NOVEL WEB Chapter 190: Chapter 190
"Hu Tao, Hu Tao..."
"...Mmm, smells good..."
"Stop smacking your lips! Wake up! I brought you something delicious!"
Hu Tao felt someone pinching her cheeks and opened her eyes groggily.
"Umm... Sister Chi Yu... what is it..."
"Why are you still sleeping?"
"I haven't slept for almost two days... and just got back from a journey... so tired..."
"Get up now, I brought you some noodles. Eat them while they're hot."
Chi Yu lifted the lid off the food box on the table, releasing an enticing aroma.
"This smell..."
Hu Tao sniffed and suddenly sat up straight, staring dazedly at the food box on the table.
"...It smells so good... This is exactly what I was dreaming about..."
"That's because I just waved the food box in front of your nose."
"..."
"Come on."
"Oh, let me wash up first."
"How troublesome. Being a ghost spirit is much more convenient."
A moment later, Hu Tao returned to the table energetically, looking at the slightly curled noodles in the food box.
"Sister Chi Yu, what kind of noodles are these?"
"Instant noodles. Are they good?"
"Delicious!"
"You're eating too slowly. Look, the noodles are already soft. They would've tasted better earlier."
"Why are they called instant noodles?"
"Because they're made by just adding hot water."
"Huh? Aren't noodles supposed to be boiled?"
"Well, you see..."
Miss Chi Yu briefly explained the process of making instant noodles to Hu Tao.
"So that's how it works! Just adding hot water and you can eat noodles – whoever thought of this is so clever!"
"The boss came up with it."
"The boss? Oh, you mean Mr. Xia. No wonder there's a paper with Master Xia's name on it. Mr. Xia's cooking skills are amazing!"
"Hu Tao, did everything go smoothly with your funeral service outside?"
"Yes, I burned some of the incense Mr. Xia gave me during the night watch. Everything went very smoothly."
"You must be running low on incense, right?"
"I still have a little left."
"I'll give you two more pieces."
"? Where did you get them from, Sister Chi Yu?"
"From the boss, of course."
"He gave them out?"
"Yes, it rained heavily a few days ago, and the boss was worried everyone wouldn't sleep well at night, so he distributed some incense. He put them in the cabinet inside the house for anyone who wanted them... I felt shy about taking too many, so I only took two pieces."
"There are such nice perks?"
"It's an employee benefit. Our shop has great benefits. When employees' friends or family members come to drink juice at the shop, they can even get a plate of daily desserts made by the boss."
"I should count too!"
"Of course you do, so feel free to come sit at our shop whenever you're free."
"Mm! I'll come tomorrow!"
Chi Yu watched Hu Tao's expectant expression with satisfaction.
Young people should interact more.
Feelings develop over time, after all.
Although Hu Tao's figure wasn't particularly impressive, what if the boss happened to like Hu Tao's type?
After finishing the instant noodles, Hu Tao couldn't help but pick up the food box and drink all the soup as well.
She felt the fatigue from staying up late and traveling disappear, and her whole body became energetic again. Her mood was particularly good too.
With nothing else to do, Hu Tao picked up last month's account book from the table and flipped through it.
"Why did Zhongli spend so much money again last month!"
"Has Consultant Zhongli not returned yet?"
"Not yet, but it's better that he doesn't come back. Saves me from dealing with his random expenses."
"He can still spend money while he's away, right?"
"Hah, that remote construction site at Jade Chamber, how could it compare to the high spending at Feiyun Slope? How much could he possibly spend?"
"That's true."
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At the Jade Chamber construction site.
Due to the reconstruction project, many workers had gathered here. With more people came more demands, naturally attracting merchants to do business.
As a result, a simple but lively market quickly formed near the construction site.
Zhongli was currently standing at a stall run by a short merchant wearing pink square glasses and Sumeru clothing, looking at the goods with interest.
"Oh my, oh my, is the customer looking to buy gifts?"
"Indeed."
"I have all sorts of wonderful items here – special travel bags, outdoor dryers, automatic snowball launchers... all kinds of magical gadgets. I can provide whatever you want, as long as you have Mora!"
Zhongli picked up a strange item from the stall and examined it.
He picked up a few items, examining them with his usual careful attention to detail.
"Is the customer not satisfied?"
"No, I am quite satisfied. Please wrap up this one, this one, and these few items together."
"How generous! Please wait a moment!... I've wrapped them up for you. The total is 100,000 Mora!"
"Could I put it on a tab?"
"Usually we don't allow tabs, but for Mr. Zhongli, we can make an exception."
"You know who I am?"
"Of course! Mr. Zhongli from the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor is known for his discerning eye, always buying only the finest items, and never haggling over prices. Your reputation has spread throughout our merchant circles!"
"I see. Then please charge it to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's account."
"Certainly! Please come again!"
Zhongli picked up the wrapped goods and departed gracefully.
Behind the stall, the short merchant pushed the small pink glasses on their nose and smiled with satisfaction.
"Lord Sangonomiya Kokomi, we've earned another large sum of Mora!"
She bent down and took out new strange gadgets from a box at her feet, filling the empty spaces on her stall.
The pendant behind her hat fell slightly, revealing an Electro Vision embedded in it.
"If only... I could know who made that Glazed Lily ornament that was auctioned at Mingxing Jewelry... 30 million..."
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In the early morning, Shenhe woke from her dream and once again sat dazed at her bedside.
Last night... she had dreamed of the boss again...
She had even gone to his home with him, and in that beautiful room, she watched many episodes of interesting shows called Ultraman and Tom and Jerry on that magical device called a computer.
Then the boss brought out two controllers, and they played many fun games together on the computer.
These were joyful experiences she had never had before, and in the dream, her emotions seemed unrestrained by the "Red Rope ," allowing her to express herself freely.
But this was definitely not an ordinary dream.
Because the experiences in the dream felt too real.
Those things from another world – she had never seen them before. It would have been impossible to imagine them in such detail purely from her own imagination.
So...
"Did the boss enter my dream?" Shenhe whispered, looking at the wall adjacent to Xia Zhi's room.
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