325. Cleaner

Lu Ban felt as if his head was being kicked around like a ball, with countless pieces of knowledge and babbling emanating from his brain. It was as if his skull would burst open at any moment due to the weight of the blow.

Lu Ban saw a sky full of stars, among which the brightest ones formed a strange pattern, like some kind of towering giant. Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was not an illusion.

Those stars are part of that enormous monster, whose body spans tens of millions of light-years. They, or rather, they slumber within it, only shifting their positions slightly every tens of billions of years, much like a human turning over in their slumber.

When Lu Ban realized this, countless murmurs echoed in his ears again, but these murmurs were chaotic and disordered, as if they came from countless worlds.

"Water! I need water! How strange! I've drunk so much water, why am I still thirsty? No, don't stop me! I need water! Give me water! Give me water!"

"It killed my mother first. When that long, straw-like mouth of the thing burrowed into my mother's ear, I knew it was all over. In less than a minute, my mother's eyes rolled back, and her whole body shriveled up. I knew, I knew, that I was next."

"She's no hope at all, she's just a menace. Everything is aimed at her. Have you seen her face at night? That's... that's... Ahhh, don't come any closer, don't come any closer."

"It's strange. When we found the body, both his eyes and half of his liver were missing. His body looked like it had been pried open by something, with all his ribs protruding outwards. I know it sounds impolite, but I think it looked like a flower."

"Everyone who has seen this painting has gone mad. I don't recommend you lift the curtain. Yes, its former owner, a singer, committed suicide the day after she bought the painting. She hanged herself from the hall's light, completely naked, with only blood, from who knows where, covering her entire body."

"Eyes, I'm sure, I saw eyes, on him, on the chair, on you, no, don't come near me, I'm going to puncture these eyes, I'm going to drive these eyes away, drive them all away."

Amidst the polluted current, which felt like it was being swept up by a Gale storm, Lu Ban could only faintly feel himself bleeding.

Even the grass inside his body couldn't stop the blood from gushing out of Lu Ban's body. He collapsed to the ground with a thud, without even a twitch, his whole body frozen on the ground as if he were dead.

Black and gray smoke swirled around Lu Ban, but he remained motionless.

A few strands of hair peeked out from under the bed, and an eye stared at the Motionless Lu Ban.

Soon, grass grew on all of Lu Ban's wounds.

These plants frantically absorbed his blood, as if nourished by celestial dew, and grew rapidly, soon exceeding three feet in height.

The mournful sound of the erhu drifted from an unknown building; the somewhat unfamiliar practice tune only added to the atmosphere of Lu Ban's predicament.

Pat pat pat—

Laika ran from the living room into the room and saw the Lu Ban covered in grass and trees, which suddenly melted.

It only took a second for the corgi to transform into a monster made of flesh and blood. The moment the Hound's true form was revealed, Lu Ban's room fell silent.

The Hound came to Lu Ban's side, extended two whiskers, and gently rubbed Lu Ban's head.

Immediately, the vegetation on Lu Ban's body began to sway, as if swept by Gale, making a rustling sound, and then quickly withered.

Lu Ban twitched and then woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a huge eye, surrounded by tentacles, staring at him, accompanied by the sound of flesh writhing.

"Thanks."

Lu Ban expressed his gratitude.

He got up.

Looking around, the entire room was stained with his blood.

"It's a bit difficult to clean."

Lu Ban thought for a moment, took out his phone, and found the phone number of a local cleaning company.

When the call was made, a man answered.

"Hello, this is Jiangcheng Jiaran Household Services. How can I help you?"

"Oh, it's like this, my house needs cleaning, just one room, there are some stains on the sheets and blankets."

Lu Ban explained the situation.

"Could you tell us what kind of stain it is so we can prepare the appropriate cleaning agent?"

The other party asked again.

"It's blood."

After Lu Ban finished speaking, you could hear the other person pause for a moment, as if they had bumped into something.

"Let me check, is it the blankets and sheets in the room that are stained with blood?"

Lu Ban wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he heard another dialing sound coming from the phone, though the key tones were very short, only about three.

"Yes, because of the heavy bleeding, even the mattress is stained with blood. It's quite cold now, and changing the mattress is too much trouble. By the way, do you offer wall cleaning services here?"

Lu Ban answered truthfully.

"Provided, provided."

The other party answered repeatedly.

"What about the fees?"

Lu Ban asked again.

"Well, for the whole room, our price is seventy yuan per hour, and it will probably take two to three hours."

The other party replied.

"It's a bit expensive. Maybe we should look elsewhere."

Lu Ban felt that seventy yuan an hour was too expensive, and if all else failed, she could wash it herself.

"Hmm, I'll keep him calm. Wait, sir, I forgot to mention earlier that this is your first time using our services, so we'll be offering a discount of 25% off the hourly rate!"

The other person seemed to have just finished speaking with someone and hurriedly picked up the microphone.

"50% off, that's not bad. When can you come?"

Lu Ban thought this shop was quite reasonable; first-time customers got a 50% discount, and it cost 35 yuan an hour, which seemed acceptable.

Although Lu Ban has a lot of money, he is not stingy or petty, which is why he is concerned about prices. He mainly hopes that everything in this world can find its value. For example, cleaning at seventy yuan an hour is obviously too high. If such cleaning services can still find customers, then wouldn't those cleaning companies that charge fifty yuan an hour be losing money?

Lu Ban negotiated the price so as not to let down every bit of hard work.

After giving his address to the other party, Lu Ban went to the bathroom to wash his face.

After waiting for a moment, Lu Ban heard a knock on the door.

"Could you please open the door? We're having a door-to-door cleaning service."

Lu Ban Door Opening and immediately saw a cleaning staff member in blue clothes, and three police officers behind him.

"Don't move!"

The policeman called out.