[Please, go watch Chen Mu's separate livestream. Seriously.]
[Chang Qing's stream is pretty amazing too. Boss Xu is still going through his kill list.]
"'Sexy Female Mouse.' Seriously, that's the username that stuck with me the most. Is that a combination of words a human being could come up with? You said some good-looking people have absolutely no taste, and suspected my Chang Qing was face-blind. Tell me, do you regret what you said last year?!"
[Yes, yes! I regret it on Female Mouse's behalf. Master, stop chanting! It's been half an hour since the task started, and you haven't stopped once!]
[Female Mouse, come out and admit you were wrong.]
Chang Qing handed Xu Jingge a bottle of water. From his tone, he had already given up. "Have a drink. Stop talking."
[Exactly. Water's expensive around there, five yuan a bottle. Keep talking and you'll drink away all the money, while our Chang Qing won't even get to eat.]
Xu Jingge downed half the bottle in one go, then looked up and spotted an old-fashioned "Pawn" sign. He casually asked, "Is that just for decoration?"
But as they passed, he glanced inside. The lighting was dim, with ceiling-high cabinets on either side, filled with a dazzling assortment of visibly antique objects. A long glass display case stood in the middle, and behind it, a man of about fifty was dozing in a chair. Even the radio beside him looked like it had been around for years.
"Come on, let's take a look." Xu Jingge was brimming with interest.
Chang Qing did not stop him. He knew Xu Jingge liked collecting antiques and attended local auctions whenever he had the time.
[My guy, at a time like this, you're still in the mood to browse a pawnshop?]
[Chang Qing only