Zhou You stood on a street corner, staring blankly.
A bustling scene unfolded before him, with crowds streaming past without end. The road was made of yellow dirt, but only the middle, where vehicles drove, had been packed firm. The sides had long since been churned into ruts, and stalls lined the roadside without any semblance of order, like an enormous, noisy shantytown.
The air was humid and stiflingly hot, making it hard to breathe. An unfamiliar language filled his ears. Although Understand Ten Thousand Languages let him understand it, it still felt profoundly foreign.
—This wasn't his home country, but a small nation in Southeast Asia, known for its various fruits and gemstones.
As for why he was here... that story began some ten days earlier.
As everyone knew, whenever he was away, Little Female Ghost used his identity and Bank Card to shop online. Over time, she had accumulated quite a few membership cards. Whether it was luck or something else, one of them had won a prize just as he returned.
The prize was a trip abroad.
Although this place hadn't enjoyed the best reputation in recent years, Zhou You had just returned from a major scenario and wanted to rest for a while. He had planned to bring Little Female Ghost along to unwind—the prize was only for one person, but nothing said he couldn't bring a ghost. Who would have thought the show she was following was right at a critical point, leaving her utterly unwilling to go out?
And so Zhou You had shouldered his bag and come to this tropical country alone.
...At least it still counted as traveling, right?
Perhaps because he had stood there too long, several vendors approached with their wares and warm, enthusiastic smiles, pointing at their merchandise and