books44 Chapter 44 I heard you've been telling everyone I'm gone.
Chapter 44 I heard you've been telling everyone I'm gone.
This was the first time Shen Qingqing had encountered such a situation, and just as she was wondering how to deal with it, she suddenly noticed a white corsage that had appeared on Celit's chest.
At that moment, it felt as if the whole world had become peaceful.
She also understood why Serit's expression changed drastically and he fled in panic when he saw Ge Yuan.
So it was all a misunderstanding.
Suppressing a chuckle, Shen Qingqing bowed to him.
Shen Qingqing's act of bowing without understanding the Zerg etiquette further confirmed Celit's guess.
His longtime nemesis, with whom he had worked for many years, finally died suddenly today due to continuous overtime work.
He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and pretended to wipe away tears that hadn't actually fallen.
"Ge Yuan, I never expected you to leave so suddenly. As your sworn enemy, I have no choice but to remember you today."
It wasn't until she met Celit that Shen Qingqing realized there were so many talkative insects among the Zerg.
Celit's eulogy never stopped from the beginning, and his use of flowery language was unparalleled.
If she had such good writing skills when she was in high school, she wouldn't be unable to write even 800 words in an essay.
"Uh, cough cough, Count Selit..."
However, Celit simply gestured for her to be quiet.
"Ge Yuan Lan, I swear in the name of the Insect God, in the name of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty, in the name of Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, in the name of Zeus, the King of the Gods, and..."
Shen Qingqing had no doubt that this guy had sworn oaths in the name of at least dozens of gods. She really didn't know how he could fit so many difficult-to-pronounce names into his head.
After swearing an oath in the name of hundreds of gods, Serit finally turned his attention to Shen Qingqing.
He bowed to her in courtly manner before speaking his last words to Ge Yuan, who lay peacefully on the bed.
"Since you're gone, according to the Zerg contract, all your property belongs to me. However, given your excessive spending every month that has left you with a mountain of old debts, I've received IOUs instead of property..."
"However, I don't need what you have, so I'm taking this test subject with me. The IOU is burned and is now void."
As he spoke, he took the white candle from Shen Qingqing's hand and lit a large stack of IOUs.
The IOU fluttered in the flames, like dancing fire sprites, and the firelight softened the lines of Ge Yuan's pale face.
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Shen Qingqing's arm to lead her outside.
Oh no, what does Ge Yuan's debt have to do with her?
Why did you take her with you?!
She doesn't want to be with Celite...
Perhaps it was Shen Qingqing's lifelong honesty and hard work that moved Heaven, or perhaps it was influenced by probability theory from university, or more likely it was due to magnetic field interference in this place.
Ge Yuan, who had been peacefully lying in the white cloth, has awakened!
Zerg sleep is different from humans; they can simply close their eyes and that's it, without any reaction whatsoever, and they wouldn't even feel if the sky were to fall.
There was truly no sensation.
"Selite! How dare you kidnap my people!"
Enraged, the heroine Go Yuan Lan beat up her colleague, nemesis, and creditor, and reclaimed her mummy.
"You've gotten quite bold in just a few days!"
Serit, who had no intention of leaving since he was dragging Shen Qingqing along, suffered an undeserved misfortune.
Clutching her arm, she said resentfully, "How is this how you treat your creditors?"
"Huh? Creditor? What creditor? I have no idea about this."
Ge Yuan pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth.
Fortunately, Celit had no intention of wasting words with the rogue kite and went straight to the point.
“Ge Yuan, your pheromones… are gone.”
"Huh...huh?! What did you say? What's lost?!"
Just as they were feeling relieved to be debt-free, a bolt from the blue struck them within seconds.
Ge Yuan's grinning lips quickly turned into a tight purse; her ability to change her expression was truly remarkable.
"I'll give you a chance to say it again, but I can't hear well."
"You've lost your pheromones."
Whether Celit was missing a screw in his head or simply didn't care, he repeated it again.
"Not only that, I don't know where I lost it or when I lost it."
The hand that was gripping the other person's clothes suddenly released its grip, as if all the strength in the body had been drained away.
Ge Yuan looked up at the sky and roared, wishing he could work overtime immediately to earn money and pay off his debts.
She wondered why Celit would be so kind as to wipe out the debt; it turned out he was waiting for this.
It's true what they say: you get what you pay for.
She will never trust anyone again!
"Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now." Celit said goodbye very politely.
“Oh, right,” he turned back before leaving, “I forgot to remind you, the check on the table is for a gift, and the burned IOU doesn’t need to be returned.”
"Whatever!" Ge Yuan was furious and grabbed the wooden bed, smashing it towards the door.
Celeste, who had long since disappeared, was unharmed, but their door will probably need repairs again.
“That Ge Yuan, calm down…”
Shen Qingqing fanned her and brought her water, saying, "At least, at least the IOU isn't gone anymore..."
"Ugh, it's all that wretched Serit's fault! If it weren't for him, I would have paid off my debts long ago... You wicked old nobleman!"
From a few words, Shen Qingqing learned that our beautiful Ge Yuan had become despondent after working long hours without pay, believing that life had no hope, and thus turned her attention to jewelry, bags, and gorgeous clothes.
Unfortunately, I was short of money and could only sigh in vain.
At this point, a count appeared and tricked her into writing an IOU, playing word games with her.
And so, she barely had enough of her monthly salary to last her through the night.
He worked for Celit for over fifty years before he could barely pay off his debts.
But a couple of days ago, we had a disagreement, and I accidentally kicked down two doors...
So, you know what I mean.
Once again burdened with debt, Ge Yuan looked up to the sky, sighed, and burst into tears.
And now, one of the bed boards they had painstakingly pieced together is broken.
Looks like we'll have to squeeze in to sleep tonight.
……
"I swear, if I, Ge Yuan, buy cosmetics, clothes, bags, and jewelry again this time, I'll be a black-skinned pig!"
That evening, after Ge Yuan returned from washing up, Shen Qingqing was surprised to find that she had dyed her hair black.
"What are you..."
Shen Qingqing's words were pointed.
Ge Yuan just smiled sheepishly, "This is the last time, I'll stop after I buy it."
It turns out that not only men's words are unreliable, but sometimes women's words are even more unreliable.
Less than an hour after Ge Yuan snatched the quantum computer from Shen Qingqing and placed an urgent order, someone rang the doorbell.
"Hello, please sign for your package!"
"Ge Yuan!"
"Oh, this is the last time. I promise I won't buy it again."
She winked at the little one curled up in bed and happily signed for the package.
"Wow, express delivery is so fast!"
I happily opened the package, then found a shockproof plastic film, then a dustproof film, and finally the gift box packaging…
The pile of packaging submerged the two men in cardboard boxes.
"Ge Yuan, is all this packaging really necessary..." Shen Qingqing struggled to crawl out of bed.
The temperature on Nikolai planet drops sharply after nightfall. The Zerg are not only insensitive to emotions, but also to temperature.
Wearing a black lace bodycon dress, Ge Yuan even took the time to style her hair.
"This is a symbol of luxury, you know... Such expensive clothes certainly deserve the best packaging..."
While admiring the excellent quality of the clothes and the exquisite craftsmanship of the fabric weaving, they happily changed into the clothes.
Unfortunately, this naive and unsophisticated commoner couldn't see at all what kind of craftsmanship was involved in those two thin pieces of fabric that made her willing to spend a month's salary to buy them.