C2 (1/2)
After driving the car back to Taxi Company, Wan Lixing stopped the engine.
”I can barely pay the rent.” Wan Lixing shook the key in his hand and said helplessly.
A 1.9m strong man walked over and patted Wan Lixing's shoulder, and laughed: ”You must have been here for a month, tomorrow you have to participate in the ability assessment, be nervous.”
Wan Lixing rolled his eyes and said: ”Big Shen Da, when have you ever seen me nervous before?”
Big Brother Shen let out a loud laugh. Just as he was about to say something, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded out.
”The old demoness is here!” ”Hurry up and leave!” Wan Lixing reacted the fastest, disappearing without a trace in an instant, leaving behind only Shen Da who was being petrified in the wind.
”Big Shen!” If you say it's forbidden to make a ruckus, you will be fined 100! ” Grandma Meng's hoarse voice revealed an air of conspiracy …
While walking leisurely, Wan Lixing bought a newspaper on the way.
”The gossip of the Three Realms.”
After Wan Lixing accidentally discovered this newspaper, he had to buy it every day. As for the reason, he just needed to look at the title of this newspaper.
”Official news!” When the The Four Great Heavenly Kings inspected the place from the lower realms, Princess Tie Fan followed along! ”
”Thirty thousand soldiers of the Water Army!” The God Erlang ordered thirty thousand water soldiers to denounce the Heaven Realm's law of raising dogs as incomplete. ”
”The love and hatred between Ox-Head and Horse-Face and Nezha.”
As Wan Lixing read these news, his mood became a lot happier every day. He had already gotten used to living in the Underworld for a month.
In a short while, Wan Lixing stopped in front of a tall, black coloured building.
”I've always wanted to ask, are these buildings in the Underworld a plagiarism from the design of the human world?” Wan Lixing took out a card from his bosom and handed it over to the old man who was guarding the door.
The grandpa took the card and put it in his mouth.
”Mm, it's true. Go in.” The old man's voice that did not contain any tone, came out, causing Wan Lixing's entire body to turn cold.
”I really don't know the science behind this method of swiping cards …” Wan Lixing kept the card and walked into the tall building.
After entering the tall building, a row of densely packed elevators appeared in front of Wan Lixing, with each of them having a numeric keypad beside them.
Wan Lixing came to an elevator with a flashing green light and pressed ”46”.
The elevator door slowly opened. Wan Lixing walked in with large strides, looked at the spiralling staircase before him, curled his lips, and let out a long sigh before starting to climb.
”I really want to know who this bastard designer is …” Wan Lixing walked up the stairs powerlessly as the image of the first day he had seen this scene surfaced in his mind.
”Eh, there are so many elevators. It's quite convenient.”
”There's also the digital keyboard. Which floor should I press first? This design is quite interesting.”
”…”
”…”
”Designer, who's the designer?!”
”What the hell is in the elevator? Why stairs?! Why was there an elevator outside and a staircase after they came in! ”Why?!”
”The keyboard outside the door is only used to determine which floor we go to and to prepare stairs for us to go to, right?”
”Are you saving energy and protecting the environment!?”
Using both hands and feet, he climbed to the highest level of the stairs. Wan Lixing weakly pushed open a metal door and his own home appeared in front of him.
The place Wan Lixing lived in was not small, and was similar to the three bedrooms, one living room. The living room, bedroom, kitchen, and washroom were all present, but when Wan Lixing returned here, he did not feel happy at all. Instead, he felt even more helpless.
After he rested at the door for a while, Wan Lixing then slowly stood up and decided to take a bath.
Wan Lixing went into the kitchen and turned on the gas switch first, then went to the washroom.
After opening the water faucet and filling the bathtub with water, Wan Lixing picked up a lighter from the side and laid down, lighting up the row of gas stoves below the bathtub.
”Pfft!”
The five gas stoves began to burn and heat up the bathtub...
”...” ”Every time I take a bath, I feel like I'm being stewed …” Wan Lixing looked at the bathtub, and frowned.
”You should f * * king move!” Wan Lixing came to the living room and stared at the second hand of the clock.
However, the second hand of the clock was motionless, as if it was brewing something.
The next moment, the minute hand and the hour hand started spinning as if they were out of breath. After a long time, it slowly turned to 5.20 in the afternoon.
Looking at the watch on his hand and confirming that it was indeed 5: 20, Wan Lixing heaved a sigh of relief.
”Obsessive compulsive disorder can't be hurt.”
Wan Lixing had a strange compulsion to keep his watch the same as the time on the clock. However, in Wan Lixing's residence, this strange clock had a miraculous timing method.
Sometimes, the timing of a stroke would completely stop at ten seconds. After ten seconds, the second hand would instantly turn ten seconds. Sometimes, it would completely stop for a day, and then the hour hand would hand the minute hand and the group would spin around, slowly returning to the right time.
Therefore, every time Wan Lixing returned home while gasping for breath, the first thing he did was to fight against the Tempest Clock. One man one clock, it was so joyful that Wan Lixing would say a few lines everyday.
”You know, it won't do you any good.”
”It seems like you plan on stubbornly resisting.”
”Are you sure you don't want to take advantage of this last chance?”
”You have to know that you have no other choice.” You have to know that you have no other choice.