Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
He remembered me! He remembered me!
Hong Dali was instantly excited. But he looked different, after all, and it was difficult to explain the resurrection after death. Hence, Hong Dali could only suppress his emotions as much as possible. “Ah, yes. Why? Do you know someone else with the same name?”
“Yes, yes. Aye, he was my best friend when I was younger. It’s a pity…” Xiaoyu sighed, then took out a box of Furongwang and offered one to Hong Dali. “Want a smoke?”
“Ah, okay.” He took the cigarette blankly, then looked at Xiaoyu. He seemed to be doing quite well. Even the cigarettes he smoked were quality goods. He was relieved.
After all, everyone had someone they were close to. In this world, he did not have any family members. He did not know if the old granny from the orphanage was still around as well. But he had quite a few friends.
He could not let it go.
Now, Hong Dali could understand the meaning of the Great Prodigal System’s Enjoyment Dimension—this was probably the only enjoyable place.
Both of them lit their cigarettes and sat in a corner to smoke. Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, they quickly dispersed.
“Oh right, Brother Xiaoyu, tell me about that Hong Dali you know. He shares my name!” Hong Dali appeared nonchalant, but he was eager to know what had happened in the one year or so after he left.
“Dali ah, hehe.” Xiaoyu took a drag and leaned on the top-quality synthetic leather sofa. He tilted his head and looked into the distance. “He was a good man. My best brother at the orphanage where we grew up together. We always worried granny and created lots of trouble. Later, he went to university, and I began playing games every day because I loved playing games.
“At that time, e-sports was just emerging. I started playing Warcraft, then DOTA, until LoL, League of Legends was released. And I began playing it.
“Dali was okay in school. I heard his results were above average and he did not have many friends. He courted a few girls but was rejected. A little miserable. Later, later…”
Speaking up to this point, Xiaoyu took a deep breath and said grimly, “Later, he was knocked by a car when he was trying to save someone. Aye.”
Hong Dali did not say a word. To be honest, he did not have many memories of Earth. Xiaoyu was one of them from the orphanage. As for the others, they were mostly of the university—those were not very good memories.
“Alright.” Xiaoyu finished speaking, then looked at his watch and stood up. “I’m sorry. I have something on later. We need to return to train for a competition the day after. You have to come!”
He then looked at Gu Feifei who was making herself busy.
“Oh, no problem.” Hong Dali nodded, then stood up to shake his hand. “I’ll call you if I have time tonight.”
“En, sure. We’ll leave first.” Xiaoyu nodded and called out to the other four people. They picked up their mouses, keyboards, mousepads, and headphones then went downstairs. At the same time, the System sounded. “Side Mission: Calling on friends, completed. The Host made one friend. Reward: Ten Achievement points.”
Not bad, not bad. Wahahahaha. He had gotten the Achievement points. Although it was not time to look at the System Store, it was good to receive the achievement points.
After Xiaoyu and the rest left, Hong Dali did not have much to do. He sat on Xiaoyu’s seat and looked for information on the internet.
He decisively glanced through a few novels that he followed previously. En, they were mostly updated. This is good, good. Hehe.
Then, he looked at the updates of a few comics he liked—there were a couple. He noted them down to slowly look later on.
Then, the major events that happened within the year. He looked through them briefly and got ready to leave to complete the other side missions.
“Feifei, let’s go. Let’s go do something else.” Finishing up, Hong Dali stood up. “Let’s go look at houses.”
“Oh.” Gu Feifei put down the mouse and said as she got up, “The computers here are really lousy. The words don’t appear when I speak.”
Everyone around looked at her as if she was a monster—did you travel through time? Your computer types out when you speak?
En, they did not understand. It was not their fault…
“Ah, of course. Let’s talk when we get out.” Hong Dali’s sweat was dripping from his forehead. Although Gu Feifei did not bring any advanced technology items over, if they continued talking, they were sure to divulge signs of transmigration. The only consolation was that the System would directly change their language to the local language when they transmigrated. Otherwise, their universal space language would be sure to scare others.
Then, special forces, aircraft, and tanks would capture her to analyze…
“Ah, this feels quite good. Hahahaha!” Exiting the Internet cafe, Hong Dali stretched lazily and looked at the sun in the sky. It was Spring, in mid-April. It was comfortable with the sun shining on their bodies. The slight breeze was enjoyable.
“Alright, let’s go buy a house!” Hong Dali looked left and right, then waved his hand. “Taxi!”
“Where do you want to go?” Soon, a taxi stopped and the driver rolled down the windows. “Is it far? I’m waiting to change shifts.” 3 PM was the time taxi drivers changed shifts. Hence, they usually would not accept rides too far away.
“Not far, definitely not far!” Hong Dali laughed as he opened the car door. “Just find any sales office! We need to look for a house.”
This was not a big problem, there were buildings everywhere, there would be sales offices everywhere as well. But the taxi driver looked at his watch and said, “No, the nearest sales office is at least ten minutes away. It’s too rushed.”
As he wanted to leave, he could not move—Gu Feifei grabbed his collar and pulled him out from the car. “You dare to refuse a passenger!”
Pedestrians screamed in horror when they saw this scene. The taxi driver was quite short. The way Gu Feifei grabbed him was quite a scene. It was indescribably beautiful. Especially the way he kicked his legs like a toad. “I’ll take you! I’ll take you, okay?!”
Humph. Gu Feifei threw him on the ground and sat in the back seat. “Hurry up.”
Hong Dali’s sweat was like a waterfall. This scene… Puu…
The driver learned his lesson. His back was soaked and he got into the car trembling. It took him several tries before he managed to switch gears…
“Big Brother, don’t be nervous. My bodyguard.” That was the only thing Hong Dali could think of. “Her temper is not so good.”
“Do you know I almost peed myself?” Seeing that this young master, Hong Dali, was easier to speak to, the driver finally recovered. “You even have a bodyguard, but you don’t have your own car?”
“Ah? It’s like this.” Hong Dali quickly made up an excuse. “I left home due to some quarrels. That is not within my consideration. I’ll get a house first…”
“You left home, so you’re buying a house in passing?!” The driver implied that rich people were indeed capricious and had endless respect for Hong Dali. “Aiya, rich people are indeed different. Taxi drivers like me don’t earn much after deducting expenses. It’ll take us tens of years to buy a house. There’s really no way to compare.”
“Hehe, it’s okay.” Hong Dali was a little embarrassed. “You’re exaggerating. Hehe, hehe.”
“How much do you intend to spend to buy a house?” The driver asked again, “You should have a budget, right?”
“En…” Hong Dali looked at the attribute points. There were 35 points left. Which meant, he could change it for 3.5 million. He said straight away, “So-so, about three million.”
“Screech!” The driver was clearly shocked and he stepped hard on the brake. “You’re buying a house for three million casually?!”
“Are you courting death!” Gu Feifei held the driver’s neck. “If you dare to brake so suddenly again I’ll twist your head off!”
“No, no!” The driver was once again shocked. This female bodyguard was not an ordinary person. So terrifying.
One could not blame the driver for having such a reaction. Their positions were different. It was good enough if he earned five to six thousand a month. But who was Hong Dali? This rascal spent tens of millions without thinking. Three million was an astronomical sum for taxi drivers. To Hong Dali, that was probably just pocket money.
The saying “A hair on the leg is thicker than others’ waist1” was no exaggeration.
“Ah, we’ll see then. Hehe.” Hong Dali was sweating profusely. He had forgotten the difference. Leaving home and buying a 3 million house casually was quite shocking, indeed.
“Rich people are indeed capricious. There’s no way to compare.” The driver sighed. “Aye, comparisons are odious. We’re here.” The driver stopped the car. “This is the nearest sales office. The houses are okay. About 10,000 for one square meter. There are cheaper ones that are eight or nine thousand per square meter as well.”
En, this will do. I’ll buy one to complete the side mission first. I’ll get a better one when I bring more attribute points the next time.
“Big Brother driver, thank you.” Hong Dali took out five one-hundred yuan notes. “To soothe your nerves. Don’t stand on ceremony.” Then, he turned and walked away.
“Is the God of Fortune here?” The driver stared, tongue-tied as he held onto the notes. “He gave five hundred for such a short distance—just from this, it was worth it to be intimidated another two more times!”
Hong Dali stood in front of the sales office with Gu Feifei. He looked at the sign which read: “Water Creek.”
This was a very powerful real estate developer. The advertisements for this property were all over since the day it was opened for sales. The sales office was rather elegant, occupying an entire floor. Once they entered, they saw a table as big as half a basketball court displaying the model of the property. Several 30-story buildings were surrounded by lawns and water. There was even a small park, gazebos, rock gardens, etc.
