“I'm just using my usual skincare routine.”
Nanzhi checked herself carefully in her phone's camera but didn't see much of a difference, other than the fact that she did seem a bit fairer.
She thought for a moment and offered an explanation: “Maybe it's just my Constitution? There were too many people during the May Day holiday, and it was crowded everywhere, so I just stayed home and played games the whole time.”
“Ugh, comparisons really are odious.”
Zhang Qiuyu grumbled, then suddenly looked around and whispered mysteriously to Nanzhi: “Have you heard? The advertising company on the floor below us is supposedly haunted!
“Wasn't it just the holiday? Only property management and security were working in the building. But yesterday, when the people from the advertising company returned to work, they found their flower pots full of dead birds, and the outside of the glass was covered in handprints!”
At this point, she made a show of shivering.
“And the scariest part is, didn't they say someone jumped from the roof last year? I heard that person didn't die immediately but landed right on the balcony downstairs! Do you think it could be... eek! No, no, no! Why am I talking about this so early in the morning!”
Nanzhi stared at her computer and replied nonchalantly: “Could the handprints just be from the cleaning lady wiping the windows? As for the dead birds, maybe they didn't close the door tightly when they left, and a stray cat snuck in and made a nest in the office. Back in my hometown, we had a calico cat that loved catching birds.”
“I guess so.”
Zhang Qiuyu nodded, seemingly wanting to end the topic as quickly as possible.
“By the way, did you get the name of that game you recommended to me wrong? I searched all over the internet and couldn't find that 《Path of Seeking Immortality》 you mentioned! I couldn't even find a company called Honghe Technology. Are you playing a bootleg version?”
How could it not be found?
Judging by the game's quality alone, 《Path of Seeking Immortality》 could crush most virtual holographic games on the market.
Nanzhi found it a bit strange.
When she first downloaded the game, she had stumbled upon this single player game by chance, and she had even specifically checked the publishing company.
Though she was puzzled, Nanzhi chose not to continue the conversation.
“Ahem.”
The company supervisor stood in front of their workstations and tapped on the desk with moderate force.
This was getting out of hand.
Slacking off was one thing, but don't be so blatant about it!
There's a camera right above your heads!
At least show some restraint.
Zhang Qiuyu stuck out her tongue and turned to look at Nanzhi.
The latter was already working hard, her entire person almost buried under a mountain of documents.
Honestly, she had changed quite a bit.
After five days, not only was her skin a shade fairer, but even the little bit of belly fat she had accumulated from irregular work and sleep schedules seemed to have partially vanished.
Her exposed forearms were slender and fair, not excessively thin but looking very healthy.
The young woman's profile was well defined, and her jawline had become much more refined. While she wasn't at a breathtaking level yet, the change compared to before was significant.
If she didn't know Nanzhi's personality, she would have thought she had secretly gone for some cosmetic procedures.
“Could she have taken some kind of miracle pill?”
Zhang Qiuyu was quickly amused by her own thought, shook her head, and began to focus on her work.
...
...
The day ended, and the drudgery of an office worker's life was temporarily over.
The decadent gloom radiating from Nanzhi's body completely vanished the second before she stepped into her home.
“Takeout! Ice cold cola! Games! TV shows! Novels!! My dear babies, I'm here!! Hmm? I don't remember buying anything online these past few days. Who sent me a package?”
She found a delivery box sitting on her doormat and brought it inside.
Ordering takeout, pairing it with an ice cold cola, and turning on a TV show—next was her happy time alone.
While the ads were buffering, Nanzhi suddenly remembered the mysterious package, so she found some scissors to open it.
The delivery box was a very ordinary cardboard box with a large “M-Express” logo on the top.
The strangest thing was that the sender's column on the shipping label read “Honghe Technology Game Co., Ltd.”
“What's going on? Data leak? Player rewards? But I never filled in my home address, did I?”
This was the first time Nanzhi had encountered such a situation.
She decided to call the express company to ask.
When she called the delivery guy, he was clearly a bit confused as well.
“What? I can definitely find that tracking number, and it shows I delivered it—but I didn't go to your neighborhood today. It's like I've seen a ghost. Why don't you open it and see what's inside?”
Nanzhi opened it and found no dangerous items.
There were three ceramic bottles that only appeared in period dramas; when she shook them, she could hear things rolling inside.
There was also a small bunch of green grass tied with red thread; its saturation was incredibly high, making the green quite eye catching.
They looked somewhat familiar.
In the corner of the box, there was a pile of withered leaves bundled together, and it seemed like something was wrapped inside.
When Nanzhi reached out to touch them, the withered leaves actually moved.
“It's a living thing?”
Nanzhi tried to shake open the bundle of withered leaves, and a golden furred mouse the size of a fist fell into the box.
This mouse looked quite strange.
It had round ears, round eyes, and a round head. Its large, protruding ears were almost two thirds the size of its head. Its nose was very short, somewhat like a pig's, and its thick long tail was coiled like a spring, hidden warily beneath its body.
Nanzhi picked it up.
The golden mouse raised its short claws at Nanzhi and squeaked: “Squeak, squeak, squeak!!!”
It was very fierce.
Nanzhi let go, but the little guy didn't fall into the box as she expected.
“Hello? Hello? What's inside? Is it something you bought?”
The delivery guy asked loudly on the other end of the phone.
“Do you need me to come over and take a look?”
“Um...”
Nanzhi's eyes went blank as she stared at the golden mouse floating in front of her, and she said hesitantly, “Does your M-Express... deliver flying... mice now?”
The delivery guy was full of question marks. “What? A mouse? Alive or dead? Those things carry diseases. Besides, our company doesn't allow shipping live animals.”
Then where did this mouse in front of her come from?
Nanzhi took a deep breath, grabbed the golden furred mouse, and quickly hung up the phone.
“Sorry, I misread it. This is my package.”
“Hello? Hello? Hello!”
The delivery guy, who had been hung up on, found it completely bizarre.
...
...
Half an hour later.
Nanzhi sat cross legged on the sofa, her gaze vacant.
On the coffee table in front of her, the golden furred mouse was sprawled in a fruit bowl, slowly nibbling on a peach.
This mouse actually had quite refined eating manners.
Nanzhi felt that being able to think about such things at a time like this meant her ability to accept things was truly good.
No matter how slow her reactions or how thick her nerves, she knew something was wrong.
On the tablet screen, her game character was still meditating and idling.
However, the 【Treasure-Seeking Spirit Mouse (Purple Quality)】 that was supposed to be lying quietly in a corner of her bag was nowhere to be found.
The quantities of Blood Replenishing Grass and Qi Replenishing Pills had also changed.
There was only one truth.
The grass and the ceramic bottles were the Qi Replenishing Pills and Blood Replenishing Grass from the game 《Path of Seeking Immortality》.
And this flying golden furred mouse was clearly the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Mouse from the game!
“Squeak? Squeak, squeak, squeak?”
As if sensing its master's mood, the golden furred mouse stopped eating, its large round ears twitched, and it tilted its head slightly to stare at her.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak?”
“You go ahead and eat. I have a toothache; I just want to be alone.”
Nanzhi covered her face again.
Rate on N.U.
