Chapter 10

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After sending away the female ghost in white, Huang Xiaolong returned back to his original form. In the blink of an eye, he turned back to the young elegant man who had a little rustic feel to him, looking a little harmless with that cynical look of his.

Huang Xiaolong was a bumpkin in his early twenties. At the same time, he had another identity. He was a ghost conjurer!

He was the universally recognized authentic netherworld ghost conjurer!

That… was because of a fortuitous encounter he had when he was a young boy! However, it was a secret that had never been revealed!

“Hehehe. I have a car now. Such a thing is only dreamt by most of the city kids without it ever happening…” Huang Xiaolong ran toward the BYD F3. “The best means of transportation in the village are via cattle and horses. Cars only existed in the county towns. If I drive the car back to the village, the village head and my parents will praise me so much!”

In the driver’s seat. 

When Huang Xiaolong held the steering wheel with both of his hands, his entire person exuded a steady air, as if he had been a driver for his entire life…

He stepped on the clutch, put in the gear, and stepped on the accelerator…

Huang Xiaolong drove the BYD skillfully and left the car’s dust in the deserted area as his car zoomed away.

In fact, he was not far from Lychee District. On the highway, Huang Xiaolong followed the road signs and drove the car to Lychee District.

Lychee District was the slums and shantytowns of Coast City that was covered in smog from day to night. At the same time, people from all walks of life lived there and one could say that it was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Flower Lake Street was a small street densely packed with red brick buildings on both sides of the road as well as shops next to each other along the street.

There was a place for drinks, a chiropractor, a pharmacy, restaurants, a billiards place, a place for mahjong, a place to get your feet cleaned, a massage parlor… Everything was there.

“Ah! I’m finally here! It seems like not much has changed since last time.” Huang Xiaolong parked the BYD at the free parking space outside Flower Lake Street.

He carried his canvas bag on his shoulder, took out a military water bottle, and drank from it. He stepped into Flower Lake Street with the badly paved road.

Coast City was located in a tropical area with longer days and shorter nights. At that time, it was already six something in the evening, but the sky showed no signs of getting dark. Most of the people there either just got off from work or were society’s idle people. All of them squeezed into Flower Lake Street one after another, the nightlife brewing in its core, ready to start the night.

Huang Xiaolong’s three main reasons for entering the city was to make some money, get a wife, and to go to college. That was what he had ingrained in his heart, but… humans need their food every day so he had to fill up his stomach first!

He grabbed his hungry belly and finally, Huang Xiaolong found a restaurant.

“Xiaoman Fast Food Restaurant”

When he entered the place, Huang Xiaolong glanced around. There was no one in the store but a few simple wooden tables arranged in a dense and cramped manner. However, they were clean and tidy. He noticed that there was no air conditioning installed. Instead, two big fans blew loudly. The place was pretty homely.

“Er… Is there anyone here?” Huang Xiaolong was taken aback for a moment but was about to turn his back and leave.

At that moment, a woman quickly speed-walked out of the kitchen and hurried toward Huang Xiaolong. “Bro, are you here to eat? Come, have a seat.”

Huang Xiaolong’s eyes lit up.

The woman looked around twenty-three or four years old with no makeup on, she had an oval or melon seed face, beautifully arched eyebrows, bright-eyed, tall, had a fair complexion, and a certain kind of gentleness that a Jiangnan beauty would have.1 There was something in her that made him comfortable and peaceful at first glance.

Honestly, she was probably an eight or a nine.

She wore simple clothes with a light-colored round neck low-cut T-shirt that showed her delicate collarbones. Below the neck, she wore a waist apron with light blue jeans underneath that emphasized her slender waist and her round butt.

On her feet, she wore a pair of canvas shoes embroidered with small flowers. However, she did not look like a trendy fashionista, she looked more like the quiet girl next door.

If he had to nitpick, it would probably be her breasts that were on the smaller side. It was around a 36B size. Compared to First Wife Song Yuru who Huang Xiaolong met on the train, it was definitely not as big as hers.

“Bro, take a seat.” The woman hurried over and greeted him warmly.

There were tiny beads of sweat on her forehead and she smelled natural. Her body looked very healthy.

“Alright. Business seems a little slow.” Huang Xiaolong was not about to go to another place, either. After all, the boss was eye candy.

He randomly chose an empty spot to sit at.

“Business… is not going so well…” The woman said a little embarrassedly. “Bro, this year has not been a good year for business.”

“Oh, I actually just got here from the countryside so I don’t know much about the usual going-ons in the city. Lady boss, can I have the menu?” Huang Xiaolong smiled.

“Oh, yeah. Sure.” The woman quickly handed over a menu to Huang Xiaolong. For that one customer alone, she smiled a little.

Huang Xiaolong glanced at the menu and found out that braised pork was 24 bucks a set, twice-cooked pork was 18 bucks a set, and mala fish was 28 bucks a set. The vegetarian dishes were around 8 bucks.

“Woah, these prices are off the roof… Seems like it’s not easy living in the city… Things are a lot more expensive than it is in the countryside…” Huang Xiaolong secretly smacked his lips, but since he was lucky today and made some money, he gritted his teeth and decided to splurge a little because of his earnings of more than a thousand bucks in cash.

In the end, he ordered a set of braised pork, some stir-fried rape vegetables, and two catties of rice.

“Bro, two catties of rice? You…you…” The woman looked at Huang Xiaolong with a little suspicion.

“It’s okay, Lady Boss, we country boys eat a lot.” Huang Xiaolong grinned.

“Very well, please wait for a little while. I’ll go into the kitchen to prepare the food.” The woman plunged into the kitchen.

‘That’s fine. Since this entire fast food restaurant is only handled by that beautiful lady boss, she has to take on a lot of roles. It must be hard on her.’

Not long after, Huang Xiaolong’s orders were ready.

Huang Xiaolong began to gobble them up.

“Bro, take your time eating them. You don’t want to choke on your food…” the woman said with concern.

The dishes tasted so-so. They were not delicious but they were not horrible either. The portion was sufficient for him.

Within a few minutes, Huang Xiaolong gobbled up everything, leaving nothing.

The woman stood behind the bar and stared at him in shock.

“Ah~ It feels so good to be full…” Huang Xiaolong wiped the oil off his lips, stood up, and walked to the bar to pay the bill.

When he was paying for the bill, Huang Xiaolong noticed a pea-sized mole on the lady boss’s left shoulder. He frowned slightly and muttered in a low voice, “This is an extremely poor mole that will bring negativity. Generally, this kind of mole will bring a huge burden on the family and the person will live a poor life to the point of a lifetime of debts… Sigh. I didn’t think the beautiful lady boss would be so pitiful… If she wants to change her destiny, it’s not enough to remove the mole. She’ll have to meet a noble person. To put it bluntly, she’ll have to marry a man with a good life. That’s the only way she could prosper…”

“Bro, what are you talking about?” asked the woman, surprised.

“Oh, nothing.” Huang Xiaolong took out a few crumpled banknotes and handed them to the woman.

The woman took the money and returned a few bucks to Huang Xiaolong. “Bro, I… I’m guessing you came from the countryside to the city for work, right? I saw your luggage. I’m guessing you haven’t found a place to work yet? How about this? I’ll give you a discount on the food. I won’t charge you for the rice and discount you 5 bucks. I’ll just charge you a whole number, 30 bucks.”

“Ah. Lady Boss, you’re too kind. I ate a lot of rice,” Huang Xiaolong said.

“Pfft… Yeah, bro. You’re a big eater.” When the woman smiled, she looked absolutely beautiful and pure.

Huang Xiaolong was dumbstruck.

When she realized that Huang Xiaolong was staring at her, it was not the typical lusty and lewd look that other men gave her. Even though she was not angry, she was a little embarrassed and lowered her head slightly. “Bro, keep your money.”

“Oh… Lady Boss, I know business isn’t going too well for you so please don’t give me the discount. Otherwise, I’d feel very bad.” Huang Xiaolong did not take the money but instead, he looked at the Phra Phrom enshrined above the bar. “Lady Boss, is someone in your house doing shady business? And has the business not been going well recently? Is that why you got a Phra Phrom? Phra Phrom is also called the Evil God of Wealth. It’s best for shady businesses but your shrine is facing the wrong direction. Phra Phrom has four faces. If your shrine is inside of your house, it’ll be blocked by the walls. I suggest you make the shrine facing a wide area outside of your house.”

“Huh?” The woman’s delicate body trembled slightly as she stared at Huang Xiaolong as her clear and sharply contrasted black and whites of her eyes widened. “Bro, how do you know that someone in my family’s doing some shady business? Is my Phra Phrom positioning really wrong?”

“Yeah.” Huang Xiaolong nodded.

At that moment-

“Xiaoman, I think it’s time your brother’s gambling debt be paid, right?” Outside came a rascally arrogant man’s voice.

Footsteps were heard and about a dozen men walked into the store.

The woman’s face turned pale. A look of disgust and fear appeared in her eyes before she quickly said to Huang Xiaolong, “Bro, get out of here quick.”

“Oh? It seems like business isn’t going too bad for you, Xiaoman. Hey, hillbilly, get out of here if you’re done eating.” The man was dressed in a patterned shirt and beach shorts. He had dark skin, looked like he was in his thirties, and had a short stature. Through his despicable face, his fierce eyes stood out. He sat on the bench brazenly and brashly, waved at Huang Xiaolong as if he was shooing a fly away.

“Eh? Are you talking about me?” Huang Xiaolong stared at him with a dumbstruck look on his face.

“Yeah, I’m talking to you, little farm boy. If you don’t have any business here, get out.” The wretched man proceeded to spit on the ground contemptuously.

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