The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 476 - 384: Cowardly Thing, What Are You Calling Your Horse For?_2

Chapter 476: Chapter 384: Cowardly Thing, What Are You Calling Your Horse For?_2

"I’ve spoken."

"You spoke, yet you still stare around and even clashed with a guest?"

"Because I’m not pleased."

Liu Zheng said calmly.

"Not pleased with what?"

The waitress asked.

"Look, her eyes are as pretty as yours, she should be admiring this world more. Instead of lying on the floor with such filthy stuff, waiting to be stepped on by someone passing by."

He nodded towards the human skin on the ground.

"There isn’t much worth seeing in this world anyway, it’s all equally dirty. You don’t need to pity her, a rule-breaker like you will meet her soon enough on the road to the underworld."

The smile on the waitress’s face faded, fine wrinkles appearing at the corners of her eyes.

"Even in the mud, there are lotuses; even in the long night, there are stars. Since we’re alive, we might as well find something beautiful to gaze upon, otherwise we might be better off dead, right?"

"As for me, I’m meant to die anyway. There’s a crowd out there wishing for my death. But as long as I’m not dead, anyone who pisses me off, I’m going to screw them over."

"Each time I do, it’s another win for me."

Liu Zheng looked straight into her eyes as he spoke.

"Your language is too coarse."

The waitress rolled her eyes at him.

"After all this talk, I still don’t know which department Sister you’re from."

"I’m Yaoyao from the Servicing Department."

The waitress replied.

"So it is Sister Yangzi."

He nodded his head.

The only one who’d be this enthusiastic and from the Servicing Department probably is Yangzi.

"How do you know my real name?"

Yaoyao instantly became alert.

At the Hundred Ghosts Bathhouse, everyone called each other by code names. Only those who were very familiar or close knew each other’s real names, and Liu Zheng was clearly neither.

"It was Xiao Wan who told me."

Liu Zheng replied.

"Xiao Wan?"

Yaoyao was stunned for a moment.

"How do you know her? You couldn’t possibly have come in just to find her, could you?"

Now recognizing his human identity, she envisioned numerous scenarios of knight in shining armor and kin avenging their wrongs.

"Uh, no. I just happened to run into her in the elevator."

Liu Zheng said.

"Oh, alright then."

Yaoyao sounded a bit disappointed.

"Sister Yaoyao seems somewhat disappointed."

He feigned a careless air.

"No, you’re mistaken. What did Xiao Wan tell you?"

Yaoyao denied it swiftly, then asked.

"She said she was captured and asked if I could save her, and I agreed."

Liu Zheng said succinctly.

"You agreed just like that? You aren’t tricking her, are you?"

Yaoyao said skeptically.

The further away from the city, the fewer tangible and intangible rules bind you.

That’s also why even though the city is the core of power and money, many powerful individuals still choose to stay outside the city.

"How could I? I’ve already received my payment."

Liu Zheng took out Xiao Wan’s pendant.

"She actually gave you her pendant?"

Yaoyao’s furrowed brows relaxed.

She knew that it was Xiao Wan’s mother’s keepsake, and Xiao Wan wouldn’t have given it to him unless she trusted Liu Zheng a lot.

"Did she make it to the thirteenth floor successfully?"

Yaoyao asked with concern.

"Don’t know, I left at the seventh floor. But, she should be fine."

Liu Zheng said.

"How do you know that?"

Yaoyao expressed doubt.

"Yifa should give me some face."

"Yifa is who?"

Yaoyao looked clueless.

"Hm? Isn’t Yifa the codename for the Angry Man Mask Elevator?"

"Oh, so that scary Samurai’s codename is that."

Yaoyao suddenly realized.

"You guys don’t know his codename?"

"Every time we see him, he’s either slashing at us with a sword or cutting us down after reciting that damn story, he’s never chatty with us."

Yaoyao complained.

"That might be because you haven’t triggered any side missions."

He shrugged his shoulders.

"What side missions?"

"Nothing much. Why didn’t Sister Yaoyao accompany Xiao Wan in taking the elevator?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"I was originally going to go with her, but I was called away for work at the last minute. I’ve been worrying about her non-stop, I even prepared for the worst, but luckily she met you."

Yaoji said.

Since Liu Zheng even knows the code for the men’s elevator, it seems everything he said must be true.

Although I have no idea how a newcomer like him got so much clout, there are all kinds of newcomers in the bathhouse; I don’t understand it, but I can accept it.

"Sister Yaoyao really is as beautiful as she is kind-hearted, no wonder the Manager of Thirteen Tiles also complimented you to me."

Liu Zheng praised.

"Manager of Thirteen Tiles, what did he say about me?"

Yaoji became alert again.

"Uh, he just said that Sister Yangzi, you are a good person, mentioned that if it’s others from the Servicing Department, he would dodge them, but if it’s you, he could chat for a bit."

He reiterated the words of the Manager of Thirteen Tiles.

"Heh, it’s probably him who has to dodge when he encounters someone from the Servicing Department. Who doesn’t know he flirts everywhere, after hooking up with someone, he borrows money from them. In the Hundred Ghosts Bathhouse, for every ten Paper Houses, you’d run into nine of his creditors."

Yaoji retorted with a snort.

"em..."

Regarding the dark history of his own leader, Liu Zheng could only respond with silence.

Could this be the Manager of Thirteen Tiles’ way of building his own connections?

If so, it is perhaps a bit too esoteric.

"Let’s not talk about him anymore. Since you’ve promised Xiao Wan, you have to take responsibility. Even if you can’t rescue her, you still have to help her survive as much as possible. Otherwise, I will not let you off the hook, got it?"

Yaoji said sternly.

As a senior employee with connections, even if she can’t change the overall situation, she can still make things difficult for a new employee.

"Sister Yangzi, you’re not planning to report me?"

Liu Zheng said with a smile.

"Why would I report you? Every year there are a bunch of people trying to escape from the bathhouse, we’re not lacking one or two of you. I’m neither from the General Affairs Department nor the Security Department, so it’s not my responsibility."

Yaoji rolled her eyes.

Her words were half-truths; Xiao Wan was currently under her watch, so if Xiao Wan really did run away, she would definitely be implicated.

But as long as she isn’t the mastermind, with the relationship of her brother-in-law, she would at most suffer some minor troubles.

The rewards for reporting those who try to escape are there, but Yaoyao disdains and is unwilling to take them.

"Sister Yangzi is mighty."

Liu Zheng gave a thumbs up.

"Don’t call me by my name in public from now on, use my nickname, alright?"

"Sure, Sister Yangzi."

"Forget it, I can’t be bothered with you. Where are you headed now?"

Yaoji asked.

"The Manager of Thirteen Tiles is busy with something, he asked me to wait in the boiler room for now."

He replied.

"Did he give you directions?"

"Sister Yangzi, are you referring to this?"

Liu Zheng took out a piece of coal slag.

"Yes, that’s it. Keep it safe, don’t lose it."

Yaoji glanced at it and nodded.

"If you don’t have directions in the basement level, you could easily get lost, wander into places you shouldn’t, and then you might never be able to come back."

She warned.

"Besides not losing the directions, is there anything else to be aware of for the basement level?"

He took the opportunity to ask.

"Nothing else really, Mr. Batiao seems very strict and stern, but he is actually quite nice. Just help him out a bit and don’t mess things up, and you can stay as long as you like."

"Sounds like the boiler room is a pretty good place."

Liu Zheng said.

"It is a good place, but they don’t need people, and you can’t go even if you want to. Also, Mr. Batiao doesn’t give everyone new coal slag, and if you don’t have extra directions, you’d have to stay there forever."

Yaoji shook her head.

As for relying on theft or robbery, that’s almost out of the question.

The boiler room, being a critical location where an incident could potentially take the entire bathhouse down, is naturally guarded by the very capable Mr. Batiao.

"Such a pity. It would be great if I had been hired for the boiler room from the start."

Liu Zheng said regretfully.

If the notice from City Hall had sent him to work there, he could stay in the boiler room until the system forcibly concluded the instance.

"Didn’t I tell you, the boiler room doesn’t need people, and Mr. Batiao has his own team."

Yaoji said.

"All right. Sister Yangzi, do you have a phone?"

"What do you want it for?"

"We’ll all be working in the same place in the future; it’s good to have each other’s contact information for sharing information, right?"

He said.

Jing Zi is also an employee of the Servicing Department, and it’s quite possible that she knows Yangzi.

Given Yangzi’s personality, if Liu Zheng were to say he came to rescue Jing Zi, she would probably be willing to help and able to offer assistance.

Of course, he wouldn’t reveal everything right away; he’d have to interact with her a bit more first.

"I’m not against giving it to you. But you have to promise me one thing."

Yangzi said.

"Please, tell me, Sister Yangzi."

"You are not allowed to give my phone number to your manager."

Yangzi stated.

"Rest assured, I absolutely won’t."

Liu Zheng assured her, patting his chest.

He developed his own network of contacts with his skills, why should the Manager of Thirteen Tiles get a share of it.