When Lin Li had bought this television, he had looked up the experiences of many users online. They had all said the brand's televisions were of excellent quality and wouldn't develop problems even after ten years or eight.
But now, after using it for less than a year, he couldn't turn it on? Everyone else's worked perfectly, yet his had ended up like this. Surely his luck wasn't really this terrible!
Fortunately, the television was still under warranty. Just as Lin Li was preparing to contact after-sales support, his eyes suddenly fixed on a spot on the television.
Under normal circumstances, there was a tiny light at that spot. When it was lit, it meant the television was receiving power.
Now that tiny light was off. That meant... No way! The power had been cut off at home!
To confirm his suspicion, Lin Li immediately got up and pressed the light switches in the house.
"Click, click, click..."
He tried several switches, but not a single light came on.
"Of course the thing I feared most had to happen."
Lin Li muttered under his breath. Then he picked up his phone, opened the electricity-bill payment app, and saw that the user had been in arrears for two months, owing a total of 375 yuan. The power was currently disconnected.
"So they really cut off the power because I was behind on the bill!" After confirming his guess, Lin Li scratched his head and immediately opened another app on his phone.
The backend system of "You Speed Recycling" displayed: Your goods are being processed. Please wait patiently.
This was bad. The Rabbit Exotic Beast and the Boar Beast were still being processed, so he couldn't receive the money yet. He was penniless, and night would fall soon. By then, his home would be pitch-black.
Even more devastatingly, his phone had only fifteen percent battery left.
In this day and age, a phone shutting down because it ran out of power was undoubtedly a tremendous blow to people.
As for how important phones were to people nowadays, there was a perfect example in a piece of news he had seen not long ago.
A person had been wheeled into the operating room for surgery. Afterward, while the anesthetic had yet to wear off and the patient was still groggy, he had actually raised his right hand and begun playing with a phone in midair.
Looking at the fifteen percent battery remaining on his phone, Lin Li immediately came up with the idea of reducing its power consumption.
He opened the settings, lowered the screen brightness, and then locked the screen.
As long as he didn't touch it, the phone could last another seven or eight hours in standby mode.
With no money at all, paying the electricity bill was impossible. The only way out was to wait.
Once "You Speed Recycling" sold his prey and he received the money, every problem would resolve itself.
"Damn... I never thought I'd sink to the point where I couldn't even pay the electricity bill." Lin Li sat on the sofa and muttered gloomily.
"Ring-ring-ring..."
He had just been thinking about saving power and making his phone last until the money from "You Speed Recycling" arrived when someone called him.
"Who is it? Don't they know answering the phone uses electricity?" Lin Li grumbled. He picked up the phone and glanced at it, then saw that Su Yue was calling and answered.
"Hello, what's up?"
"Lin Li, an old man in my neighborhood went fishing by the river and caught a lot of fish. I happened to run into him when I came back just now, and he gave me several snakehead fish. I'm planning to stew snakehead fish soup tonight. Do you want to come over and have some?"
"Sure! I'll be right over." Lin Li agreed at once.
As for the injury on his hand... His bruised right arm had recovered even sooner than Lin Li had expected.
His left hand was wrapped in gauze, so no one could see its exact condition. He could just make up some excuse and bluff his way through it.
After finishing the call with Su Yue, his phone battery had dropped to fourteen percent. But Lin Li was no longer worried about the phone shutting down.
He was going to Su Yue's place for dinner soon, after all. He could take advantage of the free meal to charge his phone.
Should he bring a charger? ...Better not. Su Yue had one at home.
Phone chargers were universal nowadays. Bringing a charger along when he was going to mooch a meal would look strange no matter how he thought about it.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
"Coming."
With a click, the door opened!
Su Yue appeared in front of Lin Li, her figure as alluring as a blooming rose.
Today, she was wearing a blue spaghetti-strap dress. It was simple and clean, without excessive accessories.
Although the dress was plain, it was close-fitting and snug. The fabric clung to Su Yue's body, perfectly outlining her bosom, willow waist, and long legs.
Under the lights, her curves looked even more pronounced, making her alluring and captivating.
Lin Li was completely dumbstruck. Su Yue herself knew how beautiful she looked in this outfit.
Before Lin Li arrived, she had stood in front of the mirror in her bedroom and checked herself several times. Seeing his foolish expression now filled her with joy, as if her heart had been smeared with honey.
"Hm...? Lin Li, what happened to your left hand?" Su Yue suddenly noticed the layer of white medical gauze wrapped around his left hand and asked with concern.
Coming to his senses, Lin Li raised his injured left hand, casually clenched it a few times, and smiled as he recited the explanation he had prepared beforehand.
"I hurt it by accident while cutting vegetables at noon. It's nothing serious. I've applied some ointment, so it'll be fine in a few days."
"Honestly, how can you be so clumsy? You even managed to injure your hand while cutting vegetables..."
"Accidentally cutting your hand while cooking is perfectly normal, isn't it?"
"Who told you that? I've been cooking for so many years, and I've never cut myself."
"..." Lin Fei fell silent at once, secretly grumbling... That's because you're gifted beyond reason. How could I possibly compare with you?
"All right, the fish soup is almost done. Come in quickly!" Su Yue hadn't doubted the excuse Lin Li had made up. She muttered a sentence, then turned around and bent down to take the pair of indoor slippers reserved for Lin Li from the shoe cabinet.
The clothes already clung tightly to her body, and that unintentional bending motion was filled with temptation.
"Prosperity, civility, freedom, equality, justice, integrity... Hmph, don't think this little scene can defeat me."
Lin Li quietly recited the Heart Calming Incantation from another world under his breath while turning his head aside so he wouldn't look at Su Yue.
"Lin Li, what are you muttering about?" Su Yue placed the slippers in front of him and looked at him in confusion.
"Nothing?" Lin Li hurriedly put on the slippers and strode toward the kitchen.
Seeing Lin Li's slightly flustered appearance, Su Yue's pretty face finally couldn't help revealing a sly smile like that of a little fox.
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