Rules of Time Travel
Chapter 12

Si Yu

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Li Mu Chuan picked a chair and sat down, enjoying the breeze.

Tomorrow, he would move out of his current rental and find a more comfortable place to live.

Besides being more comfortable, the most important reason was that there wasn't a gym near his current place.

This made it inconvenient for Li Mu Chuan to exercise.

It would be better to move to a different place where he could also live more comfortably.

Many beautiful women kept passing by.

In the heat of summer, these girls were dressed quite coolly, which was very pleasing to the eye.

After resting for a while, Li Mu Chuan returned to his rental and informed the landlord that he would be moving out.

His lease was about to expire this month anyway, so it was a good time to leave.

The next day.

Li Mu Chuan found a rather high-end residential area, signed the contract, and moved in with his luggage.

The rent for the apartment was two thousand a month, which was a bit expensive.

However, it was fully furnished with appliances, and they were even brand new, which made Li Mu Chuan feel quite comfortable.

There was a gym right below the complex.

Li Mu Chuan went to check it out and then got a membership card.

Before his fourth transmigration, he needed to train well.

In the gym, Li Mu Chuan ran on the treadmill, feeling a burning sensation in his lungs and his legs feeling like they were filled with lead.

Every step was a huge torment, and his short-sleeved shirt was already soaked with sweat.

But Li Mu Chuan kept going. Having not exercised for a long time, he was already exhausted after running for only a short while.

Finally, when Li Mu Chuan couldn't hold on any longer and was about to be thrown off the treadmill, he pressed the speed button.

He went from running to walking slowly.

Li Mu Chuan gasped for air while walking slowly.

After a long time, Li Mu Chuan got off the treadmill and went to other machines to start training.

It wasn't until dusk that Li Mu Chuan returned home, took a shower, and collapsed onto the bed, completely exhausted.

However, the soreness all over his body made it difficult for Li Mu Chuan to fall asleep.

When he woke up the next day, Li Mu Chuan felt like his thighs and arms weren't his own anymore.

Even taking a single step caused him immense pain.

"This body feels like it's completely useless."

Li Mu Chuan gave a wry smile. He hadn't exercised in a long time, and after the intense workout yesterday, this was the result.

In situations like this, you can take some post-workout recovery supplements, which can alleviate this kind of soreness.

Li Mu Chuan had anticipated this situation and had already bought some online, but they wouldn't arrive until today.

His whole body ached, so Li Mu Chuan was too lazy to go out. He would just order takeout for food.

Lying on the sofa and scrolling through his phone, he saw that a few former colleagues hadn't deleted him yet. They were complaining about their tough jobs on their Moments, and how their supervisor had just given them another dressing-down.

When Li Mu Chuan saw this message, he couldn't help but smile and liked the post.

It was a shame, really. If only Li Mu Chuan hadn't wanted to avoid letting company matters affect him.

He shouldn't have resigned.

Staying at the company and watching others work so hard would probably have been quite satisfying.

"Brother Li, why did you suddenly resign?"

Just as Li Mu Chuan was browsing his Moments, Si Yu sent him a message.

Si Yu was the one who had just complained about her supervisor on Moments. She had blocked quite a few people from seeing her posts, afraid of being found out.

However, Li Mu Chuan was not within her blocked list.

Seeing that Li Mu Chuan had liked her post, Si Yu thought about how Li Mu Chuan had resigned in such a hurry before, and she hadn't had a chance to ask him about it.

"Low salary, no future, so I resigned."

Si Yu was a female colleague at the company. She was 1.6 meters tall and quite pretty and cute.

She usually liked to wear white knee-high socks with a short skirt that went a little below her thighs. She was quite popular with some male colleagues at the company.

As far as Li Mu Chuan knew, not long after Si Yu joined the company, many male colleagues had pursued her.

They would ask her out for dates, invite her to watch movies, and so on.

Anyone with eyes could see their intentions to pursue Si Yu.

However, Si Yu barely paid any attention to these people, so these male colleagues all returned defeated.

At the company, the person who was probably closest to Si Yu was Li Mu Chuan.

It was just that Li Mu Chuan didn't have any other intentions towards Si Yu, which might be why Si Yu was relatively close to him.

Si Yu: "Then, Brother Li, have you found a better job? If you have a good job, can you bring me along too! (Cute face)"

Li Mu Chuan...

He was doing the job of a time traveler, how could he bring her along?

Even if he could, he wouldn't. This was his personal secret.

"I haven't found a good one yet. When I have a good job, I'll introduce it to you later."

Li Mu Chuan replied perfunctorily.

In the adult world, not agreeing is equivalent to refusing. He assumed she would understand.

Si Yu: "Okay!"

After replying, Si Yu probably felt that just one word seemed a bit perfunctory, so she added an emoji.

Li Mu Chuan glanced at it casually and didn't pay too much attention.

Meanwhile, at the company.

The female colleague sitting next to Si Yu glanced at Si Yu's phone and, seeing the familiar profile picture, sighed.

"He's already resigned, why are you still holding on? I'm telling you, you're really something. There are so many people in the company, and you don't like any of them, but you fell for this Li Mu Chuan?

What's so good about that guy? His salary is only three or four thousand, and he hasn't shown any promise after working for so many years. Look at yourself, you have both figure and looks.

That guy just quit after being chewed out by the supervisor. Where in work is everything smooth sailing? If you don't have the ability, you have to endure such setbacks. He's not a child anymore, how could he do something like that? Besides, he was the one who was absent without leave first."

Si Yu was left flustered by the barrage of words.

Her ears turned a little red, and she quickly waved her hand, "That's not true, I didn't fall for him!"

"Still not!"

Pan Jingjing glanced at Si Yu and shook her head helplessly. With the way she looked, how could she not see what was on her mind?

"I'm not being the bad guy, I've been through this. That kid is just a little handsome, but being handsome can't feed you, do you understand?

Having money is the most important thing. You have to listen to me, don't bother with that kid anymore."

Hearing this, Si Yu immediately fell silent, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

Pan Jingjing looked at this scene, sighed, and shook her head, not saying anything more.

She was truly doing it for Si Yu's sake. That Li Mu Chuan had no skills whatsoever, and he was probably around 25 years old, right?

No car, no house, and his monthly salary was so little. Dating someone like that, you couldn't even afford a few nice meals out in a month.

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