The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 378 - 338: Legendary Delivery Man Set Complete

Chapter 378: Chapter 338: Legendary Delivery Man Set Complete

"Acquired the ’Energetic’ status."

"Energetic: Strength +2, Stamina +2, lasts for two hours."

"Oh, not bad."

Liu Zheng nodded slightly.

Although the attribute increase wasn’t much and the duration short, this kind of pure positive buff was naturally better the more you had.

"How much is it?"

He asked.

"No need, guest, Jinzi has already paid for you."

Jingzi shook her head.

"Oh, then that’s fine."

Liu Zheng didn’t insist either.

Unsolicited favors often come with strings attached.

But Jinzi obviously needed him for something, so there was no issue.

"Please follow me, guest."

After helping Liu Zheng get dressed, Jingzi led him to a small door.

Upon opening the door, there was a private room inside.

This time the style wasn’t mixed; it was a standard Japanese tatami room.

"Zheng Chan, please have a seat."

Jinzi hurried over with small steps, took hold of his arm, and led him to a long table.

High-end Japanese cuisine is served individually, which does help in reducing Helicobacter pylori infection to some extent.

At the moment, the long table was already filled with various foods: lobster, fish, shellfish, sea urchin, pork chop, grilled bird, the variety was very comprehensive.

"Seeing that you’re not the type to fuss over trivial formalities, I took the liberty to have them serve all the dishes at once," Jinzi explained.

Normally, high-end Japanese cuisine is served bit by bit, and there’s a long interval between courses. The portions are small too. Rather than eating the food, it’s more like savoring the ambiance.

"You did well," Liu Zheng nodded.

"Then I’m glad," Jinzi said with a smile and then knelt at the table.

"Please take a seat," she said.

"Uh? Where should I sit?" Liu Zheng looked around and asked.

"Of course on my lap," Jinzi slightly lifted the hem of her bathrobe to reveal her thigh underneath.

"This... let’s not," he said, looking at Jinzi’s pale and plump thigh.

"Really don’t want to give it a try? My knee seating is very comfortable, you know. If you don’t want to sit on my thigh, you can sit somewhere else," Jinzi’s fingers traced circles in front of her chest.

"How about sitting on my butt then, even bigger with more meat?" Liu Zheng said offhandedly.

"Ah? That works too," Jinzi blinked, then laughed and lay down on the floor, sticking her lower body up in the air.

"Forget about it; I’m not falling for that trick. Just go sit in your own place and don’t keep me from eating," he refused, patting her away.

"Hehe, what a pure-hearted good man," Jinzi said as she got up in a stretching cat-like pose and threw him a coquettish look.

After getting a stern look from Liu Zheng, she finally went to sit down across the table.

And as she settled down, the table instantly had food appear on it, identical to what was on Liu Zheng’s.

Clearly, Jinzi was just teasing him earlier.

However, if Liu Zheng were actually interested, she wouldn’t mind showing off her level of service.

"So, what did you want to see me about?" Liu Zheng asked, picking up a piece of fried pork chop and chewing on it.

Compared to those precious slices of raw fish, he still preferred cooked food.

"Have you ever heard of Bathhouse Street?" Jinzi asked.

"I’ve heard of it. The food there turns customers into pigs," Liu Zheng nodded.

"Zheng Chan is so knowledgeable; many big bosses don’t even know about Bathhouse Street," Jinzi said admiringly.

"Just average, it’s just that I know a few more people," he humbly replied.

Speaking of which, he hadn’t said goodbye to Red Pig when he left.

But it was just as well. Given Red Pig’s state of mind, and since Liu Zheng hadn’t completed its task, he didn’t want to risk ending up without treats and possibly get beaten up on top of that—a loss not worth the gain.

"I’ve certainly heard about Zheng Chan’s connections, otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to ask for your help," Jinzi cast him another coquettish glance.

"So what exactly do you want to ask me for?" Liu Zheng inquired.

"It’s like this, my niece Seiko works at a bathhouse on Bathhouse Street, but recently, we’ve been unable to contact her suddenly."

"After seeking around, we learned that she had broken work rules and was to be turned into a pig by the boss."

"We used some connections to get in touch with the boss, and it cost us a great deal of money to convince her to hold off on harming Seiko for now."

"But that boss doesn’t intend to let Seiko off and won’t agree to let us redeem her with a lump sum. Instead, she demands a hefty sum of money from us every now and then."

"We feel this can’t go on and have heard about your exploits, so I’ve brazenly come to ask for your help," Jinzi said all in one breath.

"What rule did she break?" Liu Zheng inquired.

"She fell in love with a pig and then let him go on her own," Jinzi replied.

Well, this plot sounded familiar.

Wasn’t this similar to the story of Red Pig and his wife?

At least Red Pig and his wife escaped Bathhouse Street, even if they ultimately met a bad end, they did have a few happy years.

But this Seiko and her lover hadn’t even managed to complete the preliminary steps.

"What about that pig then?" Liu Zheng asked.

"The fried pork chop you just ate," Jinzi said with a smile.

"Uh... so it was a jerk?" he queried, looking at his now-clean plate.

"Not exactly. We just found it dead when we realized what had happened. Not wanting to waste Seiko’s sacrifice, we turned it into food," Jinzi shook her head.

"Hmm, you can say that’s quite eco-friendly. So, how much money have you spent by now?" Liu Zheng moved on from the topic.

"Three hundred thousand," Jinzi replied.

"Wow, your niece has quite a price tag on her," he observed.

Three hundred thousand should have been enough to employ Niu Ma. That so-called Bathhouse Street probably couldn’t stop a department head from the Bloody Restaurant.