nycdaug Chapter 149 The Smallness of the World
Chapter 149 The Smallness of the World
In the Nibelungen, the king of the earth and mountains.
A cube-shaped CRT television set, its screen displaying static...
Xia Mi squatted to the left of the television, holding a screwdriver in her hand.
She lifted the back cover of the television, fiddled with the antenna, and was doing some repair work.
In the past, when the television broke down, she would secretly grab a few repairmen by covering her face and have them fix the television for her brother Fenrir.
Over time, I gradually learned how to fix TVs.
Xia Mi still remembers the last repairman who came to fix the TV. His first words were, "This TV is an old relic, it's about time to be replaced. My wife runs an electronics store..."
As for the subsequent sales pitch, Xia Mi simply ignored the repairman's nonsense.
She actually wanted to get Fenrir a new TV, since this old, clunky CRT TV only had a few channels no matter how many times she switched between them.
Children's channels, variety shows, detective shows...
Fenrir's favorite channel is the kids' channel. Every day at noon, he switches to it a minute early to watch the show start. He just finished watching Peppa George a while ago...
"Wow! You've struck it rich! You actually bought so many potato chips!" Fenrir exclaimed excitedly. It stared at the huge amount of potato chips, its eyes widening, and the black pupils in its golden eyes instantly expanded, as if filling its entire eye socket.
Fenrir has the body of a dragon, covered in gray scales, and its lower body is embedded in the wall.
Xia Mi glanced at her silly older brother, patted the back of the TV, and the TV lit up again, returning to normal!
Xia Mi looked into Fenrir's eyes, put the screwdriver back in the toolbox on the table, and questioned, "How long has this TV been broken? Why didn't you contact me?"
Xia Mi is actually the younger sister, but she acts as the older sister.
"It won't be long, haha..." Fenrir lowered his big dragon head, his ears drooping, terrified of Xia Mi. Now he didn't even dare to make a sound while chewing potato chips.
Fenrir could only use his large tongue to wrap around the potato chips, the red powder on the tomato-flavored chips constantly stimulating his taste buds.
Seeing Fenrir's timid demeanor, Xia Mi naturally knew that Fenrir was worried about her, which was why he didn't contact her casually.
Xia Mi raised her hand and rubbed her temples. "When I get my salary this month, I'll get you a new TV."
Seeing that Xia Mi didn't seem angry, Fenrir clapped its hands and congratulated her, "When did you find your new job? That's great! How much is your monthly salary?"
Fenrir blinked his big dragon eyes, full of curiosity.
"5000!" Xia Mi patted her chest and said confidently, her back straightening considerably.
When Fenrir heard the enormous sum of "5000," his mouth dropped open, and a potato chip fell to the ground. "5...5000?! You're rich! You can't possibly spend all that money!"
Fenrir gave Xia Mi a thumbs-up with his dragon claw, which looked a bit strange.
Xia Mi was beaming with joy, her eyebrows dancing with delight. The praise from her older brother Fenrir filled her with a great sense of self-satisfaction.
The famous strategist Xiang Yu once said, "Wealth and honor not returned to one's hometown are like wearing embroidered clothes at night; who will know?"
Xia Mi pulled out her old, black Nokia phone, checked the time, and said, "I have to go back to work now, so as not to upset my boss. I'll come see you again after I get paid! Bye."
Xia Mi turned and left.
"Yes, yes, keep up the good work!" Fenrir grinned, nodding repeatedly at Xia Mi as he watched her figure gradually disappear.
It lowered its head and gently moved the sack of potato chips into its arms; it was going to sleep with the potato chips tonight...
Xia Mi walked out of Nibelungen, went up the stairs, left the subway station, and was about to take a taxi home.
Suddenly, I heard someone whistling at me.
She glanced over with a hint of disdain, then her expression suddenly changed!
Inside the car sat Ye Jingchen, who was wearing sunglasses.
It turned out that Ye Jingchen had encountered a mysterious man in black while he was out for a stroll.
The man in black led Ye Jingchen to a private room in a hotel.
Sitting in the private room was a slightly chubby-looking beautiful woman, Su Enxi, who kept appearing in the Bluetooth headset and on the phone.
Su Enxi said that she wanted to give Ye Jingchen a BMW as a token of her gratitude, because she felt that now that Ye Jingchen had a house, he would definitely want a car.
Ye Jingchen had originally intended to buy a car, and when Su Enxi offered to give him one, he had no reason to refuse such a good deal, so he took the car keys and drove off in his BMW.
Just as I drove the car over here, I saw Xia Mi sneaking out of the subway station, so I whistled at her.
Xia Mi walked to the car door, looked at Ye Jingchen in the driver's seat, and gave an awkward laugh, "Oh, boss, what a coincidence! Did you just buy this car? This car is really something! It's obviously a good car!"
Ye Jingchen took off his sunglasses and glanced at Xia Mi. "Get in, sit in the passenger seat."
"Okay, boss." Xia Mi sheepishly opened the car door, got in, and sat in the passenger seat.
As Ye Jingchen drove, he asked, "Why aren't you at home? What are you doing out here?"
Ye Jingchen's inner monologue: "Could it be that she took advantage of my absence to run away and visit her brother Fenrir?"
When Xia Mi heard Ye Jingchen ask this, a hint of unease flashed in her eyes, but she still smiled and said, "I just couldn't sleep, I had too much energy, so I came out for a stroll, hehe."
Xia Mi's inner monologue: "The boss probably hasn't noticed anything, right? Oh my god!"
Xia Mi glanced at the road conditions and turned to Ye Jingchen, saying, "Boss, you're driving in the wrong direction. This isn't the way to our house."
"I didn't take the wrong turn. I'm going to Shilan Academy to see two friends. Someone said they've been looking for me for the past two days." Ye Jingchen gripped the steering wheel and shook his head slightly.
He rolled up the car window on Xia Mi's side. "Instead of letting them look for me, I'd rather go to them myself, so they won't bother me when I'm trying to sleep."
Ye Jingchen's inner monologue: "Whether I find those two or not doesn't matter. My main goal is to see Chu Tianjiao. If I can take that thing from him, that would be even better."
I drove for about twenty minutes.
The familiar school gate, the familiar recipe.
Ye Jingchen parked his car behind a black car.
If nothing unexpected happens, this car should be used to pick up and drop off Chu Zihang from school; this was Ye Jingchen's intuition.
Time was ticking away, and finally, the school gate opened!
Ye Jingchen's eyes kept searching for the two figures in the crowd.
Ye Jingchen's inner monologue: "After the last encounter, Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang's relationship must have developed further. They'll definitely talk about me after school."
In just one minute.
Ye Jingchen saw those two guys!
"Xia Mi, just stay in the car and don't move around. I'll be right back." Ye Jingchen silently unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car...