"Cough cough!! Cough cough cough cough!!"
Bang!
Hong Yu, sitting at his desk, suddenly looked up and began to cough violently. The exaggerated movement caused him to fall out of his chair.
Slowly getting up, he rubbed his sore lower back. Looking at the messy papers on the desk, he could guess that he had probably passed out immediately after writing a single character on that "God-Slaying Order."
Crack, crack, crack—
Twisting his constantly cracking back, Hong Yu first looked at the time display. Only a dozen or so hours had passed. He sighed with a sense of melancholy.
Several thousand years...
I wonder how they're doing now...
The path I could pave for them, I've already done my utmost. The days to come, they'll have to walk on their own.
Hong Yu chuckled lightly, then looked off into the distance.
I guess an old man like me can be considered retired. I wonder what would happen if I went to see the Sui Regulator in Yan now?
Nah, better not. I'd probably be caught by them, and then get questioned with things like "Old man, how are you still alive?!"...
Besides, even if we really did meet, and they recognized me, I don't know how I would face a group of "children" who have waited several thousand years for someone who shouldn't have existed in this world in the first place.
So, what's next...
Let's go buy a couple of tanghulu on the street first!
Hong Yu clapped his hands, instantly grabbed the wallet from his drawer, put on his familiar blind man's sunglasses, and rushed out.
Can you imagine what tanghulu was like over a thousand years ago?!
That was just hawthorn on a stick!! That was definitely not tanghulu!! I absolutely refuse to acknowledge that as tanghulu!!
Today, I'm going to eat to my heart's content!!!
...
Carrying a bag with over thirty sticks of tanghulu, making the stall owner laugh foolishly and the passersby stare in bewilderment, Hong Yu walked slowly down the road. After getting used to the market environment of Yan from a thousand years ago, looking at the current Lungmen gave him a very dazed feeling.
The thought that he was already an old man who had been phased out by the times emerged spontaneously.
However, it seemed that his perception of emotions had deepened a bit after this trip through time.
This discovery made the smile already on Hong Yu's face a few shades brighter.
Should I go wander around other places? I've always stayed in my own little corner near the general store, only knowing a few people around. I haven't even been to the must-visit tourist spots for transmigrators like the Lungmen L.G.D. and Penguin Logistics.
No, wait, I've been to the L.G.D., right? Last time when I gave a statement? I think I remember that.
How about... I just walk around? Think of it as a morning stroll?
Hong Yu, whose thinking was gradually aging, thought to himself.
At this moment, a sound suddenly came from Hong Yu's pocket. He took out his terminal. The caller ID read "Righteously Kills Relatives, Fishes for Relatives."
Hiss—huh?
Who is this?
Er—this... how do you use this terminal again?
With the brain of a hundred-year-old man from a thousand years ago, Hong Yu tentatively pressed the answer button.
[Hong Yu! What kind of shadowless lamp did you sell me?!]
[That's a disco light, isn't it?!]
[I want a refund! A refund!]
"Excuse me... who is this?" Hong Yu pondered for a long time but couldn't remember who this guy yelling at him was. He just asked tentatively.
[Stop playing dumb with me! You wait at your place, you hear! I'll be at your doorstep right away!]
[Beep, beep, beep.....]
He hung up?
Hong Yu moved the terminal away from his ear and looked at the contact name on it again.
Fishes for Relatives?
He continuously drew from his soon-to-be-atrophied brain the memories from before he traveled to Yan. Then, the other party's mention of a shadowless lamp awakened Hong Yu's sleeping memories.
"Oh, Mr. Lee..." Hong Yu looked at his terminal with a completely speechless expression, a subtle and indescribable look on his face.
Ah, crap, I almost got lost in my memories and couldn't get out. Luckily, Mr. Lee's call woke me up. Otherwise, if I went out on the street later and naturally slipped into the identity of the Prefect of the Sui Regulator, it would be so damn awkward.
In that case, does that mean I have to thank him?
With this thought, Hong Yu slowly walked back.
As for whether to wander the streets and alleys of Lungmen, that could be for another time. Since Mr. Lee was coming to find him, wouldn't it be great to take him fishing in Lungmen's artificial lake or park?
...
...
...
"Tsk, are you saying that disco light really can't be fixed?" Mr. Lee sat next to Hong Yu with a gloomy expression, his resentful eyes fixed on him. In his hand, he held a fishing rod.
"Shh—" Hong Yu glanced at Mr. Lee from the side, signaling him to be quiet.
Splash—!
"Oh, got a bite." He pulled on his fishing line, weighed the fish that looked to be about three or four catties, and then put it into the already full fish bucket on the side.
"I've already said, this shop is a small business. No refunds once sold..." He held up a finger and said, shaking his head.
"Think about it, if Aak turns on this light during surgery, then..." Hong Yu's words suddenly stopped. After a moment of silence, he replied to Mr. Lee, "Okay, I can't even make this up myself. I don't know why a perfectly good shadowless lamp would turn into a disco-exclusive... but just give up. I'm not giving you a refund."
Facing Mr. Lee's "I'm looking at an idiot" gaze, Hong Yu didn't feel awkward at all. Instead, he pointed at Mr. Lee's motionless fishing rod, then looked at his empty fish bucket, and let out a chuckle.
"Hey. What are you laughing at?" Mr. Lee's gaze suddenly became sharp.
"I just remembered something happy," Hong Yu changed the subject.
"What is it?" Mr. Lee pursued relentlessly.
"You're going to get skunked today," Hong Yu said with a smile, then laughed a couple more times.
"What are you laughing at now?" Mr. Lee's face was dark. He stared at this guy who was getting more and more punchable for some reason with a death glare.
"I caught a full ten catties of fish," he grinned and gave Mr. Lee a thumbs-up, while the mocking expression on his face showed no signs of being concealed.
Mr. Lee flicked his fishing rod. The hook was, as expected, empty.
This led to a certain shameless old rascal starting to laugh out loud.
This uninhibited laughter made Mr. Lee gently put down his fishing gear, and then he clenched his fists.
"Your surname is Hong! I've had enough of you! You've been laughing at me non-stop!"
"Hey! Mr. Lee, impulse is the devil! Calm down!"
The argument between the two attracted many Lungmen citizens who were drawn by the noise in the suburbs. When they came over with a hint of curiosity to check, they would find—oh, it's just a person and a carp fighting.
Then, many people tacitly took out their terminals.
"Hello, L.G.D.? At the park lake in the suburbs of Lungmen, a person and a carp are fighting."
Let's not even talk about Hong Yu and Mr. Lee's wrestling match for now. Over on Aak's side, he had already sold that disco-exclusive "medical device" to a penguin that looked very trendy. The selling price was even several times higher than what Mr. Lee had originally paid at Hong Yu's.
Although Aak didn't know why that penguin would be interested in such a strange thing, the penguin's explanation was "Because it's very rock and roll, ye~~~ (autotune)".
And as for why that normal shadowless lamp that Hong Yu had originally recommended turned into this...
Please see the VCR:
Crash—!
"Eek—!!" Rope, who was moving stealthily in the dark, suddenly straightened her back. She quickly turned her head to observe the surrounding movement, and then found that when she was climbing over the wall, she had accidentally tripped over a chair, and a strange-looking light bulb had broken.
With a guilty conscience, she took out a few small light bulbs from her waist pouch and quietly began to fix it.
Mmm... the wires connect like this, right?
Ah... so troublesome...
I knew I shouldn't have come to Hong Yu's place to restock...
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