In the afternoon, after settling all of the piled up work, Lin Sheng also received a call from the daughter of an old schoolmate that his mother had told him about.
The two then agreed to meet at the place where Lin Sheng had rented before.
Lin Sheng went home to change up, and returning to the look of a student, as he went over to the rented house as Lin Sheng, the foreign student.
Without any hitches, he soon met the daughter of his mother’s old classmate mentioned on the phone.
The place he lived, was the same residential house that Adolf had temporarily rented for him, and the house looked unassuming.
For a period of time, Lin Sheng had performed the summoning rituals and all sorts of secretive things here.
However, after he had moved to the research center, he had no use for this place.
The sun was shining bright that afternoon, and Henriqcal seemed to be a tad bit darker than usual.
Lin Sheng had changed into his student getup. And when he arrived at the agreed-upon place, and he could see a black-haired girl with a bob cut in the distance.
She was carrying a small white bag as she stood by the stairwell downstairs waiting quietly.
The girl looked like she was about sixteen to twenty years old, with a slightly sweet appearance, just like a budding flower.
She gave off the impression of a girl with a good upbringing.
Lin Sheng approached and took a glance at her.
She was wearing a black slim dress, with a beige knitted shawl on the outside. Her long hair was let down with a pink bunny hairpin on her head.
Her legs were straight and long, clad in small sandals that exposed her toes, giving out a cute and playful vibe.
“Lin Shushu?” Lin Sheng asked.
“Yes, I’m Lin Shushu. You’re Big bro Lin Sheng? I’m the Lin Shushu Aunt Wanqiu mentioned on the phone.” She smiled and responded politely.
“All right then. Let’s go up first?” Lin Sheng pointed at the stairs.
“Sure, thanks for the trouble.” Lin Shushu nodded.
The two went into the rented house and left the door open to avoid any misunderstandings.
Both of them then sat down and leaned against the sofa. Lin Sheng then gave her a glass of water.
“How long have you been in Miga? Why haven’t I heard of this before?”
Feeling rather embarrassed, the girl said, “Not too long ago actually. Only a couple of months back. I was actually attending school in a nearby town. Now that things are getting increasingly chaotic, my family wants me to seek shelter in a big city and have someone look after me, so that’s why I pulled strings to look for you.”
“It’s okay.” Lin Sheng nodded in understanding. Back at home, his image was a working student studying abroad and was considered a good university student. Plus, he was hardworking and thrifty and had excellent connections as well as means.
With the Blacktide roiling, her family was worried, and finding anyone they knew who could help was part of the course.
He then tore a note and wrote down his contact number and email address.
“This is my phone number and email, you can try to call me if you need any urgent help. While I cannot guarantee that I could help you resolve everything, but I should be more familiar with the matter somewhat.”
“Thank you Big Bro Lin.”
“Oh yeah, about the rent, I had actually chanced upon this house in the safe zone, so if you wanna stay here, just pay me five thousand a month will do.”
“No way, the market price is about six thousand!” Lin Shushu’s family did not seem to be short of money.
For someone to study abroad in Miga, their financial background was probably decent.
The two argued for a bit, and finally, Lin Sheng was too lazy to waste any more time on this, and allowed her to pay him six thousand per month.
“Then, Big Bro Lin, do you mind if I bring my friends to live with me?” Lin Shushu added.
“They’re all students?
“Yeah.”
“Up to you then.” Lin Sheng actually could not be bothered about it. If his family had not asked him to help, he would not have even shown up. Plus, he had actually planned to return the house, but the landlord had gone missing, and his close relatives were all dead, so the unit was confiscated, and then assigned to him.
So, that was why he was not concerned about the money.
Soon, the two found a nearby real estate agency before registering and signing a tenancy agreement.
The current Henriqcal may have fewer citizens than before, and the streets were much more deserted, but with the Holy Sanctum maintaining the stability, order was being returned to the entire urban district.
Besides, the Holy Defensive Line actually encompassed a large swathe of cultivated land beyond the city, alongside orchards, vegetable fields, and the likes. That allowed the urban residents to slowly restore the supply of fruits and vegetables, although the prices were a little expensive at the beginning.
In addition, the various major workshops of Baine University alongside experts in nutrition and pharmacology and other professors too had compiled a list of edible Blacktide mutants.
Every day, Darksiders would go out to hunt discretely, before bringing back mutated meat and fruits to sell.
At the same time, the Holy Sanctum’s top management too quickly adapted and set up hunting teams to hunt edible monsters.
Everything was turning for the better.
Now that the citizens had settled down, they had shown eagerness for strength and power.
After all, in these troubled times, having powers of your own was the greatest guarantee of security.
As a result, a large number of civilians began to apply for the evaluation of both dark and holy power aptitudes.
If not for the fact that Lin Sheng had checked when they met earlier, he would have thought that Lin Shushu had come here to participate in the evaluation.
His secret investigation result was that Lin Shushu was very ordinary without any aptitude for either dark or holy powers.
Just an ordinary person.
After signing the agreement, Lin Sheng gave the girl two copies of the agreement and explained the precautions needed for living here before turning to leave.
He still had plenty of work to do. He had to visit the Darkspirit Cavern during the day as the Fairy Kingdom was there, and at night he had to explore the dream on how to create a safe house there.
Not long after Lin Sheng left, Lin Shushu returned to the rented house, and two girls about her age were already waiting there.
“Sis Shushu, is it really okay? Can we stay here?”
The two girls seemed to be a little older than Lin Shushu, one of the girls had red eyes, seemingly having just cried. The other person was sunny and more outgoing.
“Yes, my family had found a person to help me. After some twists and turns, I’ve managed to find a place here. But we need to consider getting a job soon,” Lin Shushu said in affirmation.
“Yeah, but school is closed now, and the airport and the docks too. With so many people stranded and looking for work, we don’t know how long we can stay on like this?”
The red-eyed girl was slightly frustrated.
“I still have some savings here, so I don’t need you two to pay rent for the time being. Both of you can pay me back once you get a job,” Lin Shushu said with a gentle smile.
“Thank you, Sis Shushu. It’s all thanks to you.” The two girls expressed their gratitude to Shushu as they bowed.
“Then let’s go around first. It’s much safer here than outside. Let’s get a hang of the place, and see if there is any place to work,” the cheerful girl said.
“All right, but take care. Don’t go near any dark places. I’ll go clean up the room first. After all, this was a place where a boy lived, I have to clean it up a little,” Lin Shushu said.
“Okay, we’ll come back in a bit,” the cheerful girl said hurriedly.
The two bade Lin Shushu farewell before they started to circle around the residential building together.
All around them were a scene of desolate, abandoned buildings.
Abandoned supermarkets, abandoned building materials stores, abandoned shopping malls, abandoned office buildings.
All of the abandoned vehicles on the road had been cleared out as well, and the road was no longer obstructed.
Yet, there were barely any passing cars, and even the pedestrians walked on hurriedly as they tried not to stay outside for too long.
The two girls were halfway through before they slowed down their footsteps.
“Sis Shushu is just a normal person, we have to be careful not to drag her into this,” the cheerful girl reminded.
“I know, we need to be a little more careful. We’ll retreat the moment we locate Selena. The Three Hidden Realms and the Sevenlocks Tower are at war, and our operation would be simpler, but… Sis Olleen…” The red-eyed girl was about to cry again.
“What are you crying for? Sis Olleen would have never wanted to see you like this every day. She sacrificed herself to protect everyone, and I too want to become a person like her!” the cheerful girl said sternly.
“Sis Solla…”
“All right, stop crying. It’s getting on my nerves.”
