Strange Cards

Chapter 31 Buying Clothes

"it is good."

"There's not much else to do, since I'm restarting those projects by myself, so you've been relatively free lately. But you'll get busy later."

"What if I get into university?"

"Or you can apply to Nanhai University, where I happen to be a professor."

"Go there, register your name as my student, and then come back and work with me to develop mechs."

"Your mecha might be a prototype, and your evolved form might be a mecha."

"It's alright, pretty good."

"And one more thing I want to remind you, your little cat girl named Bai Yu has already eaten seven plates of mildly spicy dried fish."

"By the standards of a normal cat, it would be dead from overeating; by human standards, it would be nearly dead from overeating as well."

"Let's take her out to digest her food quickly."

Shi Yu looked at Bai Yu, who was peering out the window, and suddenly realized a serious problem.

"Shouldn't hunters be paid?"

"Yes, it's 200,000 every month, and you'll receive a fixed amount in a card."

"However, we can use all the resources in the base for free, so generally there is nothing to spend money on. If we need any items, we can just report them to the logistics department."

"But don't go play cards with the boss. If he loses, you might have to pay rent if you stay at the Hunter's House."

"What do you mean?"

Guan Yun tapped the holographic panel in his hand a few times, pointing out several photos.

"Shunzi, Da Niu, Sister Liu An, and even Yu Yan and I all got involved."

"From playing Red Dragon to Dou Dizhu, the boss lost all the wages he had saved up in three years that month."

"Then, for people like us who have always lived in the Hunter's Village and haven't bought houses outside, the boss directly asked us for rent that month, which was exactly 190,000 a month."

"After paying rent for six months, the boss finally stopped charging rent. After that, nobody dared to go play cards with him anymore."

"That ruthless?"

"The eldest brother once said that it was fortunate that the card was in his own possession. If the card had been in his sister-in-law's possession, you might be seeing the eldest brother now, with grass growing three meters high on his grave."

Shi Yu nodded and walked out, stopping Bai Yu's little hand.

"You've eaten seven plates of dried fish and you're still not full?"

Bai Yu shook her head. Shi Yu helplessly took a packaging bag from the robot, packed the three plates of dried fish, and threw it to Bai Yu.

"You're not allowed to eat today! If you want to eat, you can eat tomorrow."

"Master～～～～"

Shi Yu's bones almost melted when Bai Yu called out "Master." Shi Yu gave Bai Yu a light tap on the head, clearly annoyed.

"Call me Shigure outside, but call me whatever you want when we get home."

"Alright, Master... Shigure."

Bai Yu, that cat girl, almost blew her brain out before she could barely change her mind, and just then Shi Yu's phone rang.

Shi Yu picked up her phone and saw that it was Liu An calling. She immediately pressed the answer button.

"What's wrong, Sister Liu An?"

"You will be the first to receive cancer treatment; the treatment is scheduled for seven days after your college entrance exam."

"it is good."

"Do you have anything else to do right now? If you don't, come and keep Sister Liu An company to cheer her up."

"No, I still need to take Bai Yu to buy some clothes, so I won't stay here any longer."

"Okay, be careful on the road, and call me anytime if you have any problems."

"it is good."

Shi Yu, seeing Bai Yu staring intently at the bag of dried fish in her hand, suddenly slapped her forehead and said.

"We need to see what kind of space technology we can use to make something that can hold things."

"Otherwise, it will be such a hassle to carry around all those big and small bags in the future."

Shi Yu, seeing that everything seemed new and exciting to Bai Yu, did not choose to go straight home, but instead took Bai Yu's hand and slowly walked back.

On the way back, Shigure attracted a lot of attention, mostly from Baiyu, the handsome little white-haired girl, but some of the gazes still fell on Shigure.

For no other reason than that Bai Yu looks rather youthful, which makes Shi Yu, who is holding Bai Yu's hand, look like she's trying to lure a child, even though she's also quite pretty.

After returning home, Bai Yu lay down on the sofa and transformed into a stubborn fish.

Shi Yu looked at the one-bedroom apartment and then at the not-so-great surroundings, and started looking for a new place on her phone.

Shi Yu doesn't plan to rent a place; she intends to use the bonus money in her account to buy one outright.

After all, if something really goes wrong later, Shigure can at least leave Baiyu a house so that she won't have to be homeless again.

Shi Yu patted Bai Yu's bottom as the sky gradually darkened.

"Walk."

"Master~ It's so hot outside, I don't want to go out."

It's not entirely Bai Yu's fault. After all, it's really a shame that she has to wear a hat to hide her cat ears on such a hot day. Besides, the cat ears are fluffy, so the temperature inside the hat is definitely kept warm.

"I'll take you out for a nice meal, and I'll also get you some new clothes."

"You can't keep wearing mine all the time, can you?"

Bai Yu's ears perked up instantly when she heard that they were going out for a delicious meal, and she grabbed Shi Yu's hand and headed for the door.

"Elbow! Quick elbow!"

"Your hat! Your hat!"

"It's so hot, Master~~~~"

"You can't get away with pleading. If you don't wear it, you can forget about going out."

In the end, Bai Yu reluctantly put on the hat, her snow-white hair cascading down her back.

Shi Yu looked at Bai Yu's loose hair and casually went into a jewelry store. After buying two hair ties, she helped Bai Yu tie her hair up.

Shiyu put the other hair tie into his pocket. He knew very well that you couldn't put anything on a cat; it would definitely get lost in less than three minutes.

Bai Yu originally intended to throw away the hair tie, but after Yu led him to a night market street, Bai Yu instantly forgot about the hair tie on his head.

"Shigure, I want to eat this!"

"purchase!"

"Shigure, this looks delicious too!"

"purchase!"

"Shigure!"

"purchase!"

.........

Shi Yu was at a snail rice noodle shop on the side of a night market street when she saw Bai Yu frantically slurping noodles from a small bowl and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Would a cat like to eat this smelly stuff? I remember cats prefer salty and fishy flavors, don't they?"

Bai Yu slurped up a mouthful of noodles, then took a bite of the fried egg, mumbling indistinctly.

"This tastes similar to the food I used to find in a bunch of black bags when I was homeless. I think it tastes even better than the food in those black bags."

Upon hearing Bai Yu's words, Shi Yu fell silent for a moment, and after a long while, she slowly spoke.

"Don't worry, you can eat as much of these good things as you want from now on."

"I promise you... you'll never go hungry again."