Fang Cheng heard Kanzaki Rin say she would be leaving for a while and was slightly taken aback. "How long will you be gone?"
"I'm not sure. A month if things go quickly, maybe half a year if they don't."
Kanzaki Rin studied the obvious reluctance on Fang Cheng's face and asked in puzzlement, "You seem reluctant to let me go?"
Fang Cheng nodded. "Yeah, I really don't want you to go. Can't you stay?"
His long-term meal ticket was leaving, and for so long, too. Anyone would hate to see her go.
Kanzaki Rin wasn't about to fall for that so easily. She said irritably, "I think you're just reluctant to give up my wallet."
"But your wallet has my share in it, too."
Fang Cheng brought up the old argument again, scornful. "I've already looked it up online. Countermeasure Department members get generous bounties for killing monsters, but after every hunt, you pocket the department's reward."
"Don't I spend all my money on you?"
"Other rich women buy their companions iPhone 12s. All I get is a few meals from you."
"You eat enough to bankrupt me all by yourself."
Kanzaki Rin didn't want to keep arguing about the bounty, so she changed the subject. "This internal training can effectively improve a gifted person's combat abilities. I have to go."
"It's that good?" Fang Cheng asked in surprise. "Does that mean you'll be going often from now on?"
If that was the case, he'd have to renegotiate their partnership. They'd split the bounties evenly from now on, and she'd have to pay him a monthly food allowance.
"Getting to go once is already a blessing."
Kanzaki Rin had to explain. "The training uses up a lot of rare resources and funding. The Countermeasure Department only holds it once