23 Lao Zhu The Scrooge (2/2)
”Can I extend my life in any circumstances?”
Ding! You can use this ability for all sorts of factors that endanger the life of the host, such as disease, aging, external and internal injuries, etc.
Xiao Luo was shocked, ”In other words, as long as I have enough points, I can live forever?”
Ding! You can understand this. But each time you extend your life, the points required next time will increase exponentially. That is, you pay 500,000 points to use the life-extension ability the first time. The second time you want to use this ability, you need to spend five million points. For the third time, you need to pay 50 million points and so on. There is no ceiling on the points that you spend!
Xiao Luo was dumbfounded. Just now, he thought that 500,000 points wasn't expensive at all. Now it seemed that it was just too darned expensive.
Forget it. It was better to cherish life and not think about extending it. Whether he had this system or not, life was precious. Besides, he had escaped the Grim Reaper's clutches once already and, thus, had gained an even greater appreciation of life.
Early morning the next day, Xiao Luo was awakened by Zhu Xiaofei's movements.
”Kazi, where's your toilet paper? Where did you put it? I need to go to the bathroom right now. Hurry up and get it before I sh*t in my pants!”
”It's In the closet; get it yourself,” Ding Kai muttered as he turned on his side, still half-asleep.
Zhu Xiaofei opened his closet, dug out the toilet paper rolls hidden under a pile of clothes, and ran into the bathroom. After slamming the door, he did not neglect to complain, ”Why hide it so secretively? Isn't it just toilet paper? You treat it like it's your baby. ”
It seemed that Ding Kai had kept his resentment bottled up for too long. This was too much! When he heard this, he jumped up from the bed and rushed to the bathroom, scolding, ”You have the nerve to say that? We've been roomies for almost a year, and you've never bought a single roll of toilet paper. You always use mine, and in such large quantities. I'm starting to wonder what else you're doing in there!”
”F*ck. So much resentment. Fine, I'll buy some today, okay?” Zhu Xiaofei replied loudly from the bathroom.
”Gimme a break. You say this every time.” Ding Kai was hopeless.
Xiao Luo could not help but be amused. He teased, ”You mean he hasn't bought toilet paper in over a year?”
”He's never bought any.”
Speaking of this, Ding Kai was full of complaints, ”Brother Luo, you don't know the half of it. Even though Lao Zhu is fat, he's a total scrooge. He's a Mr. Miser who loves to stretch a dollar to ten dollars. Leaving aside the fact that he's never bought a pack of toilet paper, he never even buys toothpaste, laundry detergent, clothes racks. In this one year plus, he's been using all of mine. ”
Xiao Luo nodded in agreement, ”That's indeed a little too stingy!”
”It's not just a little, Brother Luo. Look at his slippers again,” Ding Kai pointed at Zhu Xiaofei's seat.
Xiao Luo looked at the floorboard at the bottom where the shoes were. A pair of strange-looking slippers came into view. Why were these slippers strange? Because they were made by cutting a plastic Sprite bottle down the middle. Using the mouth of the bottle and then the technique of threading a needle manually, he turned the bottle into a pair of flip-flops.
”Lao Zhu made these?”
”Who else? And to save a few dollars that a pair slippers cost. He tinkered and came up with such a lousy pair of slippers,” said Ding Kai.
”How ingenious!”
Xiao Luo had to take his hat off to his friend. He acknowledged that Zhu Xiaofei was brilliant at saving money.
”Kazi, you bast*rd. Stop dissing me in front of Brother Luo. What I did was art, so don't talk if you don't understand it.” Zhu Xiaofei opened the bathroom door just a little and yelled indignantly.
Suddenly, a stinky odor wafted out; the smell was unspeakable.
Xiao Luo frowned and pinched his nose.
Ding Kai immediately cursed, ”F*ck. Just talk. Don't open the door, you dumbass. You're stinking up the room with your sh*t.”