Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Dark Street Translated by Alice of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Jinyu woke up in the early morning, frozen.

As he dazedly tried to look around him, all the sleepiness was suddenly gone in a blink. Jinyu panicked and jumped off the ground, speechlessly stared at the construction machines on the side. His fingers trembled.

"Hey, kid, wake up."

Jinyu followed the very familiar voice, fingers trembling once more.

Yesterday, the old man was clearly dressed in rags, sitting on a rocking chair, looking like an old-fashioned codger. But right now, he was dressed in an exquisite Tang-styled clothing while holding an old cane that seemed to be made of sandalwood. He looked just like an old mast from a wealthy and powerful family.

"…So were you just playing a simulation yesterday, sir?" Jinyu swallowed his saliva, no longer as shameless as yesterday.

"Looks like we still have some fate," the old man hooted with laughter. "That house was where I started to make my fortune from the bottom up. Even if I already have a grandson to inherit my wealth and expand my fortune, I always hesitated to tear down this shabby inn. Last night was its last day, I was going to reminisce about the past alone but who knew that it'd still welcome one last guest. It had its happy ending." The old man lamented at the empty lot. Then, he turned his head to Jinyu and smiled. "Meeting you has put me in a good mood, therefore, I will give you a purple crystal coin for you to start your business. Hehe, seeing how brazen you were yesterday, this old man knows you'll become a big shot in the future."

Having said this, the old man nodded once at Jinyu, then one of his bodyguards threw a purple crystal coin at Jinyu. As Jinyu hurriedly fumbled to catch the coin, the old man conveniently disappeared amongst the crowd and into the towering Dragon's Gate Inn.

Suddenly noticing that the old man was gone, Jinyu felt extremely anxious. He opened his mouth and waved around, "Hey–! That's a bit too stingy now, old man! What can a single purple crystal coin do? But rest a.s.sured, I, Jinyu, am a gentleman who always pays his debt. Within a year I will pay you back a thousand purple crystal coins!! What do you say about giving me more? Then I'll pay you back a thousand times more!!"

"Grandpa."

"Okay, let's go back. After today, I will truly retire."

"Yes." The young boy leaned forward to support the old man, walking into the hotel without looking back.

Not until the gate of the Dragon Gate Hotel was completely closed did Jinyu finally regain his spirit and let out a big sigh.

Looking at the old man's grand gesture, Jinyu reckoned he would never able to reach that in his entire life. But he was not the least bit jealous, because wealth could only bring misfortune, modest life was where peace dwells. For Jinyu, who was able to escape from the place where he could die at any moment to this very safe place, as long as he had food and shelter, he was satisfied.

Jinyu cheered himself up and headed toward the Public Square he heard about yesterday. At the square, there were two kinds of public information screens, one showed job recruitment and one showed expedition quests. On the screen, it said that every citizen could find jobs and quests that meet their requirements. Thus, Jinyu was full of excitement, until he saw the contents on the screen.

What are those string of numbers on the top?! Why did all the recruitments have those numbers on it?!

Since Jinyu's IQ was definitely not low, maybe even slightly higher than most people, so after reading it again, he was absolutely certain that the d.a.m.n number with crosses and circles was similar to his world, the citizen ID number!!

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When Jinyu had confirmed his guess, he was downed in pain and disappointment. His future of becoming a beast's babysitter or a beast's psychologist, his dream of having a modest life ah! Gone, reduced to pieces!!

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