If System Space still worked in the real world, why would he bother going to work?
With that ability, he could make a fortune just hauling a few dozen kilograms of boxed meals to sell near the special economic zone every day.
Romance in the Alley
Chapter 1: A New Arrival
Zhou Cheng was awakened by a splitting headache. It felt as though his skull had been pried open and something enormous crammed inside.
He opened his eyes.
Several brown wooden planks lay before him, less than two arm lengths from his face. Through the gaps, he could make out a patch of army-green fabric.
He froze for a few seconds before realizing that these were the boards of the upper bunk.
He was lying on a bunk bed cobbled together from simple wooden boards. The upper bunk had originally been his, but since he had fallen ill, he had temporarily taken his older brother's lower bunk so it would be easier to look after him.
Zhou Cheng turned his head, taking in the room as he digested the memories churning through his mind.
The room was terribly cramped.
Aside from this narrow, crude bunk bed, there was a double bed on the other side, a small desk, a chest of drawers, and a few little stools. They filled the room to bursting, leaving only a narrow passage to walk through.
He had lived two lives, yet this was his first time living somewhere so crowded.
With roughly two square meters per person, the home was barely any bigger than the bathroom in his unfinished apartment.
The window was narrow too. Light seeped through the gaps in the yellowed old curtains, tinged a murky yellow that made it impossible to tell morning from evening.
Soon, he had absorbed all the