The next day morning, Rong Gui was waken up by Xiao Mei. Since he lost his screws which were used to connect his body to the main power supply, for once, he felt he did not get “enough sleep” – in other words, he was not fully recharged.
It’s very bright outside. In that first moment, Rong Gui almost thought that he had gone back to his past world in a sunny morning, with sunlight shining through the small window of his humble rented room.
But he soon came back to his senses, and realized that it was not the case.
Sunlight wouldn’t be so cold and pale.
This was the regular artificial light of Eni, a sleepless city without rest regardless of day and night.
Xiao Mei put Rong Gui’s robotic body into the back of the car, together with their physical bodies, but he still placed Rong Gui’s head in the original seat, with the seat belt on.
Frankly speaking, this scene probably looked quite bizarre to the ordinary people.
=-=
Yet, Rong Gui and Xiao Mei were no ordinary people.
“Today you’ll be the only one to pedal the car. I’ll count on you to do the hard work, Xiao Mei!” Said Rong Gui to Xiao Mei, unabashedly. Then he started resting on his seat.
Xiao Mei said nothing about it, but simply started the car.
Not long after driving, Rong Gui suddenly heard a burst of noises outside. Were he still his usual self, he would have already turned back his head to watch←he was, after all, a man who would never miss the fun.
Unfortunately, he was only a head right now~
Even after trying so hard for a while, what he could turn were still his two mere “eyes”. The noises drew nearer and nearer, and soon, they would go past their car. Rong Gui, anxious that he would really miss the fun this time, hurriedly said to Xiao Mei: “Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei! Quick, help me turn my head to the side. I want to watch the fun!”
Xiao Mei looked down and glanced at him coldly. Then he helped to turn Rong Gui’s head to the direction of the “fun”.
And Rong Gui was able to watch cheerfully inside the car.
There was a reason why he was so anxious to watch – the loudest male voice speaking at this moment amidst all noises sounded very familiar to him. When he could see clearly what was happening, as expected –
The center of the “fun” were precisely those three punks fighting with him yesterday.
The three men gathered furiously around a car←yes, it’s exactly the car which almost hit Rong Gui yesterday, the car which, Rong Gui later swore, that he would go puncture all its tires.
Rong Gui kept watching with great interest, and then, he found…
Er…it seemed that the car’s tires really got punctured? And that’s why the three men went furious. A huge crowd were attracted to the spot to watch the fun. Exasperated, the three men went around to grab anyone they could find and inquire madly whether the on-lookers were behind the prank. Unlucky for them, those people who dared to stay and watch the drama were naturally not someone easy to mess with, and they were not afraid of these punks at all~
Staring at the car’s tires for another while, Rong Gui suddenly roared again: “Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei, hurry up, help me turn my head back. I want to look at you.”
The next second, he was indeed face to face with Xiao Mei. Xiao Mei looked down on him from above expressionlessly, whereas Rong Gui looked up at Xiao Mei, also expressionlessly.
“Tee~hee~hee~” Rong Gui suddenly let out a strange laugh.
Xiao Mei turned away his head in an aloof manner, but Rong Gui had already finished confirming his guess.
Hehehehehe~it’s definitely Xiao Mei who punctured the tires!
After he fell asleep last night, Xiao Mei must have snuck out, taking with him the long awl in his toolkit, and then –
Biu! Biu! Biu! Three times! And Xiao Mei avenged him~
Picturing Xiao Mei’s covert operation last night in his mind, Rong Gui got more and more excited.
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Leaving Rong Gui aside, who replaced Da Huang as the background music performer, Xiao Mei drove the car steadily. As for where he drove to, Rong Gui didn’t ask at all.
After all, Xiao Mei was such a reliable person~
The reliable Xiao Mei eventually drove Da Huang in front of a shabby house. Soon, someone came over the street to talk to Xiao Mei. Rong Gui listened and understood: The man was an agent, and Xiao Mei wanted to rent an apartment from him.
Aiya! He only thought about how to find a job here, and actually forgot to consider such important matter like finding a place to stay. Xiao Mei was indeed capable!
Rong Gui listened to the conversation between the agent and Xiao Mei from aside. He only chipped in when the two were negotiating the price, and helped Xiao Mei to bargain by saying a few flattering words to the agent. In the end, the agent lowered the price down by 5 narbies. Although it’s not much, Rong Gui was quite delighted. After all, he had made some contributions by saving themselves some money, hadn’t him?
Xiao Mei ended up renting the house before them at a price of 50 narbies per month. They were told that they could use credits to pay the rent in the future. But now, after paying the rent, as well as the parking fee paid off yesterday, their savings shrank at once.
Yet, it’s still nice to have a stable lodging.
They drove Da Huang into the small yard, and locked the gate. For the next month, this small house would belong to them.
Being placed on the table by Xiao Mei, Rong Gui watched Xiao Mei busying around, taking out everything from the car.
Xiao Mei could handle ordinary luggage very well all by himself. But when it came to the freezing cabin which contained two human bodies, Xiao Mei had difficulty dragging it.
As capable as Xiao Mei was, once he found out that he was unable to drag the cabin, he turned back to first drag out Rong Gui’s robotic body in the trunk. Shortly after, with some reconfigurations, half of that body (note: without legs) could actually go carry the freezing cabin with him.
Rong Gui was stunned by what he saw.
Er…how to put it?
As the rightful owner of the body – him, his head was still placed on the table! Yet, his body moved on its own. This feeling was just too complicated, and ordinary person wouldn’t understand.
Fortunately, his body stopped moving after helping Xiao Mei to take down the freezing cabin.
Despite feeling a bit awkward about his current status, Rong Gui soon shifted his attention to other luggage around.
Xiao Mei indeed knew how to take things out from the car, but it also seemed that it’s the only thing he knew. He didn’t care at all what to do next. Seeing that Xiao Mei simply took all things out without attending to them afterwards, Rong Gui was deeply troubled.
“Xiao Mei, you haven’t yet finished your work!”
As soon as Xiao Mei finally looked up at him, Rong Gui hurriedly spoke up again to boss Xiao Mei around. “Plant mushrooms…earth beans in the yard”, “spread the carpet on the floor”, “hang the bed sheet outside to dry”, and so on…
He even had Xiao Mei put a pot of earth beans by the window.
So that it could serve as an ornamental plant and a light bulb at the same time, with both aesthetic and practical values~
“There’s a saying from my hometown, which was very well said: The house is rented, but life is not.” Rong Gui said to Xiao Mei emotionally.
Xiao Mei made no comment.
But one had to admit, under the instructions of Rong Gui, the room, though the same one as before, now felt completely different.
With their frequently used stools set up, and the carpet being laid, the room actually somewhat resembled that small chamber in Methentahl where they used to live.
Of course, Xiao Mei wouldn’t tell anyone what he had in mind.
“After one more hour, we can go out to look for jobs.” Xiao Mei said to Rong Gui. He took out the two application forms they obtained yesterday, but after some thoughts, he put back one of them.
“I’m going, I’m going too!” Fearing that Xiao Mei wouldn’t take him, Rong Gui said hurriedly.
Xiao Mei didn’t refuse.
However –
“What about our bodies?” These were their most important property – Rong Gui quickly thought of this issue.
When Rong Gui first saw the lock of the gate here, he already felt a little unsecured. And now, the more he thought about it, the more worried he became. But he couldn’t simply stay at home to guard their bodies, either. For one thing, he wanted to follow Xiao Mei; for another, he was merely a head right now, so he could do nothing even if he remained at home. If someone really broke in, the best he could do would be to shout for help, but he wouldn’t believe that calling for help would be useful in such place!
Rong Gui’s mind was running at an unprecedented high speed.
For someone who had very limited brain capacity, and preferred to use it as little as he could, he was really thinking hard. He thought and thought, until he was almost running out of battery, and then –
Ding~
A light bulb went on in his head.
“Xiao Mei, how about we dig a hole, and bury the freezing cabin inside? You mentioned that the freezing cabin is quite sturdy anyway.” Rong Gui quickly told Xiao Mei about the idea he just desperately came up with.
Xiao Mei: =-=
In the end, Xiao Mei didn’t object to his idea.
As a result, Rong Gui continued to give out verbal commands, while Xiao Mei was in charge of digging the hole. Pursuant to Rong Gui’s instructions, Xiao Mei dug a very deep hole, and placed the freezing cabin inside with the help of Rong Gui’s half body. Then he covered the hole with soil, and stomped on the topsoil to ensure it’s compact.
“Let’s plant a few earth beans on the top.” Said Rong Gui.
Thus, a small patch of earth beans were now growing on the freshly tilled soil.
Having the surrounding soil stomped solid, Rong Gui instantly felt satisfied.
“Yet…why there seems to be something wrong? Why does this look like a grave mound? Don’t you say – why does the freezing cabin look like a coffin so much?” Rong Gui clicked his tongue.
So you’ve just thought of that? ← From Xiao Mei who had been silent all the while.
But he kept these words to himself, and didn’t say anything. Putting away his tools, he was about to head out for job hunting.
For Xiao Mei, he only needed to bring his application form and pass. However, since he didn’t’ refuse to bring Rong Gui with him, he had one more preparation work to do: finding a proper place to put Rong Gui’s head.
Although Xiao Mei deemed it to be a complete waste of time, for Rong Gui, it was something he could never give in.
They selected the prettiest bed sheet at home (←of course, the actual degree of its prettiness was very limited), and had Xiao Mei remodel it carefully based upon the popular style in Rong Gui’s mind. At last, a very pretty (←at least in Rong Gui’s eyes) little backpack was made.
As soon as the backpack was made, Rong Gui immediately asked Xiao Mei to put him…his head inside.
After joyfully instructing Xiao Mei to adjust his posture, Rong Gui watched Xiao Mei picking up the backpack.
Xiao Mei was carrying the backpack in front of him rather than on his back.
It’s not uncommon, though. In the past, in places such as bus and metro, where a large crowd gathered, many people would choose to carry their backpacks this way to prevent theft.
But this was a remodeled backpack~ Rong Gui’s head was still exposed outside~
Thus, with Xiao Mei’s way of carrying it, the backpack didn’t really seem to be a backpack, but a baby wrap carrier.
Rong Gui: =-=
↑
And he was that baby.
Xiao Mei: “?”
Apparently, Xiao Mei didn’t have much knowledge of baby wraps, and the style of the wrap was proposed by Rong Gui himself. They could no longer make any modifications to it now. Furthermore, they only had that one single pretty bed sheet at home, so Rong Gui had already enjoyed too much luxury…
Letting out a sigh, Rong Gui said to Xiao Mei: “Okay okay, let’s go. We should go out to look for jobs now!”
Xiao Mei stabilized Rong Gui’s head before him once more, unlocked the gate, then closed it and locked it back on.
Before the gate was closed, Rong Gui didn’t forget to shout loudly back inside: “Da Huang, take care of our house at home!”
Looking at Xiao Mei’s lowered face, Rong Gui whispered to him: “This is to let others around us know that we still have someone out there at home!”
Xiao Mei: ……
“And, I just don’t want Da Huang to be scared!”
Xiao Mei: ……
As a result, amidst the one-sided chatter of Rong Gui, who was bundled in a baby wrap, they eventually arrived before a mine pit. Lining up at the far end of the long queue of the applicants, they were going to apply for their jobs.
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Chiu! Thanks for everyone’s support and comments for the start of VIP chapters, and many kisses!
It’s very heartwarming~
And –
Rong Gui, anxious that he would really miss the fun this time, hurriedly said to Xiao Mei: “Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei! Quick, help me turn my head to the side. I want to watch the fun!”
This is Rong Gui for you, who loved to watch the fun. If, instead, it’s Olivia who sat in the car back then (Translator’s Note: Olivia is the protagonist of There Is No After Life, another work of the author):
Perhaps…
The li’l chick who would never watch the fun would have just gone past haughtily.
And Xiao Mei’s revenge would have remained undiscovered.
Indeed, every Jack has his Jill~
Despite commenting that Rong Gui’s way of revenge was boring, Xiao Mei nevertheless helped Rong Gui to revenge back in this boring way
Hmph~
Going to catch the flight this afternoon, so that’s all for today!
Kiss kiss~
Xiao Mei is so good~ Getting revenge for Rong Gui~ Relationship goals~
Thanks for the chapter!! >w<
Mm..I might be (very) late, but I hope you arrived safely at your destination!