Buy a Bathtub

After daybreak, Lu Siye left Room 703 and headed to the entrance of Jucai District.

Since he had money in his pocket now, Lu Siye didn't plan to ride a shared bike this time. Instead, he called a Didi.

It was probably rush hour. Lu Siye waited five or six minutes before a driver finally accepted his request.

Another five or six minutes later, the driver arrived. Lu Siye opened the rear door and got in, then rolled down the window and propped his elbow on the ledge, resting his head on his hand.

He felt the breeze on his face. It wasn't all that cool, but he watched the traffic crawl along the road, with motorcycles and electric bikes weaving between the cars.

He watched the breakfast vendors by the roadside, sweating profusely in the scorching steam as they took money and made change.

He watched people hurry to buy breakfast, then rush toward the bus stop to get to work before they'd even had a chance to eat.

Lu Siye sighed, overcome with emotion.

A little over a week ago, he'd found a job. On his first day as an intern, he'd bought a few steamed buns and a cup of soy milk, eating as he hurried to the bus stop.

But he'd only lasted half a day before his supervisor told him he wasn't cut out for the job. He'd become unemployed less than half a day after starting work.

He'd thought he would spend the rest of his life as one of the countless ordinary people around him. But then he'd encountered an Evil Ghost and gotten a system.

Lu Siye glanced down at the date on his phone. July 25. It had been exactly one week since he'd met the Takeout Ghost.

Those seven short days made Lu Siye feel as if a lifetime had passed.

Ding dong~

His phone chimed. Chen Feiguang had sent him a message.

Lu Siye exited the calendar and opened it. It was a link, with a message underneath.

'Brother Lu, here's the link to that welfare coupon website you asked about.'

After reading it, Lu Siye replied with an OK emoji.

The welfare coupon website Chen Feiguang had mentioned wasn't a legitimate site. It was one established by the Web.

The money that had appeared out of nowhere in the accounts of the seven victims of the jump and Chen Feiguang's group had arrived after they bought welfare coupons on that website.

To ordinary people, the welfare coupon website might be a deadly Evil Ghost. To the Town Demon Suppression Division, it was a thorny problem.

But to Lu Siye, it was an ATM that looked better and better the more he thought about it!

"Damn it, this road's jammed every day! Every damn day!" the driver complained from the front seat.

Lu Siye looked up. The cars ahead stretched into a long line. He glanced around and saw that they were still in exactly the same spot—they weren't moving at all.

Lu Siye's face twitched. He felt like an idiot. Why had he called a Didi during rush hour?

A few more minutes passed, and the car still hadn't moved an inch. Bored, Lu Siye began looking at the shops along the road.

Suddenly, he spotted a huge furniture store. His eyes lit up.

He remembered how spacious his bathroom was. Now that he had money, shouldn't he get himself a bathtub?

Once he'd made up his mind, Lu Siye asked the driver to change the destination. After paying, he got out right there.

Lu Siye walked past the rows of motionless cars, reached the roadside, and headed toward the furniture store.

It wasn't far, and he arrived before long.

Since it was still early in the morning, there weren't any other customers in the store. Most of the staff were listlessly playing on their phones.

The saleswomen who'd just started their shift were gathered around the information desk, chatting. When they saw Lu Siye enter, one of the prettier ones strode over to him with a warm smile.

"Hello, sir. How can I help you?" she asked with a smile.

Lu Siye looked down at the saleswoman, who was a head shorter than him, and furrowed his brows slightly.

Why did it seem like Evil Ghost activity had been picking up lately?

The reason for his concern was that he could see a faint trace of Yin energy around the saleswoman.

"Sir?" The saleswoman felt a little shy under his gaze and turned her head away in embarrassment.

"Oh! Sorry. Do you sell bathtubs?" Lu Siye came back to his senses. He realized that staring at her like that had been rather impolite.

"Of course, sir. The bathtubs are on the third floor. Right this way!" The saleswoman wasn't angry. In fact, she was secretly rather pleased.

Lu Siye was over six feet tall and had a sunny, handsome face. After practicing martial arts, he'd gained a more masculine air, and his well-defined muscles made him a bona fide hunk.

It was human nature to appreciate beauty. Most people wouldn't get angry if a handsome man or beautiful woman stared at them.

The saleswoman led him to the third floor. Faced with the many bathtubs on display, Lu Siye was dazzled and had no idea which one to choose.

In the end, he took the saleswoman's recommendation and bought a bathtub for a little over six thousand yuan. Delivery and installation were included for free. Then he went to the front desk and got an invoice.

They returned to the information desk. Lu Siye looked at the saleswoman, pulled out his phone, and asked her frankly, "Hey, would you mind exchanging contact information?"

The saleswoman seemed stunned. She stood there blankly, unsure what to do.

Her colleagues behind her, watching the scene unfold, grew more anxious than she was and hurriedly nudged her in the lower back.

The saleswoman snapped out of it. She couldn't believe the scene she'd fantasized about was actually happening to her.

Blushing, she took out her phone and showed him her QR code.

Lu Siye reached out and supported the back of her hand, lifting her phone a little higher. Then, as he quietly circulated the Northern Darkness Divine Art, he absorbed the Yin energy from her body and left a wisp of his internal energy in her hand.

When the saleswoman felt Lu Siye's palm touch hers, her heart began to race. Her face grew even redder, and the chill that had occasionally come over her vanished at once.

Ding~

His phone chimed. They had successfully added each other!

"Um... my name's Zhuang Xiaoman," the saleswoman said shyly.

"Lu Siye!"

After they'd updated each other's contact names, Lu Siye was about to leave. Remembering that saving a life was worth more than building a seven-story pagoda, he warned Zhuang Xiaoman, "Things haven't been very safe at night lately. Try to get off work early, and stick to crowded areas on your way home."

Was he worried about me?

Zhuang Xiaoman's eyes widened, and her heart fluttered. Blushing, she nodded.

Seeing that Zhuang Xiaoman had taken his warning to heart, Lu Siye left through the front doors, reassured.

Less than three seconds after Lu Siye disappeared outside, a chorus of excited howls erupted inside.

"Nice, Xiaoman! You've got game! When do we get to see you two make it official?"

"Exactly, Xiaoman! How'd you pull that off? Come on, teach us!"

"I... it's not like that!"

"Ooh, look at you getting all shy!"

Standing outside, Lu Siye heard them behind him and twitched at the corner of his mouth.

I was just trying to save someone, that's all.