章 12: Envious, Pretty Boy?
編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Bro… can't you think longer about it?"
Li Liquan was a little confused. Why would Lin Fan refuse, just like that?
The others began speaking out and tried to persuade Lin Fan too.
"I have personal reasons." Lin Fan said, slowly shaking his head. Surely, he could not say that he might transmigrate again, and that the person in control of his body then would be the saintess of a grand sect in a world of cultivating immortals?
The more he examined the problem, the more firmly he refused the idea.
For example, what if that tigress transmigrated here again, and willingly worked with the stall owners to create an online hype? That was not good at all…
"Well…"
The twenty-over bosses were all taken aback.
While they did not believe that the success rate of this attempt was at a hundred percent, it would at least be ninety-nine.
Do all young people these days not want to become online sensations and earn big bucks?
And yet… they had to run into that one percent!
However, they did not know that the one they encountered was not one in a hundred, but one in who-knows-how-many-billions.
After all, how could there be one transmigrator amongst every hundred people?
Hence, despite extensive persuasion, Lin Fan remained determined. Even though the owners were a little upset, they did not fling insults, and eventually left.
"Bro."
Li Liquan was the last to leave. "I've footed the bill. Although I don't know what you're being wary of, everyone does have their own choices. I just hope that you won't regret what you choose."
"I'm leaving too. Really, I ought to thank you for stealing my smoked duck, haha."
"You have to be joking."
Lin Fan smiled, and waved in farewell.
After leaving the hotel and determined where he was, Lin Fan promptly got on a bus and returned to his hotel.
Which was over a hundred kilometers away!
According to what he understood from the conversations at the police station, he had run all the way there without taking any transport…
"That tigress is really crazy…"
Lin Fan felt pained even as he sat on the bus. He had to change buses several times just to get back to his hostel.
"No wonder I'm sore all over… she was clearly moving excessively!"
"Thank goodness I'm fine physically. If it were an old geezer, wouldn't he have fallen apart by now?"
After complaining fruitlessly inside, he lay back on his seat and pondered.
He must prepare for more transmigrations in the future!
Even if he didn't know whether he would transmigrate once again, being prepared was the best policy here, which was also what every citizen of Hua Nation enjoyed.
Although some would claim that having no plans means no failure, from Lin Fan's perspective, having plans was better than having none.
Furthermore, Lin Fan himself had a feeling that there was a big chance he could transmigrate again.
Otherwise…
The Three-days Saintess Experience Visa??
No novel had described such a 'set meal!'
Therefore, he began to think, and make plans revolving around another transmigration.
"First of all, I have to change where I live."
Since every matter should be handled according to sequence, residence was undoubtedly the most important part.
Over the last three days, the tigress had been running everywhere in his body without a fixed residence. She had lost a shoe even as he snatched food all over the place, and that certainly must not ever happen again.
That was why Lin Fan decided to hang around where he was living when that happened.
Still, it raised another problem.
He was now staying at the student researcher's hostels. He shared it with another person, and that meant someone familiar with him would be around, and he would be easily exposed if he stayed there!
So, he has to rent a place and live by himself.
"What about the second step?"
Lin Fan thought then. "I have to come up with something, so that I could reach out and interact with her, and stop her from doing what she likes…"
Change of perspective!
What if Lin Fan were the saintess, and he was the one who had transmigrated to a completely unfamiliar modern world—what would he do, then?
He would not understand a thing, such as money or mobile wallets, and would steal food when he was hungry?
After all, it was unrealistic to have a person from ancient times self-learn and understand everything about modern times in a short time.
"But that could be solved…"
Lin Fan thought about it and soon arrived at a solution.
"I could record videos on my phone and slowly tell her the important stuff."
"I'll keep my phone brightness at maximum when it is roughly the time to transmigrate, and keep the video open without playing it. I'll also hold it right in front of my body and label how to use it in black and white, so that she clicks the play button on the screen…"
"That way, there's a good chance she would see the video if she's not stupid."
That was the simplest and most viable solution Lin Fan could think of.
It was also simple why he would not keep the video playing—he was unsure about the time of his transmigration. What if the tigress missed out on the first half?
To ensure that the video was complete, the best idea was to have her click play herself.
"Okay, this should be fine. Time to get ready for moving house…"
After thinking about it on the way back, Lin Fan eventually reached the school and packed up when he got into his hostel.
It was fortunate that he did not have many things with him. One huge luggage case and two plastic bags more or less covered everything.
His roommate was not there, and Lin Fan started to find a suitable place online while charging his phone.
But what was 'suitable' here?
First, cheap!
Second, cheap!
As for the third, well… maybe someplace isolated.
Still, that was not contradictory.
After all, would the prices of isolated residences not be cheaper? As for why he wanted an isolated spot, it was naturally to avoid the tigress from coming into contact with too many people…
And the reason for the cheap cost was even simpler. Because Lin Fan was poor!
His own parents were earnest farmers who could not afford him much living cost in the first place. The six thousand or so dollars left in his bank card were money he earned from his part-time job and a thrifty lifestyle.
Renting a good place? He would never be able to afford it!
Fortunately, the university town of C City was quite remote, whereas the center of town to the east was quite busy, which also happened to be the spot where the tigress went on a rampage.
To the west was a small town and a factory district for electronics.
That was why Lin Fan set his eye westward.
"I heard most houses in the town are rented out to university lovebirds. But even though I've dreamt of sharing the rent with my own girlfriend, it looks like I'm going there alone."
After picking for a long time, he finally found somewhere acceptable. Without holding back, Lin Fan promptly gave the landlady a call, directly made an appointment, and rushed there.
But he must hurry!
From how the previous pattern looked, he had three days at most, and he has too many things to settle within those three days.
Before Lin Fan left, he sent his roommate Wang Dong a message, summarily informing him that he moved out, and the other party replied swiftly.
"Damn it, we agreed to lead blissful bachelor lives, but you actually got yourself a girl and are moving in with her? You're too much!"
"Envious, pretty boy?"
Nonetheless, Lin Fan could not help smiling bitterly after the simple reply.
Moving in with his girl—what did that even mean? There was no way to even tell if what was happening to him was good or bad!
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