Hi my name is lailanie. This a story about my life.Trust me my life can be very crazy

ALENIA'S POV

I was relieved I could finally tell the truth even though he's dead, the people should know how much of a monster he truly was I was a little bit worried if my confession would backfire and lead into arresting me but the detective is smarter than that, I Think. 

"why did you tell him?" 

Was she serious right now? Am I not supposed to want to receive my justice? I couldn't let the people keep believing he was perfect while the truth is, he was the worst human being ever. 

"I don't see a reason why not mother, he is dead he can't hurt me anymore but I should stand my ground and tell everyone what the truth was. And that he was the worst person to ever exist on earth" my voice started to choke, I am deeply hurt by the way she doesn't want to receive justice after all this years. 

"Do you understand the trouble you got us in? You are already a suspect and now this?! Do you want to ruin your life?"she was yelling, and not normal yelling,her voice was louder than it has ever been through all these years I knew she was scared, she cared for me.

"He is smart he will know it's not me, you don't have to worry about me" I approached her as I engulfed her into my arms. 

"You are all I have I don't want you to go to prison"She said almost crying. 

I can understand her fear growing up she was all I had as well,I never went to school, never had friends but she filled that space she taught me, befriended me,raised me and helped me I am grateful for everything she ever gave me but I can't forget all the pain through these years. 

Every night I would sleep crying because he beat me and she didn't stop him, it's not like she didn't want to, but she couldn't.And I had to suffer everyday because of that but now that he isn't here anymore, everyone deserves to know that he isn't the nice person he pretends to be, the fake respectful act he holds in front of people was nothing but a disgusting cover-up to the real ugly side of him.

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It's been three days since they found his body, the detective isn't saying anything other than the obvious facts. 

The killer was right handed. 

He stabbed him within close distance. 

It wasn't a rage murder. 

Everyone in the house was right handed so that didn't help much but the last one, I took seconds to think, if someone wanted to kill him why would he do it calmly?

In my defence, since everyone didn't have a motive except me, my motive was stronger than killing him cold blooded;there would have been anger and rage but there wasn't which hopefully will be enough defence to clear my name out,HOPEFULLY. 

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I heard Ms.Eleanor talking to some man about something. I was trying my best not to eavesdrop so I couldn't catch much words other than it must be sold.

What is she selling? And why would she be selling something 3 days after her husband died regardless of what she is selling. 

Should I tell Mr. Charles? Maybe, it could help them. But this doesn't seem any of my business. 

"Are you spying on them?" I heard the familiar male voice, it's him. 

"not on purpose, but she is talking about selling something you should go and find out isn't that your job?" 

"I could use your help whenever you hear something suspicious in this house you directly come and tell me. Understood?" I nod my head as he walks inside. 

I leaned closer to hear what they were about to say. I know it's not right but I couldn't help it murder is no small deal someone's life could be ruined because of another person. 

" what are you selling? "

" pardon?, I dont think it's any of your business" 

"what ever it is you are selling it might be related to the murder so you better tell me now or I am going to willingly arrest you for obstruction of justice so you better start talking" his tone seemed very threatening as if he was shooting her daggers through his glares. 

"I'm selling my house, it.." 

"Absolutely not" he cut her off before she could continue. 

"this house is an active crime scene and there could be possible missed evidence you can not sell it" 

"maybe you forgot the fact that I gave you 5 days and now you have two days left after that I would have complete control over my house" 

"I'm selling it after 2 days and I don't care about you or your little police friends I'm moving to Birmingham to live with my parents and THAT'S IT" 

I could hear her approaching the door so I tried my best to hide and I could see her feet walking away.

Selling the house. Was she trying to hide something? Why would she sell the house only five days after her husband died?I was never able to follow up on anything she does because she was always with her parents but this is extremely odd.. 

I know for a fact that this house is really expensive but that can't be a motive could it?

"It could be" I turned to see Mr. Charles. Was I thinking loud? 

"yes indeed you were"  Is he inside my brain? Or am I just thinking loud because I can't even hear myself 

"you are thinking loud stop denying it" I am definitely thinking way too loud. 

"okay fine you heard me, what can I do for you?" 

"nothing, I would like to know estimatedly how much does this house cost?" 

"I'm not sure madam Eleanor was always trying to convince Mr. Tom to sell it saying it was old fashioned but he wouldn't give it up."

"how do you know that?" 

"she would always bring the idea whenever they are dining, that's the only time he is in the house, besides when he is asleep" 

"I need you to do something for me" 

I nod my head hesitantly"what can I do for you? "

" you find out the name of every real state agent that ever came to this house regarding the sell give me the list by midday and I shall investigate"

"Alright I will do it" 

"now please excuse me" I excused myself and left the place to start thinking. It wasn't a hard job I always knew their names whenever they would show up at the door I am hoping that what I will do will help.

Following the death of a middle aged man on the 13th of December evening, 2019, in the far unpopulated end of Guildford suburbans post a party, it must be figured who killed the man.

 Finding out the killer hardens as the suspect list narrows considering that every person knew one of the victim's many characters and had a different opinion and view about him which leads to certain collision through the investigation.

Although everyone seems to agree that his death was a tragic mystery that must be solved, revealing the untold truth

Si Chen stood in an inconspicuous corner as he took everything that was happening into this eyes.
When he noticed that there were two man wearing western suits and walking towards Yang Deng, he had a guess of who and what they were here for.
The two men all emanated an unordinary aura, like true businessmen undergoing a negotiation. Their faces had on a smile, yet within that smile contained a distinct pride and arrogance they had.
They were most likely from the Northwest Drinks Company who were here yet again to seek an investment within the Hui Yuan Drink Store.
The two men stood right in front of Yang Deng, and began to shake hands with each other while exchanging pleasantries.
Si Chen strode a little bit closer to their location, while making sure he was out of their sights, as he listened onto their conversation.
"Boss Yang Deng, I guess you can figure out what we are here for? Our Northwest Drinks think highly of your new business, and we would like to seek an agreement with you." The man on the left spoke up with a smile on his face.
Yang Deng returned his words, "I'm sorry, Manager Yun. The Hui Yuan Drink Store has sufficient assets, and does not need any further investments."
His rejection was polite and clear.
However, Manager Yun did not back down in the slightest, "Boss Yang, our company is truly sincere in discussing a deal with you with the best terms on the market. There is no need to cut us down like this."
"I'm sorry, Manager Yun, but my answer still stands." Yang Deng still maintained his persistent attitude.
After seeing the resolute gleam in Yang Deng's eyes that clearly indicated that he had no intention to discuss a deal, Manager Yun's face stiffened, before his lips rose up into a wider smile, "Boss Yang, I admit that you're store right now is not facing any financial difficulties. But what if the Hui Yuan Drink Store suddenly meets with a few competitors that they are unable to deal with, and fall into a crisis?"
��You won't want that to happen, right?"
Manager Yun's words were a direct threat! If Yang Deng did not agree to an agreement between them, then the Hui Yuan Drink Store would become an enemy of the Northwest Drinks!
Yang Deng became quite uncomfortable after hearing his words. How could he not understand what the man in front of him was implying?
It was either they became friends, or they became enemies.
The problem was that he did not have the authority to deal with this matter himself. If he had rejected, then he would earn a huge enemy for their drink store.
However, if he had no authority to agree either, because he was not the major shareholder of the drink store.
Just when he was in the midst of his dilemma, his phone started to ring. Seeing that the caller was Si Chen, he went to excuse himself, before he picked it up.
"Accept the agreement." Si Chen directly said on the phone.
"Boss SI, are you sure?" Yang Deng couldn't help but ask. Right now, what he cared about was not how Si Chen was able to know their conversation, but rather his attitude towards this matter.
"Why not? If they want our recipes, then we shall give it to them. As long as they don't buy in our shares, anything else is fine!"
"Those drink recipes which I had created were all things of the past. I now have even better ones in my hands right now. Do you understand what I am trying to do?" Si Chen slowly spoke out.
Yang Deng took a while to digest this information, while pondering within his mind, before a lightbulb suddenly went off in his mind, "Boss Si, are you saying that you want to cheat off some money from the Northwest Drinks by selling the lower-quality recipes and then replace our drink menu with even higher quality recipes?"
"That's right. I was searching for a time to replace our drink menu, and the Northwest Drink's entrance is a good way to do so. All you need to do is to act, and then sell our recipes to them under an agreement. Negotiate for a split in profits by selling them the rights to manufacture the drinks, and after you make an agreement, publicise the cooperation between both of our businesses."
"In this case, even if we launch out our new drinks, and the Northwest Drinks find out that they were being tricked and want to retaliate, they can't do so without the risk of losing their reputation. After all, on legal terms, we are two cooperating parties. If they were to act against us under the public eyes, there is no way that they won't be condemned for such behaviour." Si Chen casually explained.
"Okay, Boss Si." Yang Deng answered after a while, before the call was hung up and he walked back towards the two men.
"Other than discussing about investing into our shares, we can have an agreement about anything else as long as the terms are not too ridiculous." Yang Deng released a heavy sigh, tensing up his face as though this was a really difficult decision to make.
Manager Yun directly spoke up, "Boss Yang, could you sell us the selling rights to the drink recipes within your store?"
Yang Deng took a long time before he replied, "Yes."
The two men exchanged glances with each other, with joy and delight sparkling within their eyes. The only thing that they had come here for was simply the drink recipes.
Why would they bother about the mere shares of the shop when they could directly obtain the selling rights of the recipe?
"Boss Yang, as long as you let us have the selling rights to the three drink specialties within your restaurant, along with the selling rights of the Great Milk Tea that you had just introduced, we are more than willing to accede to your requests." Manager Yun slowly said, as a crafty gleam flashed through his eyes.
He had saw the popularity of the Great Milk Tea earlier. If they were able to sell that within their own Northwest Drinks, their profit could rise to unimaginable rates.
"I'm sorry, Manager Yun, but if you have any ideas on the Great Milk Tea, I'm afraid our discussion would be directly over." Yang Deng's expression turned stern, and he turned his body as if preparing to leave.
Manager Yun, seeing this scene, instantly panicked as he hurried called out, "Boss Yang, there is no need to be so serious about such a small matter. Even if there is no Great Milk Tea, we can still talk terms with each other."
Yang Deng stared at Manager Yun for a while, before he begrudgingly sat back down.
"How much do you have to offer for the selling rights of the 3 drink specialties within our store?" Yang Deng took the initiative to ask, his eyes still carrying a slightly unfriendly look, as though if Manager Yun were to give absurdly low prices, he would instantly leave.
Manager Yun had come over to the drink store with the orders of the higher-ups to acquire the selling rights of the 3 specialties by hook or by crook, and it was best if they did it through legal means.
After all, if they were to announce a war against the Hui Yuan Drink Store, their Northwest Drinks will not get out of this without suffering a few losses, which they did not want to see happening.
Hearing that Yang Deng had so readily asked for their quotes, Manager Yun's heart burned with happiness, because this meant that the selling right for the recipes were really up for negotiation.
Manager Yun cleared his throat, and gave out his terms in a lower and more professional voice, "Our Northwest Drinks Company will offer a 8/2 split in profits, 8 to us and 2 to you,  as well as an additional $20000 for the selling rights of the 3 drink specialties."
The terms that Manager Yun could be considered quite a rip-off. The first terms in a negotiation were almost always to test out the other's bottom line, and as Manager Yun had predicted, Yang Deng instantly rejected.
"A 8/2 split in profits? Manager Yun, there is no need to joke around with me. Do you think you will deserve 80% of the profits you earn from simply selling the drinks made using our drink recipe?"
"Manager Yun…I can give you the best terms I have. A 7/3 split in profits. This is my bottom line. Anywhere below that, and I will instantly leave right now." Yang Deng authoritatively stated, as he cast a sharp glance towards Manager Yun.
The Yang Deng right now looked absolutely like a boss, with his oppressive and dominating aura reaching out to the surroundings and slightly suffocating the two men in front of him.
"Boss Yang, let me call my boss to see if he agrees." Manager Yun replied, before he whipped out his phone and dialled a number.
Moments later, Manager Yun came back with an indescribable smile, "Boss Yang, our boss has agreed to this deal. Let's sign a contract and lock this deal in."
The other man who came along with Manager Yun took out a few pieces of prepared document from his suitcase and placed in front of Yang Deng.
When both parties had signed the contract, Manager Yun stood up and shook Yang Deng's hands, "Congratulations of Boss Yang. Your business will definitely prosper like a carp leaping through a dragon's gate after this deal. We will definitely not let you down."
Manager Yun had an amiable smile on his face, while inwardly he was sneering in his heart: 'This old fool. A 7/3 split and he actually agrees. Wait till we completely dominate the market with your drinks, and make you drink store collapse into dust."
On the other hand, Yang Deng was similarly smiling from ear to ear, as he maintained a humble expression on his face, like how all normal people would treat someone with a much higher status than you.
His dignified boss demeanour totally vanished, and from Manager Yun's eyes, it seems like he was obviously acting out with authority just now.
Manager Yun did not care about his act at all, because in the end, as far as he saw it, he was the ultimate winner.
How could he have knew that he was being played throughout the negotiations?
After transferring $20000 to Yang Deng's account, Manager Yun brought a contract of the agreement and left along with the other men beside him.
In the car, Manager Yun and the men were sitting at the back seat.
"What an idiot. The man actually thinks he can trick me with his fake authoritative act while trying to fish out more advantages. A 7/3 deal is basically sending us free money for nothing." Manager Yun pulled out the tie from his collar as he scoffed.
"I feel that there is something wrong." The man beside Manager Yun slowly reported his thoughts.
"How could there be something wrong? That man is a practical idiot who doesn't' know how talk business. We earn, they lose. It is as simple as that." Manager Yun instantly shut down the man's idea.
His heart right now was bursting with joy. He would definitely be rewarded with a huge bonus for completing such a beneficial deal.
"I still feel like there is something wrong." The man softly mumbled as he stared out of the car window.
But Manager Yun simply disregarded the man.

A youth, desolate and bleak. 
He had no parents, and his life was enveloped in darkness
The only brightness in his life, was his sister. 
Yet, he was unable to even give her a comfortable life. 
He had no money. 
Until a System descend onto his brain. 
And he abruptly rose like a Phoenix, and roared as mightily as a Dragon, making his presence known to the world, sending the entire business world trembling in fear. 

As a God of Investment, he shall singlehandedly build up his own business empire, and dominate and oppress the world.

Mu Yuchen let go of Liu Xiaolan and sighed.

Each day she keeps calling him a little fool, yet she often makes small mistakes and forgets about obvious things. Who's really foolish here?

Well, if Liu Xiaolan could her his thoughts, she would probably rebuke him heavily. After all, she's still confused, alright?

Like let's not say selling mushrooms, but who in the modern times would think of picking chestnuts and selling them once they need to earn some money? Even if she herself already thought about doing it when she passed by them, it's really not her fault that they don't show up in her mind first when it comes to earning money.

But her little fool's reminder was really timely. As far as she noticed during her visits to the city, chestnuts are a pretty cheap and unpopular thing here as well. But every time she saw people selling them, it would either be sold raw or just boiled a little.

Most people wouldn't care to take off the shell at all, and even if they did who would like to chew on a bland chestnut? Why not season it or cook in a different way?

It might not be possible to become super rich in a short time while selling chestnuts, but it's possible to earn some money as long as they position themselves properly. The only thing that worries her is that some people might see the way she prepares them and imitate her, but that's something she will need to take care later on…

"It's too late to go to the city today anymore... " Liu Xiaolan sighed. Seems like she needs to wait another day before she can bring back some pans and cooking utensils needed for her business.

"Little fool, we are going to need a lot of chestnuts. Can you take the empty sacks with you and go pick them up on the mountain?" She asked him softly.

Mu Yuchen immediately picked up the needed things and started moving towards the mountains. "Lady doesn't need to worry, I'll quickly come back with sacks full of chestnuts!"

Liu Xiaolan sat down on the ground and begun thinking of everything she needs to do before they can start selling.

The most important thing is to know who to sell. Even if she tried her best, it's not like she can get nobles to buy chestnuts from her… Logically speaking, her biggest customer group should be simple citizens having a little money on their hands.

If so, then selling on the market would be great, but that's another place where she would need to spend money on… One can't just go in and sell, you would need to pay a registration fee for a place on the market, and that's only if there are still free spots.

Even if she could grit her teeth and get the money out, it's almost certain that she wouldn't get a place anyway. Since that won't work, then perhaps a roadside stall would be good? 

From what she understood and saw so far, as long as you're not bothering the owner of the shop near which you're setting your stall on and he agrees to let you be there, you're going to be fine.

Liu Xiaolan was slowly deciding on all the details concerning her new business, some of them being the place to sell, how to cook the product and what seasoning to use so it's cost effective, in which way to sell at all.

After all, for modern people it seems to be a stupid question, but it took Liu Xiaolan quite some time to figure out what she should use as a container for her cooked chestnuts so she can sell them. 

It's not like people are going to go home while holding them in their hands, right? Nobody would want to buy them from her if she did this.

Other chestnuts sellers that sell raw product or barely cooked ones mostly put them in sacks and sell to some households in big numbers, but her target customers are people walking past. They won't buy too much from her, and using sacks to hold a small amount wasn't good either.

After thinking of it for a long time, the only way she thought of was making small wooden buckets or straw baskets. Either way, they aren't too pricey and they can be made in smaller sizes.

While Liu Xiaolan was thinking inside their home, Mu Yuchen was walking up the mountain towards chestnuts trees. Suddenly he heard some footsteps coming towards his direction and the voices of people from the Liu family.

'Should I ignore them?' He thought for a moment and decided to avoid them for now. It wouldn't be good if they bothered him right now, he didn't want to bring any trouble towards his lady…

"Sister, quickly pick them up. It's all money lying on the ground and waiting for us to take away…" Liu Peng said with greed, and soon his father walking behind him voiced his agreement.

Liu Xueyue felt a little bitter but had no choice but to obediently squat down and pick the nearby mushrooms. Her brother and father both got hooked on the idea of earning money quickly and couldn't wait to sell mushrooms, but neither of them wanted to move their own hands and pick them up.

Although Liu Peng usually treats her pretty well, Liu Xueyue still looked a little unhappy right now. Knowing their family, even if she and her mother do all the work right now, they probably won't even get some copper coins for it.

Liu Xueyue couldn't help but imagine how good it would be if Liu Xiaolan was still in the family. She and her mother could still live their lives pleasantly, without the need to worry about doing any work…

Shen Meijing walked past her husband and came towards her daughter, trying to comfort her quietly. She's not happy right now either, but what can she do? It's not like she can just go against her husband wishes, wouldn't Grandma Liu kick her out as well?

Liu Xiaolan, an elite female chef reincarnates into a peasant girl abandoned by her family. 

With her modern knowledge and cooking skills, she will open her own path towards a better life. One filled with money, power and a happy family.

Once she picked a handsome guy, he turned out to be a little stupid?

Some jealous people joked about the fact that she could only marry a fool?

All she could do was to disdain them! She had land, money, and her little fool turned out to be a little smarter than she imagined.

Every night he takes her to “cultivate land”, making her unable to move.

Once, when she woke up in the morning, she greeted her teeth and said: “Can you stop already! I need to cook breakfast!”

“Isn’t the lady cooking a little bun with me?”

Can she still change her mind? Maybe picking him up wasn’t a good idea!

The Engineer Walker spent some time mourning the death of his super-exclusive-limited-edition, the one that got away with banshee-like howls. Afterward, he marched back to his workshop in Da Xue with purposeful strides.
The other Voidwalkers had nothing to do. Now that they had regained their fleshly bodies, not even one of the Voidwalkers was bold enough to casually leap through the portal. 
Thus, they stayed in the living room, talking about current affairs whilst waiting for the Engineer Walker. 
As the first Voidwalker, the Archmage solemnly stated his opinion. "What we don't have to do right now is to name educated guesses about their civilization, military might, and technological capabilities. The most important question is: what do we call them? Fellas, we need to name them. Since they appear to ride what resembles snowmobiles in the sky, then let's call them 'Sky Knights'!"
"That's accurate, but I get the feeling that something is… off. Like, it's gonna turn into a bait-and-switch hyperlink and QR code[1] any second now," Baiyi replied, shaking his head in disapproval.
The Scholar Walker, whose focus was still on her decoding work, suddenly said, "Is anyone in favor of calling them the 'Last Airbenders'?" 
'Way to go, telling everyone what generation of cartoons you watch.'
"Ooh, I know! The Flying Dutchmen!"
'Can we just stop stealing names from already established works for a change?'
While the other Voidwalkers showcased the terrible level of skill they had at naming, the denizens of the other world were examining them, too. The unlucky marionette was atop a long office table in the best room of the steam-powered flying ship. This was the Captain's quarters.
A few human silhouettes in thick furs were gathered around the table, looking intently at the marionette, an object they had never seen before. They conversed amongst themselves in a strange language. 
"I took this to our best technical officer on the ship, and he said he'd never seen anything this exquisite before! He could not figure out how the robot functioned, neither could he tell how it had hovered at such heights," said a middle-aged man, comfortably resting beneath a layer of comforters. As the man spoke, wisps of white vapor were let out into the air. A small golden emblem of a sloop was pinned on his chest pocket, outing him as the captain of this crew.
"Indeed! This really is the most delicate and beautiful piece of art I've ever seen; it is simply irreplicable," the First Mate, who wore a silver sloop on his shirt, said. He gingerly caressed the marionette with his gloved hand as though he was examining its beauty. "Anyway, we should really descend right now. It's freezing up here!"
The Captain nodded and shouted out a command for the ship to descend. Clouds of steam and vapor surged out of the ship's smokestacks as it descended below the sea of clouds like a submarine. The airship continued to descend until it reached an altitude appropriate for its model. 
The temperature in airship rose rapidly; it was as though mid-winter had been chased away by the gushing warmth of the humid summer. The airship's crew began to remove layers of clothing from themselves.
"Rising to the edge of the sky is a pain, but if we're rewarded with a treasure every time we do it, then sign me up for a few more rounds!" The Chief Engineer, a man with a full, bushy beard, exclaimed boisterously. He lifted his fingers to count. "This little babe is gonna bring us a fortune! We'll be able to upgrade our propeller system completely, and we'd still have more than enough left over to add more cannons!"
"You're seriously thinking of selling that?! Selling a delicate, exquisite piece of art from another dimension, which is worth more than all the gold in the world..." The Captain protested a little hotly. His face unnaturally beet red; no one could tell if it was because of his emotional response or if the abrupt change in temperature had left a strange effect on his body.
"Why not?" The First Mate asked. "It'll net a few months' worths of wages for everyone in this crew, without enough left over to get drinks. You know, there's mighty rich fella, Lame Hank, who has an eye and money for these sorts of things."
The marionette had sparked a discussion so loud, even the crew members that were not there could hear the others; the lucky rider, whose snowmobile was the landing point for the marionette, was one of them. He was on all fours outside the Captain's quarters, his ear directly on the door, listening in on the conversation. When the rider heard the others talk about selling the marionette, he frowned. 
"They're just going to sell it? Just like that?!" The rider asked his partner in disbelief. "This won't do! We can't let 'em!"
The rider got up in a huff, ready to storm the room next door — intent on stopping the higher-ups from going through with their plans — but his partner, who looked a decade older than him, pulled him aside. "Are you out of your mind? If you break into the Captain's room like that, we could get kicked off this ship!" He whispered.
"So what? I thought you'd be used to it by now," the young rider snapped as he smoothened his shirt.
"Alright, kid. Listen. We all know who you are — Lear the Resplendent, the best skyfarer on this side of the endless blue! But, please, brave little Lear, how many crews have we joined and quit so far? I'm getting a little too old to be a vagabond, boy, and the other day, I set my eyes on this ship and found me your future auntie," the older partner said, trying to reason with the rider on whose shoulders his hands rested. "So, please, my darling rascal, be a dear for once, would you? Let this slide, please?
"Besides, you know that when they sell it, they won't keep for themselves the money that is rightfully ours. Our Captain is known for his firm sense of fairness!" The older partner said. "Just understand that your fortune, this time, is good enough to get us a few years of comfort. Everything is good! Don't you agree?"
The young rider hesitated. The unpleasant expression on his face belied the internal struggle he was having, but after a while, he relaxed and nodded. 
The young rider did not want to relinquish the marionette after it landed on their sky-ski, but his older partner — who could also pass for an uncle to him — convinced him to make the "wisest choice." The young rider knew that his older partner was right this time, too. Selling the marionette did seem like the best course of action. 
However, the crew did not know that if they returned the marionette to its rightful owner, he would be so excited that he rewards them with luxuries beyond their wildest imaginations!
"Do you think we'll cloud-soar again?" Lear asked.
"Maybe, maybe not." The older partner shrugged; he could not read the Captain's mind. "It is dangerous to venture to the edge of the sky, so I think they would rather know how much that pretty thing is worth in gold before making a decision. Besides, my gut tells me that the black hole in the sky is not good news. 'Dangerous!' my gut screams every time I look at it. There's certainly danger on the other side of the hole, and we'd be playing with fire if we mess with it. Don't you remember? Something shot out of the hole and attacked one of us!"
"That wasn't an attack! Philip's sky-ski suffered hardly any damage; its paint only peeled off a little," Lear replied. "If whoever was responsible for that was actually angry, they'd have done way worse than create a spark." 
The older partner shrugged and dragged Lear, his nephew, off to a bar on the ship. It seemed he planned to celebrate their fortuitous encounter. 
Later, both men were drunk, and they both had their arms around women, who were they were leading to their cabins. Suddenly, a loud horn blared from the deck. This was a signal for all riders to get ready. It seemed the Captain had decided to go up in clouds for another run.
Lear was a little baffled that his leader's uncommon decision to cloud-soar twice in a single day, but his excitement for the unknown was enough to shove the woman in his arm away. He quickly put on his sky-riding uniform and protective gear before slapping a pair of goggles on his face. The young man exited his cabin to see the older partner, who had just finished suiting up, and the two linked each other with a knowing smile and a nod.
They were sure that their fortune would smile at them again. It was just as the local saying goes, "If you're lucky today, you're lucky for the whole day."
Soon, about twenty sky-riders readied themselves on their trusty sky-skis as they approached the black hole. The number of people surrounding the portal had doubled from the last; since hearing the talk of Lear the Resplendent's treasure, everyone had wanted a shot.
The Captain had made an unprecedented choice to bring his ship above the clouds twice in a day after being thoroughly convinced by one of his engineers. The man had suggested selling the marionette to a wealthy collector who lived very far away from where they were. The trip was projected to be a lengthy one demanding a lot of provisions, repairs, and maintenance for their cloud-soaring rounds; it also meant that the ship would have to leave the mysterious black hole behind for a long, long time.
It would be wise for the Captain to soar above the clouds one last time before they leave. If they were lucky, they could bag another treasure before some other ships discovered this portal and plunder all of the best things from it.
Now, the steamship approached the portal carefully as the sky-riders disembarked from the ship's hulk and sped towards their target until they were enclosing it. Then, they hurled all kinds of objects into the portals — beer bottles, talismans, and more — excitedly, believing that Lear's reward was a result of throwing the right object into the black hole.
Someone must have thrown the right thing because soon, the black hole began to react. Then the treasure appeared: a beautiful marionette on par with pure art, bearing the same shiny green coat and a roundish head. Surprisingly, this time, it was no longer the size of an adult's hand but a metallic giant about two meters large.
There was no rule that a scout must be small, so the Engineer Walker brought a big one this time. It was originally one of the battle marionettes left from the war; the Engineer made a few last-minute paint job and tweaks before sending it out on the field.
He did expect his marionette to be greeted by a circle of sky-riders.
"What the hell are they even trying?" The Engineer Walker asked out loud in confusion as he watched the riders swinging what looked like lassos as though they were cowboys. They flung their ropes and captured the scout marionette, before beginning to shout to their partners to drive their snowmobiles at maximum speed.
They were planning to haul the marionette as though it were a bull!
[1] "Sky Knight' is a Chinese mainland meme that works more or less like our "rickrolling." People could submit in a link purportedly related to a topic, and someone would click on it, only to be linked to a pretty broken game where "Sky Knight" was one of its players.


Imagine being forced to live, after death, as incorporeal bodies trapped in a vast space of nothingness for thousands of years, with nothing to do but exchanging past memories with other cohabitants (read: weirdos).  Everybody wanted out, but there was no way to leave the Void... 
Until one day, a young man was finally summoned, as a powerful but reluctant mentor, by a bubbly and motivated but completely naive young girl. Baiyi, finally out of the Void, was the only one who could save all of the other 32 souls from their prison and his summoner might just be The Key to their freedom.
However, Baiyi had to use the techniques and abilities the other souls had taught him throughout the years, and together with his own extensive knowledge of anime and game tropes from his shady and dangerous past as an otaku, to face the biggest challenge of them all: training the clumsy young girl he was forced to partner up with… into a competent sorcerer!

They have been together? For a year? Her words tumble around as I try and grasp each one, deciding what they mean. "But Henry and I have only been broken up for a few months."

Oh.

Double O.

Everything hits me like a pile of bricks, knocking me to the hospital floor even though my body doesn't move. We were living with Ashley's now ex-boyfriend Jonathan and she was sleeping with my boyfriend.

"Oh, I see."

Ashley reaches for my hand again but I take a step away from her hospital bed. "I'm so sorry, Mackenzie."

"We're best friends?" It's a statement and a question. How could my best friend, the one person in the world I trusted, betray me in such a way? It's like a literal knife wound to the chest. And not only did they start seeing each other, but it happened while we were still dating. Ashley, the woman who was so broken when her boyfriend cheated, was cheating on her boyfriend, with her best friend's boyfriend. Shakespeare couldn't write such a tragedy.

"I swear it didn't start out that way. We didn't mean to hurt you. I would never do that to you."

I don't want to know the dirty details, but still I can't stop myself from asking. "And how did it start?"

"I stressed about studying for finals last year and Henry told me he could help me relax." She shakes her head, leaving me wondering how he planned to help her relax. With his penis? "He ended up selling me a little coke to take the edge off and it worked. We met up a few more times and it just kind of happened."

It just kind of happened? Henry sold her cocaine?

I take another step away from the bed, my hand falling to my chest as if it will stop the pain from rattling my rib cage, but it doesn't.

"Wait, you're selling drugs?" I ask Henry. "You're on drugs?" I ask both of them, looking back and forth as if I'm seeing these two people for the first time in my entire life. The two people I thought I knew better than anyone. It was all lies. Everything one big fat lie.

Weed is legal in Michigan, but cocaine? It's a serious drug.

"This is why we didn't tell you. You're always against it and so moral," Henry says sounding like a disappointed father. But he's the one who disappointed me. It isn't a bad thing to not want your boyfriend selling drugs.

"Excuse me," I say indignantly. My brain is past exploding with the information I've taken in for the last few days. It's a lifetime of drama and confessions, enough to last me until the next millennium.

"Are you guys a couple now?"

Ashley's face heats as she looks at Henry with expectations and questions in her eyes—an expression she's never used with a man. They obviously have feelings for one another. Deep ones if I had to guess. What the hell? Henry asked me to move to Arizona? What if I had said yes?

I take a few more steps away until I hit the end of Ashley's hospital bed close to the door.

"I need to get out of here." Everything feels hot. Like someone turned the heat up thirty degrees. I'm sweating.

Without another look back, I walk away from Ashley's hospital room and head toward the elevator, which will get me home. To the apartment I share with her.

Ashley is intertwined in every facet of my life. We've done everything together for years. She's my roommate and my closest confidant. But now the truth is out that the last few years have been nothing but a lie.

I push through the hospital's large doors to the outside, the early fall sun heating me as I reach the sidewalk and begin the mile walk back to our apartment. It would be quicker to grab a cab and pay the fee, but my money is in the apartment and the long walk will do me good. Give me time to struggle and work out exactly where my life is headed now that she ripped the floor out from underneath me. There's nothing left of the old Mackenzie's life. I'm free-floating into space on my own.

My phone rings, and without thinking about it as the baseball stadium comes into view, I answer it.

"Mackenzie," Vincent's voice sounds frantic. "We've been searching for you. Are you okay?"

Am I okay? It feels as if I've taken a bullet to the chest and I'm bleeding on the street, but in reality, I am physically fine. I guess. Just my heart, emotions, and mental wellbeing are tattered and torn.

"I'm fine," I say, sounding less than convincing, but it's the best I can muster.

"The guard in the lobby said Tiffany and you left together and then you called an ambulance to your apartment. I can't stand this. Tell me where you are. I'm coming to get you." His voice is strained, but it doesn't pierce through the ache I'm still carrying around from the day's events.

I dodge people on the sidewalk, my stomach rolling and wanting to toss up the food I ate what feels like days ago. "I'm fine, Vincent. Just please leave me alone for a while. I can't do this right now."

I need to work through so many things. It would take a list to even remember the emotional baggage I've acquired over the last two days. I can only handle one problem at a time. Figuring out where I'm going to live and what to do with my cheating best friend has to come first.

"M, please," Vincent begs, his voice sounding sincere in its misery, but there's no more room to handle anyone else's problems.

"I'm sorry," I say right before I disconnect the call, turn off the device, and put it into my back pocket.

For this I need to be alone.

…

MONDAY MORNING BEGINS WITH RAIN, a slight drizzle that becomes a quick downpour as the day progresses. It's a day of mourning. No one officially died, but it feels as if I've lost everything important in my life. I sit on my bed and watch the raindrops as they slide down the window over the darkening sky outside.



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"Taemin, it looks like we can't avoid a guild war now."
Chunwoong, no, Best Sword Under Heaven, of Skies Above Skies, looked at Taemin, the vice-guild master of Skies Above Skies.
"Hmm... this really isn't good...."
Muttered Taemin with a serious expression.
"We can't help it. Those shitty Gold Rush guys found the secret passage and pushed their way in. With that, the possibility that those shitty mainlanders will give up on the underground hunting field is completely gone. They'll come at us with full power."
"Well, they aren't the ones who would pass up on such a good hunting field."
Taemin also knew that this was inevitable. However, he still wanted to avoid a guild war if possible.
"Since it came to this, we can't delay the slightest. We need to go on strong and pressure them."
"Yes, you are right. If we can't avoid it, then we need to win. I'll put on an emergency gathering call on the guild members. The moment they declare war... let's show them what our guild name really means.
Taemin eventually came to a decision.
Skies Above Skies had given up on negotiations, while Gold Rush started getting greedy. In the end, the clash between these two became inevitable.
Having turned into Large Golden Mountain, Sanghyuk ordered the six NPC merchants to buy all the war inventory regardless of the price.
Since it was about time, he had to raise the price of war goods and dry any stocks of them on the market at the same time.
Of course, a few of the quick-witted merchants also hoarded war goods as Sanghyuk did. However, their scale was like dust compared to Sanghyuk's scale.
Since there weren't any big merchants in the auction right now, Sanghyuk could practically monopolize everything.
Sanghyuk bought all the items regardless of the price unless it was like, a scam or something.
Since there were so many items, he had to buy an extra-large four-dimensional storage on the bank using the unique rights possessed by executives only, and put the items there.
Sanghyuk knew that the guild war between Skies Above Skies and Gold Rush would begin in at most a week.
Until now, both sides were hitting jabs at each other, but Gold Rush would soon hit Skies Above Skies on the back their heads.
At the time, Gold Rush ambushed the users of Skies Above Skies who were hunting in the underground hunting field. Skies Above Skies knew that the guild war would happen soon, but they didn't expect their enemy to launch a preemptive attack without even declaring guild war.
Like that, Skies Above Skies, who were suddenly struck on the back of their heads, declared war on Gold Rush, and the guild war began then.
What was interesting here was that Gold Rush's preemptive attack was a mistake. To be exact, it was some of the extremist members of Gold Rush, who were sick and tired of this battle of wits and did the deed.
Thanks to their incident, Gold Rush could only start the guild war. In this situation, apologizing to Skies Above Skies would do nothing.
The milk was spilled. If the spilled milk could not be gotten, then they had to at least protect the cup.
The time Sanghyuk, no, Large Golden Mountain, also contacted Skies Above Skies was also around this time.
***
Best Sword Under Heaven looked at the man in front of him with a rather absurd expression. Short stature, chubby body, as well as an evil-looking goat beard... the man who introduced himself as Large Golden Mountain looked to be a generic merchant.
"So you want us to buy those items at those prices?"
"Yes."
"Huh, what nonsense are you talking about? If I go to the auction right now, I can get these at a tenth of the price that you're selling... are you trying to take me for a fool here?"
"A tenth, you say... if you can get them at that price, then you just should. However, if you refuse my offer today, the prices will double next time."
"Hey, you...."
Best Sword Under Heaven thought that Large Golden Mountain was provoking him. The one who stopped him from getting into a rage was Taemin.
"Chunwoong, don't get excited."
Taemin calmed Best Sword Under Heaven and had a closer look at Large Golden Mountain.
"Hoarding... was that your doing?"
Taemin, who was preparing for the guild war, was on the lookout on the auction since a few days ago, so he knew what kind of things were happening in the auction and the commissioned sales store right now.
"It's good that there's someone I can talk to. Yes, it was indeed my doing."
Large Golden Mountain didn't look ashamed at all.
"You're not saying that you've gulped that enormous quantity, are you?"
"Well, it's up to your imagination. If you find anyone that are selling these items at a lower price than I am, then you may just go to them. However, once you come to me later, the prices will definitely double."
"You mean you have confidence in your stocks?"
Taemin slightly frowned and asked.
"If I wasn't, I wouldn't be here."
"Did you never think that you were too greedy? And that you may miss both rabbits?"
"Greed, eh?... Is that what you see in me?"
"Asking for ten times the normal market price is indeed being greedy."
"And who decides those market prices? Fufu, well, if you can get those items at your so-called 'market price' then go ahead."
Despite Taemin's warning, Large Golden Mountain didn't bat an eyebrow.
"Of course, it's up to you, sir Mountain, to sell at whatever price you want to, but I want you not to forget that it will be us who will be buying them."
Taemin was saying that the customer was the one who should be prioritized. However, Large Golden Mountain just laughed.
"Well, you're saying that it's free for me to sell, and it's free for you to buy, right? Well, okay, then. Then let's call off the deal. Looks like I'll have to go to Gold Rush's side for this then. Oh yes. Please remind yourself that I've come here since I have better feelings for Skies Above Skies than the other one. Oh, and if you ever change your mind, you can just e-mail me with the address I just gave you. For your information, next time, the prices on all the items will double."
Large Golden Mountain smiled as he answered.
At that moment, a chill ran down on Taemin's spine. Taemin's sharp instincts told him that he could not let Large Golden Mountain go like this.
"W, wait."
Taemin grabbed onto Sanghyuk.
"Yes, speak."
"Can't you wait an hour more? Honestly, don't you know that this is a hard thing to decide?"
"Hmm... thirty minutes. I will wait thirty minutes."
Large Golden Mountain wasn't easy to sway until the very end. He was acting as if he was in the superior position here.
[Hey, he looks like a total scammer no matter how you look at it. Why are you doing that? Just send him away. Don't tell me we can't get any items without that bastard?]
When Taemin changed his attitude, Best Sword Under Heaven chatted to him in whisper mode as if he couldn't understand him.
[Just wait a moment. Whether he's a scammer or not... it won't be too late if we send him away after we check.]
Taemin knew exactly how important the items Large Golden Mountain was selling now were. As such, he also knew that they might lose the war without being able to do anything if they couldn't keep a stable supply of those items.
If thirty minutes of investment could avoid that crisis, then he would gladly do so.
Taemin immediately ordered all guild members to go to the nearest auction of the commissioned sales store to check up on fragment of life, holy water, mana stones, and enhancement stones.
Then, he also asked Large Golden Mountain and logged out for a moment and looked for people who were selling those items.
The thirty minutes passed by in a flash.
Taemin, who logged out for a little, logged back in again. He was checking the shocking report that came from the numerous guild members he had just ordered.
[We can't get any.]
[If any of those appear on the auction or the commissioned sales store, they look very expensive but they still disappear within one second.]
[They're all gone. There isn't a single one left.]
[I shouted that I'll give them extra for thirty minutes, but all I got was a few fragments of life and one lowest-rank mana stone.]
[Since the auction takes them for an high price, everyone's uploading their stocks on there. Since it gets sold in one second, no one's trying to sell them by hand anymore.]
...
...
Taemin had already seen worrying information outside the game. When he checked what he got from his guild members... he noticed that he, no, the entire Skies Above Skies guild had met a strong enemy.
'This can't be escaped!'
Large Golden Mountain was enjoying a drink with a leisurely expression. Taemin bit his lips as he was looking at him.
[Taemin, just what's happening?]
[Chunwoong... it looks like we took the wrong step this time.]
[Huh? What do you mean?]
[That guy... is no ordinary guy.]
[What, then is it really true that he is monopolizing all the items?]
[Probably. Without that guy, I think we can only gather enough of those items for a single party, not to mention for the entire guild. Once that happens... we'll really be doomed.]
[Whew... that's crazy. Just where did such a guy pop up from? Ah, my head hurts.]
[But if you think about it, this is instead an opportunity for us.]
[Huh? What do you mean by that?]
[We're not the only ones that need war inventory. If we could monopolize the supply even if we have to buy them at 10 times or 20 times the price, this guild war will be our victory.]
[Oho... that's true.]
[So, from now on, let's try to low-ball him a little. That's the only way.]
[Okay.]
Best Sword Under Heaven quickly nodded. He was talking about how this guy was a scammer until now, but the situation had completely reversed, so he now looked at Large Golden Mountain with a humbler expression.
Taemin's words were definitely reasonable.
War goods were indeed necessary for both sides of the war, so if they could monopolize the supply through Large Golden Mountain, then victory would be theirs.
However... that was just his, no, the guild's deluded hope.
 
"Huh, what? You're going to sell to Gold Rush as well?"
Taemin looked at Large Golden Mountain with an unbelievable expression.
"Why are you surprised? I would sell my items to anyone if they had the money."
"But you said that you'll do an exclusive trade with...."
"I never mentioned exclusive anywhere."
"But we are thinking of trading with just you to show trust. You should trust us too and...."
"I'm sorry, sir Taemin. Who trusts who? Fufufu, I don't believe in me. I only believe in money. You shouldn't believe me either."
Sanghyuk, having become Large Golden Mountain, really acted like a merchant greedy for money. In fact, Sanghyuk was planning to earn some money separate from his personal revenge this time.
"Even so...."
Taemin was the sort of guy who had a hard time speaking his heart out. With this, he knew who exactly was in the superior position here.
"Hm, you keep making a pitiful expression, and it's making my heart weak. Fine, then I'll give you an offer."
Large Golden Mountain judged that this was the right time and started releasing the bait.
"I'll increase the price a little. Exactly 40%. Instead... I'll increase the price by 40% on Skies Above Skies side and 400% for Gold Rush. Oh, we're not in a relationship of trust, so we'll do all this through the 'scroll of oath'. Then you can believe me right?"
Large Golden Mountain's offer was that he'd sell them at four times the price so they could pay just a little more for it.
This was an offer that only the bone-deep merchants could make. Taemin momentarily was about to burst out swearing. He really felt like he was steaming in the head in vexation.
However, he swallowed each and every one of those insults and smiled with an awkward expression. That was the only thing he could do in front of this offer which he couldn't easily accept, but could not reject either.
"Oh, since you're having a hard time in your decisions, I'll help you out a little. If you reject this offer, I'm going to propose the same thing on Gold Rush. Of course, you know that it will be 400% for you and 40% for them, right?"
Having finished his words, Large Golden Mountain looked at Taemin with an evil expression.
"Ugh...."
*Crunch*.
Taemin subconsciously grits his teeth, and endured it as best as he could. If he burst into a rage right now, this guild war would be their loss.
If they lost the war without being able to do anything when all the attention was on them, their guild may disintegrate to pieces, not to mention the compensation they had to pay.
Not to mention the immense post-war compensations they had to pay Gold Rush, the 'image' of Skies Above Skies would fall into the abyss, so the results were obvious.
In other words, Taemin had no choice but to accept this absurd offer.
'So vicious... we took the wrong step with the wrong guy....'
Taemin, who looked at Large Golden Mountain with a given-up expression, sighed and opened his mouth. It was his utter loss....
In the end, Skies Above Skies had to bite the bullet and went into an insulting contract with the war merchant Large Golden Mountain.

The day has finally changed, but the sun had not fully risen yet. Nuansa woke at the usual time like when she was still actively selling cassava chips. The girl found her parents who are harvesting cassava as usual, because if they wanted to stop doing this business, they still had to harvest every day until the next week so that their farm can be empty.

To harvests all of the cassavas, there is no way they can eat all of the cassavas in a short time, right? Yups, it seems that Nuansa's parents had thought about this, but they didn't tell their daughter.

"Mom," said Nuansa when Durah came into their house after harvesting.

"Eh, you're already awake," said Durah.

"Emh, I'm late, huh?"

"No, even the sun has not risen yet."

"Hmm. Mom."

"Yeah?"

"Neptunus forgot to give me my wage yesterday, so I'm not going to deposit it to you today."

"No problem, it's okay that he forgot, you guys were got caught in the rain and came home wet, I think that all that he thought last night was only about you two until he forgot about your wage."

"Ehehe, it could be. But, mom ..."

"Hm? What?"

"It looks like I won't be selling chips anymore. Today, uncle Eugene, Neptunus' mom's future husband will come, maybe he will come in the afternoon or evening because Neptunus' mom only has free time at least six in the afternoon. Then before the arrival of uncle Eugene, Neptunus invited me to come to his campus, so, yeah, I probably won't be selling our chips anymore."

"So ...?"

"So why are you harvesting all that cassava for?"

"You mean you want us to let all of that cassavas turn into woods?"

"It's not like that either, but ... If mom and dad harvest those all, we can't eat all of the cassavas because there are so many of them, so my advice is not to harvest all of them."

"Some of it will be sold to the traditional market, so it doesn't matter."

"Ooh, I see."

"Everything we've already calculated, Nuansa, take it easy."

"Emh, hehehe."

"So, how was the party last night? You look so beautiful in your red dress," said Arfan.

"Thank you, Dad. The party was going well, everything was fine," said Nuansa who of course lied.

"Good, they turned out to be good people, huh?"

"They are."

"I'm glad to hear that, at least you're not in a bad circle."

"But that dress must be expensive, right?" asked Durah.

"It's from my wage, Mom, hehe, so my wage for yesterday is not full," said Nuansa, this time she lied again.

"So how much wage will you get?"

"Only ten percent of the normal wage."

"Not bad."

"Yes."

"That means the dress' price was around ninety percent of your wage?"

"Yes, about that much plus makeup."

"Oooh, I see."

'Forgive my sins, God, I have lied to my parents a lot,' thought Nuansa who's afraid because she kept lying to her parents, but she had no other choice, if she didn't lie, then they would tell her to stop working as Neptunus' hired girlfriend because they would worry about her.

Nuansa doesn't want to stop working before her contract expired just because something like last night happened, so she chose to lie.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

"I'll open the door first," said Nuansa, she then went to the front of her house and opened the door.

'Gosh, why is Neptunus so fast? I thought he will go to his college a little late, but it turns out this early,' muttered Nuansa. The girl was surprised to found that it was not Neptunus, but Reynand.

"Reynand?" said Nuansa.

"I'd like to have a private talk with you outside," said Reynand.

"For what? What do you want to talk about?"

"Not here."

"But—"

"Just follow what I say."

"Who is that Nuansa?!" asked Durah from inside.

"Emh, only some annoying kids, Mom! I'll come out first to serve them!" answered Nuansa.

"Don't pinch them! Just scold them, but not so loud, their mom are very nagging!"

"Okay, Mom! I understand that too!" Nuansa then exited and followed Reynand who led her out of the alley. 

"What?" said Nuansa.

"Tell me, about the person who hired you."

"The person who hired me?"

"You're working as a hired girlfriend right now, right?"

"How do you know?" asked Nuansa while frowning.

"Your parents told me."

"Huh?"

"I came to your house yesterday, and asked them your whereabouts, they then explained that you are now working as a hired girlfriend. They said that a man named Neptunus had hired you, right?"

"So, what does this have to do with you?"

"Neptunus changed you, right?"

"Reynand, what are you talking about?"

"Auntie Durah and uncle Arfan said he's a rich man, and I know that it made you turned away from me to him. Nuansa, I'm not a rich man, but my love to you is sincere, I thought you understood."

"So you're saying I'm a gold digger?"

"I didn't say that."

"Yes, you didn't say that, but that is the equivalent of what you said earlier. Sorry, but I'm not the type of women who only want a man because of their money, don't you think my economic condition makes me be like that, I don't like the way you thinking."

"But he made you change, right?"

"I changed in what way?! What changed from me?! Say it!"

"You turned away from me."

"I never loved you! How many times do I have to say that I never loved you?! Please respect my feelings, don't force me to love you."

"You're lying to yourself."

"What do you mean?"

"You have never told me about your true feelings for all this time, you also love me, but you don't dare admit it until finally that weird-name-man comes, you turned away from me, and in the end, you opened to me about your feelings for me which have changed because of that weird-name-man. I know, Nuansa, I understand that very well. Why? Because I love you sincerely, not for status and paying you for it."

"I don't understand you. You're the one who changed, this is not the Reynand I knew."

"Huh?" Reynand's facial expression then turned sad. "I want what's best for you, I warn you that I'm the best for you, not that weird name, but is this what I get in return?"

"You're the best? Excuse me, but one who praises us is not ourselves. And for your information, I think Neptunus is much better than you."

"It's up to you, most importantly, I've warned you, things will end badly with people like him, people who use money as a tool to make them seen and highly respected. Sadly, you are one of the victims." Reynand then left after saying that, leaving Nuansa in a very deep sense of unexpectedness.

Do you need a hired girlfriend service at the cheapest rate? 

That's Nuansa, a 21-year-old girl who's a seller of cassava chips.

One day, she decided to be a hired girlfriend to earn more income, but an unexpected thing happened: her client is the most perverted person in the world. 

No. In the whole universe!

"Ok, can I ask you now?" said Neptunus.

"You can ask me whatever you want," Nuansa replied.

"But, you must answer it because I'll only ask you one question."

"Of course, I will answer you."

Neptunus then brought his face closer to Nuansa's face and stared at her intently. This, of course, made Nuansa's heart beat faster and faster.

"What is your bra size?" Neptunus asked. 

"...huh???"

Having already signed the contract, could Nuansa stay as Neptunus's hired girlfriend for one month according to the agreement in their contract?.

Could her heart sways by the client hiding a bitterness of his life and a mystery behind his annoying attitude?.

***

NOTE:

I'M TRYING TO EDIT ALL OF THE CHAPTERS HERE AND CHAPTER 1-72 ARE EDITED ALREADY.

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