The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 489 - 391: In the Metropolis, This is No Joke

Chapter 489: Chapter 391: In the Metropolis, This is No Joke

"That won’t do, if you’re not leading the way, I’m afraid others will bully me."

Liu Zheng said frankly.

"They bully you? With your capabilities, it’s good enough if you don’t bully them."

Yaoji said speechlessly.

"I don’t care, my uncle personally handed me over to you, you can’t just ignore me."

"Are you playing the rogue now?"

Yaoji glared at him, but saw nothing in the darkness.

"You’ve gone through so much trouble for me and haven’t gotten any rewards yet. If I were to die just like that, then you’d really be at a loss~"

Liu Zheng elongated his voice as he spoke.

"Moreover, those golden balls were all produced by me, if they found out you don’t care about my life or death, then forget about borrowing them in future~"

He added.

"You dare to threaten me, do you really think I’m not your leader?"

"...Can you guys standardize the way you address people?"

He said somewhat speechlessly.

"Working at the bathhouse demands following the rules, if everyone pulls connections like you, how am I supposed to act as a department head?"

Yaoji said sternly.

"Understood. Department head, here’s my fine."

Liu Zheng pulled out a handful of banknotes and groped to put them into Yaoji’s pocket.

"Hmm? What do you mean by this?"

Yaoji felt the thickness.

"I feel my performance today was too poor, not meeting the minimum standard of the Massage Department. To show my sincerity, I volunteer to accept the penalty."

He said with righteous words.

"If this is below the minimum standard, then Bathhouse Street would already be owned by our Massage Department."

Yaoji’s eyes twitched slightly.

"Then it means I haven’t met your expectations, disappointing an elder is a grave sin."

Liu Zheng changed his tone.

"Actually, I don’t have much expectations for you, as long as you don’t cause trouble for me."

Yaoji said with empty eyes.

"I understand, you don’t want to put too much pressure on me, so you are reluctant to speak your mind."

He appeared empathetic.

"That is exactly what I’m thinking! Ah, let it be. I don’t even know why such a rich guy like you would work at the bathhouse?"

Yaoji said helplessly.

Competent and rich, yet he’s a relation hiring, better not to mess with.

What’s worse, it’s him who brought this relation-hire, making it even more troublesome.

Alas, desire clouds wisdom, desire clouds wisdom.

"Just think of it as me trying to experience life."

Liu Zheng thought for a while but still took out the City Hall staff family badge and stuffed it into Yaoji’s hand.

"What’s this?"

Yaoji pinched it and asked.

"If the department head doesn’t know, maybe Sister Yangzi can give it a try."

"Alright, come on, Yaoji, take a look at what this lad is up to."

Yaoji said with a smile beaming in his eyes.

"You’re doing this on purpose, right?"

Although Yaoji knew Liu Zheng couldn’t see, she still gave him a white look.

"Hehe, a little touch wouldn’t shed any flesh, at most later I’ll help you touch it back."

Liu Zheng said.

"Dream on, if you dare touch me, I’ll tear your limbs off."

Yaoji bristled.

But his scare decreased Yaoji’s intention to take advantage quite a bit, just giving a couple of squeezes in the palm.

Yaoji didn’t say much, she’s used to being taken advantage of by customers daily, so this was nothing.

"Department head, since Sister Yangzi let you take such a big advantage, you have to properly look out for her in the future, right?"

Liu Zheng said.

"What big advantage? I just touched her hand that’s all. Moreover, she has a good brother-in-law, does she still need my protection?"

Yaoji said.

"Sister Yangzi and I are of one heart and mind, touching her is like touching me, you touched two people at once, isn’t that a big advantage. And besides, distant relatives can’t compare to a close neighbor, who else could provide better cover in the bathhouse than Department Head Yaoji? Right?"

He said.

"That’s disgusting, you’ve said it all. Yaoji, tell me, what did this kid bring out?"

Yaoji asked.

"I’m just feeling it now. It’s... ah?!"

Yangzi exclaimed in surprise.

"What’s up? Did the badge bite your hand?"

Yaoji quickly asked.

"Department head, that awful joke of yours... well, never mind, forget I said anything."

Liu Zheng slapped himself on the mouth.

A badge biting the hand is a poor joke in reality, but in Metropolis, it’s an everyday occurrence.

"Can you tell us?"

Instead of answering Yaoji, Yaoji first asked him.

"It’s alright, go ahead."

Liu Zheng said.

The family badge alone wouldn’t reveal his identity.

"This is a City Hall employee family member ID badge."

Yaoji said with a bite of her lip.

"Another City Hall relationship hire. But aren’t you one too? Why so surprised?"

Yaoji said curiously.

"I’m not, my sister is. And even my sister doesn’t have this badge."

"Only those recognized as outstanding employees and officially employed get this badge, and those are either leaders of weaker departments or elites of stronger departments."

Yaoji shook her head.

And even if it’s a leader of a weaker department of City Hall, for people of Bathhouse Street, that’s still a very big deal.

"Just who are you? You wouldn’t be sent by City Hall to investigate us, right?"

Yaoji immediately became alert.

"Department head, have you been watching too many cop dramas?"

Liu Zheng retorted.

"Hmm, seems unlikely indeed. So what exactly are you doing here?"

If City Hall wanted to move against Bathhouse Street, it didn’t need this kind of small operation; just sending the Security Department and City Supervision Department for a joint enforcement would suffice.