gold flowed slowly and evenly, spreading out and settling. As it cooled and solidified, it formed a neatly shaped, uniformly glossy gold bar.

Once fully cooled, the chef lifted it out and placed it on a black non-slip cutting board.

He took up a thin, sharply forged handcrafted long blade. The edge gleamed coldly. Without any unnecessary preparation, he suddenly exerted force with his wrist and brought the blade down in a clean strike.

With a crisp “snap,” the gold bar split cleanly in two.

The cut surface was perfectly smooth—no burrs, no deviation at all.

After re-weighing, the two halves were identical in size, thickness, and luster. Their weights matched exactly, perfectly split down the middle with absolute precision.

The tourists below the stage were left staring in stunned silence. The discussion only grew louder—

“I really have to hand it to Manager Miao. She even added a live knife-cutting demonstration at a time like this?”

“What else is there that I don’t know about yet?”

“That old master is definitely a top-tier chef. That level of precision is terrifying!”

“I thought they’d use machines to split it, but they just cut it by hand—and the weights are exactly identical!”

“As expected, true masters are among the people. The resort is full of hidden talents!”

“I want to see that chef carving radishes!”

Miao Yunyōu smiled and raised her hand to calm the crowd.

“Once again, congratulations to these two lucky guests. Please bring the phone used for the booking within seven days to the tea house front desk to register and verify your information, and you can claim your gold.”

“Our New Year gold lottery event continues without pause. Tomorrow at the same time, the event goes on—more surprises are coming!”

After she finished speaking, the crowd still refused to disperse. Many people kept taking photos of the split gold bars, and the online hype kept rising. By the second day of the Lunar New Year, the resort’s visitor numbers indeed saw a dramatic surge.

By dawn, the outdoor parking area outside the scenic spot was already full of vehicles. Rows upon rows of private cars formed long queues, with traffic stretching all the way to the mountain roads outside the area. At the entrance gate, a winding line of visitors formed—packed shoulder to shoulder, stretching out of sight. The mountain paths, photo spots, cultural shops, and specialty tea houses were all completely crowded.

Amid red lanterns and fluttering red ribbons, people brushed past one another, and the noise of the crowd filled the entire valley.

Driven by the gold lottery, per-capita spending also kept rising, once again reaching a new peak.

The bustling crowds continued through the seventh day of the New Year, and the resort’s popularity remained extremely high. No one expected that late on the seventh night, a small and rather amusing incident would suddenly occur.

Around 3 a.m., the night in the deep mountains was as dark as ink. A cool breeze drifted through the valley, and the resort had long since returned to silence after the daytime crowds.

Miao Yunyōu was sound asleep when she was urgently woken by a phone call reporting an emergency guest situation.

The ones seeking help were two men in their early twenties staying in the accommodation area. They wore loose hoodies, their hair was messy, their eyes were bloodshot, and their expressions were panicked and tense. Their bodies were even slightly trembling—they had clearly been anxious for a long time.

When Luo Xinglan accompanied Miao Yunyōu to the accommodation area, Miao Yunyōu, still wearing a fluffy loungewear set, kept yawning.

“What’s going on?”

The two young men exchanged a glance and quickly explained.

They were originally three roommates who came on a trip together. All three were university students majoring in new media. Since the resort beds were extra-wide, they could all fit in one room, so they only booked a single room.

At midnight the previous night, after scrolling on their phones, they were ready to sleep. One of them couldn’t fall asleep, saying he had insomnia and wanted to go outside for a walk and get some air. He even confidently promised he would just stroll around and be back in ten minutes.

The other two didn’t think much of it and simply told him not to go too far before falling asleep.

When they suddenly woke up later and checked the time, it was already 3 a.m.

The roommate who went out for a walk still hadn’t returned.