Don't Even Think About It

'This should be the place. Could it be that the old man still has to stick to nine to five to scam people?'

The search for the offline stores of the travel agency went smoothly. After all, the official website had precisely marked out the locations. Although the shops were small, the bright green colored sign boards were very eye-catching in the night.

However, it was not easy to find the old man at the construction site. After checking the terrain around the three travel agencies one by one, Xia Xu barely confirmed the place where the old man was most likely to appear, but the surroundings were empty and dark. There was no one around, only some light from the nearby construction site.

The surroundings were remote, and there were no street lamps at night, let alone night markets. It was normal for the old man to not come out, so Xia Xu didn't care at first.

But for the next three days, he took the time to walk around every afternoon, but he still couldn't find anything. He didn't encounter the old man at the construction site, nor did he find Zhang Jianmin. He didn't even find a subordinate that was good at stalking.

'That shouldn't be the case. Am I in the wrong place? Or is the real plot just a coincidence? The old man at the construction site only started selling antiques right as Zhang Jianmin arrived?'

Xia Xu began to doubt his judgment.

The plot of the old man at the construction site in «Person About to Die» might not have begun yet, but this was a real world after all. Under normal circumstances, the old man at the construction site would not start selling antiques the moment Zhang Jianmin passed by. He would definitely be there a while in advance or even on a daily basis.

If that was the case, regardless of whether the plot had progressed to that stage, as long as he found the place, he should be able to encounter the old man at the construction site. But he had been walking around the area for the past few days, so he didn't even see many people, let alone the old man.

…

On Friday, Xia Xu, who had been rushing to find the old man at the construction site during his lunch breaks, finally stopped so he could at least have a proper lunch for once.

Anyway, tomorrow was the weekend, so he had two full days to search for him. He didn't need to worry about missing him in just the period of time.

"Come, have a piece."

After packing a portion of red braised meat and rice, Xia Xu began to feed the little white flower again.

Munch.

Tang Youxin seemed to be a little used to this. She just looked around cautiously. After seeing that there was no one else in the classroom, she stuck her head out and bit the red braised pork handed to her by Xia Xu.

After making money, Xia Xu naturally would not treat himself badly. There were not many pieces of braised pork in the meat vegetable Rice, but the slices were much larger now.

After she stuffed it in her mouth, her cheeks puffed up like a hamster with food in its mouth, and her face showed a hint of happiness and satisfaction.

She must have liked meat.

According to Xia Xu's observations over the past few days, Tang Youxin would only subconsciously show this kind of satisfied expression when eating meat, and her eyes would turn into crescents.

"Do you want to make money?"

After finishing a meal, Xia Xu suddenly had an idea.

"Yes! Do you have a part-time job somewhere?"

Tang Youxin's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this, and she nodded.

After all, her obsession was to make a lot of money.

The more poverty one felt, the more one desired wealth. This was human nature, and in this situation, it was even more precious to maintain one's conscience and self-esteem.

"Here, this is what I earned last weekend."

Xia Xu did not answer directly. Instead, he took out his phone, opened the messaging app, waved it at her, and showed it to her.

The messaging app was frozen on the previous bank transfer.

"Ten… hundred… thousand… ten thousand…"

Tang Youxin seemed to be stunned. She counted the amount in a soft voice, her eyes widened, and she said in a daze, "Fif… Fifty thousand? How?"

More than fifty thousand yuan was a huge sum for anyone of any age.

'Xia Xu earned this? And it only took one weekend?'

Her first reaction was surprise, and her second reaction was to suspect the source of the money.

After all, with Xia Xu's situation, it was impossible for him to make so much money in one go. He might not even be able to take out so much money.

"Don't think too much, I earned this legally. There is no more legitimate money than a reward from the police."

Xia Xu smiled and said, "I don't mean anything by this. I just want to prove my financial strength first. I want you…"

"Don't even think about it! Give up!"

Tang Youxin obviously thought wrongly. Before Xia Xu could finish speaking, her face turned red, then pale. She interrupted Xia Xu angrily and aggrievedly.

Although he didn't open her character status, Xia Xu seemed to have already seen his favorability drop to the bottom.

"What are you thinking about? Keep your mind pure."

Xia Xuqu tapped Tang Youxin's forehead with his finger and said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "I want to hire you to help me. As an employer, I wanted to show you my financial strength. Otherwise, would you believe that a poor student like me can hire people to work?"

In addition to looking for the old man at the construction site, he had been searching for talents in the talent market. He checked hundreds of character status screens every day.

But the more people watched, the more he understood the value of Tang Youxin's five-star destinies and talent. He had never seen a second five-star talent, let alone a destiny.

No, it should be said that there were not even four-star talents. Even those with three-star talents were one in a thousand. Most people had one or two-star talents, or even no talent.

Tang Youxin's five-star programming talent was definitely at the level of a genius. Even Zhang Jianmin and the other main characters would find it difficult to have such talent.

After all, this was a real world. Talent didn't matter what role you played.

Those who were extremely talented or had extraordinary lives were not necessarily plot characters, but the elites of various industries, the wealthy businessmen who controlled the business world, the high-ranking officials who ruled the world, and the troublemakers of various eras.

In the future, if Xia Xu wanted to open a company to earn money, he would inevitably need high-end talents. After these few days of experiencing how difficult it was to find suitable people, he naturally paid more attention to Tang Youxin's programming talent.

Although the Summer country was similar to Earth, its technological progression was slower by a few years. With this as a lesson in the past, the waves of the future were almost certain to land on the Internet. Knowing this, a five-star programming talent was even more valuable.

Although talent for programming software was not needed immediately like talent for stalking, it would definitely be used in the future.

Instead of searching for people and poaching them in the future, he might as well bind a five-star genius like Tang Youxin now and train her.

"Ah… Ah?"

Tang Youxin was stunned after hearing Xia Xu's explanation. She stuttered, "Is… is that so?"

Soon after, she reacted. Her face was red as she explained in a panic, "No, no, no, I know what you mean. I just feel that we are friends. If you need help, just say it. I'm angry because you want to give me money…"

This was probably the longest sentence she had said recently. It was fluent and hurried.

However, she was still a little unconfident in her words, especially when Xia Xu was already smiling like he was watching a good show. She looked around guiltily, not daring to look at him, and her voice became weaker and weaker.